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around campus

Left: A birds-eye view of the new gym from the rear of campus
Above: Fiona Gannon ’18, Sarina Berra ’19, Frances Erker ’19, Claire Koster ’18 and Kara Ferguson ’17 got ready to
sign the gym floor before the basketball and volleyball flooring was installed.
Right top: A view of the interior framing for the student commons save the date!
Below: The framing of the back campus entrance to the gym and commons

join the cor jesu

community as we
We’re putting more “SPIRIT” into Spirit! From the Explore Select the CorJesu Tap the view icon
To see your Spirit magazine come to life, menu, touch the Public Auras option
download the free Aurasma App for magnifying glass and and then select (center icon celebrate liturgy &
Android or iPhone. search for CorJesu. FOLLOWING. You on bottom row) and
should see the circle point your device on dedicate the new
change from an open any page where you
circle to a full circle. see the Aurasma logo
gyM & coMMons

and watch sun., aug. 6, 2017.
the page come to life!

The surge of the late-winter blossoms couldn’t have been more in sync with the watch for More inforMation
in the coMing Months.
gyM and timely progress of CJ’s new gym and commons construction. And the celebra-
tory feel of the spring’s appearance was boosting more than a spring-fever mo-

. mentum. Thanks to the mild temperatures and project management, the build-
coMMons ing of the newest addition to flank Cor Jesu’s campus is on schedule.
“We have been so fortunate with the mild winter,” President Sr. Barbara
update Thomas, ASCJ noted. “The aggressive time line that has been put in place by giving tuesday helped “furnish the future”
S. M. Wilson to meet our deadline and having had very few bad-weather days
has been a godsend. Of course, the weather could always change course, but as Thanks to 278 donors and110 student donors, more
than $143,200 was raised to help CJA #FurnishTheFu-
of now, the plans for opening the doors to our addition in time for the start of ture on Giving Tuesday, November 29, 2016! Together
school in August is right on schedule!” with our generous challenge match, the donations will
To date, the projects that have been completed include the installation of the provide funds for our new Dance Studio Multipurpose
Room and High-tech Collaborative Classroom that are
foundation, exterior paneled walls, roof decking and membrane roof, ongoing part of our new gym and student commons building!
plumbing and electrical rough-in work, and the placement of steel studs for the This was the second time that Cor Jesu took part in the
walls of the commons, offices and classrooms. national Giving Tuesday, which is held annually on the
As you make your back-to-school plans, be sure to save the date for the litur- Tuesday following Black Friday and Cyber Monday to
gy and dedication of the new gym and commons on sunday, August 6, 2017! raise awareness and funds for non-profit organizations.
You will receive more information in the coming months. Thank you again for helping Cor Jesu #FurnishTheFu-
More details to follow To see the weekly building progress, visit our website at www.corjesu.org/ ture! We are so very grateful for your generosity!
in the coMing Months. gallery.

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