Undaunted, the staff turned dormitories, dining  room, bedrooms and even the verandahs into      classrooms and by that Monday, every girls had a seat and lessons proceeded as usual.

On the night of the incident with the extinction of the fire, all the friends of the mission e.g. Rev and Mrs. Zimmerman, Rev. W.G. Parker, Misses Wheeler, Wagey and Marsh together with several Asian friends knelt in prayer and asked for God's guidance.

They began a building canvass but the towkays would not help until they knew the extent of the Government involvement. The British Resident Mr. Broadrick, when approached, said he could do nothing as the World War had started and all efforts had to be channeled towards funding the war.

The Headmistress, having visited him 3 times, had a staff meeting and it was suggested that a "May Day Fete" be held with the Resident to preside at the function and his wife, to give away the prizes. On that day, the distinguished guests were seated facing the many black pillars of the burnt down school building. The day of the 'Fete" was fair, the program was successful, the Resident presided and his 'good lady' distributed the prizes.
 

Within 2 weeks, there was a cheque of $5000 from the Resident's Office as a donation towards the Building Fund. Insurance brought in another $5000. Towkay Loke Yew donated $4000. Teachers and students solicited funds. The lion's share of the money came in small sums through small donations of $5, $10 and $20. They had to collect $24, 750. The building was opened on 1st May 1916 with a mere debit of $3000. This was the first Women's Foreign Mission Society (W.F.M.S) building to be raised fully on the mission field and the ladies of the W.F.M.S. in America donated the furniture for the New Building. The cost of the 30 long seats for the Assembly Room and the single seats in the classroom was balanced by the freight charges from U.S.A as the war in Europe had made freight rates across the Pacific, exorbitant.

On May 1, 1916, the British Resident, formally declared open the new school building with the Selangor State Band in attendance. Miss Marsh, had composed a new school song which was set to music by Miss Wheeler. It was sung by a chorus of 50 girls. The enrollment of the school stood at 250.