Campbell Union School District Students Contribute to the Redesign of the Downtown Campbell Library
Students from Campbell Union School District were instrumental in the redesign of the downtown Campbell Library.
After years of collaboration and planning, the Campbell Library in downtown Campbell has reopened. Students from Campbell Union School District (CUSD) were part of the original collaboration team that contributed to the planning.
In the 2018-19 school year, eight teams of CUSD students from five elementary schools participated in Pitch Fest. This was an opportunity for students to work with their teachers, Campbell librarians and elected officials as they presented their design challenge ideas for the renovation of the Campbell Library.
Each of the teams had five minutes to present their ideas to the panel that included two Campbell librarians, Superintendent Shelly Viramontez, and former Trustee Cohen. Through the engineering and design thinking process, the library gathered student input and ideas that would help them in the redesign of their services, programming, and spaces to improve the library experience. Pitch Fest was a culminating event to CUSD’s annual Design Challenge where students and community came together to design real world solutions in their community.
The student pitch presentations included:
- Soundproof Castle (noise engineering) from Capri Elementary School
- Ear Covering Chair (noise engineering) from Castlemont Elementary School
- Better Advertising and Transportation (design thinking) from Rosemary Elementary School
- Improvements for the Teen Zone (design thinking) from Sherman Oaks Dual Immersion School
- Re-shelving Robot (design thinking) from Sherman Oaks Dual Immersion School
- Reading Cubicles (design thinking) from Village School
- An Easy Way to Find a Book (design thinking) from Village School
- A Bookworm’s GPS (design thinking) from Village School
Nichole King, Community Librarian at the Campbell Library, noted that patrons can see elements of the students’ ideas in the library’s redesign including noise canceling components, a castle in the children’s area, and cozy reading areas.
All CUSD students have a library card, so go check out the new library and check out a book or two.
The Campbell Library is located at 77 Harrison Avenue in Campbell and is part of the Santa Clara County Library District - a proud CUSD partner.