Monday, January 5, 2009

Welcome to our blog!

This blog is designed to keep you posted on construction progress relating to the St. Anne's-Belfield School's new Pre-School - 8th Grade Learning Village, which will be located at the school's lower campus.

Below, you'll find a brief timeline of the project's progress thus far. Check back soon for updates, and we'll be adding a real time web cam in the near future. You can see the construction progress for yourself!

Project Timeline:

2003 Spring - Board of Trustees adopts new strategic plan, which calls for increasing size of the endowment and improving & expanding facilities.

2004 Spring - Bowie-Gridley Architects complete campus master plan.

2006 July - David Lourie begins his tenure as Head of School. November - Board of Trustees approves the Campaign for Our Next Century, the largest fund-raising effort in our school’s history.

2007 September - Board approves Vision Statement, including plans for tripling our endowment, constructing a new Learning Village on the lower campus, and creating a Center for the Arts & Sciences on the upper campus.

2008 August - Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approves special use application to build Learning Village. October - Preliminary site work andHead’s House deconstruction completed. November - Architectural Review Board approves Learning Village project and English Construction awarded construction contract. December - Bond financing secured to fund the construction of the new Learning Village.

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