Dec. 3, 2021
Ray-Pec community,

Yesterday was a big day for the Ray-Pec School District as we moved closer toward realizing the dream of the Ray-Pec LEAD Center, located at 58 Highway and Foxridge Drive! Led by a student planning team, an official “demo day” event celebrated the soon-to-start renovation of the building.
The ceremony included hard hats and gold sledgehammers. In the photo below, Board members take their turn striking a wall.
These students from the Ray-Pec Enterprise & Design program planned the ceremony. From left: Isaac Mendoza, Nikolas Wanamaker, Mackenzie Glover, and Malcolm Goswell.
RPHS Senior Kaijah Simmons speaks about Ray-Pec Enterprise & Design.
RPHS Senior Micah Novak speaks about the machining program.
As you may know, LEAD stands for Learning, Experiences, And Discovery. The Ray-Pec LEAD Center will be an exciting place for students to explore career paths, gain employable experiences, participate in exciting new styles of learning, or explore their interests in a variety of technology opportunities. At full build-out, we envision the LEAD Center to be a place where elementary and middle school students will also have opportunities to learn and explore through summer enrichment programs. Not only will the LEAD Center be a place for Learning, Experiences, And Discovery, it will be a place that will LEAD Ray-Pec toward more opportunities for its students and will LEAD the way in which programs like career education and Real-World Learning can make a difference for students. 

The LEAD Center is made possible by last year’s Proposition S bond election. This facility was the site of the former Orscheln Farm & Home store, and before that, the Sun Fresh Market, and has been vacant for several years. Securing this site was a very exciting and visionary move by the Ray-Pec Board of Education.

We are excited about this space for our students, and trust you will be as well! For a sneak peek at what the finished product may look like, please view this video.

Your support makes opportunities like the LEAD Center possible for our students. This is an outstanding community.

Thank you for entrusting your children to the Ray-Pec School District,

Mike Slagle