As the 2025-2026 school year kicked off, students, families and staffulty were brought together for a big announcement. This was posted all over social media, acknowledging the generous donation of $8 million to the school to build a new STEM Wing at NDB. Many were excited to finally have this new luxury at the school after years of requesting it.
As the second semester begins, this project has continued to progress, as an elevator has been built and workers have been constructing it for days already. Staff members and supervisors have already begun overseeing the construction and its progress. The facilities supervisor, Rafael Merino, explained what has been happening recently in the production of it.
“They started working on the new STEM Wing elevator and we finally got permits from the city to really start building.” He also includes, “I’ve been checking everything going on and it’s going smoothly. I hope the turnout is good because we have been waiting for so many years.”
Due to the fact that the production of the STEM wing has been going on for almost a month now, students and faculty can expect to be spending a lot of time there in the following school year of 2026-2027. Many people are overseeing this project, especially current NDB teachers who are in the STEM field and have a strong idea of what these classrooms should consist of.
These staff members have put significant time and energy into checking in daily to see the progress and providing their ideas and feedback. This feedback comes from Dr. Srinivasan, Ms. Girard, Dr. Haitchox and other staff members of the STEM department.
Many NDB students are very excited to expand their STEM knowledge through spending time in the new STEM lab. A current junior, Camilla Kan speaks of her excitement.
“I am super excited for the new STEM wing because Notre Dame has never had a defined science area and while looking around, I saw a lot of interesting tools and features,” Kan said.
The community is incredibly grateful for the support and belief in the STEM program here at NDB and cannot wait to spend time in this wing. This would not be possible without the alumni and donors who put the school community’s needs before their own and have changed the trajectory of NDB through this exciting new aspect of the curriculum.
