West Morris Mendham High School will soon have a Sustainable Center of Excellence. Janice Dimiceli, Behavior Support Instructor, and Nancy Ellis, Culinary Arts Instructor, wrote a proposal for a solar Geodesic Dome greenhouse. The proposal was submitted to David Leigh, Director of Special Services, and was approved by the Board of Education earlier this year. The project is being funded through ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). This hands-on learning center will focus on students with special needs, but will allow all Mendham High School students the opportunity to participate in a sustainable, closed-loop teaching center. Students will grow their own food and learn the importance of eating minimally processed fresh produce. Additionally, students will be a part of decreasing the carbon footprint of our school community and have available to them a year round living laboratory. All teachers will have the opportunity to work collaboratively to develop co-curricular learning activities.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Sophia the ferret visits the dome. Installation of Fountain.

A solar powered pump and fountain are installed on the water tank. 
 

Eric is digging a trench to install the perimeter insulation.  The insulation prevents frost from penetrating under the wall of the Dome.  So despite outside temp fluctuations, the entire soil mass maintains an even temp. 
Sophia the ferret visits the dome.

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