More Progress! May 9, 2015

This week, some of the teachers who will be in the new building were able to take a tour of the classrooms. They can't wait to start moving in! The building was designed as a 21st century learning space with movable walls between classrooms as well as into the learning hub. The final touches will be happening soon - connecting the data, delivery of the furniture, learning how to operate the movable walls, and packing/unpacking the classroom resources and materials.  Such an exciting time!

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, there was a huge crane parked by the library media/student center. Workers were laying down the steel beams, the first step in preparing for the second floor. They also were laying the foundation for the roof for the library side of the building. I am always intrigued and amazed when I see how the workers operate these huge machines and how they exemplify the General Learner Outcomes. Our students can learn from these workers about applying the GLOs in their professions.

Here are a few photos from this week. Only a few more weeks until summer!

The appliances were delivered for the special education room in the new building.  We will be teaching students life skills as well as academics. It will be great for the students!

I thought this sign was cute; it's in the special education classroom.

The movable walls between two classrooms have whiteboards built in; it's pretty nifty! 

This is the view of one of the third grade classrooms on the first floor.

The signs were installed; this is building O.

A closeup of the view from outside the third grade classroom.  The second and fourth grade classes face the road; the third and fifth graders will have a view of the back of the school.  Notice the lavender petals from the jacaranda trees. 

This is the machine that helped lift the steel beams so workers could place and secure them.

We could see them lifting the pieces and dropping them ever-so-gently so workers could place them in the proper place.

I was working late on Thursday and was amazed when I saw how much the workers had accomplished after school ended.  They had finished most of the frame for the library roof.  The empty spaces are where the windows will be installed.  There will be a high ceiling and natural lighting in the library.

This is a view of the library media/student center building from the second floor of the classroom building.

Finally, now that the slab-on-grade is completed for the K-2 special education classroom, workers will be starting on the walls.  Unfortunately, that classroom won't be ready in July as we had hoped.  There is a problem with the size of the sewer pipe to the classroom so they need to wait until school is out before digging again.