The construction of a new campus for Stepanakert’s No. 11 School is proceeding on schedule, announced the Hayastan All Armenian Fund. The project, spearheaded by the Armenia Fund U.S. Western Region, is made possible through a donation by Armenian-American benefactor Gerald Turpanjian. With the foundations of the classrooms building and events hall already laid, currently crews are constructing the columns of the gymnasium and the walls of the classrooms building. The project is slated to be completed by August 2010. When the school opens its doors in time the 2010-2011 academic year, it will have an administrative building next to the main structure housing the classrooms, which will accommodate 560 students. Both buildings will consist of three stories. In addition to the gymnasium, the campus will feature a library, a canteen, vocational-training classrooms, an open-air events area, and a playground. The administrative building will include the principal’s office, teachers’ room, a health clinic, computer labs, and a reception area for parents. Heating for the school will be provided by a boiler room. “After years of having to conduct classrooms in a kindergarten, we will at last be provided with top-notch school facilities,” said Aida Grigoryan, the school’s principal. Commenting on the Hayastan All Armenian Fund’s ongoing community-development effort in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia, Ara Vardanyan, the fund’s acting executive director, said, “We have every reason to believe that the future campus of the No. 11 School will become a veritable bastion of learning for the new generation.”