August 21

July 31

Below: 2nd floor classrooms

Below: Elevator

Below: Achievement Series computer

Below: Computer Lab

Below: 1st Floor classrooms

Below: exterior views

Below: Media Center

July 22

July 11, 2009

The bus loop

Playground for smallest cougars.

Playground for larger cougars

Vandalized window on the back side of the school

Hallway from back to front of school

We have staircases!

A classroom just inside the door from the bus loop

The cafeteria is full of furniture, still in boxes.

Lunch line & kitchen

Ceiling in the passage between the gym & the rest of the building

The third playground

The Cashell Road side

Feb 24 2009
Panoramic image of school

RENOVATION STATION - February 4, 2009
The building is on schedule to be completed by July 15th. If you've driven by lately, you have seen that the outside is almost complete. I'm looking forward to my first chance to wear a hard hat and tour the building in the next couple of weeks. We have placed our first furniture order and are turning our attention to technology next. We are excited about the Promethean boards - our colleagues in other renovated schools have shared some wonderful things they are doing with them. We really will be a 21st century school!

RENOVATION STATION (from the 10/22/2008 Spotlight)

Each time I drive by Cashell, I get more excited! The renovation is still on schedule and, as you can see, is moving along very nicely. The steel frame is in place for the two-story classroom wing, and the gym is completely enclosed. We have been instructed to start ordering furniture and equipment, which is also exciting, and a little bit intimidating.

We will be visiting other newly-renovated schools to see how they set up their classrooms and what furniture and materials they ordered. We are fortunate to have the support of the Department of Materials Management as we work through this process!

Workers pack gravel around a storm water management pipe at the Cashell Road construction site.

Progress is being made on the storm water control structure.

Workers at the site on Cashell Road bolted this crane together and then raised the boom into the sky.

September 18, 2009

RENOVATION STATION 11/28/2007

...MOVING ON OUT!

THIS PAPER IS REALLY IMPORTANT! PLEASE PUT IT ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR AND SAVE IT ...YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!

MOVING OUT DATES:

Sunday, December 2 2-4 PM FAREWELL TO CASHELL
Hug the school goodbye at 3 PM!

Thursday, December 6 7:30-8:30 PM PTA meeting in the All Purpose Room at North Lake.
Practice carpooling with your friends and come take a brief tour of the school. There will be representatives from Transportation who will review bus schedules and answer question.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BABY-SITTING FOR THIS MEETING! Please do not bring your children; we anticipate that the meeting will be quite full and there will be no place for them to wait.

Tuesday, December 11, 9:30-11:30 MINI SNEAK PEEK at North Lake for Cashell Students
Students will have a chance to visit their new school and take a quick peek at their classrooms, the All-Purpose Room, Cafeteria, Media Center, and playground.

Tuesday, December 18th, TAKE IT ALL HOME DAY!
Students will take home ALL their belongings in grocery bags donated by our wonderful neighbor ROOTS. They should bring everything back in those bags when they return to North Lake on January 3rd.

Friday, December 21, 2007 and Wednesday, January 2, 2008 – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS!!!
Teachers and staff will be packing, moving, and setting up their new classrooms.
We need volunteers who will be available on these two dates to help teachers pack up and then set up their classrooms. Please email me if you - or your home-from-college student can help!

Thursday, January 3, 2008
Students begin school at North Lake!!

RENOVATION STATION 11/07/07

MOVING OUT DATES:

Sunday, December 2 2-4 PM
FAREWELL TO CASHELL...Hug the school goodbye at 3 PM! We could use a helicopter to take a picture of the HUG, so if you know someone...

Thursday, December 6, 7:30-8:30 PM
PTA meeting in the All Purpose Room at North Lake. Practice carpooling with your friends and come take a brief tour of the school. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BABY-SITTING FOR THIS MEETING!

Friday, December 21, 2007 and Wednesday, January 2, 2008
NO SCHOOL for students. Teachers and staff will be packing and moving. We need volunteers who will be available on these two dates to help teachers pack up and then set up their classrooms. Please email me if you-or your home-from-college student can help!

RENOVATION STATION 10/24/07

MOVING OUT DATES:

Sunday, December 2, 2-4 PM
FAREWELL TO CASHELL...Hug the school goodbye at 3 PM! We could use helicopter to take a picture of the HUG, so if you know someone...

Thursday, December 6, 7:30-8:30 PM - PTA Meeting in the All Purpose Room at North Lake. Practice carpooling with your friends and come take a brief tour of the school.

Friday, December 21, 2007 and Wednesday, January 2, 2008 NO SCHOOL for students. Teachers and staff will be packing and moving. We'll soon be looking for volunteers who will be available on these two dates to help teachers pack up and then set up their classrooms. Stay tuned for more information!

RENOVATION STATION 9/26/07

Next week will be the first BIG construction meeting for our new school! The plans are 65% finished, and we will be reviewing them in detail. I am very grateful to Nancy DeLalio, Ethan's mom, who has been giving me a crash course in reading architectural plans and teaching me the kinds of questions I should be asking...like...how do they plan to drain water from the courtyard? Having a good answer to that question will mean the difference between having a courtyard or a pond outside the Media Center!

SAVE THE DATE!! On November 8th from 7:30-8:30 p.m. we will have a PTA meeting in the APR at North Lake Center. You will have a chance to tour the building and practice carpooling!

RENOVATION STATION 9/12/07

This week's update should be a short one. I know there were some questions about parking at North Lake. While parking is tight there, I think we will be okay for everyday parking. There should be plenty of room for our daily volunteers to park in the lot.

We will run into problems when we have large school events like Back to School Night or the Family Picnic. There is no overflow parking in the neighborhood, so we will have to be creative when we are planning these events.

For example, we will probably have TWO Back to School Nights next year instead of just one. And we will encourage car pooling as much as possible.

If you have any other ideas or suggestions for de-stressing the parking situation, please let me know.