From The Board of Trustees:

​On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to share that we unanimously voted on June 24 to officially launch the most transformative capital project in the School’s history. We have committed to a building and renovation project that will be life changing for North Cross School and our students.

This project will re-imagine our campus to match the stellar classroom instruction of our faculty.  It will position North Cross as one of the premier independent schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

​Our plans constitute one of the most ambitious projects currently underway in the Roanoke Valley. The total project costs are estimated at $16.5M and our Campaign Steering Committee has adopted a fundraising goal of $14M. We are extremely pleased with the progress of what we are calling The Legacy Campaign thus far and the amount of support committed in the “quiet” phase. As The Legacy Campaign moves toward a public launch in the coming months, we hope you will join us in taking part in what will be the most impactful endeavor in our School’s 75 year history. Here are some highlights of what is to come over the next academic year: 

• Upper School: If you have been on campus in the last few weeks, you have seen that construction is underway for Phase I of the Upper School renovation, which will include the addition of a new roof, renovated restrooms, and new science labs. By the project’s completion in September 2020, the Upper School will also have more classrooms, a design lab to support our STEM program, a meeting space for faculty, and technology updates to support and develop our academic programs.
• Student Center: A new Student Center will serve as the heart of campus. It will provide students with an area to meet and work collaboratively on projects during the school day, and a place to gather and study in a safe environment after school.  Our new library will offer meeting rooms, a technology classroom, and a reading instruction area for Lower School students.
• Auditorium: There will be an updated theatre and auditorium space that will provide new seating, and a new backstage area to accommodate casts, dressing rooms, storage and sets.
• CrossWalk Program and Learning Center: The CrossWalk Program will be centrally located in an expanded space that will house additional classrooms and technology to meet the needs of the growing program.
• Entrance and Administrative Offices: The School will have a new front entrance and administrative offices, and an open air commons with benches and landscaping to connect all three divisions.

 
We invite you to follow the progress of this amazing project and learn more about all that will take place by visiting our interactive website at northcrosslegacy.org. On the website you will find the master plan that includes brief video updates on each project, a construction timeline, photos of the transformation, and blog posts with updates on the latest developments.  If you want to know what is coming, when, why, and how, visit this web site and be prepared to encounter awesome!
 
Thank you for your commitment to North Cross. We look forward to a wonderful year ahead for the School.
 
Sincerely,
 
Fourd Kemper
Chair of the Board of Trustees