News for Collegiate School Families and Friends
Holiday 2012
Coming Up: Construction Dust and Detours That Will Yield Spectacular Results
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ake a moment and imagine a transformed Middle and Upper School side of campus—a new Academic Commons with café, Upper School library and creative, flexible study areas for collaboration and quiet time; a new Hershey Center arts wing with bright studio space; refurbished Middle and Upper School classrooms (and building swap) and a library dedicated just to Middle Schoolers … plus a landscaped walkway that will link it all together. This vision will be the outcome of our current construction on the north side of campus, and it will all be complete by next August. As we move forward in the coming weeks, things will change—mostly walkways around buildings and relocations of building contents. Here, we give you a heads up about what will be happening and a reminder to keep your eyes on the outcome: a spectacular new constellation of academic buildings that will facilitate lively teaching and learning.
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To improve cooling capability in buildings on the north side of campus, renovation on the chiller plant will begin after Thanksgiving. The steps and walkway that lead from the loop road/drop-off area, beside the Student Activities Center (SAC) and to the main walkway will be closed through April 2013. Students will be directed to access campus via the walkway between the two science buildings and through those buildings.
Construction Map
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To renovate the Reed-Gumenick Library and convert it into a space designed for Middle School students, the library’s collections, offices, teaching and meeting spaces will relocate in December to two modular units on the lawn between the North Science Building and the Loop Road drop-off area.
With the library building closed and limited space in the modular units, seniors who spend time in the library during free periods will be offered a variety of places to gather.
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Walking traffic along the main walkway that stretches from SAC north to the Academic Commons worksite will be redirected to sidewalks around the library (renovations will be taking place only inside) and covered canopies. See map (above) for details. These passages will be fenced, with gates for construction traffic, and will be manned by campus security staff.
While the next phase that begins in June will not affect students because they will be on summer break, they will continued on page 11