Mindess School Building Project

10/24/2025

If your Friday could use some levity, Mix 104.1 was recently at Mindess as part of their "Kids Say The Dandest Things" series.

This week Producer Dan visited David Mindess Elementary School in Ashland to talk to visit Miss Katie’s class and it was a rollercoaster of emotions!

08/26/2025

In this month’s publication of American School & University’s “Educational Interiors Showcase”, the Mindess project received a special citation for the design of our common spaces.

11/20/2023

Exciting day for the kids (and adults)! We turned the playground over to the school this morning. Classes are going out individually today for rules and getting familiar with the new equipment.

11/02/2023

With side walks and finish paving complete they are finishing up the landscaping around the playground. Almost ready for kids!

10/19/2023

The kids are getting really excited! Playground surface is installed!

10/12/2023

Exciting progress at Mindess today. The playground surface installation began and initial paving done on the bus loop and basketball court.

10/05/2023

The kids have been excitedly watching the progress on the playground. All the equipment is in the ground and it is prepped for pouring the playground surface next week (weather permitting). Still a lot of work before they can use it, but this is a big and exciting step!

09/27/2023

Third grade curriculum night, our first school event in the new building. Great to see so many third grade parents!

09/09/2023

Thank you to everyone who came out today to celebrate the opening of the new school!

09/09/2023

Below is the WACA stream link for the ribbon cutting

The David Mindess School Opening Ceremony 10AM September 9 2024

09/08/2023

The Mindess Grand Opening is this Saturday (9/9)!

There will be a ribbon cutting cememony starting at 10am. Due to limited space, we can only accommodate invited guests for the ribbon cutting. WACA plans to stream the ceremony on their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/) and page (https://www.facebook.com/wacatv) for any members of the public that want to follow along.

Starting at 12:30 (until 4:30), we will be providing guided tours of the new building to the public. Everyone is welcome. Please do not come before 12:30. Please enter the school through the main entrance (by the clock tower) and continue into the cafeteria. All tours will begin in the cafeteria and end at the main entrance.

We hope you are as excited to see the new building as we are to show it to you! Hope to see you Saturday 12:30-4:30!

09/05/2023

We did it! This morning we welcomed our first group of students into the new building. It was great to see and feel all the excitement. The students and staff did an amazing job working through all new procedures in the new spaces.

A special thank you to project team (Shawmut, Vertex, Flansburgh) for their hard work and perseverance that allowed us to safely open this great new building.