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Saint Stephen's Episcopal School Debuts New Falcon Field House at Moore Athletic Complex

Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School held an open house and a ribbon cutting for the new Falcon Field House, the last phase of the Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields, on May 16, 2014.

With approximately 2,000 square feet of weight room, a training room, whirlpool and hot tubs rooms, a football locker room that is 840 square feet, boys’ and girls’ showers, coaches’ offices and a laundry room, the over 7,000 square foot building is a welcome addition to the Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields.

"This is an exciting day for our school with the opening of our new state-of-the-art field house which will provide our student athletes with training facilities and locker rooms that will mirror the first class fields, stadium and track which were just completed in the fall,” said Hugh Miller, Board President at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School.

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The Field House wraps up the $5 million campaign that began with fundraising and construction of the state-of-the-art athletic facility, Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields, which hosts events including Football, Track & Field, Soccer, Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, Tennis and Cheerleading on the Saint Stephen’s campus.

“The new Falcon Field House is the “icing on the cake” to our new Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields. We are thrilled to be opening this state-of-the-art weight room and training facility which also includes boys’ and girls’ locker and showers. Our student-athletes will be able to have great sports conditioning and care in this wonderful space. Thanks to the board and those in the Saint Stephen’s community that made this latest facility a reality,” said Dr. Jan Pullen, Head of School at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School.

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Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School is a private, independent, co-educational, college preparatory school in Bradenton, FL. Saint Stephen’s delivers world-class education, excellent extracurricular experiences and exciting programs like AP course work, the iPad initiative, a band/strings program, a global education program, K-12 daily foreign language program and our Marine Science Initiative, to name a few.

Saint Stephen's sits on a gated, 35-acre campus, which includes a state-of-the-art athletic center that hosts the school’s athletic events including soccer, football, track and field, lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis and cheerleading. At every level, from PK3 through grade 12, students are nurtured in small classes, encouraged and supported in their academic pursuits. Students benefit from programs and educational models that have proven successful by Saint Stephen’s students who are excelling today in colleges and universities around the world. Saint Stephen's is proud of its rich academic offerings that go hand-in-hand with a strong college counseling program, a wide variety of competitive sports teams, a creative fine arts program, and many community service learning opportunities. For more information about our school, please visit www.saintstephens.org.

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