Blue Ribbon Results Academy
Norfolk, VA
CDS was tasked with cost effectively converting a U.S. Navy Submarine training facility into a brain-based pre-school learning center with a capacity of over 100 children ages 2 through 7.
Schools have very specific space requirements, very specific safety requirements, and unique inspection requirements, especially when dealing with younger children (as they should).
Time constraints – the school’s existing lease was expiring. If the new facility occupancy permit was not obtained before the school year began, hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funds for at risk children were in jeopardy. Not only did the building have to be completely renovated, but new staff had to be recruited and trained.
The school opened on time, the Tuesday after Labor Day. All grant funds were retained.
Construction cost savings were achieved through creative demolition and design – preserving much of the original space and valuable mechanical systems while still meeting the special requirements. As with all other construction projects, there were supply chain issues and labor shortages.
The project was completed on time and below budget.
Ingredients to a successful project
Flexibility and responsiveness by the lender.
Cooperation among the design team, the construction team, and the owner.
City of Norfolk staff/inspectors understood the value that this school was bringing to the community and expedited the review and inspection processes.
Prayer and petition to our loving heavenly Father, His Son, and the Holy Spirit
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Project Progress & Features
Blue Ribbon Results Academy is a brain-based preschool that will provide learning experiences that are powerful and life changing! However, as educators we know that parents are their children’s first teachers and to continue your success, we need to foster a partnership with you knowing that the best assurance of the success of a child’s educational experience is the close cooperation of home and school.
Apply To Blue Ribbon Results Academy Today!
Apply and secure your child’s seat at our Norfolk or Dumfries location today!
Blue Ribbon Results Academy was established to provide holistic, brain-based educational services for preschool aged children (2.5 years old to Grade 1). These services are designed to develop students’ spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical capacity so that all children will perform to their full potential.
Parents, are you looking for a kindergarten class that has a small ratio of 1:10 and where children learn through discovery and challenge (how God created their brains to learn)??
Don’t hesitate to provide your child with the best education possible. After all, research says that 90% of the brain is developed by the age of 5. At Blue Ribbon, “We nurture children and develop minds, one brain at a time.”
Find all the resources you will need to remain up-to-date: calendar, parent handbook, resources to extend the curriculum at home and more.