Cutting The Ribbon on Table Mound's New Addition

Movie produced by the
Clarke College
Communication
Media Lab

ubuque used to maintain a fair number of one-room school houses not more than 40 years ago. Particularly in the semi-rural areas where Table Mound School is located southwest of the city, there were several one-room school houses that were consolidated into one multi-room school in the late 1960s. It is that theme of the one-room school house that was carried through in the architectural design of the building in a very interesting and creative way. The icon of the one room school house with the belfry on top forms the main entrance of the building and the contintuity of this design is maintained in the doorways of the individual classrooms.

Join us for the festivities and the ribbon cutting in the 16 minute video documenting this historic moment in time. As Dubuque Schools Superintendent John Burgart commented, "This is a facility that will serve the community well for years to come." Not only will it serve as a school but as a neighborhood gathering place, with a full-sized gymnasium among its features.

In the column at right, a photograph that sums up the event best is an audience member with a baby in her arms who seems to be quietly taking it all in on a beautiful, sunny, Monday afternoon in September. Our movie was produced by the Clarke College Communication Media Lab students.

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Above, cutting the ribbon that was made by Table Mound Students for the occasion. Left to right: Dr. Kris Hall, Shcool Board members Donna Bauerly and Steve Hodge, Principal Roy Hansen, and Superintendent, John Burgart. At right, a student presents a gift of a hand-made birdhouse in the style of a one-room school house.

Above, classroom entrances maintain the theme of the one room school house. Above right, Superintendent, John Burgart. Below, one of the future students who will benefit from the improvements to Table Mound School.

Above, entrances to the classrooms evoke the exterior design of the one-room school house. Above left and below, Clarke Communication Media Lab students were on hand to do gather impressions of teachers, students and parents.

Above, the exterior of the new addition. Above right, the full-sized gymnasium turns the school into an area recreation, meeting, and cultural activities center, one of the features that was attractive to the Vision Iowa Board that awarded a grant for the construction of the addition.
 
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