{"id":278461,"date":"2026-05-20T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278461\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:04:07","slug":"jesuit-high-breaks-ground-on-50m-campus-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278461\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesuit High breaks ground on $50M campus expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesuit High School in Tampa <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/development\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"30\" title=\"Development\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke ground<\/a> on a $50 million expansion that will add the Jenkins Science Center, the Schellman Student Activities Center and the Leal Family Dining Hall, creating modern learning environments and communal spaces to prepare students for college and careers.<\/p>\n<p>The project is funded by transformational gifts from Carole and Richard \u201cSteve\u201d Jenkins \u201975 and Lauren and Chris Schellman, P \u201920 \u201924 \u201927, each giving $5 million\u2014the largest in school history\u2014and more than $1.2 million from the Leal family for the dining hall and annual support of Jesuit\u2019s Gaudiosa gala. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese facilities will give students hands-on experience in labs, collaborative spaces and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/leadership\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"19\" title=\"leadership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">leadership<\/a> programs,\u201d said Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J., Jesuit president. \u201cThey will ensure the school continues its mission in ways that are rigorous, relevant and rooted in faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jenkins Science Center will feature state-of-the-art laboratories and collaborative areas designed to engage students in scientific discovery. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will prepare our students for advanced collegiate work and careers in science and medicine,\u201d said Debbie Pacheco, assistant principal for academics. The Student Activities Center and dining hall will provide spaces for informal learning, collaboration and shared experiences outside the classroom, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Creative Contractors will lead construction, and PBK Architects designed buildings to complement Gonzmart Hall, the Chapel of the Holy Cross and the Antinori Center for the Arts. Phase III is scheduled for completion in fall 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Jesuit\u2019s decade-long master plan began with Holy Cross Chapel, Gonzmart Hall and the Oliva Courtyard, continued with the Antinori Center for the Arts in 2023, and now Phase III expands campus facilities for the all-male Catholic school, which has been educating Tampa Bay students since 1899.<\/p>\n<p>  Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n<p>\n    Explore the latest Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> news, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Real Estate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesuit High School in Tampa broke ground on a $50 million expansion that will add the Jenkins Science&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-278461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}