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Volume XXV No. 1 Spring/Summer 2003 A PUBLICATION OF FOXCROFT ACADEMY FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS The Legacy Azure Dillon Academic Aspirations Circle Fund he Legacy Circle recognizes and honors those alumni, parents, n recent years, greater numbers of families who and friends of Foxcroft Academy who have made direct pro- live outside the towns of MSAD #68 have begun Tvisions for the Academy in their wills, named FA as a Ito send their children to Foxcroft Academy. beneficiary of a life insurance policy, or who have included FA in a The parents pay either all or part of the tuition charitable trust. costs out of their own pocket. Planned gifts to the endowment ensure that Foxcroft Academy While Maine does not have school choice or a will continue to be strong and financially secure for future genera- voucher system in place, many parents have begun tions of students. Gifts to the endowment also allow the Academy to to express their desire to exercise educational offer a quality of educational programming that exceeds what tuition choice. This past year Foxcroft Academy had about revenues alone can provide. 38 students attending from neighboring towns The school’s endowment of $3.5 million is no longer adequate because their parents wanted a more challenging to meet the needs of a school the size of Foxcroft Academy. Trustees academic program than what public schools are are committed to increasing the endowment significantly over the able to offer. Until this point, the Academy has not next ten years. Planned gifts such as a bequest are added to the had the means to award financial aid to those families school’s permanent endowment and only the annual income from who wanted to privately tuition their children to the fund is used to meet current academic and facility needs. Foxcroft Academy. A bequest of any size qualifies an individual for membership in Paul and Genie Dillon have created an Academic the Legacy Circle, who is then listed in the school’s publications in Aspirations Fund in memory of their daughter, recognition of their special philanthropic support of the Academy’s Azure, a senior at Foxcroft Academy who was trag- permanent endowment fund. You may choose to remain anonymous, ically killed this past December. The Dillon family, but your public membership in the Legacy Circle often helps others residents of Exeter, tuitioned Azure to the Academy. give further consideration to their own support of this important need. Their goal in creating this fund is that the annual Your planned gift may be used to establish a named fund to income from it be awarded as a scholarship to honor the memory of a loved one. While unrestricted gifts are most help aid other families whose children have high helpful, you can also specify that your fund support a specific academic aspirations such as Azure, but need academic program or the maintenance and growth of the facilities. financial aid to attend the Academy. If you are interested in establishing a fund If you would like more information on the various ways to include the such as the Dillons have in memory or honor of Academy in your estate plan or how to establish a named fund, please contact Jay Brennan, Foxcroft Academy, 975 West Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, ME, a loved one, or making a donation or planned gift 04426 or (207)564-8664. If you have already made plans to include the Academy to the endowed Azure Dillon Fund, please contact in your estate and would like to join the Legacy Circle, please let us know. the Development Office at Foxcroft Academy. Members of the Legacy Circle Bessie Bush David and Yoriko McClure ’45 Helen Dillen Stitham John and Janice Ellery Margaret Bradford Patzner ’65 Kevin and Jane Hayes Stitham ’70,’73 Berta Washburn Fitzgerald ’39 Lois Ward Reynolds ’54 Muriel Philpot Watson ’25 Paul and Olive Lee Gates ’20, ’23 Frederick Robbins ’41 James Williams ’51 Donna Libby Hathaway ’66 Douglas Smith ’65 Ruby Carlson Williams Frank Knaut ’70 Miriam Smith Legacy Circle members who have endowed a Horizon Scholarship Fund to provide additional academic opportunities to students while they attend Foxcroft Academy are listed on page 8. Letter from the Headmaster Today’s World... began my educational career twenty seven years ago as a kinder- garten teacher. Because of the events of 9/11, the continuing threat Iof terrorism from abroad and the collapse of businesses due to fraud and greed, I feel there has never been a more important time to Foxcroft Academy be involved in education. Events this year at Foxcroft Academy itself, with the loss of our three students in a tragic automobile accident, Board of Trustees have also confirmed the important role that the school community plays in helping young people prepare for life. President, Vandy E. Hewett ’75 Today’s world has been greatly changed for our students. There are Vice President, Douglas M. Smith ’65 profound ethical, scientific, social, and economic issues that need to be Secretary, Lois W. Reynolds ’54 addressed. Many of our students will go on to college or some other post-sec- Treasurer, Donna L. Hathaway ’66 ondary form of education, while others will join the armed services or find employment. Eric L. Annis ’74 Wherever their journey leads them they will need to be well grounded in matters of character. William C. Bisbee Peter W. Culley ’61 In its origin and through much of its history, Foxcroft Academy has had as a part of its Rebecca Rowe Engdahl ’52 mission the development of students who “exemplified fitness in character and excellence in Edgar E. Gammon ’47 scholarship.” Schools once more, along with family and places of worship, are in a position to H. Thomas Gerrish ’52 Wayne O. Huff help our young people develop a framework for ethics, morality, and value-based leadership. Frederick E. Hutchinson ’48 Margaret Wheatley in her latest book Turning to One Another asks, “What are the values Frank T. Knaut ’70 we must preserve as everything changes around us?” I believe one of those values is our indi- David R. Perkins Glenda Brown Smith vidual relationships with each other whether they be family members, classmates or Richard B. Swett colleagues. This was certainly made evident in late December as we lost three of our best John E. Wentworth and brightest due to a tragic car accident. While we continue to grieve from these losses we John E. Wiles ’51 are also re-evaluating about those things that are to be most valued. Honorary Trustees I pray for a world that is free from tragedies or the type of scourge which we and other Philip S. Annis ’41 nations have experienced over the last twenty months. However, until that day, our responsi- Doris G. Coy ’64 bility as educators is to ensure that all students are ready and able to draw upon their own William C. Forbes III Elizabeth H. Harvey reserve of character and leadership. Louis O. Hilton Warmest Regards, Woodrow E. Page Martha G. Rollins ’37 Murray M. Stanhope ’37 Robert G. Coffill, Jr. Helen D. Stitham Kevin L. Stitham ’70 Muriel P. Watson ’25 Foxcroft Volume No. XXV Spring/Summer 2003 Editor: Jay Brennan Associate Headmaster Associate Editor: Cathy Hall The Foxcroft is published two times each year for alumni and friends of Foxcroft Academy. If you are receiving duplicate copies of the Foxcroft or have a change of address, please contact the Foxcroft Academy Alumni/Development Office at 975 W. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426. You may read the Foxcroft online at: www.foxcroftacademy.org/magazine.html SPRING 2003 1 Foxcroft News Trustees Look to the Future n January 27, 2003, the Board of Trustees of Foxcroft Academy unanimously adopted twenty strategic objectives as part of Othe 2003 Long Range Strategic Plan. The last long range strate- gic planning process was in 1996 and led to the implementation of a standards-based curriculum as well as the completion of almost $4 million of construction and improvements to the Academy’s facilities. This most current planning process, begun in May of 2002, was completed in January of 2003. During this time, over 110 alumni, par- ents, community members, students, Trustees, and faculty members participated in the process. (volunteers listed on page 3) Those who volunteered to serve the Academy in this planning effort examined the school’s life in eight major areas: Institutional Leadership, Faculty, Student Life, Finance, Physical Plant, Academic Programming, Enrollment Management, and Parents and Community. The Academy is deeply indebted to all the volunteers, as well as Colleen Grover, Director of Counseling Services, leads one of the community those who attended the alumni planning sessions held in Portland groups during a work session on the Academy's Long Range Strategic Plan. and Dover-Foxcroft, whose work was woven into the report and served as the backbone in this process. Story, Building Our Financial Foundation. A copy of the twenty strate- The twenty strategic objectives that were adopted by the Board gic objectives may be picked up at the Academy’s Development of Trustees are organized under four basic themes: Reaffirming our Office or viewed on our website at: www.foxcroftacademy.org/objec- Tradition of Excellence, Expanding our Horizons, Communicating our tives.htm, or you may call or e-mail the Academy. Foxcroft Academy wishes to acknowledge with gratitude our alumni who are active in military service to our country. If your name or name of a loved one has been inadvertently omitted from this list, please contact the Alumni Office. Mr. Corey L. Anderson ’97 Mr.