Nice Gym, what else is new?

After much hard work by the construction crews and some negotiation we were given a little sneak peak of what basketball games will look like for many, many years to come. Now phase I has been completed and we will have the opportunity take in all the sights and sounds during Phase I opening fundraiser event on Monday April 16th starting at 5:30 pm.  As many of you can attest the new gymnasium is truly a sight to behold, however, that is simply the tip of the iceberg as the Stirling School will end up with so much more that just a new gymnasium once the school modernization construction is complete. This post is a small sneak peak on the  new gathering area and commercial kitchen that are nestled just outside of the new gymnasium.

Now that phase I is complete the students, staff and community members have a fully functional, state-of-the-art kitchen, fully capable of preparing and serving a diversity of menu selections with its modern cooking technology. The kitchen includes: Stainless steel freezers, Combi-ovens, gas grills, sandwich bar, dishwasher, anything you would need to and much more. 

Overall the new kitchen has been designed as a fully functional, efficient kitchen with the capacity for preparing, serving, and selling food, while of course meeting all of today’s health requirements for safe food storage and production. While speaking with former Principle Mazutinec (now candidate superintendent, congratulations Mr Mazutinec),  he openly expressed the excitement regarding the food classes, catering, senior citizen “meals on wheels”, and weekend community socials (supper and a movie) which are all part of the plans for this component of our school. 

The kitchen opens into the new gathering area which will become a multi-use space and will include tables and chair which can be used in association with the new kitchen to allow for some of the previously mention community socials. When not in use during events or lunch time the gathering area will double as overflow from the new learning commons/library giving students extra work space with the use of the tables and chairs. There will also be several risers that can be used as student seating which include several USB ports to allow for a quick top up for our phones and hand held devices.