Photo courtesy of Dallas ISD.
Stephanie Munves has served as principal of Rosemont School for three years, but just last month she returned to the campus.
“When I joined Rosemont two years ago, that’s when we relocated,” she said. “We were over at Arcadia Park Annex my first two years and now we are all back here under one roof in our brand new building.”
The new building ribbon cutting for the Rosemont School took place over the weekend on Saturday, Sept. 20.
“It was a really beautiful moment to see a mix of so many alum that were returning, right in the mix with so many of our current students,” she said.
The event featured guest speakers and an official ribbon cutting, along with tours of the new campus, which welcomed students for the first time since completion August 12.
Munves said that the new building is almost three times the square footage of the prior building. This supports not only the growing enrollment but also the “bedrocks of Rosemont” — fine arts, bilingualism and biliteracy.
Other aspects of the design honor the school’s history, such as preserving the original 1922 brick from the first campus and the Rosemont School lettering on the Montclair Street side of the building. In the center of the building, there is original wood paneling in the staircase from the first to second floor.
For the modern side of things, the new space provides a robotics lab and an upgraded library media center. For the fine arts, choir, orchestra, and art have dedicated spaces, along with the gym.
“Part of the focus was making sure that there were spaces that are dedicated to each of the fine arts,” Munves said.
There is a dedicated dance studio, a unique aspect of the campus is that every student takes dance.
With just over a month into the new school year, Munves said that students are adapting well to the new environment.
“If you didn’t know that it was new and something different for them, you wouldn’t and I think that’s really a testament to the support that our teachers bring and the systems that they have in place,” she said. “The kids navigate the building as if they’ve been here forever.”
