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New school makes debut
Metea open house set for Sunday
October 2, 2009
By SUSAN FRICK CARLMAN scarlman@scn1.com
Everyone's invited.
Metea Valley High School will open its doors Sunday afternoon for its first public open house.
IF YOU GO
What: Open house
When: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Metea Valley High School, 1801 N. Eola Road, Aurora
Why: To showcase the 280,000 square feet of learning space that was recently completed and opened to students.
Who: The public is invited.
What else: For more information, visit mvhs.ipsd.org.
The new, $126 million Indian Prairie School District 204 school, the academic home to some 1,250 freshmen and sophomores since Aug. 20, will be dedicated officially in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Visitors then will be free to explore the sprawling, light-filled building.
"It's really a community event," Principal Jim Schmid said Thursday. "It gives people an opportunity to view the entire building and meet the faculty and staff."
About 3,200 people came in August when the almost-finished campus was unveiled to the school community, and another 1,000 went through on curriculum night, Schmid said. He isn't sure how big a crowd to expect Sunday.
"Whoever shows, it'll be an exciting day for people," he said.
Representatives from Turner Construction Co. and the architectural firm DLR Group will see to the formal presentation of the building, and District 204 Superintendent Kathy Birkett is scheduled to speak. Also slated to appear are school board President Curt Bradshaw and representatives from the school's parent organizations, students and faculty. Metea's vocal jazz group and symphonic strings ensemble will perform.
The 84-acre campus is being completed in two stages. Begun in May 2008, Phase I consisted of about 280,000 square feet of finished space. Phase II -- consisting of the auditorium, pool, music areas, and junior and senior wings -- is scheduled for completion by the end of February, Schmid said.
He's pretty pleased with the project's progress to date.
"It's really a well-designed building, in terms of the academic supports that we want to have in place," he said.
New school makes debut
Metea open house set for Sunday
October 2, 2009
By SUSAN FRICK CARLMAN scarlman@scn1.com
Everyone's invited.
Metea Valley High School will open its doors Sunday afternoon for its first public open house.
IF YOU GO
What: Open house
When: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Metea Valley High School, 1801 N. Eola Road, Aurora
Why: To showcase the 280,000 square feet of learning space that was recently completed and opened to students.
Who: The public is invited.
What else: For more information, visit mvhs.ipsd.org.
The new, $126 million Indian Prairie School District 204 school, the academic home to some 1,250 freshmen and sophomores since Aug. 20, will be dedicated officially in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Visitors then will be free to explore the sprawling, light-filled building.
"It's really a community event," Principal Jim Schmid said Thursday. "It gives people an opportunity to view the entire building and meet the faculty and staff."
About 3,200 people came in August when the almost-finished campus was unveiled to the school community, and another 1,000 went through on curriculum night, Schmid said. He isn't sure how big a crowd to expect Sunday.
"Whoever shows, it'll be an exciting day for people," he said.
Representatives from Turner Construction Co. and the architectural firm DLR Group will see to the formal presentation of the building, and District 204 Superintendent Kathy Birkett is scheduled to speak. Also slated to appear are school board President Curt Bradshaw and representatives from the school's parent organizations, students and faculty. Metea's vocal jazz group and symphonic strings ensemble will perform.
The 84-acre campus is being completed in two stages. Begun in May 2008, Phase I consisted of about 280,000 square feet of finished space. Phase II -- consisting of the auditorium, pool, music areas, and junior and senior wings -- is scheduled for completion by the end of February, Schmid said.
He's pretty pleased with the project's progress to date.
"It's really a well-designed building, in terms of the academic supports that we want to have in place," he said.