Ground broken for performing arts building

broke ground May 17 on its Kaimuki campus for a performing arts building. The $10 million project is expected to be completed by August 2008. The building will house an expanding program that includes band, choral music and dance. It is the second phase of a multi-year project that began with the installation of air conditioning throughout the school. The building is designed by architect Urban Works with contractor Okada Trucking Company. Pictured, from left, are board of directors chairman Harlin Young, head of school Betty White, vicar of the Sacred Hearts Sisters Regina Mary Jenkins, associate superintendent of Hawaii Catholic Schools Louise Wong, Frear Eleemosynary Trust grants administrator Paula Boyce, president of the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation Sharon Shiroma-Brown, Son-Tai Paik of Alexander and Baldwin, parent association president Ernest Pang, and alumnae Winona Kamai, June Chu, and Lorraine Lee.