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Excitement is building for Real World Learning (RWL) in the SMSD.

A group of students recently expressed why they hope their peers gain RWL opportunities at a kickoff with professionals and educators.

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Take Action: Sign the Kansas Climate and Health Declaration https://t.co/FtTNPI6Eqs via @CEPHeartland

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Sunday morning hustle - not my typical routine. The likelihood of us all being confined to our homes for the next 30 days means we have to make some Changes to the typical construction schedule. Appliances and… https://t.co/PuLc1ACwjD

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Reposting• bs_and_beer_kc The website is up! https://t.co/kQd9l4dfR5 was initially created out of necessity since we planned the #midwestbuildingsciencesymposium to require ticket sales and we needed a site to host that.… https://t.co/vZeKiRRz0I

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Can hardly wait for this Posted withregram • unbuilditpodcast The unBuild it podcast is coming! stevenbaczekarchitect, buildingwrightpeter, and jake.bruton are starting to record future episodes right now! The… https://t.co/iflPY7D1JH

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Looks like a good one• newframeworks Getting ready over here for 3 big presentations at @efficiencyvt annual Better Buildings by Design conference here in Burlington next week! Jacob and Ace are presenting the… https://t.co/4vup8NWYoP

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Awesome to see this post from• kamklimes Highlight of my week! Getting to soak up some passive house knowledge from schleicher.david at our local bs_and_beer_kc event. My biggest takeaway (there were many) was the… https://t.co/tLdChoYqNT

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Looking forward to ducking out early today. @prairiedesign and msarchkc are going to enlighten us about this awesome #passivehouse project they did for boysgrowkc . Plus I heard there would be beer... Hope to see… https://t.co/QyVHXzhZv8

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Posted withregram • bs_and_beer_kc The first quarter of BS* and Beer is going to be outstanding and this is just the beginning! Please plan to join us for these presentations and the insightful discussions that… https://t.co/wreQYYO2Xc

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Details from our crawlspace work yesterday:
Joe detailed the foundation to sill connection as well as any gaps at the floor system frame with Sashco Big Stretch. Then he tucked in rockwool to fill the rim (band… https://t.co/4qjJOci0PM

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We don’t build em like they used to. @ Ward Parkway Neighborhood, Kansas City https://t.co/oZhz82FHWp

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Looking forward to this!bs_and_beer_kc MSA and Prairie Design Build collaborate with BoysGrow on a certified Passive House Farm Kitchen. SIP walls and roof, Alpen high performance windows, fluid applied WRB are a few… https://t.co/d3zrPkwBZE

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BS Book Report!
The New Carbon Architecture was recommended by michaelmaines at the @FHBMagazine Summit last year and it did not disappoint. An extremely informative but digestible series of chapters laying out… https://t.co/LE1O5DEnBM

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Bit of a frustrating week on Ward Parkway with the weather turning and us not getting the roof on first. Progress is progress but I’m greedy about that stuff and we didn’t hit our goal. Regardless- we’ll get dried in… https://t.co/meNf8oOzUg

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Subcontractor vs. Self Performed:
The bun foot at the existing kitchen island was not easy to sand around so my flooring sub did what was easy and then moved on. His level of commitment is evident on the left. As you… https://t.co/Xrgjsn9x9b

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A simple thing to add convenience and efficiency to your room addition project is a dedicated exterior subpanel. This assembly is about $60 worth of parts and allows your trades to reset their own breakers without… https://t.co/6N6J3Xh915

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We swung the structural steel in just before the holiday (back when skies were blue). Hustled like crazy to get the electrical underground so the crane could set and weld these beams and now we’ll reap the benefits.… https://t.co/Jn0XDW0VlE

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Pretty cool to have your client post satisfaction with your progress on IG. Thanks Emily!!!
Repost• eseaton123 Good work week! Thanks @catalystbuilt @ Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri https://t.co/kkBNpDBHRA

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Sometimes I get reminded that for all our modern technologies and scientific advancements there are occasions where the new thing is actually just the old thing. I’m trying incorporate the cutting edge building… https://t.co/TPXY1NVhYg

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It’s fun to see the walls coming up and turning green. Not quite as fun to self perform the removal of the brick so we can match the existing floor when framing the new kitchen expansion. That said, it was done… https://t.co/JzjzkyHy44