August 3, 2013

Although this is the weekend, workers have been at the construction site, working to complete the installation of air conditioners for P12, P13, and P17.  Portable classrooms often get hotter than the traditional classrooms, but because Wahiawa is at a higher elevation, we are fortunate to have cooler temperatures than other areas.  However, with the noise and the dust from the construction project, it would have been an unacceptable learning environment in those portable classrooms especially during the hot summer months.  (The poor teachers were perspiring in there last week, and imagine how it would be with 25 additional bodies!) Fortunately, we were able to get the air conditioners installed -- workers started on Thursday and will work through the weekend if necessary -- so the rooms will be comfortable for students from their first day back to school.

The air conditioner unit is outside the portable classrooms.  It should provide sufficient power to cool the entire classroom.

I was passing by the area between A1 and P17 and saw a bottle lying on top of a dirt pile.  Here's what the bottle looks like after it was cleaned.  We're checking to see if there's any value to it, and I'm wondering how many more bottles might be uncovered during the excavation phase of the project.  Perhaps we will have enough for a display.  In any case, this certainly provides evidence that glass does not decompose, a good reason to recycle which goes perfectly with our grade 2 unit on renewable and nonrenewable resources.