Wyneken virtual tour site #6 
Lower Grades (PreK-4) Wing

In the 1970s, the Wyneken student population grew rapidly, and there was now one grade per class. One band-aid solution was placing several portable classrooms on the north end of the campus. By 1980, a new structure was joined with the original schoolhouse and replaced the modular classes.

The new north wing provided six new classrooms for the lower grades. In addition, the construction provided a library (replacing the current copier room!), a resource room (now the computer room), new bathroom facilities with adjoining locker rooms (replacing the locker rooms which now serve as the Principal's office and present resource room).

The new classrooms were state-of-the-art, featuring spacious storage cabinets and cloak areas, as well as sinks in each room. The pre-kindergarten/kindergarten room met state standards for size and washroom facilities. Plus, they linked to the gymnasium and original wing to keep the campus together. The library became the geographic center of the school's classrooms.

Less than twenty years later, portable classrooms adorned the adjoining land. However, as seen in the previous tour page, expansion is now reality. This wing is now facing the main construction area, looking north on the new classroom wing.

Mrs. Hess and the pre-kindergarteners were able to rejoin the main campus in 2002, after a four-year absence. They now occupy the room formerly held by the 4th grade.

TO CONTINUE THE TOUR, CLICK BELOW:
Face South (looking directly down the central hallway facing the office), walk a few feet, then turn left into the...