January 7, 2016

Happy New Year! Today was our students' first day back from winter break, an appropriate time to update this blog. I was on vacation for much of the break, so I didn't have an opportunity to take too many photos.

Here are some updated photos of the project since the last post back on December 24.

We have been trying to find a way to keep the rubber tile flooring in the administration and classroom buildings clean. The custodians have tried so many different ways to clean those floors with no success. Finally, we were able to purchase some equipment to clean and buff the tiles, and then the custodians applied a special wax. The floors look awesome, and we can only surmise that those vendors who said the rubber tiles would not need wax have never encountered Wahiawa red dirt! The new building rubber tile floors will definitely be buffed and waxed before we move in!

When I came in one day during the break, Portable 4 was sitting smugly in the middle of the parking lot across the street. Apparently, the police escort had not shown up the previous night so the movers could not transport the portable off-campus. They did show up on a subsequent evening and Portables 4 and 5 were officially removed from the campus. 

Workers were getting ready for a concrete pour for the sidewalk fronting the school.  

Thank you to our SASA, Cathy Ferreira, for taking these photos of the concrete pour.

Smoothing the concrete for the sidewalk

Our students can learn a lesson from these workers about how everyone needs to together to get the job done. 

This empty space is where Portables 4 and 5 were located. When the whole project is finished, students will have a bigger area to play during recess or PE.

The sidewalk is partially done; the rest of the pour won't happen until after most of the work is done on the library media/student center.

Custodians were repainting the benches; they get so dirty and we decided to paint them a darker color. We'd sure appreciate it if everyone kept the benches clean!