Capitol Hill Day School -- Sign

Jason Gray, Head of School, Stephen Mercer and Lester Edwards from Mercer Contracting, LLC, pose with the sign at the entrance of the School's temporary location at 1000 5th Street, SE.

The sign was designed and crafted by Ted Gerhart, Gerhart Studios, Lancaster, PA.

Progress, Swing Space Site - August 8, 2011

Anchor Construction begins work. Capitol Hill Day School has contracted with Anchor Construction to provide connections to DC WASA's water and sewer lines for the modular units that will be placed at our temporary location, 1000 5th Street, SE.

The water line tap is shown here as Anchor is excavating L Street, SE to run a water line into the lot.

First Photo Credit: Jason Gray
Remaining Photo Credits: Bill Chappell

Renovation Bond Financing Completed July 20,2011

Jocelyn Kho, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Capitol Hill Day School, Jason Gray, Head of School, and Jim Woolwine, Business Manager, signed all the documents to enable the School to borrow $4,500,000 by issuing tax exempt bonds which were purchased by TD Bank. The proceeds of the loan will finance the Dent School Renovation project.


Lender: TD Bank, Patricia A. Lenahan, Senior Vice-President
School's Counsel: Arent Fox, Eve Corbin, Partner
Financial Advisor: Davenport & Company, LLC, Roland Kooch, Jr., Vice-President

Closing was at the offices of Squire, Saunders & Dempsey, LLP, Bond Counsel for the District of Columbia.

First Photo Credit: Eve Corbin

Summer Time Staff Meetings - June 28, 2011

An important meeting to review the Heating and A/C installation for the new building was held on June 29th. Checking out the duct work and piping in the Dent Building include Tom Bien, Project Manager, Robin McGrew, Architect, Chris Ware, President, Omega Engineering, Priscilla Moreno, Omega Engineering, Jim Van Hook, Clover Contracting, and Ardi Love-Smalls, Monarc Construction.

Now that Monarc Construction has taken over the Dent Building and summer is upon us, Jason Gray, Head of School, holds his weekly meeting with the remaining Administrative Staff in the garden behind 214 South Carolina Avenue, SE along with equipment and supplies yet to find a new home.