CWA receives 99th alumni gift for Language and Performing Arts Center
Charles Wright Academy is about to reach a major milestone in the Boundless Expression campaign to build a new Language and Performing Arts Center. Yesterday the school received the 99th alumni gift which came from Patrick Philley, a 2008 graduate, which means that the very next alum to give will be donor #100. Both the capital campaign and construction are progressing right on schedule.
Construction Update
Construction continues on schedule for completion by June 2009 with the grand opening scheduled for September 2009. The performing arts classrooms and black-box studio on the upper level of the building are nearly all framed in. This area is now under cover and construction crews will be working throughout the winter inside this dry and (somewhat) warm space.
Steel components for the hallway and base flooring for the performing arts classrooms on the lower floor began arriving this morning. As the steel is installed, the front of the building will begin to take shape. By the end of December, students, faculty, parents and visitors to campus will have a very good sense of what the building will look like in its final form.
Campaign Update
Faculty members were among the first to step forward this fall and make pledges to the capital campaign. In the Lower and Middle Schools, 100% of the school’s teachers have made a pledge. In the Upper School, 93% have made a gift.
Many parents are getting on board too. Their participation levels are currently: Lower School 49%, Middle School 37%, and Upper School 38%.
The very first gift to the capital campaign was a pledge from the Parent Association and the group took one step closer to delivering on that pledge last month when they raised more than $58,000 at the Wright Stuff rummage sale.
Teachers and parents have also been extremely generous in their gifts to the Annual Fund this year. In the Lower School, 91% of teachers and 61% of parents have made gifts. In the Middle School, 100% of faculty and 49% of families have donated to the Annual Fund. In the Upper School, 95% of teachers and 50% of parents have given.