Campus Improvements Completed During Summer 2017

8/20/2017

New Canaan Country School’s campus was bustling with activity this summer. In addition to the usual joyful noises of children participating in the six-week Horizons Summer Enrichment Program, several major campus improvement projects were also underway.

The Lower School received an extensive renovation including new flexible breakout spaces, reconfiguration of several classrooms and offices, additional natural light throughout, improved air quality, as well as new lighting, paint, carpet and fixtures. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on the first day of school, Sept. 5.

Work also began on the new Susan Haigh Carver ’51 Dining Hall & Commons following an official ground-breaking ceremony last spring.

The Schlesinger Library was completely transformed to serve as the temporary cafeteria for the 2017-2018 school year, allowing for the same hot and cold food choices.

Additional on-campus improvements include:

The MakerSpace, which is now much larger, has moved to Upper School.
The School Store will move to a new, more central location on the ground floor of Grace House.
The Lower School and Middle School both received new roofs.
Additional faculty and staff parking was added at this time in order to mitigate disruption during the school year.

This summer’s projects are part of the school’s long-term Campus Master Plan spearheaded by Campus Master Planning Taskforce co-chairs Randy Salvatore and Stephanie Bowling Zeigler ’81, and overseen by Director of Facilities Ed Kirk with support from the Facilities team in partnership with Claris Construction.

More information about the school’s long-term plans can be found at www.countryschool.net/futurecampus.

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The team was hard at work this summer.
Teachers packed up their classrooms in June.
Teachers returned to refreshed spaces with new paint, carpet, flooring and lighting.
The Lower School front lobby and office spaces were reconfigured.
The Lower School lobby received a full upgrade.
The Welles Commons got a lighting upgrade, new windows and a refreshed floor.
The breakout spaces were gutted and transformed.
New breakout spaces are full of light.
New skylights were added throughout the Welles Building.
The bathrooms were all upgraded.
Underground utility work was completed.
The Welles Building was re-roofed.
Claris Construction met weekly with the NCCS team.
The Welles Commons served as the central operations headquarters.
Director of Facilities Ed Kirk oversaw the day-to-day operations.
Head of Lower School Meaghan Mallin kept a close eye on the renovations.
The Fire Marshall completed his final inspection on Aug. 21.
Faculty and staff were able to begin unpacking their new offices and classrooms.
The old cafeteria was demolished on July 24.
Preparations began to convert the Schlesinger Library into a temporary cafeteria.
The library was completely transformed.
The logo store will be relocated to a central location in Grace House.
The MakerSpace moved to the Upper School.

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635 Frogtown Road, New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: (203) 972-0771

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