1. Millennium Theatre and Performing Arts Center
The 300-seat Millennium Theatre features an intimate proscenium "thrust" stage, with no seat more than 35 feet away. The Performing Arts Center includes class and practice rooms, a scenic design shop and costume room.
2. Millhon Auditorium
Named for Jerry Millhon, head of school from 1974-1982, this multi-purpose space hosts everything from luncheons to rainy-day recess for the Preschool. With its knotty pine paneling, the room retains the character of the MV of the 1930s.
3. Preschool
This wing of the Smead Building houses our 3 and 4-year-old preschool programs as well as Kindergarten, all three programs strive to educate the whole child – socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively.
4. Lower School
The Lower School, grades 1-6, was built on the "open school" plan – a flexible concept that permits teachers to organize the environment in ways that support curricular goals. Team teaching and small classes are a part of the open classroom concept.
Named for Kathleen Blakey, former school librarian, The Blakey Resource Center houses the Lower and Middle School library and computer area, and contains more than 15,000 titles. Library materials are available to students, faculty, staff and parents.
5. Middle School
Maumee Valley's Middle School, grades 7-8, is a 10,000-square-foot annex of the Lower School that houses a spacious commons area, seven classrooms, a science lab, and a science preparation room.
Named for Kathleen Blakey, former school librarian, The Blakey Resource Center houses the Lower and Middle School library and computer area, and contains more than 15,000 titles. Library materials are available to students, faculty, staff and parents.
6. Boehm Building (Entrance Door #1)
The Boehm Building is home to, grades 9-12. Built in 2011, this $11.2 million facility provides 21st century space for 21st century learning. Small classes – most with fewer than 16 students – allow teachers to foster active participation and the development of each student's critical thinking, discussion, public speaking and writing skills. Faculty advisers mentor students not just in academics but in personal and extracurricular growth as well.
7. Kasperzak Center
Thanks to the generosity of Dean and Becky Kasperzak, Maumee Valley's "K Center" serves as flexible intimate space where the Upper School daily assembly is held. Equipped with technology, the K Center also serves as additional common space where students gather to listen to lectures by guest speakers or their classmates.
8. Smead Building (Entrance Door #5)
The Smead Building is named after the Smead sisters – the two original headmistresses of Maumee Valley’s predecessor, the Smead School for Girls, founded in 1884. The one-story white clapboard building originally opened its doors on Sept. 17, 1934 and housed kindergarten through Grade 12. Today it houses the Smead Conference Room, admissions, alumni affairs, and advancement offices (fundraising, alumni relations, communications/marketing), art classrooms, and the Preschool’s 4- and 5-year-olds and transition group.
9. Alida Ashley Amphitheatre
The Alida Ashley Amphitheatre, located in the front of the main building, is a lovely setting for a Greek drama, outdoor class or wedding.
10. Wolfe Gallery
Constructed in 1991, the Wolfe Gallery was designed by world-class architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen and displays the work of Maumee Valley students, and professional artists.
16. ETC
The Extended Time Care Building is a stand alone facility where students can play, relax, and work on homework after school.
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