The forms are finished and the re-bar is going in today for a Wednesday pour! Concrete pour- not rain (Please let the rain hold off on Wednesday).
Planning pow-wow this afternoon to make sure that we are ready for this weekend’s family build days.
Thanks to Kerrie Smith for the great picture and Todd Smith for heading up the concrete forms.
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/11/rebar.html
Yesterday the forms started to go in to prepare for the concrete pour next week. Can you believe it?
More images from the site today while they put in the rebar and the rest of the forms. Thank you, Mother Nature, for the beautiful weather!
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-really-happening.html
This is the ongoing story of our Discovery Garden- a group of volunteers putting in a living “classroom” where once only sad grass wilted. We hope this blog will help inform our school community as well as the rest of you out in cyber land who think this may be something you may want to try. We will update regularly with our progress and hopefully someday soon with beautiful images of kids exploring nature, science and math.
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/layout-begins.html
Friday night was a time for ghouls, goblins, princesses and dolphins at the annual Fall Fling at DeGolyer. Hundreds attended the dance festivities at school to raise much needed funds for the school programs. There were a record number of entries in the pumpkin decorating contest as well. Take a look to find your favorite!
I suppose it has to get worse before it can get better…. Super grateful to DISD grounds crew headed up by Coy Fraizer for getting this site cleared of grass and ready for work to begin. Also thankful for the teachers and staff for their patience in shuttling the kids past this mess and keeping them out of it.
It’s daunting- like looking at a blank canvas…..
Time to get messy!!!
Another exciting development is all of the
decomposed granite has been delivered and is ready to be distributed to the garden. It will provide a ground cover around the butterfly gardens, under the gazebo and by the trellis….It doesn’t seem like too much to move does it?
Bring your wheel barrows schedule a massage….
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-mess.html
This is the ongoing story of our Discovery Garden- a group of volunteers putting in a living “classroom” where once only sad grass wilted. We hope this blog will help inform our school community as well as the rest of you out in cyber land who think this may be something you may want to try. We will update regularly with our progress and hopefully someday soon with beautiful images of kids exploring nature, science and math.
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/logo.html
This is the ongoing story of our Discovery Garden- a group of volunteers putting in a living “classroom” where once only sad grass wilted. We hope this blog will help inform our school community as well as the rest of you out in cyber land who think this may be something you may want to try. We will update regularly with our progress and hopefully someday soon with beautiful images of kids exploring nature, science and math.
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-beginning.html
from Donna Marquet:
I get tongue tied when I start to describe this garden. There are so many elements to talk about… So I will just start with the beginning. I walked around with a list of elements I found via different websites, outing with my kids and just random thoughts in aisle seven of the grocery store. Without censorship I just keep adding to the list until we got back to school and then the list was put out in front of the committee- What things did they like, what other ideas did they want to add… And while the list was getting fine tuned I sat several times in the space we were about to convert discovering how the classes flow past, what the sun was doing during the school day as well as who’s classroom windows overlook the space, taking measurements and what the space felt like. To me if felt like an afterthought, abandoned but it has the potential to be a focused space (shielding on three sides by the school) where a learning environment has real potential- it feels safe and the scale is perfect- about 80’ x 50’.
Article source: http://degolyerdiscoverygarden.blogspot.com/2011/10/design.html
DeGolyer Dads Club is maintaining a public calendar for student and Dad and PTA events. You can subscribe to the calendar on your home computer, work computer or mobile device. You can integrate the calendar with your choice of device or continue to visit the website to make sure you do not miss important events.
How to subscribe to the DeGolyer Calendar:
Meet the Teacher Night is Thursday, August 18 from 5:30 – 7:30. There will be a new family orientation meeting, pizza dinner, information booths, a uniform swap and more. Come kick off the school year right and join us for a fun and informative night.
During the Meet the Teacher Night there will be a uniform swap. You can swap your outgrown uniforms for ones that fit for the new school year! If you have gently used uniforms to swap please contact Lisa Smith, the sooner the better. Lisa will take your returned clothes and get you some swapping Dolphin Vouchers. If you have uniforms to swap you have first dibs, please come to the swap table between 5:15 and 6:00. After 6:00 anyone is welcome to come help themselves to a uniform for the new school year.
If you’d like to help with Meet the Teacher night contact LeShea Geisler or Mary Wilonsky.
