Reflections of Havergal: 1994-2019

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FACI L I T I ES AND GROUNDS

The 300-seat Dining Hall, with a kitchen and servery, provide[s] a serene setting away from hectic academic and extracurricular activities. Large windows … allow views to the ravine, a stunning backdrop of changing seasons through the school year. Materials and colours … reflect the history and tradition of the Havergal community. The Dining Hall can be subdivided for seminars, study areas, or club meetings. Given the striking changes to the Havergal campus, the school had every reason to believe that it could greet the new millennium with confidence and that its future was bright indeed. As the 1999–00 edition of Ludemus so clearly proved, students wholeheartedly agreed.

The Upper School

The Upper School

Like the Juniors, the students in the Upper School arrived in September 1999 to stunning changes. The Temerty Commons, described in the campaign brochure as the heart of the Upper School, is: an informal meeting place for teachers and students of different grades located adjacent to the Dining Hall and [has] a stone fireplace as a focus for special gatherings. Comfortable sofas and chairs … encourage dialogue and interaction among staff and students. Doors … open out to the North Quad, encouraging students to move outside on warm, sunny days. The Heart [has] a south-facing exposure and [is] designed to admit generous amounts of natural light. The multi-purpose Lecture Hall/Theatre seats 220, with retractable seating to provide flexibility for drama, dance and lectures, and alternate lighting options for a wide range of performances. The Lecture Hall/Theatre Lobby [has] views into the North Quad and over the Heart of the Upper School. The Music classrooms for strings and band [are] located beside the Lecture/Hall Theatre, and the Drama Studio, down the hall. Two new science labs [are] located across the corridor from the existing physics and chemistry labs. The expanded Resource Centre [includes] technology and information resources with workstations for computers, CD-ROM and microfilm; a larger space for reading; and a unique space for Havergal’s Catherine Steele Archives, a rich source of history, not only of the school, but of women’s education in Canada.

The new Upper School, 1999.

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