Welcome back to the 2018-2019 school year at Gaston Day!
The 50th Anniversary Capital Campaign has accomplished so much here this summer, and I
want to share all of the good news! Let’s start, though, with projects that
were completed last summer but are just as important.
- Last summer we painted throughout all of our buildings, replaced ceiling tiles, purchased a new integrated software operating system, and bought two new buses, thanks to the generosity of our very earliest capital campaign donors. Thank you!
- This summer, the pace and scale of renovations and improvements has zoomed. The first thing you will notice are the beautiful new windows throughout the school. They really do make the William S. Henry Family Academic Center look much newer and more modern, and we expect a big improvement in the comfort of our classrooms (not to mention the cost savings!)
- Thanks to the Kimbrell Family Foundation, we have a new lower school playground and small soccer field which will be completed soon. The playground will be named in honor of Mrs. W. Duke “Dot” Kimbrell, mother of two Gaston Day graduates, grandmother of two Gaston Day graduates, and one of the first presidents of the Parents Association.
- The W. Duke Kimbrell Classroom Building (5th and 6th Grade Classroom Building) has benefited from renovated restrooms and cosmetic upgrades this summer. The renovations also included a major improvement in drainage to prevent any future flooding in that building.
- The final renovation, and one of the most exciting, is the creation of the new biology, chemistry and science prep labs and a new Idea Lab. These state-of-the- art labs will elevate our science and technology programs, and the Idea Lab will promote all kinds of creative, hands-on learning. We are so grateful to the following donors who have made these new science facilities possible: the William Hall and Sandra Rivas-Hall family, the Carstarphen Family Foundation, the Doug Meyer-Cuno family, and Jason Brown and family in memory of Dr. Tannis Brown.
What an exciting time this is at Gaston Day! I can’t wait for
everything to be complete and for our students to begin reaping the benefits of
all these improvements!
Please join me in thanking Gaston Day School parents, Brendan
Horgan and Lewis Efird, for providing such strong leadership as chairs of the
50th Anniversary Capital Campaign, and thank you to all of the donors whose
giving made our projects possible!
I look forward to seeing all of you in a few short weeks!
