oh, so close!

Today we had the honour of the presence of four Sisters of St. Ann joining us for a "we're almost done" tour of our beautiful, brand new building.
The Sisters of St. Ann, upon invitation from our Oblate Fathers, were the founding Religious Order who began our School 105 years ago.  It was such a holy time to welcome them' back home' - to have the Sisters standing on the same ground that held our original school.
They were delighted with our Parish's vision, determination and commitment to continuing the Mission of Catholic Education at St. Augustine's Parish. 
It was a holy time shared with them today - and thanks to the Yellowridge team for obliging our presence in the school and to our building team for arranging the tour.

 The entrance way on 7th Avenue, facing southeast

 Looking south, on 7th Avenue - all the
scaffolding to support bricklayers removed as of August 28

Mid-August, 2015 - Heading to the Finish Line

 Looking at the south wall - seeing the various textures and colours of brickwork

We're almost half way through August and our new building site is buzzing with activity. Visually from the outside, you can see that the majority of the outside brick work is completed.  It is colourful, unique and tells two big messages:  We are a CATHOLIC school as depicted by two crosses embedded in our outside walls on both the North and East walls of our school, AND the brickwork is intentionally very playful!  There have been many positive comments about its uniqueness and we are delighted that our new school building's outside is being so well-received.

 The entrance cross on 7th Avenue - ground to rooftop

The interior is simply beautiful - seeing the attention to detail, creative use of space, abundant light and use of coloured glass, wall coverings and fixtures really fills us with Gratitude: our most frequently used expression.

This coming Saturday we are expecting to begin MOVE 3: moving all the children's desks and chairs into the new building for safe keeping as the abatement process begins on our little old school.  Thank you to all the parents and alumni students who have signed up through ON VOLUNTEER to help with this task.  If you can help, please sign up - or just come!

This is an ADULT ONLY activity and will require lifting student desks and chairs.

                             All are welcome 8:00 - 12:00 AM, Saturday, August 15, 2015

The freshly poured cement at what will be the exit driveway on the west side of our school property

Looking east on 7th Avenue and seeing the openness that City of Vancouver's tree trimming has created for our north facing rooms and entrance way (and viewing the elevated apparatus that allows for the brick layers to work their way in tandem up the wall)