Journey for Life Capital Campaign

This fundraising campaign supports the bold vision of the school’s key capital projects.

The Journey for Life capital campaign, aligned with the school's Floreat strategic plan, aims to upgrade and expand facilities to meet the needs of current and future students. Key projects include renovating boarding houses, expanding the Middle School and upgrading the Senior School Science Centre to support SMUS' STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) curriculum across the school. View the Campus Master Plan here.

For available naming opportunities, pledges and other ways to give, please contact Janine Cowie or call 250-883-1488.

An Invitation

We invite you to join us in thinking bigger about what's possible. Your partnership will have a powerful impact - creating the optimal learning environment to set up our students as critical thinkers, active citizens, social advocates, creators and innovators. Be a partner in their Journey for Life and give your support today!

Current Projects

Boarding House Renovations - In Progress

Goal: $10 million
Timeline: June 2023 - ongoing
Progress:

House foyers - complete
Houseparent offices - complete
Common rooms - complete
Winslow House - 20 rooms - completed by September 2024
Barnacle House - in progress
Harvey/Symons House
Bolton/Timmis House

The initial phase of SMUS’ boarding house refurbishment kicked off at the beginning of summer 2023. As a pilot initiative, the Barnacle/Winslow common room and four rooms in Barnacle House underwent renovations to guide the planning of changes for the remaining rooms and houses. This marks the inaugural phase of a comprehensive boarding house renovation project spanning the next few years, with an allocated budget of approximately $10 million. The transformative upgrades encompass modernizing the bedroom furniture, enhancing private washrooms, introducing a new furnished social space, implementing energy-efficient lighting and heating, and revitalizing the common rooms, foyers, and entrances.

This first phase of the boarding house renovation was made possible by an extraordinary $2 million donation from an anonymous donor. This generous contribution aims to elevate the living and studying experience for students in their home-away-from-home. We are tremendously grateful to all the donors who have already contributed to this project.

Middle School Playground

Details to come

STEAM Centre

Details to come

Completed Projects

Junior School Annex

Students play on the field behind the Annex

The Junior School Annex, the first capital project in the Campus Masterplan, was completed at the end of summer 2023, in time to welcome students for the 2023-24 school year. This expansion and much needed additional space provides new classrooms and new opportunities for modern teaching and learning. To learn more about the Annex project, please visit the Annex webpage.

Thank you to all our donors and families who have supported the Junior School Annex Project.

Middle School Expansion

The Middle School Expansion was completed in summer 2026 to welcome students into its new and enhanced learning spaces for the 2026–27 school year. The project included a bright new art room, flexible learning commons, expanded counselling facilities, a state-of-the-art learning resource centre, and dedicated spaces for robotics, design technology, engineering, and computer science.

To learn more about the project, please visit the Middle School Expansion webpage.

Thank you to all the donors and families whose generosity helped make this transformative project possible.