Ch Ch Ch Changes!

With only five weeks of school left, we are starting to see real changes on the exterior of our school.
The kindergarten area is really starting to take shape. This weekend concrete was cut and the wall was partially removed and the new kindergarten space is starting to emerge.

On the North side of the building, two new classrooms are beginning to emerge:

And finally our Jr. track and field try outs were today...the usual Parkview ingenuity prevailed as we found a long lost sand pit in which to have our long jump trials.

Stay tuned for more updates!

And the beat goes on.....

 As we are moving closer to our music night on May 29th, the music of workers busily building around the Parkview site continues.

As you see we now have two foundations outlined with concrete forms and the sand and gravel has been compacted so that they will be ready to pour the concrete pads upon which they will be building.

Along the west side of the building, we also now have concrete forms poured and the compacting is happening there. Due to the compacting noise, Ms. O'Yadi's Kindergareten class will be operating from the temporary library at the end of the hallway for the next couple of days. We have been told that this level of noise should subside after this week.

Once that is done, there will be some masonry work started, the concrete will be poured to form the floor and the exterior wall of the old classrooms will be removed. We will start to see more evident change at that time.

Over the next six weeks we will be working together with our construction crews to ensure that our school year concludes in an exciting and positive manner. We will also be making sure that our students are also able to observe and learn from the exciting work that is going on outside of our classrooms.

Some Temporary Movement...

Hi,
Today was a busy day at Parkview.
As the construction progresses, the workers are starting to prepare the old part of the school to become a part of the new Kindergaraten rooms, there  has been some noisy jackhammering going on. To ensure the continuity of programing for Ms. O'Yazdi's class and to minimize disruptions we have temporarliy moved them to our temporary library in room 14. The class today and the class tomorrow will be in that room. They will be back in their regular room on Friday as the work will be completed at that time. Parents will still be dropping off and picking up at the same doors as before.

 The big crane!

This location where the jack hammering is occurring is outside of the classroom and is partitioned however the noise will prevent students from being able to learn comfortably in their current room. Thus, the library is a good temporary option.
Thanks to Ms. O'Yazdi and her students for their flexibility!

Footings Are Afoot

And so it begins....


I was past on the weekend to see what had transpired during the week and it appears as if we have footings for our two new classrooms at the north end of the primary wing:

And...the ground has been leveled to begin the work on the extension from our existing classrooms which will become our full day kindergarten rooms next year...

Our hopes are that as the ground dries we will be able to reclaim some of the feild for recesses. However, we will be contining to have staggered reacesses until the end of the year.

Also the gates are open on the weekend. Please let your non Parkview neighbours know that they can access the playground and hardtop during non school hours.