Pardon Our Dust: Campus Improvements Update
We continue to stay on track with the construction projects on campus.
The new statue of St. Joseph has arrived and will be placed by the Middle School classrooms in what’s being developed as St. Joseph’s Patio. Landscaping includes new palms and a European olive tree. New lighting is being installed and oolite stone will be used to create a planter and as benches for seats. Large black river rocks will also be added to the area. We are on track to complete this project by mid-March. Additionally, progress is being made on the 2nd floor corridor. Repairs to the concrete floors are underway and new Hybri-Flex epoxy coating will be installed, in sections, on the entire 2nd floor corridor and staircases. We anticipate the completion of this project to be May.
Steel reinforcement installation for all walls continues for The Gian Zumpano Aquatic Center. Installation of form-work for all cast-in-place concrete walls continues. The new scoreboard was ordered. Cast-in -place concrete walls for the restrooms will be poured by March 15.
As for the Dining Hall, we’ve made significant progress and have completed the roof. The concrete slab was poured and completed. All exterior windows were installed. Ongoing are the installation of the interior walls, interior electrical, plumbing and air conditioning. The exterior stucco will commence the week of March 13.
These projects wouldn’t be happening if it weren’t for the generosity of many people. We continue to strive for greatness and need your help in achieving our goal. If you would like to contribute to these campus improvements please contact Phil Fernandez ’94 at ffernandez@belenjesuit.org or call him at 305-804-7683.
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.