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Construction Set to Begin on New Buildings
Construction will begin this fall on a new junior girls residence and wellness centre at Stanstead College. The cost of the project is estimated at $7.5 million.
A ground-breaking ceremony took place at the site of the new construction on Saturday, September 24, with Stanstead College board chair Jonathan Cowen on hand along with Head of School Michael Wolfe, Associate Head of School Joanne Carruthers and Property Committee chair Martin Béasse.
The project will be financed through donations from alumni and friends of the school as well as school’s investments. With a contract for construction awarded to Conceptions Desrosiers of Magog, the new facilities are scheduled to be ready for students by September 2023.
The residence and wellness centre will be the latest campus additions at Stanstead College, which has seen record enrolment over the past two years. In 2019, the College opened Cowen House for Grade 12 students and closed its junior girls residence in Colby, the school’s main building. Since then, Webster House has been the home of all Grade 7 to 11 girls.
With the addition of a new girls prep hockey team last year, the demand for spaces for young girls has further increased.
The new junior girls residence will have 26 beds for boarders and spaces for 12 day students as well as three apartments for house directors.
“I can’t wait to see new traditions that will be made and passed on for generations of junior girls in this new and modern residence,” said Director of Advancement Jesse McRae at Saturday’s ground-breaking.
The new residence will be built on the southern edge of campus near the former site of the school’s health centre, which was demolished last spring. The new wellness centre will be constructed adjacent to the residence.
The new wellness centre will reflect a more holistic approach to student wellbeing, with a staff that includes two nurses, a full-time counsellor, an athletic therapist and an occasional doctor. The facility will include living areas for two nurses and their families and a third area for an on-call nurse. It will also include beds for 10 students as well as a concussion assessment room.
In other campus developments, the College recently opened its new maintenance shed located in the old Stanstead College Arena on Riverside Street, directly below the main campus. The building houses school equipment, vans and buses as well as the offices for maintenance, transportation and security. The heavily renovated building has stood empty since the opening of the Pat Burns Arena in 2011.
In other campus developments, the College recently opened its new maintenance shed located in the old Stanstead College Arena on Riverside Street, directly below the main campus. The building houses school equipment, vans and buses as well as the offices for maintenance, transportation and security. The heavily renovated building has stood empty since the opening of the Pat Burns Arena in 2011.
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