It's a New Day

The Chinese school principal (left), Fr. Daniel (center) and others about to cut the ribbon at the new school this morning.

Students, faculty and parents gathered this morning at Old St. Mary's before parading in the streets of Chinatown to the corner of Jackson and Kearny where the St. Mary's community will call home for years to come.

Led by the drum corps, who did a fantastic job -- class by class, followed by parents, completed the transition as everybody gathered at 838 Kearny where the ribbon was cut, officially signifying a new beginning for St. Mary's.

It was a day that many thought would never come to fruition. And yet, there we were, on the morning of May 2nd, 2011, standing in the courtyard, with a few hundred of our closest friends, smiling and rejoicing, that the day that we've coveted and anticipated for 15 years, had finally come.