A Nice Place to Work and Rest

Nicaragua Christian Academy continues to grow year after year. A few years back, they were blessed to acquire additional property fort the high school wing of the school. Previously, these rooms were part of a missions organization. Therfore, they are non-conforming to traditional classroom ues. From this, several classrooms, an additional kitchen, and an outdoor classroom were formed. However, for these high school teachers, it was a long walk to the opposite side of the campus where the teacher workroom was located. To give you an idea, I timed the walk from the furthest classroom on campus to the current workroom. It took three minutes, walking at a quickened pace. Now, this may not seem like much, but when there is only three minutes between classes, teachers have no chance to pick up a quick copy from the printer.

To alleviate this problem, our director decided to add a teacher workroom on the high school side last fall. However, with the priority of the library last fall, this project was put on hold. This fall, Jeremy volunteered to take on the task. He was given a budget by the school to create a space for high school teachers to relax and work. In 12 days, Jeremy was able to repurpose and transform an old, boring, oddly shaped room into a beautiful gift for the teachers. Here are a few pictures of his creation...

I helped with the painting and artwork. Jeremy picked out the furnishings. The table is repurposed from the chilamate
tree we lost in a storm last fall.

The work table to the right was part of an old wardrobe in the room prior to starting this project.

The artwork came from the local market. Jeremy used old fence posts to build a frame for it. The curtain rod is also an
old piece of wood, too. 

The bar and microwave shelf were also part of the wardrobe that was in the room before. The cup rack 
is made an old fence post with cup hooks. Our friends Peter & Elaina Nethington donated the funds to purchase the Coffee Station. This includes the coffee maker, 4 coffee cups, a carafe, table, placemat, and sugar/coffee canisters. All cups are currently in use at the time of the picture, 7:00a.m.!

Two work stations were created for part time teachers who have no office or classroom. Before this, they used the student computer lab to prepare lessons.

Jeremy wanted to create a division between work space and rest space. Plexiglass is difficult to find and expensive, so he used ceiling panel light diffusers. The frame is one of the doors from the wardobe that he repurposed. Our student council donated the microwave.