FEATURES
BUILDING
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY From sharing creative design ideas to making curricular connections in math, science, art, and engineering, students have been engaged in the exciting construction projects occurring on Cannon Campus.
The construction educational team took Lower School classes on tours through the facilities, incorporating technology that allowed students to virtually see inside the finished Learning Center. The Hance Learning Center construction was the inspiration for drawing lessons at the easels for kindergarten students earlier this year.
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rom our littlest students who were overwhelmingly excited to see bulldozers on the other side of the construction safety fence this past fall to the Upper School teens who took note this winter of the workers toiling in cold, wind, and snow three stories up, the construction projects underway on Cannon Campus are already making an emotional and curricular impact. “It’s presented an amazing opportunity for our students to be an active part of our community and campus growth,” shares Ashley Johnston, Lower School director of studies. “Each new space ultimately serves the students, and we’ve been fortunate to hear our students’ voices at every step of the process.” For instance, fourth graders have had the opportunity to be on the actual design team sharing their thoughts and perspectives on how the Hance Lower School Learning Center can best serve students. Greg Walters, facilities director/Plant Operations manager, says, “Having the students and faculty involved in different ways with the construction demonstrates to us that the entire community is ‘all-in’ with our construction activities, and even in the details. It’s not just something we
