THANKS to the Toronto Chapter of the St. Joseph High School, the students now have a newly-refurbished playground to engage in a variety of physical disciplines.

St. Joseph High School, Monday officially cut the ribbon to declare the reopening of their ground after a rehabilitation project that lasted four years.

Present at the ceremony were President of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph High, Wazim Khan, officials from the Ministry of Education, members of the Canadian Chapter and teachers and students of the school.
In his address, Khan stated that the Canadian Chapter has been supporting the school for many years.
He noted that in the 2005 ‘great flood’, the ground was destroyed and after being informed of this, the Chapter raised funds and assisted the Board in getting the ground back in shape.
Khan also stated that the rehabilitation of the ground which began four years ago was funded by the Canadian Chapter which worked diligently to raise $6.2M to carry out the works.
NEW PROJECTS
Khan said that now the rehabilitation of the ground is completed, there are new projects in sight to better develop the school, some of which include fencing, building a multi-purpose court and modernising the school library.

According to Director of the Canadian Chapter, Regina Chung, they will continue to support St. Joseph High.
She noted that they contributed to the rehabilitation of the ground because they want to promote physical activities among students in the school.
Chung in closing encouraged the students to make full use of the ground and to take care of what they have because not every school is fortunate to have such an opportunity.

(By Navendra Seoraj)