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Video & Pictures from Virtual Tour of New Campus
</p> <div>Our community recently hosted enrolled and early applicant parents at Local Foods for an interactive and virtual tour of our new Elementary & Middle School Campus at 955 W Grand Ave in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago.  It was a wonderful evening with our architects, interior design team, parent landscape team, and special guests.  We will be hosting another similar night for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bennettday.org/admissions.html">general applicant</a> parents on <strong>February 25</strong>.</p> <p>We shared: rendering boards of the different spaces inside the campus where you were invited to write and share your ideas and vision for each space; a 3D printed model of the new campus; finish and material boards for the interior design; as well as a time capsule to add your own message and that we will open upon the graduation of our first class.</p> <p><span>Here is a </span><strong><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1062833050404207.1073741859.240596832627837&type=3">Link to the Picture Album From the Event</a></strong></div> <div> <div> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1062833050404207.1073741859.240596832627837&type=3" target="_blank"> <img src="http://bennettday.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1170565_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" /></a></p> <div></div> </div> </div> <div> <span>Other interactive stations described the history of the new building, dating back to the turn of the 20th century as a settlement house that formerly housed one of the first progressive kindergartens in our country.  Inspiring the settlement house movement, John Dewey and Jane Addams collaborated and shared the idea that a school should serve at the center of its community in offering a progressive education focused on project-based, learning by doing.</span></p> <p><span>All of the materials from our night are on display at our Early Childhood Campus at 657 W Fulton St where you can review and add your further thoughts to the rendering boards and time capsule.</span></p> <p><span>At the top is </span><strong><a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/7qazef9Ypps">a Link to a Sneak Peek of the Virtual Tour Video</a></strong><span> we played (the full length version including the interior views is available to enrolled and applicant families).  While the spaces and depictions are conceptual in nature, the accompanying commentary and renderings of the space are representative of our shared vision for the new campus.  If you are interested in the history of the building as the former </span><a target="_blank" href="http://chicagocommons.org/">Chicago Commons</a><span> from the turn of the 20th Century, you might enjoy the annual report below from 1904 when 955 W Grand was a vibrant settlement house, including its kindergarten teacher training program and its progressive kindergarten.  Enjoy.<br /> </span></div> <div> <div id="doc_292251602"></div> </div> <p>
For all the photos from the event, check out our
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