Better Together - AIM 21-22 Annual Report

BETTER TOGETHER

Mission

The mission of AIM is to:

Provide extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.

Develop a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.

Core Purpose and Core Values

AIM transforms and empowers lives through literacy.

Our Core Values:

• Research to Practice

• Fearless Innovation

• Partner for Impact

• Transform the Future of Education

AIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2021–2022

Matthew S. Naylor

Chair, Crumdale Partners

Al Chiaradonna

Vice-Chair, SEI Private Banking

Elliot Holtz

Treasurer, Noro Properties, LLC

Brian Lobley

Secretary, Independence Blue Cross Patricia M. Roberts Co-CEO

Nancy G. Blair Co-CEO

Teresa Araco Rodgers

harp-weaver LLC

Arthur Berkowitz

Former owner and CEO, JE Berkowitz LP

Bryna Berman, Esq.

Advocate for Women and Education

George W. Connell

The Haverford Trust Company

Jennifer Crawford

Blackney Hayes Architects

Donna De Carolis

Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, Drexel University

Darryl J. Ford, Ph.D. William Penn Charter School

John W. Glomb, Jr. Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Liz Greco-Rocks

Advocate for Education and Mental Health

Patrick J. Hoyer

The Haverford Trust Company

Vince Lowry

Global Beta Advisors

Ernest May

Wells Fargo Capital Finance

John New WorkMerk LLC

Stan Silverman

Vice Chairman, Drexel University

Hans Zandhuis

Chatham Capital, LLC

PAT ROBERTS & NANCY BLAIR

As the co-founders and now co-CEOs of AIM, we have the privilege of witnessing daily the many ways our AIM community is transforming and empowering lives through literacy. We wish you could see our seniors’ sheer joy as they share their most recent college acceptances with us! They are confident, proud, and fearless as they look forward to their futures. Our student-athletes are true leaders on and off the field, thanks to the mentoring they receive from our leadership team members and coaches. And who can resist the wonder in the eyes of our youngest students as they begin to “break the code” on both reading and writing and feel that they have magical reading abilities?

The most heartfelt letter we received recently was a letter from one of our alum parents sharing their journey and that of their son, who started at AIM in first grade and graduated last year. Here are the words that continue to drive us forward: “We will never thank you enough that you took so many children along the way with you and gave them this incredible gift that is AIM. [Our son] did his part to be at university today, but without AIM there is no doubt that he wouldn’t be there.”

Over the past year, our growing AIM community has demonstrated the many ways we are Better Together. Our community’s commitment to health and safety allowed us to provide our fearless learners with mission-driven innovative teaching, including the return of student experiential learning trips, on-stage performances, and social events.

Annette Fallon, our new Head of School, officially assumed her role on July 1, 2022, but showed her commitment to getting to know our community by spending at least one day a month throughout the spring meeting with members of AIM Academy’s senior leadership team, collaborating with members of our Executive Cabinet and getting to know our students, and thinking about ways we are AIMing Higher to support future-ready students.

As part of AIM’s re-accreditation process with the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), each faculty and staff member joined committees to examine and describe our work at AIM as part of the reporting process. The re-accreditation team will visit AIM in April 2023 for a multi-day site visit, and we look forward to introducing them to our innovative team.

Research-to-Practice—In March 2022, we once again welcomed researchers and educators to AIM for our in-person and live-streamed 10th Annual Research to Practice Symposium, examining the important ways that literacy is a civil right for all. The annual event in March also included a day of collaboration and conversation with educators who were guests of Oakland, California-based FULCRUM, led by education advocate Kareem Weaver. Visitors had a chance to explore AIM and discuss ways to spread the impact of structured literacy instruction to more students across the country.

Partner for Impact—We continue to grow our partnerships with researchers and collaborate to support our students with new learning tools while providing feedback to researchers working to improve education. In addition to resuming in-person research with Haskins Laboratories at Yale in our on-campus EEG lab, we launched new partnerships, including a homework app for Middle and Upper School students through Clarifi and piloting an AI learning module in Middle School STEAM classes created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Inclusive AI Literacy & Learning program.

And at the AIM Institute, our partnerships in states and schools across the country continue to grow, whether we are customizing a literacy training course for the state of North Dakota that will be available to any teacher in the state or launching Pathways to Proficient Reading and Pathways to Literacy Leadership courses across the states of Louisiana and Mississippi. Closer to home, we hosted the new Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, Dr. Tony Watlington, and his cabinet, who were beyond impressed with our AIM model. We are especially proud that eight of our AIM Academy faculty members are sharing their knowledge and expertise as AIM Pathways facilitators.

Fearless Innovation—As we continue to find ways to Transform the Future of Education, we are expanding our technology curriculum into developing and supporting neurodiverse students as they gain skills needed to thrive in future endeavors. In December 2021, AIM received $1 million in state RACP funding to support this fearless innovation as we finalize plans to add a 17,000-square-foot, two-story addition to our main building beginning in Spring 2023. This new Global Innovation Hub will be a convening space for both our students and our community of corporate and foundation partners. The Hub will include updated science classrooms, coding and computer tech learning labs, and outdoor learning space. We have enjoyed sharing these plans as part of our AIM Higher capital campaign with many of our long-time supporters over the past year. We are excited to continue these critical conversations.

Your voice and support help share AIM’s impact with the world, whether it is an AIM alum sharing the self-confidence they gained from innovative teachers that have helped them find success in college, a corporate partner supporting scholarships through EITC or a charitable foundation investing in our innovative training and coaching model. We look forward to continuing to build a Foundation for the Future at AIM that supports all of our community and partners.

Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair

WELCOMING NEW HEAD OF SCHOOL ANNETTE FALLON

In October 2021, the AIM Board of Trustees completed its Head of School search and announced that Annette Fallon would assume the role of AIM Academy Head of School as of July 2022. Prior to her formal start at AIM, Annette spent time on campus each month to get to know our community and work with teachers and staff to plan for the year ahead.

“I am thrilled to have joined AIM’s fearless and innovative learning community,” Annette said. “It is an honor to lead AIM into our next shared chapter.”

Annette, who is hosting monthly parent conversations called Fill Your Cup Fridays throughout the 2022-2023 school year, has spent the fall on a Listening Tour with all AIM Academy faculty and staff members. She is grounding her first year in listening, learning, observation and reflection in order to respond to the needs of the school and school community.

Annette is uniquely prepared to lead AIM as we work to transform the future of education. She spent 10 years at the Baltimore Lab School, formerly a division of The Lab School of Washington, the original inspiration and

design of AIM Academy. She served as a teacher and ultimately went on to a leadership role as the Director of Admissions for eight years. Throughout her time at Baltimore Lab School, Annette saw the academic success of students when well-trained teachers delivered evidencebased curriculum and strategies to their students.

Annette went on to become the Director of Outreach at Jemicy School outside of Baltimore, MD. Her leadership roles on the national board of the International Dyslexia Association (Finance Committee) and her three-term position as President of the Maryland Branch of the IDA served to give Annette a broad view of the national and international landscape of learning differences. Annette received her M.Ed from Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and her Certificate in School Leadership and Management from HGSE and Harvard Business School in June. The highlight of her graduation was walking across the stage to receive her diploma with her 4-year-old daughter Edie.

FACULTY RECEIVE READING INSTRUCTION CERTIFICATION

WITH AIM

PATHWAYS

Providing evidence-based literacy training to AIM faculty and staff has always been an important role of the AIM Institute. We are proud that 56 current faculty members have completed Pathways training and another 20 are currently enrolled in Pathways to Proficient Reading. Even more notably, 17 of our AIM team members have chosen to sit for the KPEERI exam from The Center for Effective Reading Instruction and have received their KPEERI certification.

FILLING THE WILSON WALL OF FAME

In addition to providing Wilson Language Training© opportunities to educators, as a WILSON® Accredited Partner, all AIM Lower School students receive Wilson Reading instruction daily with work continuing throughout their time at AIM. To honor the accomplishment of our students who complete all 12 steps of the program, one of our Wilson instructors suggested that we honor them with what we call "the Wilson Wall of Fame." The wall, which was installed in September 2021 and in June, Wilson instructors held their first annual Wilson “celebration” where 33 students who had completed Wilson during the school year received their certificates and got to place their name tag on the wall.

OUR NEWEST FOUR-LEGGED COMMUNITY MEMBER

Scoop, a 2 1/2-year-old golden retriever, joined our AIM community as the new facility dog in November 2021 following Kelly’s move to Colorado. Scoop, who came to AIM from Georgia and is trained by local organization Paws & Affection, was unsurprisingly met with lots of petting session and time getting to know students. Upper School Counselor Liz Strauss is her primary handler and she continues to work with our Speech and Occupational Therapists to support students. In November 2022, Scoop also started working in the Nurse’s Office with Lindsey Brown. You can keep up with Scoop’s life at AIM on Instagram @scoop_at_ aim_academy.

SCALING FOR IMPACT— AIM PATHWAYS BY THE NUMBERS

29 STATES

with Pathways Trained Educators

63,075

COMPREHENSIVE COURSES STUDENTS IMPACTED

in 2022 with a total of 8,323 educators trained.

In last year’s annual report we shared our goal of training 10,000 teachers in five years in our AIM Pathways platform. We are thrilled that AIM has already well exceeded this goal by adding 5,800 AIM Pathways participants during the 2021-2022 fiscal year and topping 10,000 educators in August 2022 after a robust summer of learning! On January 1, 2022 we launched a new learning platform to access our four AIM Pathway Courses and Steps to Literacy modules providing opportunities for our quickly growing AIM Pathways community to continue to learn and access resources and collaborate with one another. This important change was supported by several foundation investors to help provide us room to scale for impact to support more educators in more schools, districts and states. AIM Pathways is now approved professional development or in use in districts in more than 26 states around the country with opportunities to partner for impact arising each day. There is a groundswell of focus and interest in how children in our country learn to read and we are thrilled to be part of the solution to transform and empower lives through literacy training for educators.

“Super, super, super informative. I think all district reading people, administrators, and teachers of reading should take these courses.”

• Customized Course for North Dakota Educators: In order to provide all North Dakota teachers with access to professional development in the Science of Reading, AIM has partnered with the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and ND Regional Education Association to create a customized course based on AIM Pathways. Through this partnership, over 3,000 educators will have access to evidence-based content in the Science of Reading to help impact student learning with the NDSOR: Reaching All Learners course.

• Scholarships for Wisconsin Educators and Education Leaders: Thanks to support of the Kingsbury Family Foundation, AIM worked with WI Reads to provide 30 school leaders and 30 educators the opportunity to enroll in Pathways to Literacy Leadership or Pathways to Proficient Reading course last summer.

• AIM Teachers Share Expertise as AIM Pathways Facilitators: In addition to providing AIM Pathways course training to all AIM faculty members, eight of our experienced faculty members are also working as facilitators for the Virtual Community of Practice coaching sessions that are a key part of supporting implementation of new knowledge into classroom practice.

Blue = States where AIM Pathways is state approved for professional development or has school partnerships.

• Launching New Learning Modules: In order to provide even more educators access to training in the Science of Reading, AIM launched short form, fully asynchronous courses to its course offerings in 2022. Using content from our AIM Pathways courses, these learning opportunities are very useful for providing training to paraprofessionals working in schools as well as subject level teachers interested in gaining structured literacy knowledge.

• Demystifying D yslexia Online: AIM took its past in-person dyslexia training course and created an online instructional course with interactive content to better understand dyslexia and ways to support children and students with language-based learning differences.

PATHWAYS MAP updated as of November 2022

BRIDGING POLICY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE—AIM CO-HOSTS NATIONAL SUMMIT

In July 2021, AIM in partnership with the Haskins Global Literacy Hub launched an ongoing conversation bringing together representatives from 26 different state education departments and literacy researchers. The Haskins Global Literacy Hub Policy Summit was convened to allow state education administrators to learn from researchers and share ways they are advancing the Science of Reading in their states including stories and challenges.

The important work of the summit took place following the half-day gathering with the formation of ongoing working groups that included leaders from State Departments of Education, researchers, and literacy experts. It was evident that our State Departments of Education have been working independently to launch similar initiatives and solve common problems. By creating this network, we have begun to leverage the group’s expertise and research to evaluate, synthesize, and create better models and resources that align to implementation science.

The four working groups focused on the topics of:

• Foundational Literacy Skills

• Struggling Readers in Middle School and High School

• Multilingual Learners

• Students with Learning Disabilities

We are excited by the collaborative partnerships that have been formed through this initiative and look forward to continued conversation and work together.

AIM EEG Lab Highlighted in Research

Journal—In 2018, AIM became the first education partner in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub and created our in-school EEG lab to support literacy research endeavors with AIM student volunteers. AIM students have been volunteering to participate in the Predicting Learning Outcomes study with Haskins since 2019 and work on this ongoing study continued this spring.

In April, the Journal of Research in Reading published an article by Haskins Laboratories researchers and members of AIM’s team and Windward School about the promise of inschool partnerships for furthering neuroscience literacy research. The article finds that these in-school partnerships, which allow students to be evaluated during the school day in a more familiar setting, allows for “frequent and more ecologically valid assessments” and furthers the Haskins Global Literacy Hub’s goal of creating more direct communication and collaboration between scientists and educators.

AIM’s collaboration with researchers and support from its Research Advisory Board was foundational as we developed our curriculum and Integrated Literacy Model. As we continue to follow the research these ongoing relationships allow us to partner for impact and put research into practice.

RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD

DANIEL BERCH, PH.D

KATE CAIN, BSC.D.PHIL

DONALD L. COMPTON, PH.D.

MICHELLE DUDA, PH.D.

STEVEN GRAHAM, ED.D.

NANCY HENNESSY, M.ED.

LOUISA MOATS, ED.D.

TIM ODEGARD, PH.D.

KEN PUGH, PH.D.

HOLLIS SCARBOROUGH, PH.D.

JULIE WASHINGTON, PH.D.

BARBARA WILSON, M.ED.

IN-SCHOOL RESEARCH RETURNS

TO AIM

AIM’s focus on researchto-practice means finding opportunities to support both researchers and student learning During the 20212022 school year AIM worked with new partners in the classroom and continued our important work with Haskins Global Literacy Hub During the 2022-2023 school year we will continue this work and add even more study opportunities including with Stanford University’s Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) project.

NEW PARTNERSHIP SUPPORTS TEEN HOMEWORK HABITS

Last fall, AIM 8th graders and Upper School students volunteered to participate in a study using Clarifi, a new ed tech tool designed to support teens as they complete homework and develop good study habits.

Clarifi creator Bryan Dinner, a University of Pennsylvania student, created Clarifi when the strategies he had used to manage his ADHD throughout high school and college stopped working when classes went online during the pandemic. Dinner specifically chose AIM as a place to test this new opportunity given our commitment to research and our support of students with learning differences and ADHD.

TESTING AI CURRICULUM AND DESIGN THINKING WITH

MIT

Middle School STEAM students piloted a learning module exploring Artificial Intelligence through a partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Inclusive AI LIteracy & Learning in Testing AI Curriculum. Students explored how AI can help humans interact with each other, places and ideas in new ways by using programs such as Scratch and Teachable Machines to create prototypes for meditation and mindfulness rooms.

HASKINS RESEARCHERS INTRODUCE EEG STUDY TO STUDENTS

Haskins neuroscience researchers visited AIM in the spring to introduce Lower School students to the Predicting Learning Outcomes study and to share with them what the experience might be like if they were a student volunteer for this unique in-school research opportunities. Students got to feel and see the EEG electrode caps up close and learned a little bit about how their brain processes words and learning. Haskins researchers continued the study in-person this year and are continuing lab work in Fall 2022.

EYE TO EYE PROVIDES IN SCHOOL MENTORING OPPORTUNITY

Eye to Eye is one of AIM’s most popular clubs. AIM is the national organization’s first high school partner and we are pleased to have been able to find ways to continue our partnership despite pandemic restrictions of working with local public schools. AIM moved our program in house last year and every Wednesday after school 12 Upper School student mentors met with 12 Lower School students to work on art projects that related to exploring learning differences. Led by two AIM seniors, Anna and Ellie C., students worked on projects such as building bowling pins with their negative feelings about learning differences, then knocking them down to strike out stigmas. Another week, students wrote their strengths on lily pads and spread them throughout the lower school hallway so that students could jump from lily pad to lily pad as they shared their strengths with their peers. As the year progressed, a beautiful confidence emerged in each lower school student as they looked to their mentors as role models for how to embrace one’s dyslexia and harness your own creativity, intelligence, and work ethic. It was inspiring to walk past the GRC and see the way the students, both older and younger, lit up when they came together to celebrate their differences.

SUPPORTING EDUCATORS WITH ACCESS TO RESEARCHERS TO INFORM CLASSROOM PRACTICE

10TH ANNUAL

SYMPOSIUM

FOCUSES ON LITERACY AS A CIVIL RIGHT

More than 3,000 educators around the world registered for AIM’s annual free day of literacy learning in March with an opening presentation by Kareem Weaver entitled The Literacy Bell: Chaos or Community that encouraged participants to leverage the Science of Reading to support all learners.

The focus of learning at this year’s event, which was held in person was, Understanding the Influence of Linguistic Variation on Reading, was moderated by AIM Research Advisory Board member Dr. Julie Washington, who has spoken at past symposia on African-American English, and included additional presentations by:

• Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan on The Science of Reading for English Learners: What Every Teacher Should Know

• Resha Conroy, founder of the Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children, on Exploring the Intersectionality of Race and Dyslexia.

• Dr. Linnea Ehri—this year’s Hollis Scarborough Award Recipient which was presented by AIM Research Advisory Board member Nancy Hennessy.

Dr. Ehri’s presentation was on how to apply research on the ways children learn to read words when evaluating instructional practices. This discussion has led to an opportunity of further partnership and collaboration with AIM as Dr. Ehri worked with us to create our newest AIM Pathways Steps to Literacy module, Growing Proficient Readers: Dr. Ehri’s Phases of Development. This fully online course includes sections of Dr. Ehri explaining her seminal research in early reading to educators as well as printed Animated Alphabet cards to support classroom instruction.

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS— WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION

In addition to learning from researchers on March 14, symposium attendees also heard directly from education leaders in the field who are addressing the opportunity and challenge of adopting the Science of Reading in schools. They heard details about training, implementation, outcomes and challenges from three different AIM Pathways partners including:

• Louisiana Department of Education Sharing lessons learned in the state’s Reading Revival with structured literacy required for all K-3 educators and administrators statewide.

• School District of Philadelphia Announcing that the percentage of Clara Barton Kindergarten students needing intensive intervention has plummeted from fall to spring since teachers started implementing AIM Pathways training in the classroom. All of the educators at Clara Barton, Philadelphia’s only K-2 school are Pathways trained for the 2022-2023 school year.

• School District of the City of York Describing their journey forward with literacy instruction from curriculum work to AIM Pathways training for educators.

11TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM SAVE THE DATE— MARCH 13, 2023

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS— PLANNING FOR IMPACT

California educators invited to the symposium by speaker Kareem Weaver continued the conversation about supporting all learners during a gathering the day after this year’s symposium. Educators and community supporters from FULCRUM in Oakland saw our innovative teaching at work and joined in conversation about next steps to spread access to literacy training to support all learners. Thanks to support from a generous donor, a group of Oakland area leaders began to unlock the power of the Science of Reading this fall with their enrollment in a Pathways to Literacy Leadership cohort.

GROW AIM ATHLETES

Our AIM Academy athletes jumped back into action during the 2021-2022 school year with enthusiasm and a spirit that epitomizes the team effort and support symbolized by the Wolf Pack. The athletic season included a 1st win for our girl’s lacrosse team, medals for our boys tennis players and a record number of Middle School students registered for winter basketball. For younger students or those interested in non-competitive athletic pursuits, after school activities like Flag Football, Girls on the Run and Ski Club were must do events. AIM Director of Athletics and Student Life Jason McGhee and his team are committed to providing extraordinary student life and athletic opportunities that focus on holistic student and student-athlete development.

FEARLESS AND FUTURE READY— NEW SPACES FOR FUTURE READY LEARNING

AIM’s commitment to fearless innovation is at the heart of our work to transform and empower lives through literacy. As we look for ways to best prepare our students to take on the world as neurodiverse learners, we are designing ways to provide more innovative learning spaces and opportunities. Our new STEAM Innovation and Makerspace rooms brought our innovation technology instructors together in one space last year. And in December 2021, AIM learned it had been awarded a $1 million statefunded RACP (Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program) matching grant to support our plans to construct an addition and renovate learning spaces, to further expand our Global Innovation Hub and creative spaces.

A flythrough video was shared at our AIM for the Stars Gala depicting the planned addition, which will be located behind the building at the site of our back parking lot. The space will include new science labs, collaboration spaces for AIM partners, classrooms, green spaces and exploration spaces for expanded innovative tech learning. We anticipate breaking ground in Spring 2023 and look forward to sharing more information about our plans to AIM Higher

ROBOTIC ADDITION TO TECH TEAM

In April, AIM students were introduced to a new, highlyinteractive, programmable, humanoid robot. The Pepperbrand robot, who has since been named AIMA, can dance, tell jokes, play tic-tac-toe and be programmed by students.

Middle School students learned how to program AIMA to recognize voices and expressions, how to use poses and create interactive games and showed off their work during b.A.S.H.

• The Four Cs Club—The Upper School Cultural Culinary Cooking Club (The 4Cs Club) learned about and enjoyed cuisine from around the world hosting bi-monthly luncheons with each event planned to celebrate the culture of a different region around the world. Student club members often suggested countries or cultures to learn about based on their own cultural experiences or those of their relatives. Generous family members also helped contribute to the club feats. Cultures featured include Puerto Rico, Greece, Australia, Chile, the Middle East, Firehouse Food, Thailand, and Italy.

• Record Campaign for AIM Mini-THON— Led by senior Ellie C. last year’s enthusiastic team of Mini-THON members hosted shopping events, gratitude gram fundraisers and even a spring Spirit Week to promote this year’s campaign to support pediatric cancer. When the last face paint was wiped off and balls put away in the ACC, students learned that they had well exceeded their goal of raising $4,500 but rather had collected a record $11,176.28 For The Kids!

• Cross Division Connections for Global Scholars—AIM Upper School Global Scholars worked in collaboration with Lower School teachers to create and teach an interactive lesson to 5th graders directly connected to their Animals in Society reading unit. Students learned about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Life on Land and enjoyed a sorting activity to match actions that met different goals.

• STEAM Dream and Traveling Treehouse Partnership—5th graders in Kathy Brandon’s Daring Advisory group hosted PJ Day and pretzel fundraisers to purchase 61 books to provide to Philadelphia students through the Traveling Treehouse bookmobile last winter. And in March the Traveling Treehouse joined AIM’s Sylvia’s Mobile STEAM Lab at Community Partnership School where AIM 8th graders distributed the books and helped lead a STEAM lesson based on the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

GROW

b .A.S.H. STUDENT SHOWCASE

Our May all-school b.A.S.H. celebration once again extended over two days to accommodate students and family members eager to explore our classrooms and halls to see student projects, admire art displays and enjoy performances by our talented student singers, magicians, actors, comedians and more. This annual event, b.A.S.H. stands for blending of the Arts, STEM and Humanities is truly an example of the ways innovative teaching leads to fearless learning. We hope you can join us for our 2023 b.A.S.H. on Thursday, May 25.

2022 COMMENCEMENT

On June 3, families and faculty celebrated the 37 members of the Class of 2022 with student speeches by Luc Bernal and Anna Chiaradonna, award honors, and tributes to this year’s graduating class. AIM’s Class of 2022 was accepted at 80 unique colleges and universities and will be attending schools across the country to study everything from cooking to engineering.

Commencement speaker Jarrod Kahn, who first visited AIM when he received the Sally L. Smith Founders Award at our annual gala in 2017, spoke to the graduates about his struggles growing up with dyslexia and the importance the support of his parents was during his education. “You should never feel that you can’t be successful because of a learning or attention issue,” Khan said. “Work hard and never give up. Most importantly focus on what you can do, not what you can’t do and build on those skills. It won’t be easy. You’ll have some failures along the way, but that’s ok. There’s no reason why having a learning or attention issue should hold you back from succeeding in life.”

L UC BERNAL ‘22

ANNA CHIARADONNA

“My time at AIM wasn’t always easy, but it was one that gave me the space to grow and change, as well as help me figure out who I am.”

“To learn fearlessly is to live fearlessly, and that is what I know we’ll all take from AIM.”

‘22

JARROD KAHN

CONGRATS TO THE CLASS OF 2022

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AIM PIONEER STUDENTS

For the first time in school history, three members of the Class of 2022 were presented Pioneer Awards which honor students who have been at AIM since 1st grade. Like all of our graduating seniors these young adults are incredible examples of fearless learners and passionate thinkers.

STUDENT

HONOREES

A dedicated member of AIM’s WolfPack Robotics team, Ethan is attending Bucknell University to study engineering.

An avid robotics team and gaming club member, Daniel is attending Northeastern University to study computer science.

A dedicated Wolf Pack member from athletics to robotics, Ben is attending the University of Pittsburgh.

We saw a place that really believed in these children and was going to do whatever it takes to help them study, grow and flourish into mature teenagers who would go to university. The goal was ambitious (it felt like the moon) but to succeed you must have high expectations and you guys knew that.”

BENJAMIN ZIEGLER

The Marvins Award

AVERY HAMILL Lou Uchitel Spirit Award

ELIZABETH CHIARADONNA

Arts & Creativity Award

LARSSON ROSE

The Sam Ozer Award

ETHAN HARVIE DANIEL KAPLAN BENJAMIN LE PAPE

LIGHTING THE NIGHT—1ST LANTERN FESTIVAL

Colorful sculptures and beautiful music filled the air in December 2021 as families and students gathered for AIM’s first Illuminated Lantern Festival. After months of work learning about lantern festivals and construction methods in Vietnam, the Philippines and China and the work of Chantelle Rytter in Georgia and North Carolina, Upper School sculpture students and Middle School students created their own illuminated sculptures exploring fabric, reed, handmade paper, bamboo and cellophane.

The students collaborated with Middle School artists and Middle and Upper School music students to exchange ideas and plan this special performance together. Music teacher Emily Bolles and Performing Arts teacher Maryanne Yoshida were thrilled to highlight our students’ visual and performing arts skills and bring our community safely together to celebrate the holiday season. The 2nd annual Lantern Festival in 2022 included creations from students in all divisions and includes work developed in both STEAM and art classes.

STUDENT ART EXHIBIT AT

WOODMERE ART

In April, Woodmere Art Museum shared a special arts display featuring works by AIM artists in an exhibit entitled, Creating Community Connections Through the Arts. At AIM we know that we are better together when we are creating and sharing our art and talents. The exhibit featured paintings and sculptures created in response to a group prompt, a community photo challenge and lanterns hand-crafted for the Lantern festival. Students from 1st through 12th grades shared their paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and lanterns and reflected on the many ways we have collaborated and connected with each other this year.

• Fearless Actors Take the Stage—AIM actors took the stage again this year with performances including the Lower School Drama Club’s Could You Hug a Cactus?, Middle School’s The Wizard of Oz, and Scenes and Songs featuring Upper School artists and performers.

• Students Become Radio Interviewers— AIM entrepreneurship students became radio interviewers as part of a new partnership with Executive Leaders Radio launched last spring. Students practice interview skills with guests and then tape a recorded session asking CEOs about their life experiences, goals as teenagers, and more. AIM students so impressed show co-founder Herb Cohen that they have created an ongoing show partnership.

• Sunflowers for Ukraine—Lower School artists in Stacy Stackhouse’s classes learned about the history of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict this winter and then followed guided drawing techniques to complete oil pastels of Ukraine’s national flower, the sunflower, to show their support for the Ukrainian people.

• Congresswoman Meets with Global Scholars— U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean visited AIM in April to meet with students Global and Equity Justice Scholars. Senior Avery H. invited the congresswoman to visit and discuss current world issues and how to make connections in their own communities.

• Creating a Community Culture of Equity and Justice—Educator and DEIB expert Erica Snowden visited AIM in May for a conversation with Upper School students. Her presentation, Creating a Community Culture of Equity and Justice, covered topics including social identity, intersectionality, and bystander intervention strategies. She had students immersed and engaged as they voiced their thoughts and opinions on each concept.

• Drexel Admissions Video Features AIM Alum—Robbie Newman ‘19 was highlighted in a new admissions video from Drexel University where he shared his experience in Drexel’s 3-year Entrepreneurship program. Robbie, who is now enrolled in law school said, “I could not have picked a better program and can easily attribute much of my success to my education and experience at AIM!”

RETURN OF STUDENT TRAVEL

Traditional AIM trip experiences were once again on class itineraries last year as our Middle and Upper School students dove into experiential learning opportunities from Williamsburg and Disney World to Costa Rica and the Grand Canyon.

• Disney Bound—Our 9th grade Disney trip where students don mouse ears and explore the inner workings of a theme park was delayed until January 2022. Thanks to the support of a generous donor, our 10th grade students, whose 2020 trip was canceled, were also able to join in on the fun.

• Heading Back in Time—Our 7th graders, who read the book Fever 1793 as part of their historical learning about Colonial America, once again traveled to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Students visited functioning and active workshops to learn about the skills and crafts of colonial society, talked to historical figures and took a ghost tour.

• Mountain Experiences—8th graders returned to Teton Science School last winter and learned new skills like cross-country skiing and snowshoeing while also performing science experiments in the snow. They learned about the Yellowstone ecosystem and its plants and animals.

• Service at Spring Break Upper School students spent Spring Break in Costa Rica planting gardens, painting schools, working in a medical center, and helping to harvest sugar cane. They got to meet and play with school children and learn how to make Costa Rican cuisine.

• Western Wanderings for the Class of 2022— Travel was once again added to the Senior Capstone Experience in 2021-2022 as seniors headed to the Southwest with visits to three National Parks as part of their culminating senior year intensive study experience. Students visited Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the Grand Canyon, learned from Native American storytellers and explored dinosaur tracks with a Navajo guide.

LIFETIME GIVING

AIM is grateful for the continued support of our generous donors who have made gifts totaling $100,000 or more since 2006

$1,000,000+ AIM Scholarship 1 LLC Anonymous

Commonwealth of PA

The Maguire Foundation James Maguire Pennsylvania Education Partnership, LLC. van Beuren Charitable Foundation Archbold and Helene van Beuren

$500,000+ Anonymous

Edward* and Gwen Asplundh Business Leadership Organized For Catholic Schools F and B Berman Family Foundation, Inc.

Fred and Bryna Berman Farber Family Foundation, Inc.— Ellen Farber Ellen Farber

Gilbert and Tracey Hanse Independence Blue Cross Kingsbury Family Foundation

Tom and Nancy Kingsbury Maguire Foundation

Megan Maguire Nicoletti

Matthew and Heather Naylor Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Chris and Patricia Roberts The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc. Uchitel Family Wyncote Foundation

Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble

$250,000+ Jackie Allen Sandi Alloy

Anonymous Donor Family Theodore and Sally Brickman Denise Benmosche Jordan and Deanna Berman Birnhak Family

Bryn Mawr Trust Company Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Norman and Suzanne Cohn Ruth Colket Comcast Corporation George Connell Jeffrey and Susan Cooper Craig and Carolyn Cullen

Demchick Family Dick and Sally Brickman Fund John and Frances Glomb Katherine Healey Sallie Korman Ira Lubert Jon and Allison Lubert Olitsky Family Foundation

Tamar and Stephen Olitsky PA Department of Commerce & Economic Development Redevelopment Authority of County of Montgomery Shire Pharmaceuticals

SKF USA, Inc.

David and Laura Thayer The Haverford Trust Company

The Lubert Family Foundation Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Zisman Family Foundation

$100,000+

Anonymous Donor Aspen Resource Group, LLC Aurora’s Fund, The Philadelphia Foundation Nehama Benmosche

Letitia Biddle

Blackney Hayes Architects Brian and Nancy Blair

BLBB Charitable Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio Linda Carrington

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna Mitchell and Melissa Codkind Matthew and Lea Cohn Connelly Foundation

Jennifer Crawford Marco and Jana de Leon

Drexel Morgan & Company

Edward E Ford Foundation

Alan* and Patricia Gedrich Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg Hanse Golf Course Design Inc. Patrick and Karen Hoyer Anne and John James Mark and Heather Klein

Amy and Michael Kopelman Christine and Brian Lobley Karen and Vincent Lowry William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Phillip and Michelle McConnon Shaka and Jennifer Monroe MOSI Foundation

Richard and Amy Oller PNC Bank

Harry and Sharon Pollack Christopher and Nancy Powell Scott and Sharon Rankin

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks Stanley and Jackie Silverman Harold and Celia Slutsky

Andrea Smith

Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

The Barra Foundation

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc.

The Clayman Foundation

The Ethel D. Colket Foundation

Thornedge Foundation

UHS of Delaware, Inc.

Viking Associates Peter and Jeanine Villari

Vulcan Springs Mfg & Co

Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck

WSFS Bank

Hans and Terri Zandhuis

FOUNDERS

SOCIETY

Thank you to the following donors who have given $2,006 or more during the 2021–2022 school year

$300,000+

AIM Scholarship 1 LLC Pennsylvania Education Partnership, LLC.

Archbold and Helene van Beuren van Beuren Charitable Foundation

$200,000+ Anonymous Christine and Brian Lobley

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

Kingsbury Family Foundation— Tom and Nancy Kingsbury

$100,000+ Anonymous Amy and Michael Kopelman

BLBB Charitable Maguire Foundation James Maguire Megan Maguire Nicoletti

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds Richard and Amy Oller

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

Edward* and Gwen Asplundh Anonymous

Denise Benmosche

Fred and Bryna Berman Business Leadership Organized For Catholic Schools

Comcast Corporation George Connell

E. Margaret Trust Gilbert and Tracey Hanse Corey and Rachel Heller

Independence Blue Cross

Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Christopher and Nancy Powell Asher Raphael

Chris and Patricia Roberts Stanley and Jackie Silverman The Haverford Trust Company Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program WSFS Bank

$30,000+ Anonymous

Nehama Benmosche Jordan and Deanna Berman

Theodore and Sally Brickman Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Matthew and Lea Cohn Fidelity Charitable John and Frances Glomb Jon and Allison Lubert

Matthew and Heather Naylor Outride Fund

Matt Pestronk and Carrie GrossPestronk

PHLY Foundation

Andrea Smith Thornedge Foundation Dennis and Ann Tuza Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble

$20,000+

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna Archbold D. and Helene B. Van Beuren Fund

Blackney Hayes Architects Jennifer Crawford

F and B Berman Family Foundation, Inc.

Ron and Carol Giannone

Victor and Dena Hammel

Jed and Jessica Hammel

Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.

Katherine Healey

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Anne and John James Stephanie and Aaron Krause Michele Kreisler

TOTAL GIVING 2021–2022

SCHOLARSHIPS: 47%

RESTRICTED GIFTS: 33%

AIM FUND: 11%

SPECIAL EVENTS: 9%

ZSteven and Catherine Powell

Shelley and Richard Powell

Chad and Jennifer Rosenberg Corey Schiller

The Farmboy Fund

The Lubert Family Foundation Viking Associates Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck Zisman Family Foundation

$15,000+

Tippi and Robert Aronson

Brian and Nancy Blair

Maguire Enterprises II, LP

Jon and Kelli Marans

Amy and Michael Reed

Tom and Karen Robinson

SKF USA, Inc.

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Wawa Foundation Hans and Terri Zandhuis

$10,000+

Mary Adams

Audrey Era-Anavitate Anonymous Apple

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz Sharyn Berman and Chuck Meyers

Blue Rock Construction, Inc. Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio Stephen Cohen

Rosalie Cohen

Donna De Carolis David and Tara Friedman Phil and Katie Grinnell

Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman Nickie Imprescia Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Leo Niessen, Jr. Charitable Trust

Lucille & Jerry Francesco Charitable Trust

Meridian Bank Morris J. Cohen & Co. John and Katharine Murphy PNC Bank

Powell Family Foundation

Theresa Prasalowicz Richard N. Berman Foundation

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks SEI Investments Co.

The Clayman Foundation

The Hammel Family Foundation Tokio Marine Group

Total Construction, Inc. Tri-State Technical Sales Corporation

UHS of Delaware, Inc.

$5,000+

Marci and Richard Abt Jennifer and Gordon Adams Jackie Allen

Mark and Stacy Axelman

Ballen Family Investments LLC

Joseph Carluccio ‘16

Jeffrey and Susan Cooper Crumdale Partners

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene

Sylvia DiBona and Donald Keim

Daniel and Monica DiLella

Jason and Kathy Foote

Alan* and Patricia Gedrich

Daniel Govberg

Diane Henfey

Peter Hilton-Kingdon and Kathy Ochroch

Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman Mark and Natalie Hoffmann

Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust

John and Amy Korman

Steven Kramer

Anne Ladenson Muffie Landreth

Jamison Licausi

Little Tower Foundation Karen and Vincent Lowry

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz National Financial Services, LLC John and Deneen New Adam Newman and Randi CubaNewman Noro Properties

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Debra and Michael Piasecki

PNC Institutional Asset Management

Scott and Sharon Rankin

Arthur and Linda Rodbell

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Eric and Colleen Scharpf James and Michelle Schultz Schwab Charitable Scrub Daddy Inc.

Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau

Jaimie and Kevin Shmelzer

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Randy and Amy Stein

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

The DiBona Family Foundation

The Saramar Charitable Fund

The Scharpf Family Foundation

Truist

Tuza Family Charitable Fund

Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.

Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky

Jason and Jaimee Weisz

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Wilson Language Training

$2006+

Adams Charitable Foundation

American Endowment Foundation

Steven and Ilene Berman

Boeing Tausif and Laura Butt

Caroline Cinquanto

Mitchell and Melissa Codkind Robert and Linda Corcoran

Jennifer Davey

Robert and Katherine Eaddy Christopher and Jennifer Eni Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Edward Gallagher

Justin Head and Heather Cates

Ted Henson

Chandler and Terri Johnson Sam Jones and Rhoda McKinneyJones

Jarrod and Jenna Kahn

Benjamin and Rebecca Kirshner Larry and Evelyn Krain

Constance and Peter Lowenstein

Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron Sean and Rachel McKenna

The Mohr Family Warren Pear and Cadence Kim Adam Pessin and Jane Foster

Jake Star

Frederick and Heather Sutor Kevan and Kalisha Turman

EITC AND OSTC

AIM salutes the following businesses and individuals for participating in the EITC or OSTC PA Tax Credit Program that offers a substantial tax credit in exchange for a contribution to support AIM Academy scholarships.

Contact Jantonoplos@aimpa.org for EITC Participation

Anonymous (2) Marci and Richard Abt Mary Adams

AIM Scholarship 1 LLC New Era Logistics, Inc.—Audrey Era-Anavitate

Tippi and Robert Aronson Rabbi Nehama Benmosche

DONOR SPOTLIGHT THE JAMES FAMILY

Q. Why is supporting AIM and the PA Tax Credit Program for scholarships important to you?

A. If we can assist a child getting a chance for a better education, how can you not assist through the tax credit program?

Q. How has AIM made a difference in your family’s life?

A. Our son Tex, since coming to AIM in 1st grade after moving from London, has had an amazing experience at AIM. He disliked school in London and from the first day at AIM he has absolutely loved the experience. The teachers have been amazing.

Q. What difference has AIM made since opening their doors in 2006?

A. AIM has made a difference in our son’s life and every day has been a joy since 1st grade and now being in 6th grade.

Q. What three words would you use to describe AIM?

A. Inclusive. Flexible. Inspiring.

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz Fred and Bryna Berman

Blackney Hayes Architects— Jennifer Crawford

Blue Rock Construction, Inc. Brian and Nancy Blair Business Leadership Organized For Catholic Schools

Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Matthew and Lea Cohn Family Comcast Corporation

Haverford Trust Company Jason and Kathy Foote David and Tara Friedman Ron and Carol Giannone John and Frances Glomb Stacey and Amir Goldman Daniel Govberg Phil and Katie Grinnell Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.— Gilbert and Tracey Hanse Gilbert and Tracey Hanse

The Haverford Trust Company Katherine Healey Corey and Rachel Rothbard Heller

Peter Hilton-Kingdon and Kathy Ochroch

Mark and Natalie Hoffmann Amy and Elliot Holtz Patrick and Karen Hoyer Independence Blue Cross Anne and John James Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum Amy and Michael Kopelman

Michele Kreisler

Christine and Brian Lobley Maguire Enterprises II, LP Jon and Kelli Marans

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds Meridian Bank John and Katharine Murphy Noro Properties

Pennsylvania Education Partnership, LLC.

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Matt Pestronk and Carrie GrossPestronk

PNC Bank

Christopher and Nancy Powell

Amy and Michael Reed Chris and Patricia Roberts

Tom and Karen Robinson Chad and Jennifer Rosenberg James and Michelle Schultz

Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau Jaimie and Kevin Shmelzer

Stanley and Jackie Silverman

SKF USA, Inc.

Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen Randy and Amy Stein

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

The Haverford Trust Company

Tri-State Technical Sales Corporation Truist

Dennis and Ann Tuza

UHS of Delaware, Inc. Archbold and Helene van Beuren Viking Associates—Katherine Healey

Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky Jason and Jaimee Weisz

WSFS Bank

AIM INSTITUTE

Jackie Allen BLBB Charitable Everyone Reads PA John and Frances Glomb Tom and Nancy Kingsbury Kingsbury Family Fund

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Naloma, Inc

PHLY Foundation

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc. Tokio Marine Group van Beuren Charitable Foundation Archbold and Helene van Beuren Wilson Language Training

SCHOLARSHIP

AIM gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their restricted gift to our tuition scholarships

Anonymous

Cheryl Ferst

Leo Niessen, Jr. Charitable Trust Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz

The Maguire Foundation James Maguire and Megan Maguire Nicoletti Wawa Foundation

ENDOWMENT

Gifts to AIM’s Endowment support AIM’s sustainability efforts

Denise Benmosche Charlie Son

SAMUEL F. OZER FUND

Phil Andrews Anonymous

Douglas Arenberg Richard Bannon

Terri and Jeffrey Baxt Vance Bell

Ellen Berkowitz

Bicycle Club of Philadelphia Blackney Hayes Architects Brian and Nancy Blair

Andrew Bunting

Roberta Chase

Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen Jennifer Crawford

Greg Croker

Ron Dadd

Andy D’Allesandro

Nancy Davis

Jason and Caroline De Marco

William and Roseann Deal

John DeGregory

Deborah Dillon

Sarah Duda

Joe Duffy Melissa Easy

Debbie Eble

Wilson Egbujo

Robin Eisman and David Stein

Elevelo LLC

Stephen Elwell and Kate Judge

Ruth Emery

David Feldman

Mindy Fernandez-Sheinbaum

Carol Fleischman

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Wallace Gibbs

Tiffany Gillespie

Elizabeth Goodell Elaine Gordon

Grace Ashton and Owen Hagino

Stephen Harris

David and Robin Heller

Barbie Henig

Daphne and Charles Herbert Howard Hochheiser

Sheldon Isaac Kimberly Clark

Michelle Lee Steven and Sara Levin

Eva Lezzi

Dee Dee and Marcos Lopez

Meryl Lozano

Roderick MacNeil

Paul Maiello

Leslie Mayro

Daniel and Jean McCoubrey Enda McEvoy

The Mohr Family

Louise Mooney

Lillian Cohen Devaull and Alexis Mulava

Tim Nienhuis

Jon and Amy Ostroff

Outride Fund

Beth Parrish

PayPal

Steve Perkiss

Joseph Piscitello

Robert Pozun

Project Bike Tech Ellen Ray Chris and Patricia Roberts

Eliot Rusk

Paul Schmidt Joel Schwartz

Jean-Jacques Simon Simon Smith

OPERATING EXPENSES

2021–2022

PAYROLL & BENEFITS: 75%

OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES: 8%

FINANCE CHARGES: 2%

AMORTIZATION & DEPRECIATION: 8%

FACILITIES: 2%

TECHNOLOGY: 3%

EXTRA-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS: 2%

Andrea Smith

Deirdre Stallworth

Diane and Eric Stein

Adam Stein

Victor and Lori Strauss

Vicki Strid

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

Gretchen Thomas Thornedge Foundation

Linda Torres

James Unitt Marisol Villamil Voler Louis Wesler Mark Yanagisawa

AIM FUND

Thank you to all of our donors. By supporting the AIM Fund you are making everything possible ensuring that we have unrestricted support to close the annual gap between tuition and operating costs.

ALUMNI

Michael Berman ‘16 Joseph Carluccio ‘16

ORGANIZATIONS/ FOUNDATIONS

Adams Charitable Foundation

Ally Financial Inc.

AmazonSmile Foundation

American Endowment Foundation

Ballantine Family Charitable Fund

Ballen Family Investments LLC

Benevity Community Impact Fund (The)

Blackney Hayes Architects

Bright Funds

Charles Schwab

CIGNA Foundation

Comcast Corporation

Conshy Girls Restaurant Group

E. Margaret Trust

Fidelity Charitable Fiduciary Counseling, Inc. Fiduciary Trust Company International

Goldstein Family Foundation (The)

Hammel Family Foundation (The) Haverford Trust Company (The) Independence Blue Cross J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Little Tower Foundation Lubert Family Foundation (The) M.J. Lauria, Inc

Morris J. Cohen & Co. National Financial Services, LLC Network for Good Oppenheimer & Co. Inc

Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC

Philadelphia Foundation (The) Pledgeling Foundation

Powell Family Foundation Redstone Plymouth Meeting

Richard N. Berman Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scharpf Family Foundation (The) Schwab Charitable

SEI Investments Co. Thornedge Foundation United Way of Central Indiana United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Yards Brewing Company YourCause, LLC

FACULTY/STAFF

Joy Antonoplos Anonymous

R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

Dawn Brookhart

Mike and Erica Brooks Sonja Burrus

Chris Campbell

Susan Carson Andrew DiPrinzio Sarah Duda

Edward Gallagher

Sid and Swapna Ghosh

Ted Henson Karen and Vernon Keesey Nicole Kingsland Nicole Lauria Wanda Leon Vega Genevieve Marvin Jason McGhee Kelly Mulhall Lisa Murphy

AIM Faculty Members Enjoy the AIM for the Stars Gala with AIMA.

Karen O’Brien

Brian Parkhill

Penn Pritchard

Adrienne Reese

Laura Rup

Jessica Spatz-McNeary

Lauren and Matthew Speck Jake Star

FRIENDS OF AIM

Jackie Allen

Catherine Anderson

Gwen Asplundh

Beavers Family Bruce Belzak

Steven and Ilene Berman

Michael Bonner

Taylor Brody Mary Canter

Rex and Lisa Carle Barbara Cobb

Jennifer Cooperman

Jana Cresswell

Christopher and Irene Cummings

Christine Darr

Edward and Kathleen Devlin Nik and Alyssa DeVore

Martha Ebert-Baum James and Carol Fitzgerald Claire Gebhardt

Patricia Gedrich Daniel Glass

John and Suzanne Glomb

Mark Gorman

Susan and Marc Gottridge

Chris and Annie Herman Marc and Bonnie Inver

Kristin Ives

Joseph Kelleher

Francis Kolinka Patricia Kowalski

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

BLB&B CHARITABLE

Meredith Krain and Andrew Schure

Donald Leisey

Zelda Litt

Bill and Jann Maclean

Luke and Cynthia Marano

Mary and Michael Marby Stanley and Bonnie Milavec William and Chensun Mills

Carl and Beverly Morgan

Stuart O’Sullivan and Dionicia Hernandez

Gary and Mary Orvieto

Geoffrey and Sally Preston

Marcie Reber

Kevin Rethore

Debra Robinson

Ellen Rogoff

Lee Rosengard John Salcedo

BLBB Charitable, the giving arm of BLB&B Advisors LLC—An AIM Institute and AIM Pathways platform supporter

Q. Why is supporting AIM Institute important to the organization and its mission?

A. BLBB Charitable invests in education-based nonprofit organizations whose creative approach and sound strategies yield meaningful and measurable outcomes for the people they serve. Building the organizational capacity of these strong organizations, like AIM Institute, is key to this goal.

Q. What do you see as AIM’s role in education in the next 10 years?

A. AIM‘s ability, through the Institute and its online learning platforms, to provide accessible evidence-based professional development programs for teachers around the world, will be a strong driver of change for children and how we teach learning in our classrooms. Bringing the research, the training tools and the community hub to practitioners will impact thousands of children, not just those who have language-based learning disabilities.

Q. What three words would you use to describe AIM?

A. Evidence-based. Practical. Mission-driven.

Hollis Scarborough

Christine Schwartz

Joel Schwartz

Steven and Lisa Scolari

Jackie and Steve Selby

Stephen Seplow

Ashley Shapiro

Margot Steinberg

Adam Strickberger

Elizabeth Sushereba

James Talbot

Deborah Vanore

Cristin Veit

Catherine Ward David Winkowski

Susan Zeleznik Cindy Ziesing

GRANDPARENTS

Stephen and Carol Aichele

Wilfried and Freia Backes

Denise Benmosche

Dorothy Christie Lynne and John Ciccarelli

Michael and Arleen Cohen Ellen and Edmond Cohen

Marion Cuba

Elizabeth and Walt Davis

Patricia and Edward Era Sandy and Larry Fryer George and Jackie Goldstone

Samuel and Barbara Greenblatt

Victor and Dena Hammel

Diane Henfey

Beatrice Hood

Larry and Evelyn Krain

Constance and Peter Lowenstein

Susan and Alan Lubin

Deanne Marein-Efron

Irene McHenry and Randy Granger

Andrew and Diane Merlino Bill and Gay Phillips Stephen and Linda Pietrzykowski

Raymond Pocino

Gwen Punchard

Sharon and Joe Purzycki

Kathleen and Kenneth Rabe Arthur and Linda Rodbell Ed and Vilma Rodgers

Allan and Andrea Rosen Barry and Jan Salis

Marlena and Anthony Santomero

Tucker and Leslie Schade

Aaron and Lynda Segal

Larry and Anita Shendalman Norman and Denise Shurak

Stephanie Stewart

Jo-Ann Verrier and Mark McGuire

Joan Wallick

Christine Washington Joe and Mags Watts

Mark Weinberg

Hannah White Kay White

CURRENT PARENTS

Jeffrey and Angie Ashley

Jason Lavigne and Elizabeth Barrows

Chris and Amy Bauer

Donald Belles and Danielle Sibilla David and Sharon Berney

Peter Bohn and Alexandra Hettinger

Steven and Kristin Bowen

Andrew and Jody Brookman Tausif and Laura Butt Kelly and Robert Campbell Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer Capano

Justin Head and Heather Cates Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna Jenniffer and Anthony Chieffo William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph

Kenneth Segal and Susan Cohen Segal

Rachel and Seth Cohen Gina Collier and Patricia Hamill Sara and Edward Connolly Robert and Linda Corcoran

Martha Davis

Anthony and Margaret deGuzman Monique DeLapenha Anne and Simon Dicker Mario and Lisa Diez

Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz

Audrey Era-Anavitate Jason and Kathy Foote

Stephanie Forbes Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan Daniel and Susanna Forjohn Jeffrey and Song Fox

David and Tara Friedman

Rachel Gerrity

Jeff and Stefanie Goldstone

Michael and Lori Goodman Phil and Katie Grinnell

Devin Grosh and Katherine Rohan Grosh

Gina Collier and Patricia Hamill

Jill Hamilton

Brian and Lindsay Hamilton

Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton

Matthew McHugh and Holly Harner

Robert and Hilary Hayes

Erica Heyward

Josh and Yvonne Howard

Charlotte Ireland Benjamin and Shiri Jerner

Chandler and Terri Johnson

Joshua and Jaime Kaplan

Robert and Alicja Kapusta Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey James Lawlor and Ladonna Mahecha

Margaret and Stephen Lawrence Nnenna Lindsay Leonard Lipkin and Jill Maderer Michael Sroka and Alecia Lue Alicia and Brian Mahoney

Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron Phillip and Michelle McConnon Leslie and William McDevitt

Sean and Rachel McKenna

Geoffrey and Elana Menkowitz

Stephen and Elizabeth Meyer Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis Matthew and Rachel Mitchell

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz

Jerry and Dana Mullaney

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Lee Pachter and Diedre Reynolds

Jonathan and Stephanie Pepper

Jen and Aaren Perry Bret and Sarah Piano Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski

Gloria and Charles Pollack Philip and Jill Ravenscroft Edward and Kristin Recchiuti

Peter and Kristie Ressler

Richard and Erin Robin

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers Carrie Rosen and Alexander Helderman Sandra and Christopher Ross Marcela Salomon Greg and Aliza Schwartzman Scott and Renay Shaw Ross Silverman

Christopher Simpkins and Ellen Gemme

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan Eli Levine and Ashley SpearLevine

Steven Stanek and Stephanie Berrong

Dorathea and Kathleen Steele

Laura and Dave Stern

Mary and William Strain Thomas and Mollie Suddath

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan Anne Tenthoff

Jeffrey and Nicolette Theisen Kendra Tiernan

Peter Tobia and Lisa Zollinger Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky Melissa Weinberg Christina and Robert Whitehouse

Herman and Hermine Willis Richard and Eve Wyckoff Michael and Caren Yeamans Melissa and Ilia Zeltser

PARENT OF ALUMNI

Mitchell and Melissa Codkind Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

Christopher and Jennifer Eni Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum Gilbert and Tracey Hanse Kimberlee and John Herd Mark Kancher and Hillary Krain Richard Wagner and Lisa LearnerWagner

Clifford Mobley and Yolanda LeeMobley Michael and Sue McGuinness Kimmell Proctor

Arden Saligman

Randy and Amy Stein Frederick and Heather Sutor Jon Weinstein

Barbra and Allen Wilen

BOARD

Fred and Bryna Berman Brian and Nancy Blair Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio Donna De Carolis

The AIM Higher campaign includes support for construction of AIM’s Global Innovation Space addition. Construction is expected to begin in Spring 2023. Contact Kevan Turman at kturman@aimpa.org to discuss this campaign for AIM’s future.

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks

Patrick and Karen Hoyer Chris and Patricia Roberts Hans and Terri Zandhuis

IN HONOR OF

5TH GRADE GRADUATION Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton

8TH GRADE CLASS

Chandler and Terri Johnson Stephen and Elizabeth Meyer Mary and William Strain Thomas and Mollie Suddath

AARON CUBA

Marion Cuba

ABBY FRIEDMAN

Michael and Arleen Cohen

ADIN GOLDSTONE

Jeff and Stefanie Goldstone

AIDAN SILVERMAN

Barry and Jan Salis

AIM TEACHERS

Steven and Kristin Bowen Joseph Carluccio ‘16 Justin Head and Heather Cates Carrie Rosen and Alexander Helderman

Chandler and Terri Johnson Randy and Amy Stein Barbra and Allen Wilen Herman and Hermine Willis Melissa and Ilia Zeltser Peter Tobia and Lisa Zollinger

ALMA VEGA Wanda Leon Vega

ANNA STANEK Steven Stanek and Stephanie Berrong

AVA AND NOAH OLLER Benjamin and Dana Oller

AVIVA COYNE-GREEN Brian and Lindsay Hamilton

BELLA MCCONNON Phillip and Michelle McConnon

CHASE AND PEYTON MILLER Cristin Veit

CHRIS ROLPH William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph

CLASS OF 2022 James and Carol Fitzgerald Gina Collier and Patricia Hamill Matthew and Rachel Mitchell

COLE JOSEPH RODGERS Ed and Vilma Rodgers Gregory and Teresa Rodgers COLLEEN AND T.J. CLUNEY Edward Gallagher

DASHEL RABE Kathleen and Kenneth Rabe

DAVID L. SEGAL Ellen and Edmond Cohen Kenneth Segal and Susan Cohen Segal

DAVID MAREIN-EFRON Larry and Anita Shendalman

DEE CASTORIANI Brian and Lindsay Hamilton

DR. ED GALLAGHER Brian and Nancy Blair Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks

Chris and Annie Herman Chris and Patricia Roberts Thomas and Mollie Suddath Hannah White

ELIYASHU BENMOSCHE Denise Benmosche

ELLA DAVIS Elizabeth and Walt Davis

ELLIE AND ANNA CHIARADONNA Arthur and Linda Rodbell

EMMA STERN Samuel and Barbara Greenblatt Laura and Dave Stern

EZRA LUBIN Sandy and Larry Fryer Susan and Alan Lubin

GABE SEPLOW Stephen Seplow

GEN MARVIN Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

GENEVIEVE WASHINGTONVASQUEZ

Christine Washington

HAILEY WARSETSKY 8TH GRADE GRADUATION Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky

HENRY KESSLER Mark and Susan Kessler

HENRY KESSLER AND 5TH GRADE CLASS

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey Constance and Peter Lowenstein

ISAAC GOLUB

Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall Hannah White

JACKSON PUNCHARD Gwen Punchard Stephanie Stewart

JACOB HELDERMAN Allan and Andrea Rosen Oppenheimer & Co. Inc

JAIDEN LEVINE Eli Levine and Ashley SpearLevine

JB BERMAN

Joshua and Rachael Berman

JOHN N SUTOR Frederick and Heather Sutor

JOHN WALLICK ‘21 Joan Wallick

JONAH COHEN Rachel and Seth Cohen

KATIE MAJORINS Elizabeth Sushereba

KILEY MCGUINNESS

Michael and Sue McGuinness

LIAM RAVENSCROFT Philip and Jill Ravenscroft Marlena and Anthony Santomero

LILY YEAMANS Raymond Pocino

LUCY LIEBMAN Mary Canter

LYLA WEINBERG Mark Weinberg Melissa Weinberg

MADELINE PIETRZYKOWSKI Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski Stephen and Linda Pietrzykowski

MATT COHEN AND REETU DANDORA Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen

MICHELLE TUPPENY, AWESOME GYM TEACHER Debra Robinson

MINDY MASLIN Daniel and Jean McCoubrey

MINDY MASLIN & SID OZER William and Roseann Deal Meryl Lozano

MINDY, SID, AND SAM OZER Barbie Henig

MS. CAROLYN BJORNSON Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz

NICK CICCARELLI—2022 8TH GRADE GRADUATE Lynne and John Ciccarelli

NICK, LUCA, AND ANTHONY CICCARELLI Lynne and John Ciccarelli

NOAH NEVINS Alicia and Brian Mahoney

OUTSTANDING TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND ADMINISTATION Deanne Marein-Efron

PAIGE AND CLAIRE MCKENNA Sean and Rachel McKenna

PAT AND NANCY Jon Weinstein

PAT ROBERTS

Joy Antonoplos R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler Fred and Bryna Berman Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody Dawn Brookhart

Sonja Burrus

Andrew DiPrinzio

Edward Gallagher

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks Genevieve Marvin Carl and Beverly Morgan Penn Pritchard Jake Star

REETU DANDORA’S BIRTHDAY

Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen

SAM OZER Anonymous Carol Fleischman Joseph Piscitello Eliot Rusk Diane and Eric Stein

SIDNEY OZER’S RETIREMENT Tiffany Gillespie

STEAM MOBILE LAB Justin Head and Heather Cates

STELLA KOEHLER

Irene McHenry and Randy Granger

STEPHEN FOX Jeffrey and Song Fox

THE HAVERFORD TRUST COMPANY Jackie Allen

THE MARRIAGE OF NEHAMA BENMOSCHE TO BLAYNE HAYES Margot Steinberg

WILLIAM MURPHY Stephen and Carol Aichele

XAVIER ANAVITATE Patricia and Edward Era

XAVY BERMAN Steven and Ilene Berman

IN MEMORY OF

ALAN GEDRICH

Jackie Allen Anonymous Beavers Family Bruce Belzak Benevity Community Impact Fund (The) Fred and Bryna Berman Brian and Nancy Blair Michael Bonner

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

Taylor Brody Rex and Lisa Carle Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna Mitchell and Melissa Codkind Jennifer Cooperman Jana Cresswell

Christopher and Irene Cummings Christine Darr

Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

Edward and Kathleen Devlin Nik and Alyssa DeVore Lisa Duda

Martha Ebert-Baum Fidelity Charitable Patricia Gedrich Mark Gorman

Susan and Marc Gottridge

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks Chris and Annie Herman Kristin Ives Karen and Vernon Keesey Joseph Kelleher

Francis Kolinka

Patricia Kowalski

Larry and Evelyn Krain Mark Kancher and Hillary Krain Meredith Krain and Andrew Schure

Leo Niessen, Jr. Charitable Trust

Zelda Litt

Mary and Michael Marby Stanley and Bonnie Milavec William and Chensun Mills Gary and Mary Orvieto

Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski

Marcie Reber

Kevin Rethore Chris and Patricia Roberts Ellen Rogoff

Lee Rosengard

John Salcedo Schwab Charitable Steven and Lisa Scolari Jackie and Steve Selby Charlie Son

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Adam Strickberger Deborah Vanore Catherine Ward David Winkowski

Yards Brewing Company Hans and Terri Zandhuis Susan Zeleznik Cindy Ziesing

SAM OZER Anonymous Ellen Berkowitz Roberta Chase William and Roseann Deal Stephen Elwell and Kate Judge David Feldman Mindy Fernandez-Sheinbaum Carol Fleischman Wallace Gibbs Tiffany Gillespie Steven and Sara Levin Dee Dee and Marcos Lopez Meryl Lozano Roderick MacNeil

Daniel and Jean McCoubrey The Mohr Family Jon and Amy Ostroff

Beth Parrish

Steve Perkiss Joseph Piscitello Eliot Rusk Paul Schmidt Joel Schwartz

Robin Eisman and David Stein Victor and Lori Strauss Marisol Villamil

ANGEL L LEON HERNANDEZ Wanda Leon Vega

BILL & MARILYN MCCONNON Phillip and Michelle McConnon

DEBBE WEINBERG Melissa Weinberg

DR. GERTRUDE MOSKOWITZ Deborah Dillon

EDWARD K. ASPLUNDH Gwen M Asplundh

ELAINE HENIG WHO LOVED AND ADORED THEM Barbie Henig

HARVEY REMPEL Andy D’Allesandro KATIE TALBOT James Talbot

LILLY CLARKE William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph

MARVA WILLIS, THE GRANDMA OF DILLON WILLIS 2025 Herman and Hermine Willis

MARVIN DEMCHICK Daniel Glass PAT RUSKEY Anonymous RBG Jake Star REV. DR. SAMUEL & LOUISE MCKINNEY Sam Jones and Rhoda McKinneyJones

RUTH KORNBLUTH Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

REMEMBERING ALAN GEDRICH

Alan Gedrich was one of the initial believers in the power of an AIM education. As a member of AIM’s board since 2007, Alan could be counted on for his sage advice and friendship while supporting the board’s work.

“Alan was always there to listen and share his thoughts when the Board made important decisions,” recalled Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair. “Thoughtful, caring, and the consummate gentleman are words that come to mind when we remember Alan. He loved the collegiality of our board and discourse.”

Alan’s work with AIM’s Governance Committee was pivotal developing AIM’s first bylaws and providing stellar legal advice on our purchase of the River Park property and IP advice on our AIM Pathways digital platform.

Alan, a partner at the law firm Stradley Ronan Stevens & Young, LLP. who was also committed to supporting his alma mater Penn State, passed away on October 30, 2021 following a valiant fight against cancer. Alan is survived by his wife Pat, his sons Austin and Ross, his mother, Sylvia and his sister, Amy. Alan always believed in the power of an AIM education and he will be greatly missed by the AIM community.

TEACHER RETIREMENT

Anonymous

Chris and Amy Bauer

Donald Belles and Danielle Sibilla

Nehama Benmosche and Terrance Lubin

David and Sharon Berney Bill and Lisa Berry

Tausif and Laura Butt

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

Caroline and Louis Cinquanto William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph Deborah Co and Walter Weir

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene

Sonia Nofziger-Dasgupta and Indranil Dasgupta

Jennifer Davey Bill and Michele Demski

Beth and Robert Denny

Samuel and Kate Earle

Anthony and Randi Fiergang

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

David and Tara Friedman

Matthew and Emily Ginsburg

Phil and Katie Grinnell

Devin Grosh and Katherine Rohan Grosh

Jed and Jessica Hammel Heidi Harvie

Justin Head and Heather Cates

Michael Hessol and Angela Keller

Mark and Natalie Hoffmann

Christopher and Amy Hoover

Avram Hornik

Charlotte Ireland

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Benjamin and Rebecca Kirshner

Amy and Michael Kopelman

Anne Ladenson

James Lawlor and Ladonna Mahecha

Gregg and Mara Lemos-Stein

Matthew and Allison Liebman

Kirk and Aldie Loubier

Jennifer Lowman

Melissa Lublin

Jon and Kelli Marans

Anne Matlack and Eric Berndt

Nicole McEntee

Sean and Rachel McKenna Trevor and Jacqueline McKenzie

Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis

The Mohr Family Shaka and Jennifer Monroe

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz Adam Newman and Randi CubaNewman Paulo and Elsa Nunes-Ueno Michael and Cecily O’Flaherty Benjamin and Dana Oller Jen and Aaren Perry

Anonymous

Adam Pessin and Jane Foster

Matt Pestronk and Carrie GrossPestronk

Debra and Michael Piasecki

Gloria and Charles Pollack

Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer Capano

Timothy and Olivia Rabe Peter and Kristie Ressler Gregory and Teresa Rodgers Carrie Rosen and Alexander Helderman

Marcela Salomon

James Salomon Pamela and Ed Schippell Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau Jaimie and Kevin Shmelzer Muriel Siegel

Andrea Smith

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan Thomas and Mollie Suddath David and Kathleen Tavolaro Ryan and Holly Tomlinson Michael and Caren Yeamans

AIM FOR THE STARS

Anonymous

Neil and Jaclyn Ackerman Adventure Aquarium Jennifer and Gordon Adams

Jackie Allen

Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

American Heritage Credit Union

Audrey Era-Anavitate

Anthony Party Rentals

Kim Arnold

Edward and Tina Arobone Ballantine Family Charitable Fund

Peter and Alison Ballantine Bar Lucca

Gil and Jennifer Barzeski Chris and Amy Bauer

Donald Belles and Danielle Sibilla Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz Jordan and Deanna Berman Fred and Bryna Berman David and Sharon Berney BJNB Foundation

Blackney Hayes Architects Brian and Nancy Blair Blank Rome LLP Elissa Bloom Lindsey Boden Robert and Rachel Bonner Braithwaite Communications

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

Seth Brombacher Richard and Ariel Bronstein Thomas Haupert and Kathryn Bruton Michael Buck Tausif and Laura Butt Eric and Janet Cahow Kelly and Robert Campbell Ellie Cantor

Capstan Tax Strategies Joseph Carluccio ‘16 Casani Candy Co. James and Jocelyn Casey Bruce and Judi Cheskin Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

Christenson Investment Partners

Dorothy Christie Caroline Cinquanto Barbara Cobb Mitchell and Melissa Codkind Comcast Corporation George Connell Sara and Edward Connolly Kenneth and Nancy Coradi Robert and Linda Corcoran Corporate Interiors Robert and Sheila Cosgrove

Jennifer Crawford Crayola Experience

Crumdale Partners

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene Curator Solutions Inc

D.M. DiLella Family Foundation

Jennifer Davey Donna De Carolis

Joan Denenberg Erin DeVault

Daniel and Monica DiLella Michael and Mariana Dimartino Dragonfly Makerspace

Robert and Katherine Eaddy Elmwood Park Zoo Patricia and Edward Era Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum

Eye to Eye, Inc. Faulkner Volvo Michael and Jacqueline Feild Michael and Patti Ferriola Jeff Fetterman Melba Fidalgo Fidelity Charitable Fire On Ice Performance Training Five Points Gulf Service Center

Stephanie Forbes Ryan and Sharen Ford Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan Jeffrey and Song Fox Paul Frank

Francisco Fuhrmann-Darcia and Robert Fuhrmann Edward Gallagher Bridget Gallagher John Gamba

Denise Gargan

Patricia Gedrich Jon and Shelley George Rachel Gerrity Sid and Swapna Ghosh Giovanetti Shulman Associates John and Frances Glomb

Jill Goldstone

Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall Erica Goodwin Phil and Katie Grinnell R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler Brian and Lindsay Hamilton Gilbert and Tracey Hanse

AIM FOR THE STARS

The 2022 AIM for the Stars Gala on May 11 celebrated the ways that our AIM community is Better Together as we gathered together in person for the first time in three years. We loved seeing parents, teachers, alumni, parents, board members, corporate partners and supporters together celebrating AIM and learning differences. Thank you to our Gala Committee and the more than 300 guests, including our current families, and those who joined by bidding on the more than 80 auction items or made donations. Our generous community helped us raise over $443,000. Be sure to save the date for our 2023 AIM for the Stars Gala on Thursday, April 27.

“[My parents] fought against the rest of the world and what the rest of the world was telling me… For the parents here, that is what you’re doing for your kids. That is what sending them here is doing. Some of your kids might not be old enough to get that yet and some of them might not be mature enough to say this to you, to say thank you. But I am and I’ve lived through it and I can tell you, thank you on their behalf because it matters.”

“AIM works miracles. As founding members of the Board, we worked side by side with Nancy and Pat to find the location for the school in Manayunk, secure additional funding, expand the Board, and welcome the first classes of students in 2006. When I first walked through the front door of the former school on Conarroe Street, it felt like entering a seemingly enchanted world, a land of magic and unrestrained imagination."

The Haverford Trust Company, AIM Institute for Learning & Research Leadership Award, Accepted by Patrick Hoyer.

Asher Raphael, Sally L. Smith Founders Award Recipient

Robert and Hilary Hayes

Justin Head and Heather Cates

Linda Heller

Corey and Rachel Heller

Erica Heyward

Jonathan Hochman

Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman

Will Holtz ‘16

Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Nickie Imprescia

Independence Blue Cross

Infinity Jewelers

Tiffany and Kent Jacobs

Chandler and Terri Johnson

Baltazar Juarez and Elana Honig

Jarrod and Jenna Kahn

Adam Kaliner

Joshua and Jaime Kaplan

Thomas Keiser

Melissa Kessler

Benjamin and Rebecca Kirshner

Amy and Michael Kopelman

Larry and Evelyn Krain

Steven Kramer

Stephanie and Aaron Krause

Nicole Lauria

Jason Lavigne and Elizabeth Barrows

Gregg and Mara Lemos-Stein

Logan Levenson

Jenifer and Kenneth Levy

Licausi Family Fund

Jamison Licausi

Matthew and Allison Liebman

Christine and Brian Lobley

Karen and Vincent Lowry

Lucille & Jerry Francesco

Charitable Trust

Kevin and Molly Maguire

Alicia and Brian Mahoney

Malady & Wooten Inc

Jon and Kelli Marans

Lee and Dania Marbury

Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Marinucci’s Deli

Joshua and Katharine Mayer

Phillip and Michelle McConnon Eric and Kelly McCracken

Leslie and William McDevitt

Nicole McEntee

Sean and Rachel McKenna

Meridian Bank

Stephen and Elizabeth Meyer David and Hannah Meyer

Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis

Ralph and Claire Morgan

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz Morris J. Cohen & Co.

Jerry and Dana Mullaney

National Financial Services, LLC

Matthew and Heather Naylor John and Deneen New New Era Logistics, Inc.

Adam Newman and Randi CubaNewman Tatanene Nsindu

Paulo and Elsa Nunes-Ueno Ryan and Kristin O’Connor

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin

Warren Pear and Cadence Kim

Ben Peek

Brooke Pegula

Ty Peltzman

Matt Pestronk and Carrie GrossPestronk

Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Philly Mattress

Debra and Michael Piasecki

Stephen and Linda Pietrzykowski Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski

LeRoy Pingho

PNC Institutional Asset Management

Post Commercial Real Estate, LLC

Steven and Catherine Powell Theresa Prasalowicz

Kelly and Chad Punchard

Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer Capano

Timothy and Olivia Rabe Asher Raphael Ilysa Raphael

James and Kimberly Rathburn Amy and Michael Reed

Michele Reilley

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.

Road-Con, Inc

Chris and Patricia Roberts

Christopher Roche

Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks

Arthur and Linda Rodbell

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

James Salomon

Tucker and Leslie Schade

Rich Schapiro

Corey Schiller

Schulson Collective Scott and Renay Shaw

Scrub Daddy Inc

SEI Investments Co.

Helen Sherman

Jaimie and Kevin Shmelzer

Mark Shulman and Dorothy Baiocco-Shulman

Stanley and Jackie Silverman

Rachel and Eric Silverman

Peter Sklar and Caitlin Wood Sklar

Andrea Smith

Bob Smith

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Marcus Soutra

Spring Mill Cafe

Laura and Dave Stern

Kristen Stevenson

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Reenie Stirling

Stretch Lab Conshohocken Beth Sturman

Thomas and Mollie Suddath Fergus and Jacqueline Sweeney

The Haverford Trust Company

The Merck Foundation

The Saramar Charitable Fund

Jeffrey and Nicolette Theisen Thornedge Foundation

Toni Roni’s Total Construction, Inc. Dennis and Ann Tuza

Bradley Vierling

Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky

Kira Weinstein

Doug Weissman and Jennifer Wankoff

Anne Tenthoff

Reginald Woods WSFS Bank

Yay Lunch! Eric and Elizabeth Ziegler

RESTRICTED GIFTS

Nehama Benmosche

Lisa Duda

Sam Jones and Rhoda McKinneyJones Kevan and Kalisha Turman

Boeing

The DiBona Family Foundation

Sylvia DiBona and Donald Keim Justin Head and Heather Cates

Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Muffie Landreth

Lockheed Martin

Scott and Sharon Rankin Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. William Penn Foundation Matching Gifts Program Adams Charitable Foundation

Joshua and Rachael Berman David and Tara Friedman Stephanie and Aaron Krause James Lawlor and Ladonna Mahecha Chris and Patricia Roberts

AIM HIGHER CAMPAIGN

Ballantine Family Charitable Fund Peter and Alison Ballantine Fred and Bryna Berman Jordan and Deanna Berman Brian and Nancy Blair Stephen Cohen Donna De Carolis

F and B Berman Family Foundation, Inc. Patrick and Karen Hoyer John and Amy Korman Christine and Brian Lobley William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

National Financial Services, LLC Matthew and Heather Naylor Richard and Amy Oller Chris and Patricia Roberts Elizabeth Greco-Rocks and M. Joseph Rocks Stanley and Jackie Silverman The Clayman Foundation

The Haverford Trust Company van Beuren Charitable Foundation

Archbold and Helene van Beuren Zisman Family Foundation Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble

2023 AIM EVENTS

Friday, February 24 February Frenzy

Monday, March 13 Research to Practice Symposium

Thursday, April 27

AIM for the Stars Gala Thursday, May 25 b.A.S.H. Friday, June 2 Class of 2023 Commencement