On October 3, 2023, the doors of Dutton Memorial Arena opened to a newly reconfigured NHL-sized rink, five new changing rooms, a new ice plant, significant structural upgrades and a new building envelope to ensure the future of the arena for another 50 years. A viewing area above the new changing rooms offer spectators a superb view of athletes. A newly expanded entrance to the building, including an elevator, provides upgraded access to the entire athletics complex.
At the end of the hockey season, artificial turf will replace the ice surface and serve as a multipurpose indoor facility for all students. As a result, students will be able to play soccer, rugby, and Ultimate, and enjoy a wide variety of track and field events as well as other sports. Hundreds of students, all playing different sports, will benefit.
The new arena has an expanded capacity that will enable us to host indoor events for up to 1,000 people during the spring and summer.
Another addition to the Athletic Centre are the new changing rooms at the opposite end of the Reimer Gymnasium for SJR’s basketball and volleyball teams. This allowed us to reconfigure and refurbish the existing changing rooms between the Reimer Gym and the Riley Fitness Centre. They have been redesigned to provide direct entry to the Fitness Centre, which means we can offer members of the wider SJR community access to this facility outside of school hours.
In February 2013, SJR launched the Build Our Tomorrow Campaign — the most ambitious campaign in our history which supported the construction of the new Richardson Senior School and Riley Fitness Centre.
We are grateful to the many families and alumni who helped us to raise $13.5 million towards this project. Our sincere thanks to our donors who made a contribution to this campaign.
SJR is proud to be accredited and affiliated with several local, national and international educational organizations.
St. John’s-Ravenscourt School was founded in 1820 principally to serve the children of the Selkirk settlers. By 1834 there were forty students, evenly split between boys and girls. SJR has inevitably grown and changed over the years since, though its success throughout has been unimpeachable. Today the programs are as strong as our reputation. A strong academic program is paired with an equally strong attention to the values of stewardship, ethical leadership, and excellence in all areas of academic, social and athletic life.