Page 37 - Priorities #66- Winter 2017

These two magnificent facilities will complete Phase III of our Building Ingenuity Campaign just in time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Woodside Priory School. Generous contributions from committed Stakeholder families have funded 75% of this campaign. Our enthusiastic Campaign Leadership Team, chaired by parent Eric Harrison is working on the remaining 25% to get us to the finish line in time for our 60th anniversary celebration. Although we are a small school by design, our culture of philanthropy is vibrant. We are immensely grateful to those families who are supporting these necessary and impactful improvements. While today’s students benefit from the philanthropic support of the parents who have come before us...tomorrow’s students benefit from the philanthropic support of parents today!
With gratitude for your belief in our mission and your remarkable support, we move forward with the hope and the promise of bringing the founding monks’ vision into the 21st century and beyond.
Know we include you when we count our blessings. Always we begin again,
Suzanne Couch
Director of Development
The foundation of the STREAM Center.
See a live video feed of the STREAM building construction at: http://techcam.net/priory/#home
The Priory campus deserves these state- of-the-art facilities to complete the core campus, providing a physical counterpart for our exquisite educational program and timeless Benedictine values.
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Priory Awarded Prestigious Edward E. Ford Grant
In June, the Advisory Board of the Edward E. Ford Foundation awarded Woodside Priory School a grant in the amount of $50,000 on a matching basis of $1 from the Foundation for every $1 raised by the school within one year. The purpose of this grant is:
• To analyze the impact of steps the school has taken to provide balance as a core orienting principle
• For educational programs
• To support a summer colloquium for other schools to discuss these findings
• To underwrite professional development
So as not to cannibalize our annual giving program, the parameters of the Foundation’s match required all gifts be made over and above historic annual fund gifts. To maintain focus on the crucial third, and final phase of our Building Ingenuity Campaign, Priory’s Board of Trustees required the $50,000 match be raised internally.
Generous gifts from our Board of Directors, Trustees, Faculty and Staff exceeded the $50,000 match within 7 weeks!
A bold testament to the value and importance our community places on balance!
DEVELOPMENT