Blog
2012
February 1 - Construction is coming along nicely at the new building - the old pool has been filled in and replaced with classrooms, stairwells and windows are being installed, and science labs are receiving cabinets and finishing. Please click here to see New Middle School construction photographs. In April, there will be a meeting about next year's middle school curriculum open to all audiences. A specific date will be announced soon.
2011
November 17 - To view updated construction photographs, please click here. To read about changes, please click here.
November 2 - The Middle School renovation continues on schedule. Updated Photographs: Photo 1, Photo 2, and Photo 3.
August 4 - To view updated construction photographs, please click here.
July 30 - June's financial synopsis is now available.
June 7 - May's financial synopsis is now available.
April 13 - With students and staff safely out of the old high school, construction crews are working on demolishing all necessary areas for the middle school renovation. To view updated construction photographs, please click here.
March 31 - March's financial synopsis is now available.
March 24 - Things are still on schedule for the middle school to open in the fall of 2012 for grades 5-8.
March 10 - Open House Video - click here.
March 1 - Photographs from the Moon Area High School Dedication Ceremony and Open House are available. Click here to view a slideshow of these (photo credits: David Designer Portraits).
February 14 - Now that the new high school is up and running, renovations on the old high school into the new middle school are in progress. The middle school is set to open for students in the spring of 2012.
January 12 - The new Moon Area High School is set to open for students on Monday, January 31. Click here to see recent photos of the new and nearly completed school.
2010
October 21 - Recent developments include work on paving the stadium end of the new building, auditorium wall panels, library casework, and gym floor and shelving. Look for an in-depth update from the 2009-2010 school year construction in the upcoming Community Report.
May 11 - April's financial synopsis is available. Take a drive around the middle school, you'll be amazed at the changes at the high school. Apart from the high school construction, bidding for the middle school renovations is slated for early this summer with bid awarded in the weeks following. The high school remains on track for a January 2011 opening.
May 5 - Crews are working on installing new red, white and black terrazzo floors in various interior spaces including the main entrances as well as painting various roooms and installing tile throughout bathrooms and locker rooms. Additionally, site work is ongoing at the new tennis courts and with hope, the courts will be up and running soon.
April 19 - Updated photos are included in the upcoming spring issue of Tiger Pride. Since the photos, crews have started to construct the final gymnasium wall, installed glass walls in various offices and stairwells and completed more exterior brickwork and roofing.
April 12 - March's financial synopsis is now available.
March 10 - New photos from the high school construction are available. It is still muddy on the construction site, so these photos are just a few from outside the fence. The progress is obvious though as crews continue to work inside the structure as well. Also February's financial synopsis is available here.
March 5 - Crews are beginning to work on the joists and planks that will form the new gymnasium. Until this point, the center area of the site where the gymnasium and auditorium will be has been vacant. Inside the building, workers are painting, laying ceramic tile, hanging dry wall and installing windows, while outside masons continue to lay the tan and buff brick. More photos will be posted soon as it appears the weather will be warming up for the first time in many weeks.
Feb. 15 - The district will be posting additional financial information related to the secondary schools renovation and construction on here each month. This financial synopsis will update community members on current construction costs, construction funds remaining and more. District officials encourage all community members to view this information, which will be posted online after each Board of Education business meeting. View the financial synopsis.
Feb. 12 - For the first time today, the plastic sheeting surrounding a portion of the high school was completely removed to show a burgundy roofing and completed tan and burgundy brick veneer. The building is starting to resemble renderings created more than two years ago. High atop the roofing, invisible to passerbys, is a skylight which allows extra light to flow into the new building. The new roofing also coordinates with exterior window frames. Also inside the building stairs have been poured.
Jan. 29 - If you haven't take a drive past the high school construction project lately, I recommend you do so. Entire outside walls are not covered in tan and buff brick and some windows have been installed. It is easy to see how quickly the project can come to fruition. The portion that is bricked will be classrooms and to its left crews have started on the gymnasium and auditorium, which are the tallest and thus last areas to be constructed. The cold weather isn't halting anyone as plastic coats holes where windows will be installed and crews continue their work inside. Supposedly, it is so warm inside the buildings that workers are going about their business in short-sleeve T-shirts.
Jan. 18 - The district will be posting additional financial information related to the secondary schools renovation and construction on here each month. This financial synopsis will update community members on current construction costs, construction funds remaining and more. District officials encourage all community members to view this information, which will be posted online after each Board of Education business meeting. View the financial synopsis.
Jan. 14 - Construction crews have enclosed multiple portions of the high school building and are continuing to work inside despite recent cold tempatures. The beginnings of the high school gym and auditorium are beginning to emerge as the building's skeleton is looking more and more complete each day. Outside the building, mason have become laying the tan and buff stones that will make up the exterior. Look near the middle school attendance office door to see the start of the brickwork.
2009
Dec. 4 - Facilities Committee will meet on Dec. 9 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the middle cafeteria to discuss the high school building projet and the middle school design. Public is invited to attend.
Dec. 3 - The middle school design is moving forward. Interior design layouts have been completed and new exterior for the building has been developed with the new main entrance facing the current high school parking lot. The project is still well within budget.
Nov. 5 - Updated photos of the high school construction progress have been posted. View here.
Oct. 29 - Construction continues at the site as workers proceed with concrete block walls around the future swimming pool area, pouring concrete slab floors and installing exterior wall support framing among many other ongoing actitivites at the new high school site. At the tennis courts, more landscaping has been planted including evergreens along the Sharon Community Church boundary.
Oct. 27 - The district will be posting additional financial information related to the secondary schools renovation and construction on here each month starting today. This financial synopsis will update community members on current construction costs, construction funds remaining and more. District officials encourage all community members to view this information, which will be posted online after each Board of Education business meeting. View the financial synopsis.
Oct. 21 - The high school steel sections, which will be classrooms, now have concrete floors and more steel supports are being installed daily along the outer edge of the steel skeleton. Towards the current high school, the swimming pool area now has three concrete block walls and is proceeding as planned. Down the hill, workers will soon start on what will become the cafeteria and central administration offices, which will have two levels above it. Passersby will notice a strip between the steel structure and swimming pool area. That is the site of the auditorium and gymnasium. It is built later in the project due to the section's height. At the tennis courts, rubber coating has been delayed until spring as the manufacturer requires one week of pleasant weather for the coating to adhere properly. New photos of the site posted. Click here.
Oct. 13 - Tennis courts will be taking shape as fence poles are slated to be installed. Additionally, new trees for the tennis court area have arrived and will be planted next week. On the high school building, the main steel structure has reached the second floor and workers have begun to work on that floor. Also the first concrete wall of the left-side of the building has emerged.
Sept. 30 - View an overview photo of the construction site.
Sept. 14 - Crews have finished paving the future tennis courts. They will set for about 30 days until more work can continue on the them. The steel frame and foundation of the high school are climbing higher and higher with new beams and concrete added daily. New paving also was finished behind the stadium. New construction photos posted. Click here.
July 22 - Exciting News! Crews have started to lay the foundation for the new high school. Other site work includes reconstructing and relocating the service road, building new tennis courts at the site of the former Carnot building and creating new storm sewer lines. REMINDER! No pedestrians are allowed in the construction zone.
July 9 - New construction photos have been posted. Click here.
June 16 - Work has begun on the new tennis courts at the former Carnot building site. Heavy machinery has demolished all blacktop in that area and crews are working to level it. Brand-new courts are to be ready for fall use by the girls tennis team.
June 10 - Crews have demolished the service road between the high school and middle school and are working to level the future site of sports field in the dust bowl. Crews are toiling to ensure soil stability at the site of the future high school. with more caisons, essentially steel pillars into the ground. Check out the progress, new photos are available.
June 2 - The service road, which connects MAHS to MAMS, will be CLOSED on June 5 until classes resume in September. Access the high school from Beaver Grade Road and access the middle school from University Boulevard. There will be no traffic connection between buildings.
May 21 - Crews have completed stockpiling top soil, and are more than halfway through installing 331 caisons to support the high school structure. Earthwork is continuing as work soil for the new baseball field an compact and level soil for the building.
May 15 - Updated construction photos here. Crews continue excavation work. The fields no longer resemble their previous look and the baseball is being dug deeper and deeper. The pile of reserved topsoil next to the middle school also has grow in size.
May 8 - Earth-moving continues in the former Dust Bowl area. Crews are working to create a suitable surface for construction. View photos here.
April 24 - Updated high school construction photos can be viewed here.
April 21 - Moon Area High School baseball players took to the McCormick Athletic Field for the first time on Saturday as they topped West Allegheny at the new field at McCormick Elementary School along Beaver Grade Road. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and opening pitch by McCormick Elementary fifth-grader Austin Hoffman and his brother, Brett, a sophomore, varsity third-baseman were among the Opening Day festivities. To view the event in photos, click here.
April 15 - Excavation at the high school site is moving forward in the dust bowl with almost no grass remaining in the area or at the former baseball field. Crews also have begun to stockpile topsoil outside the middle school toward Bob Evans. The soil will be used throughout the projects. At McCormick, the athletic field's opening day is slated for Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. as the baseball team takes on West Allegheny.
March 25 - Updated high school construction photos can be viewed here.
March 24 - THERE IS NO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE! Please avoid the area to ensure continued safety.
March 23- Tennis courts have been demolished. New ones are slated to open this fall on the site of the former Carnot Elementary School. Earthwork is continuing and the retention pond planned behind the new high school is taking shape.
March 19 - Excavation work is occuring in the Dust Bowl and behind the former baseball field. Construction crews are creating a retention pond to be used during construction that is expected to be finished today. More sod was layed at the McCormick Athletic Field. For high school construction photos, click here.
March 12 - The Dust Bowl and tennis court areas on the secondary schools campus are now unaccessible due to the high school construction. Please take care to not utilize those areas until further notice. Final sod on the McCormick ballfield is being layed in the next few days.
Feb. 19 - Photos have been posted from our groundbreaking last week. Click here to view.
Feb. 11 - MASD held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. Despite the rainy weather, a crowd of nearly 150 showed up to witness the opening of two time capsules and view the indoor groundbreaking that took place on the middle school auditorium stage. For more information, click here. Photos and vidoe of the event will be posted soon. MCA-TV also will be screening the ceremony.
Jan. 29 - School directors signed construction contracts for the new high school building project. For more information, click here.
Jan. 23 - MASD will hold a groundbreaking ceremony and time-capsule opening on Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. in the middle school auditorium. The public is invited to attend this special event. For more info, click the upcoming events link in this section.
Jan. 12 - School directors awarded $61.7 million in construction contracts. Learn more...
Jan. 8 - The Carnot entrance has been permanently closed. Motorists should access our secondary campus via the middle and high school entrances. A permanent cement median is under construction to close off the previous access point.
2008
Dec. 11 - Bid opening for the high school construction project will be held on Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. The public is invited.
Dec. 5 - Crews are laying sod in the outfield area of the McCormick Athletic Field. Dugouts and a backstop also are in the beginning stages of construction. New photos of the project have been posted. Click the above McCormick Fields link to view.
Dec. 4 - PennDOT crews installed new road signs on University Boulevard and Beaver Grade Road denoting the service road and the eventual two-lane road that will wind through campus as "Tiger Trail," not Moon Area High School or Moon Area Middle School drives.
Nov. 5 - There is a new traffic pattern on the secondary schools campus. Traffic around the middle school will circulate in a clockwise motion and anyone leaving the school must go all the way around the school and back to the University Boulevard exit or exit behind the stadium. The parking lot next to the middle school entrance is on a one way road, and drivers must turn left. The light at Carnot was only a temporary measure until the building was demolished. and it soon it will be closed. The gate leading to this exit, behind the stadium, has been closed again.
Nov. 3 - McCormick Athletic Field construction is progressing. New photos have been added.
Oct. 23 - Traffic lights at the middle school entrance and high school exit have been activated by PennDOT. They will flash as a notification to motorists until Tuesday, Oct. 28. On Tuesday, they will become fully functional. Please proceed with extra caution as these new access points.
Oct. 14 - School directors approved submission of PlanCon Part F to the state Department of Education. This submission is vital because without the department's approval MASD cannot enter into construction contracts for the new high school/administrative offices. Approval is expected in coming months. Project designer Eckles Architecture and project manager N.J. Cunzolo plan to release bid specifications to prospective contractors for the high school project by November's end.
Oct. 7 - New McCormick Athletic Field photos posted. Crews are preparing to lay sod on various parts of the field. Click the above McCormick Field link to view.
Sept. 24 - Traffic signals will be installed at the middle school entrance along University Boulevard and the high school exit along Beaver Grade Road this week. Lights are not yet operational and caution is advised during the installation period that is expected to last through week's end or later. Photos of installation at the middle school entrance are posted under the Traffic Signalization link.
Sept. 19 - Secondary Schools Site Plan posted. Click the above Secondary Schools link to view.
Sept. 17 - New McCormick Athletic Field photos posted. Click the above McCormick Fields link to view.
Sept. 11 - A time capsule buried in 1942 was recovered during Carnot Demolition. It will be opened during a special ceremony. Time and place will be determined soon.
