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and electrical subcontractor R. McClure Electric. Finishes were also modernized throughout the school, from wall coverings and carpet to doors and cabinets. “We’ve been working 12-hour days, seven days a week since June,” said Alten Construction Vice President of Operations Andrew Nortz. “Walking away from this remodel, there’s just such a dramatic difference. It’s night and day from when we got here. This campus looks amaz- ing.”


PETALUMA, CA. ~ Students started school at the newly reno- vated Miwok Valley Language Academy on Wednesday, Aug. 17, a project that was completed by full-service San Francisco Bay area commercial construction company Alten Construction (Al- tenConstruction.com), Quattrocchi Kwok Architects and Greystone West Company. The fast-tracked project began


“Without


ambition one starts nothing. Without work one fi nishes nothing. T e prize


will not be sent to you.


You have to win it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson


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when the school year ended in June, and the entire modernization was completed in only 75 days. Renovation of fi ve 1972 campus buildings totaling 31,456 square feet included 15 classrooms and six bathrooms. The remodel incorporated new


roofi ng, windows, heating, cooling and technology. Alten Construction worked with heating and air-condi- tioning subcontractor Bell Products


Miwok Valley Language Academy, which is part of the


Old Adobe Union School District, was named a California Distin- guished School in 1992.


The school has a world languages focus and is an EL Education Part- ner School, an educational division of Outward Bound. “The transfor- mation of the physical structure of Miwok Valley refl ects the trans- formative work that teachers and students engage in throughout the


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year,” said Brett Wilson, principal of Miwok Valley. “We are excited about the new campus and are ready to fi ll it with the spirit of our Miwok community.” Over 370 students from transition-


al kindergarten through sixth grade will attend school at the modern- ized Miwok Valley this year. “The new space honors the hard work and commitment of our teachers, students and families,” said Wil- son. “They are well-deserving of a beautiful, environmentally friendly place in which to learn.”


In photo from left to right: Andrew Nortz, Alten Construction’s vice president of operations; Benjamin Borrego, director of facilities and transportation at Old Adobe Union School District; Brett Wilson, principal at Miwok Valley Lan- guage Academy; Tim Brown, Alten Construction superintendent and whose grown-up sons all attend- ed Miwok; and Bob Alten, Alten Construction president.


Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 4


The University of Alaska stretches over four time zones.


During winter, the skating rinks in Moscow cover more than 250,000 square metres of land.


According to Plato, the lost city of Atlantis was located in the Atlantic Ocean and a civilization existed there around 9000 BC.


The world’s windiest place is reputed to be Commonwealth Bay, Georgia, Antarctica, where wind speeds of 200 miles per hour have been recorded.


The driest inhabited place in the world is Aswan, Egypt where the annual average rainfall is .02 inches.


Kid Street is a non-profit charter school serving students in grades TK through 8th. If you like working with children and would like to help them achieve academic success, Kid Street is a great place to devote your time. Please contact Smita Martinez at smitam@kstreet. org or 707-525-9223 www.kstreet.org


Autumn’s the mellow time. ~ William Allingham UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • September 2016 • 13


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