Private Schools

Our Audio Video and Lighting Services for Private Schools

Schools are the heart of children’s social lives. These facilities are where students spend most of their day during the week — and if they’re involved in extracurricular activities, their early evenings and weekends, too.

Whether it’s a classroom or auditorium, private schools should be designed to keep students engaged and alert. Illuminated Integration installs LED tunable-white lighting that mimics natural daylight and helps kids stay alert and focused on their classes. Learn more about AVL design for private schools and how it can help your students.

• Lighting: Do you notice students drifting off to sleep during class or dozing during presentations? It could be due to the quality of the lighting in your school. Installing a professionally designed lighting system helps mimic natural daylight conditions. With the right lighting, students will feel more awake during classes, leading to better school performance. When their children perform better in school, parents will feel like they’re getting the best value for their money.
• Audio: Whether it’s the morning announcements or a guest speaker in the auditorium, students need to hear what’s being said. A professional audio system includes multiple components, including distributed, performance and recording audio. Whether you need to broadcast an announcement that reaches all classrooms or want to ensure the audience can hear the school play or choir performance, your school needs an audio system.
• Video: Video can make a boring classroom lecture more exciting and helps students absorb information. It’s also a must if your school has a news channel or shows films during class. Our video design services help private schools make the most of projections, in-classroom videos and recordings of school-wide events.
• Auditorium Design: The auditorium is the heart of many private schools. It’s where students gather to rehearse and present the school play, where speakers address the student body and where students take standardized tests or exams. A professionally designed audio, video and lighting system in your school’s auditorium enhances your reputation and makes your school more competitive. Private schools can also rent out their professionally designed auditoriums to community groups, adding another stream of revenue and helping these learning facilities stay afloat.

Importance of Audio, Video and Lighting Design in Private Schools

While science has known for years that light plays a role in how we perceive objects and colors, it was only recently that behavioral scientists started to unlock the much deeper effect light has on our moods and cognitive abilities. This is especially important for students. As matter of fact, according to the US National Library of Medicine, it wasn’t until 2013 that a non-pharmacological approach — bright light therapy — was found to be as successful a treatment as anti-depressants in combatting depression and sleep disturbances among adolescents.

While further research needs to be done, the effects of proper lighting in private schools are already being put to the test. As a recent study by the German lighting manufacturer OSRAM and the Transfer Center for Neuroscience and Learning discovered, students in classrooms with new LED lighting systems that imitate natural daylight cycles scored higher on standardized tests than a comparison group in spaces with conventional lighting.

Why Illuminated Integration Is the Preferred Choice for Private School AVL Design

You want to provide the best possible educational setting to your students. Parents expect it, and they also expect their children to receive an education that exceeds the one offered at the local public school. Illuminated Integration understands that lighting, audio and video greatly improve the classroom and extracurricular experience. 

We also understand that not all schools have the same goals or needs. We’ll work with you to develop a system that best accommodates your school and highlights what makes your place of learning special. 

For example, we had the opportunity to work with Holy Ghost Prep School. The school hired us to design and install a system to bring their new Frederico Performing Arts Theater to life. We installed a curtain, rigging, lighting, video and audio system, transforming what was previously a drive-through beverage distributor into a state-of-the-art arts and athletic center. The space now contains music practice rooms, a theater, batting cages and basketball courts.

Working with the prep school, we determined in the early stages that the theater would be the heart of the project. To that end, we designed a full-featured lighting system that blended house lighting, full architectural control and dimming functionality with an ETC Paradigm processor. We added static rigging, curtains and a track system to make the room feel like a real theater.