Thomas Fitzpatrick -- a former student of mine -- with his Dad Troy, is hard at work on his Eagle Project at Armuchee Elementary. It may be the most ambitious Eagle project of the dozen or so at our school. It is a new bridge, long stairs, and entrance/exit to link the lower section of our nature trail to the bus entrance to the campus. This will allow a complete circuit of the lower part of the nature trail rather than a "there & back" trip. I think this will encourage more use of that part of our campus for nature walks, writing in the outdoors, and such.
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| It's a long way down to the stream. Thomas is putting in steps with kid-size risers so that makes for lots of steps. |
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| Thomas working at the top of the steps. |
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| The new entrance is being built right at the bus entrance gate. |
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| A few treads have been installed. |
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| Troy & Thomas. |
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| Now all the treads has been installed and the handrails are attached. |
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| There will be a clear-span bridge at the bottom. We may need a bit of boardwalk on the far side. |
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These boulders had to be dug/pried out of the way. Ugh! So sorry I wasn't there to help that day!  |
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| Boulders & boards. |
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| AES has the World's Best Elementary School Nature Trail! |
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| July 15 -- And now the Posts have been trimmed to size, the handrails installed on the steps, and the bridge joists are spanning the creek! Wow, Thomas, big progress today! |
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