Monday, November 28, 2011

Exciting Additions to the Classrooms

For our construction team, Thanksgiving break was short.  While we were enjoying our five consecutive days off, the building was very busy.  In the classrooms, cabinets and cubbies were installed and tile was laid.  Early this morning, they began to hang the doors. 


Each classroom will have a bulletin board beside its entryway. 
New woodgrain doors are being hung today. 


ORIGINAL CLASSROOMS
New cabinets and cubbies have been installed in all of the classrooms.  The tile has been laid in most rooms.    This view is what would have been the old closets.  There are 28 cubbies and spaces for coats and backpacks. 
This is the back wall which will now be the main area for teaching.  The teacher area is on the left.  The covered board is a bulletin board. 




This is the area that used to have the heating/AC unit.  The computers will now be tabled there under the bulletin board. 


This is the front wall that used to have the white boards.  It will now be the back of the room. This is a white board.  


The entry into the room will look different than it originally did.

New Classrooms
This is the wall beside the door.  Notice that there are only 16 cubbies on this wall, the rest are on the other side. 


This is the wall that is formerly where the sink and cabinets were.  The teacher area is on the left.  The covered section is a bulletin board. 


The area between the windows is not wired for computers in the new room. 


This is what was formerly the front teaching area.  Now it will have the computer drops and the remaining 12 cubbies. 


This is a view of the entrance to the new rooms.

Resource Room

The smaller resource rooms will have a teacher cabinet but no sink area. 
One wall has a double white board. 


The opposite wall has a bulletin board. 
This is the cabinet system for each classroom.  The front hallway accent color is blue.  So the embellishment over the door, accent tiles in the hall, and cabinet facings will be blue.  The other halls will be yellow or green. 

The teacher cabinet
The inside of the teacher cabinet. 
Teachers, you can make sure you always look presentable for your students.  This mirror comes complete with a tray. 
These are the cubbies and coat/backpack hooks.