GroundbreakinG Ceremony

Fort Dodge Community School District

Grades 5-8 Middle School Project

September 23, 2011 10 a.m.800 north 32nd Street, Fort dodGe, iowa

Our Schools. Our Community. Our Pride.

thank youThank you for joining us to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Fort Dodge Community School District middle school. As we mark the beginning of construction, we reaffirm the ideals for which this building will stand. For decades to come, our middle school will serve the needs of Fort Dodge students by providing them with a 21st century learning environment that will allow them to excel in all aspects of the academic realm. This new structure will enhance our students, benefit our community, and represent the committed values of Fort Dodge.

We would like to personally thank the Board of Education for making this vision a reality. We are grateful for the gen-erous support of our citizens, and we look forward to togeth-er building the future of our school district and community.

For updates on the progress of the new middle school, visit www.fdschools.org.

GroundbreakinG Ceremony

“dynamite arr.” by ViCtor Lopez

Phillips Middle School BandDirected by Sarah Holder and Mike Richardson

weLComeSuperintendent of Schools Doug Van Zyl

the Star SpanGLed bannerFair Oaks Middle School ChoirDirected by Marilee Kleespies

inVoCationPastor David Grindberg

“morninG” by Janet Gardner

Fair Oaks Middle School ChoirDirected by Marilee Kleespies

introduCtionS oF SpeakerS

breakinG oF Ground

“roCk and roLL hey”Phillips Middle School Band

Directed by Sarah Holder and Mike Richardson

ribbon CuttinG

The District’s middle school project represents a consolidation of the two existing middle schools: Fair Oaks Middle School (grades 5 and 6) and Phillips Middle School (grades 7 and 8). The new school building will be able to accommodate 1,000 students in grades 5 – 8. It will be 173,271 gross square feet on two floors, plus a 650 theater style performance auditorium. The building will be composed of two wings, each being two stories tall. The east wing will serve as the academic wing and the west as the activity wing.

The new middle school is designed to provide all of our students with a 21st century education allowing them to excel academically in a caring atmosphere with the best possible resources. The facility will contain special needs classrooms, a library media center, ex-ploratory labs, conventional classrooms, science labs, and academic “learning communities” that allow for project learning, computers, and collaboration.

The new facility will be located on the property edge of 10th Avenue North and North 32nd Street. The project was designed by RDG Planning and Design and will be completed by Construction Services Incorporated both of Des Moines. The school is scheduled to open its doors for the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

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ViSion without aCtion iS a dream.

aCtion without ViSion iS SimpLy paSSinG the time.

aCtion with ViSion iS makinG a poSitiVe diFFerenCe.

- JoeL barker

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