HARDING ACADEMY BREAKS GROUND ON NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING
NASHVILLE, TN May 18, 2012
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Harding Academy officially broke ground this morning for the building of a new middle school and expansion of its fine arts space Demolition on the 5-acre campus will begin Monday, with excavation to start immediately following the school’s graduation on May 25.
The new facility will add space for recent programmatic expansion including a hands-on science space, rooms for all three languages—French, Spanish, Latin—and accelerated mathematics, and separate locker areas for each grade level. The roof will contain 45 solar panels, and the site will contain two rain gardens to be maintained through the science curriculum.
Completion of the middle school is anticipated to allow middle schoolers to move in over Spring Break 2013.
The 30-minute groundbreaking event took place on the school’s current turf field, and was attended by the entire school. Other attendees included invited guests from the Board of Trustees, Advisory Board, Alumni Board, and various members from the community. Each student was given a hard hat to wear, and then was given a small plastic box containing a clipping from the turf field to commemorate his/her attendance.
In addition to the middle school building, construction plans include a new turf field, playground, and after school space. These projects will be completed during the summer of 2013.
Link to photos of the event!
Link to photos of the event!
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From left, first graders Lilly Rauth, MeiMei Dellinger, Kendall Codispoti, Quin Lewis, and Sophie Jacobson
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Along with major donors, trustees, founders, and the alumni and advisory boards for the school, the nearly 500 children who make up the student body at Harding Academy were in attendance for the groundbreaking event on the morning of May 18, 2012.
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