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Identifying and prioritizing the comprehensive facilities needs of NMH as a one-campus school requires an understanding and articulation of the school's goals, values, and strategic objectives. Overall, we aim to build and tune the Mount Hermon campus and facilities to suit our core programs and mission. Following is information about the planning process and current projects.

• Major planning and capital projects (full summary of recent, current, and future projects)
• Master planning concepts
• Planning goals and values

NEW CONSTRUCTION: Bolger House, admission building (groundbreaking May 2008)
The board of trustees approved a proposal for a new admission building. David F. Bolger '50 gave the school $2.5 million towards the building, which will bear the Bolger name. Read more about Bolger's gift and a press release about the board's admission building announcement. Projected cost: $6 million

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: The Rhodes Arts Center
A new center to house performing and studio arts is located at the eastern edge of campus between Holbrook Hall and Forslund Gymnasium, where Recitation and Silliman Halls once stood. Projected cost: $29 million

• More information: live cam, fast facts, architects' renderings, photos, fundraising news, and a message from Head of School Thomas K. Sturtevant

COMPLETED: The Mary E. MacKinnon and Shea Family Cottages opened in September 2005

• Two new student houses named at ceremony on May 5, 2006
• Conceptual design narrative
• Architect's renderings
• Photos
• Cottage floor plans

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