Copeland, KS News

Moving Day

2009-12-20T20:29:00.000-08:00

Everyone worked hard on Wednesday to move everything from the old building to the new Junior High....it's AWESOME!!

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Carson and Mrs. Lamborn used their muscles to move a table

Right:

Dani used her muscles, too!

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Dennis was having a hard time with this shelf (thanks for helping Logan) ....

....and Drew (right) looked like he'd made one to many trips!

Katlyn & Makayla were working hard, too, but could still take time out for a "photo op"!

Mrs. Gillespie is getting settled in her new room (just a few more boxes!)

The new Math room (right) is HUGE compared to the old one (below)! Mrs. Watkins is lovin' it already!

The BEST PART has to be the HUGE NEW HALLWAYS!!!

The hallways in the old building were cramped

but now there's LOTS of room!!! It's AWESOME!

Finishing Touches

2009-12-20T20:14:00.000-08:00

The tile is being put in to get ready for everyone to move in before Christmas Break....

... and the new science room is being finished.
The back side of the new gym is enclosed....

...and the side of the the new Commons area.

A Look at the Inside...

2009-11-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

I just love the new sign!

and inside the doors, they're getting a lot done!

The best part, of course is going to be the super-wide hallways!!

I think they said this is the new teacher's lounge (very cool)

The new lockers are HUGE
(a sixth-grader could live in one!)

or at least hide out for a while
(during a math test?)

Look there first, Mrs. Watkins.

and the new Science room is going to be AWESOME!

and, most importantly, a place to get a drink (in between classes, of course)

October progress

2009-11-06T07:22:00.000-08:00

The back of the school by the elementary playground looks completely different!

I was paying attention to the "front" of the school...and they finished the back!

The back wall of the new gym was going up....

which from the other side (behind the junior high) looked like this....

now it's all enclosed and looks like this
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and the "front" looks like this...

inside the new commons area is getting painted....

and the halls leading from the elementary school.

Check back for more pictures of the inside....

they're working lots of hours (they start early!) to get it all done!

New Things...inside and out

2009-09-02T18:12:00.000-07:00

glass on the windows

and the new front doors (and a peek at the South Gray Jr. High sign)

inside what will some day be the Commons Area

the highly-
anticipated wide hallways

and the makings of the new Science room

PLUS... the new gym has the makings of a roof.

2009-08-06T17:58:00.000-07:00

The view from behind the Elementary School is changing, too.

The whole "back" side is almost entirely bricked.

A View of the "Inside"

2009-08-06T14:32:00.001-07:00

Lots of stuff is going on inside the building these days

so when it looks like nothing has changed, it's all on the inside.

But even from the "outside looking in" it looks like it's going to be very cool (and the inside report is that the classrooms are HUGE!)

Lots of Changes Over the Summer

2009-08-06T14:02:00.001-07:00

Here are some "before" and "afters from June and July...

The "front entrance" went in...but I never got a good picture of it "done"
....I'll have to work on that.

The "south" part of the building started out looking like this....

the brick layers got this done in about a day....

....and now it's done.

A breezeway was built connecting the Jr. High to the Elementary building.

This "Before" picture was taken on June 27....

Starting to add brick to the columns

Mid July

After (July 30th)

The New Gym

2009-08-06T13:39:00.000-07:00

The new gym is going up!

It doesn't look that big until you're standing right next to it (that's a 5'10" person in the corner)

The view from inside the new gym....a "clear" ceiling would be cool.

Now the view from the "back" looks like this!

2009-06-11T19:12:00.000-07:00

The Wall - Take 2:
First they built the "inside" wall...

...and now the wall is rebuilt!

Getting ready for a whole "new" wall....

which went up pretty quickly! It's actually looking like a school!

Caught a glimpse of how the "stuff" gets in the cement mixer... they're still kind of LOUD in the morning (especially since morning starts much later in the summer!)

Meanwhile....at the back of the school....

2009-05-27T12:23:00.000-07:00

No...I didn't post these pictures in the wrong order. The wall that was finished (in the picture below) got blown over in the storm on Tuesday night.

Wednesday morning the workers were clearing the mess and starting over!

The "new" wall had grown quite a bit...

to be practically finished (before the wind took over)

Meanwhile...

The "back" of the building (by the playground) looks like this now....ready for windows!! Well...someday.

2009-05-10T15:06:00.000-07:00

The wall is getting taller and taller....

New cement was poured for more foundation!!

It's stretching towards the old Jr. High.
and a "new" wall is already being started.

Meanwhile.... the back of the school looks like this....

lots of white pipes sticking up waiting for something to attach.

2009-04-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

The wall was getting taller by Wednesday.

The other side looked like the Alamo (maybe that's just because I go to San Antonio a lot).

The other side of the wall looks like this.....

getting ready to pour more cement, which they did on Friday.
This is fun to watch....the cement comes pouring out of this huge "crane" and all these guys works to smooth it out.

The fun job is driving the "hovercrafts" that smooth it out/dry it....

so now they're ready to build more walls!

2009-04-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

The walls are going up on the new Jr. High!

On Monday, the construction crew took advantage of the perfect weather so....

....by Tuesday it looked like this!

Plenty of bricks are stacked behind the "old" Jr. High...

... and an strange-looking piece of equipment that someone bangs on early every morning .
Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall, they're making another "sand box" so they can pour another foundation.

And behind the "old" Jr. High looks like this.

2009-04-13T09:41:00.000-07:00

Something is starting to go up between the Jr High and the Band/Art room, too.

and this "form" in front of the Band/Art room later got filled with cement....

before the "rain delay".

Rain on Saturday and (Easter) Sunday made everything a little bit muddy.

2009-04-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

Cement is starting to show up
between the forms that have been built.

This "form" behind the elementary school was filled with sand one day
to get ready for....

this huge truck to spill cement in it.

Now it looks like this!
I can (almost) picture a school sitting on that spot!

2009-04-13T09:08:00.000-07:00

It's starting to look like a construction site.

Lots of digging....

and the trailer with all the stuff in it.....

and leveling out the spot for the new building to sit on.

2009-04-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

Here's the cool picture of the truck spraying the dirt.

I couldn't get too close because of the fence, but I still got wet!

2009-03-17T10:28:00.000-07:00

Lots of digging going on this week.
Lots of big trucks going back and forth...

and now this is what the area in between
the Junior High and Elementary buildings looks like.

A big truck gets filled with water from the fire hydrant and then sprays the water all over the dirt. (I'll try to post a picture of that...it looks pretty cool)

The guy filling the truck (on the left by the fire hydrant) said the water helps make the dirt the right texture.

Suprisingly, he said there's been a lot of moisture in the dirt and they haven't had to add as much as you'd think. Who knows where the moisture came from!

Behind the football field is now a parking lot for large trucks and the dump site for large pieces of cement. I can't wait to see what they use these metal rods for!

2009-03-05T17:54:00.000-08:00

On Monday, some new "boxes" sprouted up behind the Elementary school....

By Thursday, they were digging large holes in the ground for gas and electricity, and ???

These guys looked like they knew what they were doing. The electricity was turned off in the Elementary school for a while and they were working over time (past 5:00 pm anyway) to get it turned back on.

(Note the big hole)

The view behind the Elementary school is a little bit different these days...

and they're leaving secret codes on the sidewalk!

what do you think THAT means?

2009-03-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

As of today (Sunday, March 1st) this is what the lot looks like behind the "old" Junior High...getting ready for the "new" Junior High.

2009-03-01T19:05:00.000-08:00

The occupants of the Junior High building could feel it when the concrete was being torn up!

Now there are fences all around the construction site....and getting to the Art/Band building is "interesting".

2009-03-01T18:51:00.000-08:00

The view to the west has changed dramatically over the past week.
A lot of digging has gone on....big tractors moving a lot of dirt (and cement!) This is the before picture....

and this is after a few days of work....

2009-03-01T17:16:00.000-08:00

To make way for the new building, this tree had to go.

It's root system was HUGE!

2009-03-01T16:58:00.000-08:00

Construction has begun on the new Junior High! So far the changes aren't that noticeable. The biggest change so far is no more weight room!

The Jr. High parking lot was not available last week while the construction crew dug it up to put in pipes or electrical lines or something.