The Campaign for Forsyth

For Here. For Now. For What's Ahead.

The Campaign for Forsyth Country Day School

It takes all of us to make a profound impact!

FCDS supports students as they live and learn in the here and now and prepares them for what’s ahead.

As we celebrate our incredible history, school, and community, let's meet the needs of the present and prepare for the future by making an impact today.

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Living our mission

Our community is positive and supportive. We strive to cultivate a sense not only of inclusion but of belonging.

Our invested faculty know each child and help all students discover and cultivate their passions and foster their skills and talents to the fullest. They encourage all students to be their authentic selves.

Our core values, curriculum, and programs develop students who are ready for the world ahead.

Your support ensures that our students are truly prepared for their world.

85 percent of the jobs that today’s students will be doing in 2030 haven’t been invented yet, but we know the skills they'll need.

Mental Elasticity

Critical Thinking

Creativity

People Skills

Leading in a new and ever-changing world

Our dedicated faculty help students develop adaptability, self-confidence, and self-awareness.

Students develop cultural competencies, entrepreneurial skills, leadership skills, and an openness to explore the greater community and contribute to the world.

The potential impact of FCDS is boundless!

By preparing students for what’s

StanCoerr '85,DirectorofStrategicPlans,MarineCorps Aviation,andaward-winningauthor

“The FCDS Upper School was a special place for giving us the resources to fly when we were pushed out of the nest. FCDS made me the man I am today.”

ImranCronk'12,FounderandCEO,RideHealth

“I think the FCDS environment created a mindset of creativity. The thing I remember is the motto: pride, freedom, and responsibility. It’s the balance of freedom and responsibility. We were given a lot of freedom but we had to do something with it.”

“FCDS definitely prepared me for the world. I learned how to communicate, I had some balance, and it introduced me to a world I probably would not have known.”

“I think the best part of FCDS was that it taught me efficient and productive study habits that I still use to this day to keep up with the high levels of knowledge I need for my job.”

“There is no doubt that the passion with which I was educationally ‘raised’ at Forsyth brought forth curiosity, a thirst for asking interesting questions, and a motivation to learn.”

TatumFishel'04,teacher

“This is the place that helped me write my life story ”

ElliottWatlington'04,YogaandPhilosophyInstructor,Wake ForestUniversity,LululemonAmbassador

MaggieMorgan'02,MH-65HelicopterInstructor PilotandAviationSafetyOfficeR,UnitedStates CoastGuard

KennyHerbst,Ph.D.'93,AssociateDeanoftheUndergraduate BusinessSchool,WakeForestUniversity

ahead, FCDS impacts the world.

HarlanBlynn'99,owner,ToppingOutFarms

“My interest in working with at-risk communities started at Forsyth Country Day. I felt a strong need to work with the communities who aren’t getting the services they need.”

TannerBeason'15,two-timeAll-Americanat Stanford,prosoccerplayer,SanJoseEarthquakes

“I think I had great relationships with my teachers that helped me get where I am today. Those relationships helped me develop as a person and a student...that’s the advantage of Forsyth.”

AustinDillon'09,NASCARdriver,DaytonA500winner

“My time at FCDS provided a great foundation for my life. Forsyth Country Day provided a sense of community that I try to replicate on my team now. We’re all very close and have pride in what we do.”

DonnaOldham'73,ManagerofCommunity Engagement-Americas,AmazonWebService

“My entire experience at FCDS was the best establishing what has become a tradition of academic, athletic, and community excellence ”

WesClark'04,Senior Consultant,EY-Parthenon

“I think FCDS had - and still has - a strong sense of community, and I felt truly at home at campus for 14 years ”

RossClark'00,CEOandCoFounder,SanctuaryVentures

“I have life-long friends from when I was 5 years old. I think that level of community is rare and I’m grateful for it.”

FrancesPollock'08,award-winningcomposer

“The first thing I wrote was for Ms. [Mignon] Dobbin’s class. I wrote a little choral piece...I was probably a senior in high school...it was a great experience.”

Your support ensures that our programs and learning spaces fulfill students' changing needs.

Planning for what's ahead

Our strategic plan guides us as we pivot from contentdriven learning to thinking more deeply—helping students develop the capacity to adapt successfully to change.

Our master plan ensures that our environment better serves our mission through innovative programs, collaborative learning and gathering spaces, and state-ofthe-art facilities.

Across campus, we’ll incorporate a brighter, more modern design that will inspire creativity, maximize flexibility, and increase attentiveness and awareness.

Phase One: Innovating for Here and Now

$8.5 million dollars raised

Completed Campus Projects:

Legacy Track

Williams Tennis Center

Fifth Grade Academy

Ogburn History Center

Rickabaugh Orthodontics Outdoor

Teacher Space

Music and Dance Studio

Spangler, Lambert & Lipp Preschool

Outdoor Classroom

Niblock Center for Intentional Living

to be completed in Summer 2023

Established Endowments:

Financial Aid: Cain Family Scholars

Fund and Dew Scholars Fund

Johnson Academic Center Services:

Jan DiBlasio Opportunity Fund and McNatt Family Fund

Professional Development: The Marilyn and Robert Beach Fund

Phase Two: Planning For What's Ahead

$4.5 million dollars to raise

Campus Projects:

Reimagined Learning Center - Updating the Williams Library

Discovery Center with Fury Café and Fury Ltd. bookstore

Modern Classrooms, Learning Spaces, and Programs

Daylight Interior Middle School Classrooms

Endowed Funds:

The JAC Access Fund

The Bingham Fund

The Joe Trotter Engineering Fund

The Financial Aid Fund

Fund to support the here and now:

The Vision Fund

Our Master Plan

We appreciate the generous support and thoughtful planning over the past 50 years to create Forsyth Country Day School as we enjoy it today. As we advance our mission of preparing students for what’s ahead, our campus environment continues to play an important role in teaching and learning.

Thanks to our vision, generous families, and dedicated staff, we ’ ve been able to complete the following projects in the last six years:

Engineering Center

Jarrahi Arts Center

Cavert Wire Training Center

Welcome Center

Ogburn History Room

Infinity Amphitheater

Health Services Clinic

Legacy Track

Williams Family Tennis Center

Rickabaugh Orthodontics Outdoor

Teacher Space

Childress Activities Center Lobby

Lower School Hallway and Classroo

Head of School Suite

Upper School Counseling Center

Fury Ltd.

Fifth Grade Academy

Music & Dance Studio

Cross Country Course expansion

Marc Winbush Lacrosse Training Facilit

Spangler, Lambert & Lipp Pediatric

Dentistry Preschool Outdoor Classroom

Roger Fowler Activity Field

The Niblock Center for Intentional Living

Start at the Center. Go anywhere.

The Niblock Center for Intentional Living will be a showpiece and a hub for dynamic thought and action, providing valuable resources and programs that will truly inspire and prepare students for what’s ahead. What’s ahead for our graduates is not only academic readiness for college, as it has been for 50 years, but a lifetime of contributing to society. Our graduates will know themselves in order to lead themselves and others. They will make profound contributions to the greater good and the global economy by creating jobs and opportunities for themselves and others.

What’s ahead for an FCDS graduate is a life of meaning, lived with purpose, intention, and integrity, modeling our core values and carrying those values with them into the world they will help create. When you start at the Center, you can go anywhere.

For the past half century, the Founders’ Building has been at the heart of Forsyth Country Day Thousands of students have entered its doors seeking knowledge and left as accomplished young men and women prepared for fulfilling and meaningful lives and careers

As we look ahead to the next 50 years at FCDS, we want this “heart of the school” like the school itself to evoke a sense of belonging in everyone who enters it Studies show that the feeling of belonging helps young learners succeed in school and in life, because when students feel like they belong and that they are appreciated, they know they are expected to do well. That expectation and belief in their abilities motivates them to grow their skills and manifest that belief through high achievement

Forbes reports that some of the most essential skills for the future are learnability, agility, collaboration, communication, negotiation, and leadership. These "power skills" also include adaptability, problem-solving, creativity, drive, and empathy. Potential employers and colleges both report difficulty in finding these crucial abilities in both college graduates and incoming college students.

FCDS believes these in-demand essential life skills need to be developed and cultivated in all students if we are truly going to prepare students for what’s ahead.

The reimagined center of campus, housed in a bright, modern new facility, will inspire:

Skill development for the constantly emerging global economy, with an emphasis on the so-called soft or power skills colleges and employers desire Innovative instruction from skilled teachers and industry experts.

Leadership opportunities and training in how to lead one ’ s self and others.

Entrepreneurship in mindset and practical application.

Self-Awareness. Collaboration. Sense of Purpose.

When you start at the Niblock Center for Intentional Living, you can go anywhere. The Center will foster leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship as well as enhance skills of emerging importance to a life of impact and intentionality: self-awareness, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, creativity, and creating a strong sense of purpose. Programs will include:

Entrepreneurship

Guided by seasoned teachers and an advisory board of successful local and national entrepreneurs and business leaders who serve as mentors and guest speakers, students will study how entrepreneurs think and how our country’s systems support entrepreneurial success. Through the creation of their own real-world companies, they will learn problemsolving, risk-taking, communication, and teamwork as they fail, learn, and fail again on the road to success

Learning to Lead

To lead others, you must first lead yourself Students will develop self-awareness as they learn about themselves and their individual leadership styles and how to leverage that style best for success in school and in life. Guest speakers from the advisory board will provide insight into practical leadership, and students will be required to create and pursue handson leadership opportunities on campus and off

Personal Awareness and Wellness

Who are you when no one is looking? What are your strengths and what drives you? How do you take care of yourself so that you can function at an optimal level? Students will learn, through measurements and self-reflection, to identify what makes them tick and how to enhance what they are good at and shore up areas where they need to improve They’ll learn about how to develop and stack healthy personal habits in order to nurture themselves, manage stress, and be their best selves.

For Here. For Now. “Why I

AlianaTrujilloSindram’95

“I give for our girls. For the community at Forsyth Country Day. For the teachers who shaped me and who shape my children. I give because my parents always gave and I want to honor their legacy and create one myself. I give because I see those gifts in actions every time I come to this campus. I give because I want to give teachers the best opportunity to educate our children.”

ToniandJimmyDew

“We have loved this school since 1979 when our children first enrolled. We continue to feel a part of it now that our grandchildren attend. The best gift we could give our kids was a quality education they would always benefit. It’s the same for our grandkids We feel good about supporting the school financially so that it can continue to provide the same quality education to others. We couldn’t think of a better place to give to support the future of our children and grandchildren.”

BettyQuick

“I give because I believe in education. You give to support the mission of the school My children got a great education here and now my grandchildren will as well ”

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For Here. For Now. For What's Ahead.

Supporting Our Needs: Innovating for Here and Now

Sustainability for the Future: Planning For What's Ahead

Forsyth Fund: Meeting our Annual Needs

Thank You for Supporting Forsyth Country Day School!

Leading the Way

Honorary Co-Chairs

Mr. David Neill '79 P'10 P'14

Ms. Betty Quick P'03 P'05 GP'32

Honorary Cabinet

Mr. Bruce Brown '74 P'07 P'08 P'11

Mrs. Toni Dew & Mr. Jimmy Dew P'81 P'85 P'89

GP'18 GP'19 GP'20 GP'22 GP'24

Mrs. Melanie Niblock & Mr. Robert Niblock P'10 P'12

Mrs. Margaret Townsend & Mr. David Townsend P'08 P'11 P'14

Mrs. Ilene Trujillo & Dr. Jaime Trujillo P'92 P'95 GP'25 GP'30

Current Parent Co-Chairs

Mrs. Shea Breitling & Mr. Brad Breitling P'19 P'21 P'25

Mrs. Meredith Masten & Mr. Matt Masten P'22 P'26

Faculty Emeritus

Mr. John Danforth P'94 P'99

Mrs. Pattie Stoltz P'84 P'87

Board of Trustees

Mrs. Elly Barrineau '98

Mr. Stewart Beason '81

Mr. Brad Breitling

Mr. Frank Cardenas

Dr. Chere Chase-Gregory

Dr McNeil Cronin

Mrs. Laura Dugan '01, Vice Chair

Mr George Dunn

Mr. Mark Dunnagan, Chair

Mr Ben Holcomb, Treasurer

Dr. Marissa Howard-McNatt, Secretary

Mr. Stan Jewell, Past Chair

Mrs. Meredith Masten

Mrs. Ashli Nicks

Mrs. Lori Patterson

Mrs. Jessie Quick

Mr. Chad Setliff

Mr. Brad Tilley

Mrs. Ali Tomberlin

Mrs. Beth Whicker

Head of School

Mr. Gardner Barrier '97