15
A
Dear Friends of the Priory, As we enter the holiday season we in the Development Office are grateful for our many blessings, especially the generosity of our community. After many years in the Development Office, Gail Kimball, George Mears and John Baldwin are no longer a part of our Development Team. We graciously thank them for the contributions they made to Priory in the many years they were here. We now have a two new faces. Meghan Heath comes to us with 12 years of Development experience, including 10 years in Development at Charles Armstrong School. She is heading our Annual Fund and bringing fresh ideas to this effort. She is joined by Erin Irber who brings with her a strong business background. Casey Wynn, our Associate Director of Development and Alumni Relations is as busy as ever. Please do stop in and say hello when you have a chance. Last year was another great year for annual giving. Our total gift support was over $2.3M. Our annual giving could not be possible without the tireless work of our many committed volunteers. For their time and talents, we continue to be very grateful. As always, we strive to reach 100% participation from our entire faculty, staff, Board of Trustees, and families, and we could not be successful without their dedication. To our many volunteers, THANK YOU! As we look back, we are proud of our success with our Annual Giving but are also continuously reminded of the successful impact of our last capital campaign. In 2007, we opened our Performing Arts Center. Since its opening, student creativity and expression have blossomed in ways we had only dreamed. In November our students put on an amazing performance of The Three Musketeers, an ambitious production that showcased the many features of not only our PAC but also our entire Performing Arts Program. From multi-level sets, to intricate light and sound design, to over 12 professionally choreographed sword fights, we created a professional theatrical experience for the students and audience combined. We know from experience that new spaces create new opportunities. But the PAC was only the first phase of Priory’s 25 year campus master plan. Our capital campaign goal for this next phase, named Honor, Inspire, Lead: The Campaign For Priory, is to create new classrooms throughout the entire campus that will catalyze academic opportunities for students in the same way the PAC energized the performing arts program. Our vision is to honor our timeless Benedictine values so we can inspire our students to develop their gifts and become thoughtful leaders in a global world. The new larger classrooms and Science Center will feature flexible space along with integrated state-of-the-art technology that will be included in all new construction and renovations. To support these transformational improvements and additions to our campus, a Campaign Leadership Team has been formed and is in the early stages of the campaign. The Team is chaired by Mike Calbert and co-chaired by Michelle Galloway and Mike Carusi. It is an honor and a pleasure to work with these amazing and dedicated leaders along with the rest of our Campaign Team. If you haven’t had a chance to make your Annual Fund gift to the school, please consider doing so before heading out for the holidays. Our Annual Fund goal is to get 100% parent participation by December 31st. We wish you a most blessed holiday season. Sincerely,
Siobhan Lawlor
Our vision is to honor our timeless Benedictine values so we can inspire our students to develop their gifts and become thoughtful leaders in a global world.
Top L-R: Development Department team: Development Assoc. Erin Irber, Assoc. Dir. of Development Meghan Heath (top), and Assoc. Dir. of Development Casey Wynn.
