Greenville, Wis. (PRWEB) June 05, 2013

School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCHSQ), a leading K-12 education business with the broadest array of items in the education market place, announces it has been contracted by the Las Vegas Downtown Project. The agreement tends to make School Specialty a provider of furnishings and equipment for the Downtown Projects new early childhood center in Las Vegas called the 9th Bridge College.

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As element of a vision to transform downtown Las Vegas, organizers of the Downtown Project founded an Education Initiative with the purpose of establishing an innovative and inventive new educational environment. The college, which will open as an education center for students from six weeks to kindergarten age, will use Typical Core specifications as the basis of its curriculum. Designers have incorporated tenets of good psychology and neurolearning to create classroom environments and sophisticated teaching models that are a lot more attuned how the brain learns.

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Soon after learning about the Downtown Projects fresh and community-primarily based approach to education, we knew School Specialty would be the best collaborator to complement its vision, stated Mike Lavelle, CEO of School Specialty. We have been operating closely with the Projects education group to determine the choice of revolutionary furnishings, gear and components needed to bring the school to fruition.

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The Downtown Project plans to expand the 9th Bridge School year by year from early childhood-only to a complete K-12 providing, depending on enrollment fluctuation and other aspects. College Specialtys current work for the early childhood center can be extended as the school grows.

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“We have been quite pleased by our partnership with School Specialty. The College Specialty staff, which includes the educational marketing and advertising and sales teams, possess a high level of professionalism, innovation and creativity, mentioned Connie Yeh, head of the Downtown Projects Education Initiative. We appreciate their beneficial input in assisting us to achieve our objectives.”

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The 9th Bridge college will be positioned at 9th Street and Bridger Avenue in downtown Las Vegas and is scheduled to open its doors later this year. For far more data about the Downtown Project and the Projects Education Initiative, check out http://www.downtownproject.com. For much more details about the 9th Bridge College, check out http://www.9thbridgeschool.com.

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About College Specialty, Inc. &#13

College Specialty is a major education firm that offers revolutionary and proprietary merchandise, applications and services to support educators engage and inspire students of all ages and abilities to find out. The company styles, develops, and gives preK-12 educators with the newest and extremely greatest curriculum, supplemental studying resources, and school supplies. Working in collaboration with educators, School Specialty reaches beyond the scope of textbooks to assist teachers, guidance counselors and college administrators make certain that each student reaches his or her full possible. For much more info, pay a visit to http://www.schoolspecialty.com.

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