We have taken it down!  What a sad way to end it all…with 2 inches of snow on the ground.  What took us 2 months to build and put up now took 30 minutes to take down.  There is still plenty to do though.

• All of the plywood we purchased and used for the Sukkah is being put to use.  4th graders are building little floats for a project they are working on and need 18 inch x 18 inch plywood sheets for their projects to sit on.  We are in the midst of measuring everything out to those dimensions and then cutting into squares, to be reused.
• All of the 2x4s we used also have a purpose.  4th graders, as part of their project, also needed to cut 4 legs apiece for their stand.  We took the 2x4s from the Sukkah (this year and previous years projects) and had the 4th graders cut the legs out of the wood.  All left over wood will be used either on the future Sukkah or projects in the Makerspace.
• All of the screws and bolts that we labored to get in are being put right back to use.  Many of the screws will go to the 4th grade projects whereas bolts will be set aside from next year’s Sukkah group.

The part I like most about this project is the nature of the cycle of reusing what we have and limiting our purchasing.  Why buy something new when we can reuse the stuff from years past.

In addition to the deconstruction, students are also working on preparing for their student led conferences.  We have been evaluating our self-reflections from the quarter, in addition to some grades each student assigned for their work thus far.  From there, students can successfully identify their strengths, areas of growth, and together we will develop a plan for improvement moving into the next quarter and beyond.