Annual Report Asheville School 2017 -2018 Annual Report 2017 - 2018
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Annual Report Asheville School 2017 -2018 Annual Report 2017 - 2018 BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Fall 2018) An Education for an Inspired Life Mr. Walter G. Cox Jr. 1972, Chairman P ‘06 Published for Alumni & Friends of Asheville School Ms. Ann Craver, Co-Vice Chair P ‘11 by the Advancement Department Dr. Gregory K. Morris 1972, Co-Vice Chair Asheville School 360 Asheville School Road Mr. Marshall T. Bassett 1972, Treasurer Asheville, North Carolina 28806 828.254.6345 Dr. Audrey Alleyne P ’18, ’19 www.ashevilleschool.org (ex officio Parents’ Association) Editor Mr. Haywood Cochrane Jr. P ’17 Bob Williams Mr. Thomas E. Cone 1972 Assistant Head of School for Advancement Leigh Ruhl Ms. Elizabeth P. Ewing 1993 Writers Dr. José A. González 1985 P ’20 Alex Hill Travis Price Ms. Mary Robinson Hervig 2002 Proof Readers Ms. Jean Graham Keller 1995 Tish Anderson Travis Price Mr. Richard J. Kelly 1968 P ’20 Bob Williams Mr. Nishant N. Mehta 1998 Printing Mr. Archibald R. Montgomery IV Lane Press (ex officio Head of School) Photographers Blake Madden Mr. J. Allen Nivens Jr. 1993 Sheila Coppersmith Bob Williams (ex officio Alumni Association) Austin Bell 2006 Ms. Lara Nolletti P ’19 Mr. Oliver G. Prince Jr. 1971 P ’00 A special thanks to the 1923 Memorial Archives for providing the archival Mr. Arthur H. Rogers III 1988 photographs in this edition. Mr. Thomas H. Shores, Jr. 1985 P ’20 Mr. David M. Stover 1975 P ’11 Ms. Morgan Mischer Warth 2005 Asheville School Mission: To prepare Mr. John W. Willingham 1965 our students for college and for life and to provide an atmosphere in which all members of a diverse, P - Parents of Alumni and Current Students engaged, and purposefully small school community appreciate and strive for excellence – an atmosphere that nurtures character and fosters the development of mind, body, and spirit. Asheville School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational or admission policies, scholarship and merit programs, or athletic and other school-related programs. 2017 - 2018 Table of Contents Features In Memoriam 05 Letter from the Head of School 32 Dr. Joseph Lindner, Jr. 1947 06 Class of 2018 33 William C. “Doc” Embler 08 A Transformative Athletic Complex 34-35 In Memoriam 11 Asheville School Announces Ninth Head of School 12 Steve Levin 1973 Shares 2018 Pulitzer Prize 14 All-America Swimmer Sets Sights on ACC Alumni Profile 16 Rising Seniors Launch Camp Good Trouble 13 Allen Nivens, Jr. 1993 18 Developing Active Learners Through Instruction 15 Hannah Bonner 2006 20 James Pearsall 2020: A Passion for Orchids 31 Heedy Award Presented to Alumni Donor Report 36 Letter from Assistant Head for Advancement 37 Donor Report Summary Class Notes 22 1934-1972 24 2006-2011 26 1998-2002 28 2015-2017 30 Alumni Weekend 2018 Annual Report • 17 - 18 3 Save the Date for Alumni Weekend 2019 We hope to see you back in Asheville in April Amid These Rugged Mountains Alumni Weekend April 25 - April 28, 2019 Reunions: Classes of 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 For more information about the weekend, visit ashevilleschool.org/alumniweekend. Summer App Development Camp 2019 Registration Now Open Asheville School now offers a boarding and day App Development Summer Camp in July. Teens spend the week learning Apple’s Swift programming language and will discover what it takes to produce apps and games for the Apple App Store. Ages 13 - 18 Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate Early Bird pricing available until March 1. Limited seating is available. Alumni families and current parents will receive 15% off the boarding rate. Register online at ashevilleschool.org/appdevcamp 4 Annual Report • 17 - 18 November 2018 From the Head of School Dear Members of the Asheville School Community: A s the 2018-2019 academic year unfolds, I am particularly mindful of and grateful for the extraordinary efforts by this extended school community to maintain Asheville School’s excellence. This purposefully small, relationship-based boarding school offers students the opportunity to take constructive risks in the pursuit of excellence under the care- ful supervision of accomplished, engaged adults with whom they live, work, play, eat, and worship. Asheville School is a learning community where students are known and loved by asking of them their very best efforts and absolutely best selves. It’s hard for students sometimes, and that is by design. The students have the watchful support from their faculty to make undertaking a challenge a safe and exhilarating growth experience. Few schools can match the personal care every student receives at Asheville School. Thank you for making this possible. You have made possible a beautiful multi-purpose, artificial turf, lighted playing surface. There is a handsome new grandstand that seats 500, and above it are both a well-appointed press box and a filming platform. As I write this letter, Asheville School teams are undefeated on this new surface, and our night games have been a wonderful, enthusiastic celebration of the community spirit. This beautiful addition to the campus is but one achievement of our school’s “At the Threshold” campaign. We are working hard toward the goal of building a new fine and performing arts facility to be constructed along Kehaya Lawn adjacent to Tyrer Terrace, and our efforts to support technology initiatives, financial aid, and faculty development are meeting with an encouraging response. It is my fondest hope that we will realize our campaign goals before July 1, 2019. That date is significant because it will be Dr. Anthony Sgro’s ‘84 first day on the job as Asheville School’s ninth Head of School. Anthony, his wife, Faulkner; and their children, Huston (age 11), Grazia (age 9) and Bagley (age 9) will begin their tenure at a time when Asheville School is thriving. But let us not underestimate the challenges they face. The boarding school market has never been more competitive. Team Sgro has the experience, the enthusiasm, and the love of Asheville School that will make possible a new golden era for the best small boarding school in the country. I know you will support the Sgros in every way possible. In closing, this is my last introduction letter for an Annual Report. Thank you all for the generous friendship and support you have extended to my family and me over the last 17 years. Sincerely, Archibald R. Montgomery IV Head of School Annual Report • 17 - 18 5 Congratulations to the Class of 2018! 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