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CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SELECTED FOR NEW BISHOP McDEVITT CAMPUS

Harrisburg, Pa. – E.R. Stuebner of Reading has been selected as the general contractor for the construction of the new Bishop McDevitt High School campus in Lower Paxton Township. The academic facility is scheduled for completion during the 2012-13 academic year.

The new location will be centrally located to the 10 parishes that comprise and support the school, as well as the city of Harrisburg.

“This is another major step forward in our efforts to build a 21st century campus for the Bishop McDevitt community,” said Sister Mary Anne Bednar, principal of Bishop McDevitt High School.  “We’re right on track to open the new school during the 2012-13 school year.”

E.R. Stuebner’s projects include: the construction of Perkiomen Valley Middle School in Montgomery County; the construction of the Schmidt Training and Technology Center at the Reading Area Community College in Berks County; and the terminal expansion project at the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Berks County.

To date, $13 million has been raised for the new 87-acre campus on Spring Creek Road, which would replace the current 80-year-old high school.  To complete construction, fundraising efforts will continue through the project’s Fulfilling the Promise campaign.  Naming opportunities on the campus are available.

The new Bishop McDevitt High School campus will feature a 175,000-square-foot academic facility, 1,200-seat auditorium, 120-seat chapel, 1,000-seat gym, state-of-the-art library, performing arts center, and premier athletics facilities, including a football stadium and arena for wrestling, basketball and other sporting events.

Originally known as Harrisburg Catholic High School upon its founding in 1918, Bishop McDevitt High School has been located on Market Street in Harrisburg since 1930 and remains one of the oldest central Pennsylvania high school buildings still in use.

If you would like to discuss naming opportunities for the new school or make a donation to Fulfilling the Promise, please contact Sister Mary Anne Bednar, IHM, Principal; or Cheri Comasco, Director of Advancement at Bishop McDevitt High School by calling 717-236-7973.   Donations also can be made by clicking on the Fulfilling the Promise logo to the right.

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Capital Campaign Brochure

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Bishop McDevitt High School Officially For Sale

Dennis Owens, ABC Channel 27 News Anchor, came to Bishop McDevitt High School on Tuesday, August 17th to meet with Sr. Mary Anne Bednar, IHM, Principal  of Bishop McDevitt and Tom Posavec  '85 from Landmark Commercial Realty. Tom is a 1985 graduate from Bishop McDevitt and is the realtor listing the school for sale. Please click here for a link to ABC 27's video about the sale. The building is currently being listed for $2.1 million and will be available in the Fall of 2012. Anyone interested in touring the facility or buying the building should contact:

Thomas T. Posavec, SIOR | Vice President - Office Services Group
Landmark Commercial Realty | ONCOR International
20 Erford Road, Suite 215 | Lemoyne, PA 17043
Phone:  717.731.1990 | Fax:  717.731.8765
Cell: 717.503.7755 | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Visit us on the web at: Landmark Commercial Realty, Inc.

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Bishop McDevitt High School nears fundraising goal for new school

BARBARA MILLER, The Patriot-News
Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:15 PM     Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:32 PM

Bishop McDevitt High School officials today announced that in three months they have raised nearly $12 million of the $16 million needed before construction of a high school can begin in Lower Paxton Twp.

Sister Mary Anne Bednar, principal of the school, said the school hopes to raise the remaining $4 million over the next six months. The remainder of the $42 million to $45 million project will be paid for through continued fundraising and borrowing, she said. If progress continues, Bednar said, they hope to open the new school in fall 2012.

An 87-acre campus on Spring Creek Road will replace the 80-year-old Bishop McDevitt High School on six acres at 2200 Market St., Harrisburg. The new school will hold up to 950 students in a 175,000-square-foot building, which is about 50,000 square feet larger than the current building.

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