SAMI Campus Groundbreaking 

Students, staff, community partners and neighbors are invited to celebrate the groundbreaking for the latest addition to the Science & Math Institute's Point Defiance campus: the Environmental Learning Center.

• Peek at the construction site in progress
• Enjoy student project demonstrations
• Participate in a legacy art project

About the project

This innovative Environmental Learning Center will feature eight SAMI classrooms, including two science labs, plus administrative space, an early learning center, and space for Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium staff and volunteers.

The Environmental Learning Center at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is funded by a school construction bond voters approved in 2013. The new building is a partnership between Tacoma Public Schools and Metro Parks Tacoma and is scheduled to open in Fall 2017.

For more information about this project or other Tacoma Public Schools construction projects, go to www.BuildingForAchievement.com.