Facing History has acquired much needed additional space for our Headquarters offices on the bottom floor the St. Mary's Elementary School building next door. Construction is nearly complete. The combined space will be known as the Facing History and Ourselves Headquarters Campus and its improvements will significantly increase our capacity to deliver program services across the entire Facing History global network. The new space in the elementary school building will serve as the Facing History and Ourselves Professional Development Center. It will house our Resource Library and provide expanded facilities for meetings, seminars and community conversations. Our plan is to move the library into its new facilities in November and to have the entire space fully operational by the end of next month.

The renovations on the first floor of the current building will also allow us to better accommodate our growing staff - who are bringing online and face to face programs to educators around the world. As an added benefit, the renovations will enhance space for the school's programs - furthering our ability to be a good neighbor to 200 schoolchildren from all over the greater Boston area and enabling the upper grades of the school to continue to use Facing History classroom resources.