Hacienda Environmental Science Magnet Elementary School, a longtime Adopt-A-School partner, recently called SJW for help. Our Distribution Systems (DS) department responded with an enormous digging expedition!
The school has a unique one-acre Outdoor Classroom, which is celebrating a milestone golden anniversary. It all started 50 years ago when a teacher and supporting parents desired to convert a cement parking lot into a learning space.
Thirty years, SJW led a community effort to revitalize the classroom with a filtration system and expanded pond and stream on site. Seating, a gardening bed, and an irrigation system were all installed. Surrounded by redwoods, oaks and a riparian zone, kids have had hands-on learning experience for decades surrounded by native biomes.
At that time, a concrete monument was erected to hold time capsules put together by students. The day has come to uncover the time capsules for the 30th anniversary. SJW DS to the rescue!
Huge shout out to our great DS team for a very long and arduous effort. Built like a tank, the monument needed a full day to unearth the time capsules. Chisels, jackhammers, and heavy equipment finally reached the treasure. Who knew that the time capsules would be buried three feet below the monument with rebar reinforcements and lots of concrete?
