Holy Cross breaks ground on fifth through 12th-grade campus
Holy Cross Christian Academy announces breaking ground on campus designed to “provide an advanced learning environment” for fifth through 12th-grade students
BURLESON — Holy Cross Christian Academy announced breaking ground on its fifth through 12th-grade campus down the road from its current facility Tuesday.
The single-story, 13,240-square-foot facility—designed to “provide an advanced learning environment” for fifth through 12th-grade students—is expected to be ready by December, HCCA stated in an email Tuesday.
HCCA will hold a groundbreaking ceremony open to the HCCA community, supporters and media February 25 at the new campus’s site less than a mile away from the current facility at 1500 Tarver Road, HCCA stated in a press release Tuesday.
Phase-one of this nine-phase master project includes six classrooms, an art room, a science lab, a collaboration room, a multipurpose room and a storm shelter, HCCA stated in its press release.
The project also features a security system integrated with HCCA’s existing campus, a septic system, detention pond, drive lanes and landscape features, HCCA stated.
HCCA called the new campus a “milestone marking the next phase of the academy’s long-term vision for growth and excellence in Christian education,” HCCA stated.
HCCA head of school Karen Matejka is excited for the development and believes it’s been a “long time coming,” she said in HCCA’s press release.
“We are thrilled to finally break ground on our [fifth through 12th-grade campus] and are looking forward to partnering with mission matched families to cultivate Christian leaders and thinkers,” Matejka said. “We hope to be a beacon of light shining on Burleson and the surrounding area.”
Diverse Studio led the campus’s design and focused on “harmonizing education with the surrounding environment,” HCCA stated in its press release. Diverse Studio is “honored and excited” to contribute to the project, Diverse Studio partner Francisco Velasquez said in the press release.
“Expanding Holy Cross Christian Academy with a campus that inspires learning, harmonizes with nature, cultivates growth, and enriches community has been a deeply collaborative effort,” Velasquez said. “Together, HCCA’s board members, administrators, educators, Diverse Studio, Rudick Construction Group, and consultant teams have worked hand in hand since day one to bring HCCA’s vision to life.”
Rudick Construction Group is “thrilled” to lead the construction and “bring this vision to life,” Rudick Construction Group CEO Clay Rudick said in HCCA’s press release.
“This project is about more than just a building—it’s about creating a space that will shape the educational journey of students for generations,” Rudick said.
The project team includes Campbell Landscape Architecture for landscape design, RLG Consulting Engineers as the civil engineer, Datum Engineers as the structural engineer, HP Engineering for mechanical, electrical and plumbing services and Sugar Hill Engineering for septic-system design, HCCA stated in the press release.