Kingston Intermediate School
SCOPE
Full cafeteria and serving area
LEVEL
Intermediate (grades 3–6)
LOCATION
Kingston, MA
INSTALL
7 days, Feb 12–18, 2026
THEME
Eagles Nest
OVERVIEW
Silver Lake wanted a room that gets students and staff saying “wow.” So we turned Kingston Intermediate’s cafeteria into the Eagles Nest.
A word wall runs across the storefront, a map of Historical Kingston marks where the school sits, and a realistic bald eagle swoops out of a beach scene in the corner. “Be Kind” crosses the sound panels in the five languages spoken in students’ homes, checked with the school’s ESL teachers, and the serving area tells kids to “Soar to Good Nutrition.”
THE BRIEF
We turned Kingston Intermediate’s cafeteria into the Eagles Nest, with a map of the town’s history and a bald eagle swooping in from the shore.
Silver Lake wanted a cafeteria that would help behavior and get students and staff saying “wow.”
A room that needed new paint and a cleaner look. The district asked for something grown-up, with a realistic eagle instead of a cartoon.
A clean red-and-gray design: a word wall across the storefront, a “Historical Kingston” map that marks where the school sits, and a bald eagle swooping out of a beach scene in the corner. “Be Kind” runs across the sound panels in the five languages spoken in students’ homes, and the serving area tells kids to “Soar to Good Nutrition.”
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The collaborative story
Designed live with
Kingston
We met five times, December 2025 to January 2026, with School Nutrition Director Megan Ahrenholz. Megan researched the history on the map herself, added the Wampanoag, and picked “Belonging” for the word wall. The Be Kind languages were checked with the school’s ESL teachers.
After seeing the finished room, the admin team at Kingston Elementary asked for a similar project.
Key Elements
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Eagles Nest Word Wall
- Element: Word wall (paint and PVC)
- Location: Wall A, storefront façade
School words chosen with the district, “Belonging” among them.
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Historical Kingston
- Element: Map wall
- Location: Wall B
The Jones River, Kingston Bay, the Bradford House, the brig Independence and the Wampanoag, with a star marking the school.
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Braver Than You Believe
- Element: Wall graphics
- Location: Wall B
An eagle in flight beside “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think,” next to the map.
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Eagle in Flight
- Element: Eagle cutout over a beach scene
- Location: Corner of Walls C and D
A realistic bald eagle swooping out of a coastal beach scene that wraps the corner.
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Be Kind
- Element: Sound panel graphics
- Location: Wall C
Be Kind in Portuguese, Spanish, Gujarati, Arabic and Polish.
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Brig Independence K
- Element: Letter graphic
- Location: Wall D
A giant K filled with the brig Independence, built on the Jones River in 1776.
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Soar to Good Nutrition
- Element: Vent hood graphics
- Location: Serving area
A red hood with the eagle, a row of fruit and veggies, “Kindness Matters” and “Smile Often.” The doors read Work Hard, Play Hard and “Never forget the difference you make.”
Gallery
We didn't design a cafeteria.
We designed somewhere they'd actually want to be.
And the kids? They noticed everything.
A lot can happen with a little change
in your space
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