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Institutional Advancement
A Look Back at the Limitless: All-School Celebration
By Jeff Zemsky, Head of School
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This fall, we set out to bring back some of our most beloved traditions, including Country Fair, Alumni Reunion, Founders Day, and a Lovefeast in Central Moravian Church.
We have longed for these events for over a year. Having these experiences again created yet another milestone in the life of our school. It was also a week that our varsity teams returned to the Colonial League and District playoffs, and our middle school soccer teams played each other. I will always remember this as the first week that I truly experienced the fullness of our student life experience as a new, larger school. It is a week, especially combined with the return of Halloween parades and trunk-or-treats, that I want to remember for years to come.
Our school also set out to try things we’ve never done before, like hosting a giant, outdoor, live music concert, featuring 6 student groups and 3 professional bands performing on the same stage. Friday’s Limitless concert brought over 850 people to Steelstacks and showed us that our community loves being together. This was the first chance for us to gather in celebration as a newly configured school. It was inspiring to see so many people enjoying music together - or, in the case of the youngest students, simply running and playing - in front of the beautiful Steelstacks, which were illuminated in school colors. As the night went on, and alumni and students and parents and faculty mixed together, I saw people finding new connections across our campuses and also people reconnecting with ideas and memories from throughout our school’s long history.
True to tradition, these events were made possible by many hands working together. So many faculty, staff, and parents contributed to the success of these events by organizing and coordinating hundreds of details required to throw events of these magnitudes, helping students prepare their performances and keeping them safe during the events, and encouraging and championing our community throughout the weekend.
The Winners
of the 14th Annual 5K Event
STUDENT MALE RUNNERS
1. Treyton Messman ’22 2. Krish Gupta ’24 3. Greg Hine ’24
STUDENT FEMALE RUNNERS
1. Lily Eyvazzadeh ’22 2. Tessa Francis ’25 3. Sophie Lee ’22
ADULT MALE RUNNERS
1. Daniel Eyvazzadeh 2. Andrew Lauden 3. Chris Eckman
ADULT FEMALE RUNNERS
1. Valerie Zeltzman 2. Megan Eyvazzadeh 3. Constance Villa By Susan Parent
Two hundred runners, walkers, and strollers hit the 5K course on Saturday, October 23, on the Merle-Smith campus. Congratulations to all race participants! Below are the winners of the 2021 5K Walk/Run Event.
A big thank you goes to our amazing volunteers who made this community event truly magical. We couldn’t have done it without the additional assistance from Maintenance, Dining Services, and the Athletics too.
Alumni Reunion Weekend 2021
Alumni came out in record numbers for Reunion Weekend! Special thanks go to Sem and Prep grads who engaged in tours, luncheons, dedications, and reconnecting after 50 and 60 years! Moravian Academy graduates also highlighted 5, 10, 20, and 25-year reunions.
It was a weekend to remember! Special thanks go to GJ Atwood-Waller ’80 for creating “Limitless Together,” a digital photography keepsake from the weekend’s activities, which you can view online at the link below.
Moravian Academy Raises $169,819 for Giving Tuesday
By Bob Zaiser & Susan Parent You made it happen! A total of 535 donors donated $169,819. Thank you for your participation and generosity during the Giving Tuesday campaign. Together we’ve met and exceeded our goals, speaking volumes to the hard work of our teachers and students on all three campuses.
GIVING TUESDAY TOTALS • The Downtown Fund engaged 138 Donors raising $25,054 • The Swain Fund engaged 85 Donors raising $20,461 • The Merle-Smith Fund engaged 123 Donors raising $16,360 • The Moravian Fund engaged 198 Donors raising $107,944
These numbers are unprecedented and our gratitude for our collective community is immense. We could not do this without your support — thank you!
Come Together The Benefit for Moravian Academy
By Bob Zaiser
The theme of this year’s Benefit for Moravian Academy was appropriate.
Use whatever Beatles song you want like “The Long and Winding Road,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “From Me to You,” “With a Little Help From My Friends,” or “All You Need Is Love.” The song “Come Together” really captured the evening of Saturday, April 9, 2022.
“Come Together” is exactly what members of the Moravian Academy community and its three campuses did at the in-person event that was the centerpiece of three days of community and live and online fundraising.
Parents, alumni, and friends from the Downtown Campus, the Swain Campus, and the Merle-Smith Campus all joined together to enjoy each other’s company, taste fine food from Catering by Karen Hunter, participate in a live auction, took a chance with our sweepstakes, and listen to the music of GEM Recording artists, The Weeklings, a Beatles tribute band.
This was our first in-person fundraiser for our three campuses with the Benefit for Moravian Academy and the first fundraising event like this since the beginning of the pandemic. We are pleased to report that close to $190,000 has been raised for the school. Special thanks go to parents Beth Brown, the Benefit Chair, and her Co-Chairs, Colleen Marshall, Kauser Jaffer, and Lisa Suppan.
Moravian from Coast to Coast: We’re Back on the Road!
In March, Susan Parent made new friends and collected alumni stories in Arizona. Thanks to everyone who met with us, including: Alex Binford-Walsh ’10, Nick Wagner ’01, Nick Smith ’96, Roy Fegley ’69P, Gine Flury ’67P, and Jill Gomery ’65S!
