Hanging the Ceiling and the Cabinets Come Next!

Cabinets and cubbies were delivered this week for all of the classrooms in the new addition. As painting was finished up this week in the classrooms, they will begin to hang the ceiling grid next week. These rooms will begin to look more like classrooms in the coming weeks!

Primering and Painting

Shaw's of Okoboji has completed one week of primering and painting and will plan to finish up next week. The crew started the week painting all of the door frames a maroon color to match the existing building door frames. The crew then moved on to primering the new concrete block before painting the new walls a beige color.

You Can Clearly See the Progress

The windows have been installed in the 2nd floor classrooms and they have started installing the windows on the lower level as well. Shaw's of Okoboji will begin primering and painting the concrete block walls of the addition next week.

FFA Week February 20-26

Elementary students participated in a coloring contest in recognition of FFA week. Thank you to Rich Martin, FFA advisor, and his students for including the elementary students in their week of activities.

2nd Floor Classrooms are Starting to Take Shape

Pictured here is the teacher work space that will separate 2 classrooms on the 2nd floor. Within this work space for 2 teachers will be storage, a countertop work area with teacher phone and computer. This workspace will have windows and will be completed with drywall and paint.

As you can see from this picture, the walls have drywall installed in the upstairs hallway. Windows will also be installed throughout the hallway. These windows will be reused from the existing kindergarten hallway downstairs.

The 2nd floor starts to take shape!

This picture shows the top landing of the stairs. From this landing, students and staff will travel downstairs and you can also see the door frame where students will enter into the classroom furthest to the west. Masons will be finishing their work this week with the concrete block walls on the 2nd floor. 

To the Top They Must Go!

On Wednesday, January 19th, a crane lifted all of our air handling units onto the roof of our addition. There were 13 units added to the roof to meet the air handling needs of the approximately 10,000 square feet of new space. The bricklayers completed the exterior brick last week and have moved indoors to the 2nd floor and are laying block for the upstairs classroom walls.