Community Update
March 7, 2017
Good Tuesday Afternoon!
Last night the Eastwood HS Choir sung the National Anthem at the Cleveland Cavaliers game. Here are a couple of pictures from the game. What a night and honor for our students!
DISTRICT BASKETBALL TICKETS
The Boys's basketball Team will play in the District Semi-Finals on Thursday at 6:15 at Central Catholic. Tickets are on sale in the HS. GO EAGLES!
Some Construction Updates
There continues to be progress on the building. Below are pictures showing the current status of various parts of the building. As you will see, some areas are much further along than others. The good news is that we will complete some of those areas and move men and materials away from finished parts of the building. Not the way we thought we would build it at first, but we still should hit the finish line at the same time.
Gym and Cafeteria
Stage and Hoops
The first of the six basketball hoops is being installed. When done the gym will have the same floor size as the Middle School. You can also see the framing for the drywall that will be at stage opening.
Ceiling work in cafeteria
The bulkheads that will be drywalled have all been framed. These will provide some different ceiling elevations and help with noise reduction. This might surprise you but elementary cafeterias can get noisy.
Hallway towards Gym and Cafeteria
Final coats of paint are on the walls in this hallway looking down towards the mechanical rooms, gym and cafeteria.
Media Center
Media Center 1
The Media Center has been painted and is ready for lights and some of the decorative accents that will make this space awesome for kids. They are going to love this area!
Media Center 2
The storage area and workspace for the librarian is coming along. You can also see the framing for some of the decorative bulkheads that will bring this massive space down to the kids.
Cabinets in K-1
A look at a KG Room
Here is a Kindergarten Room with all of the cabinets and lockers installed. In the new building all of the lockers will be in the classrooms with doors. Above the lockers we have storage for teacher books and materials. All classrooms will have a sink with a drinking fountain. Finally, all of the Kindergarten and 1st Grade rooms will have a restroom in the classroom. This should help time on task!
Another room
Here you can see another look.
1st Grade
Here are the lockers, student mailboxes, and storage for a 1st grade room.
Mechanicals
Amazing!
Warner Mechanical is our HVAC and Plumbing contractor. This is just part of the main mechanical room. The piping to move warm and cool water into the building to help heat and cool is extraordinary. Not to mention the high efficiency equipment in the building to help limit energy use.
Fresh Air!
This fresh air trunk will help bring air in from the outside which is heated and cooled for students and staff. In our current buildings the equipment is not designed to turn over fresh air like they do in new facilities. This trunk will serve students in grades 2-5. It is massive!
More mechanicals
Now that the two story wing is enclosed all of the mechanical infrastructure in being installed so contractors can come in and build the classroom walls, put in ceilings, and paint these areas. It is moving along!
Entry and Office
Entry Canopy
The steel for the entry canopy has been set. This view is looking out from what will be the main door for the building. This will have masonary pillars and a brick front with the name of the building and an eagle.
Main Office
The office has been painted and the windows were installed this week. This room is also a staging area for work in the rest of the area hence all of the ladders and equipment.
Hallway Back
In the Office Suite we will have offices for the administrators, guidance, Speech and our School Psychologist. There will also be a large workroom with staff mailboxes along with a Clinic for our School Nurse. It will also have plenty of storage for records and a Conference Room for the many meetings that take place in an elementary building.
Wrap-Up
I hope all of you have a great rest of the week. I think we are in for some rougher weather in the next 7 days or so. Just in time for spring!!
Best wishes!