Technical Difficulties

I'm feeling very inadequate right now as I took a great class and learned to blog so well and, alas, I can't get the pictures to upload. I'll work on it a bit longer then try again tomorrow, if I'm not successful. Try back later.

Moving Day at Meadow Wood

August 2, 2010 was a great day in MWE's history. Over 100 fabulous workers from the SBISD maintenance, transportation and child nutrition offices, lead by Wayne Schaper, Jr., descended upon the old MWE and brought all our boxes, furniture and 'stuff' to the Transition Campus. We had 9 teachers there to help them navigate the new campus and find the rooms. Thanks so much to Penny Clarkson, Tunis Deal, Karyn Lewis, Jenny Meyer, Amy Griffith, Carolyn Mendez, Ashley Johnson, Meg Lee and their foreman - Becky Maddox, for working so hard in the horrible Houston heat.
The rooms are nice and cool but the outside hallways are H..O..T!!!

The classrooms and cafeteria are ready for move in. They are still working on the floor in the gym. The playground is almost finished. It's really looking ready around there. As soon as they finish the final electrical work - including our fire alarm - we will get inspected and get to move people in, along with the boxes and furniture. We are hoping to be in on August 16!

The teachers come back on duty on August 12. We will have our first two days of staff development at Rummel Creek on the 12th and 13th. Then...we will have the next week to unpack, arrange and get ready for Meet the Teacher on August 20th at 2:00.

Registration will be held at Rummel Creek beginning August 11th.

Please call 713-251-6200 for directions.

Enjoy the video of our moving memories.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Pictures of the Transition Campus

I've not been able to upload the videos. I also did not take still pics as I was videoing. BUT...JOY...someone uploaded photos onto the Meadow Wood Elementary Facebook page.

Go to Facebook. Search for Meadow Wood Elementary. You can see the pics there!! YEAH!!

Try this link...it might work...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meadow-Wood-Elementary-SBISD/77644173238?filter=2

Tour of the Transition Campus

I hope you have not been too impatient waiting for an update regarding the progress at the transition campus. Thursday, July 15, the team leaders and PTA officers took a tour. We videoed the whole tour. You will have to hang on a bit longer as I can't get the video to load...it's too long!! We walked around for about 40 minutes with lots of stopping to ask questions, measure and to figure out where we were. I'll continue to work on it and may even have to break it into a few shorter versions.

Here are the basic details as of today:

1. Some of our things are already moved over and are in our half of the cafeteria at WAIS.

2. Big move dates are August 2 and 3.

3. The construction fence at MWE should go up on those same dates and things will start to get busy around MWE.

4. Classrooms at the transition campus are surprisingly big, have lots of plugs (yeah), have 2 windows that can open with screens and are carpeted. Each classroom has one 4' x 4' bulletin board and one 8' x 4' bulletin board. Those are on the wall with the cabinets. Another wall has two large magnetic white boards and the ACTIVboard. Rooms without ACTIVboards (PK, Kinder, music, resource) have a flat screen TV in the spot where the ACTIVboard goes to be able to watch KMWE and other things. The third wall has a 16' magnetic white board. The fourth wall has the two windows and door. You can see all this in the video - if I ever figure out how to load it.

5. The bathrooms for the kids and the ones for the teachers are very nice - bigger and fancier than we are used to!

6. The gym is HH..UU..GG..EE!! It is getting new paint, cleaned up floor, and a general facelift to look new for us.

7. The cafeteria is also big and roomy. Plenty of room to spread out in.

They will be working there over the weekend and late days to get ready in time for our move. It looks really messy but we are not worried about the timeline at this point. Keep your fingers crossed!!

Packing Up MWE

Grab your kleenex and watch this short film about ...

Packing Up MWE

Getting Closer

Take a look at the platforms going up at the new site. These pictures were taken on May 31, 2010. They worked all weekend so it should be more complete now. The platforms will serve as the hallways and connect the buildings together all on one level - elevated. They will have rails.

The Modular Buildings Have Arrived

Here are a few pictures of the modular buildings as the delivery starts at the Transition Site at WAIS. Some have not been put together yet.





Remember that there will be a platform built for all the covered walkways. That means that they will not seem elevated from the ground. Once you walk up into the campus, everything is on one level.