ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 20 PRESIDENT’S President’s Message 03 Never say never. MESSAGE ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT STAFF What a difference a year makes! Peter Rooney As responsible stewards of the gifts we receive, we made a fiscally Update on campus expansion & transition to learning from home. President 04 responsible choice to be conservative with the printed size of our annual Erin Conrad report. This is the abbreviated version of the report…or one might say the Director of Development Financial Blessings highlights. We have so much good news to convey and numerous people 07 Campaign 2020 Update & Financial Results. to thank, so it was a difficult decision but one that we felt would be best Heather Edmiston for our beloved students and families here at AYA. Business Manager Paulette Woodruff AYA Alumna + AYA Volunteer = What a Team! To download the full report, please go to Strength of an AYA bond. Dean of the Academy 08 atlantayouthacademy.com/annualreports. 2 Elizabeth Hardaway 3 One thing we know for sure, in our 23 year history we have never been Development Manager AYA Family so appreciative of your support as we have been in 2019-2020. With Meet the Heards. Anne Torrey McCuean 10 the climate we face today, we initiated an emergency fund to further Development Administrator, extend grace to our deserving families. The response was a testament to Grant Writer Annual Fund faith and prayer. Because of you, year after year we are able to support Amanda Relaford- Donor List and Contributors. over 90% of AYA’s operating budget making it possible for us to provide 12 Hollingsworth a scaled tuition model. Families pay eight percent of their gross income, Administrative Assistant opening the door to all eager students, no matter how economically 2019 Benefit Auction Pamula Smith Sponsors and Contributors. disadvantaged they may be. 16 Cafeteria Never has our work for educational equity and opportunity been Darion Taylor GOAL Scholarship Program more important to our families. Coordinator of Campus Update and Contributors. Operations 20 Never has our example been more poignant to our city, our state and our country. CONTENTS Volunteers and Committees 22 Never has our mission been more sure and more clear. Never has your partnership and support been more critical. 2019-2020 GOVERNING BOARDS Many blessings for good health and faithfulness. Thank you. BOARD OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OF ADVISORS DIRECTORS Wayner Crowder Donyal Andrews Judy Harrison Chris Morocco Larry Edge Lawrence F. Teem, Frank Briggs Jr., PETER ROONEY Founder and Chairman Sivan Hines, Bill Ragland Chuck Johnston Chair Emeritus Chair Emeritus Erwin Reid Caitlin Jones President David Edwards Bo Briggs Glenn James Jeff Terry Cooper Mills The Honorable Joanne Brown Roger Key, Monte Norwood Chair Doug Weston Harold Melton Lee Burrows Richard Parker Jan Linder Richard Willingham Chris Schoen Jay Simms Kim Daugherty Jenny Marks Steve Shuler Dwayne Ellis Jack Sibley Keith White Sid Mashburn John Hamilton, McKittrick Simmons Chair Emeritus Tree McGlown David Songy Warren Harper Heath Milligan Zach Young 2020-2021 FACULTY Stephanie Banner Kindergarten WHAT A DIFFERENCE David Brown SUPPORTING OUR 3rd Grade A YEAR MAKES! Shanda Dennis STUDENTS VIRTUALLY 4th Grade March 2020 took the world for a very quick turn. Countries, businesses, Jahaira Fray & BEYOND organizations of all sizes and schools had to shift and shift quickly. Having Spanish never faced a situation like this before, we were uncertain of both our ability Karla Jelks Art I can learn in a box, with a fox or in a house, with a mouse! Well, maybe not…but we have to rise to the occasion and how our families would respond to learning Tracy Johnson learned that our amazingly talented and committed teachers have the power to teach online. from home. We are incredibly proud to say not only did our teachers work After-School Director They rose to the occasion in March and have tweaked, modified and strengthened their 4 overtime to make the transition possible but our families equally worked to 5 Kris Jones online approach to make sure our students feel their presence. ensure the success of going from on-campus to virtual. 7th Grade Margaret Lay Everything from Chapel, PE and story time have been held using Zoom sessions. Teachers We thank you, our partners, for helping us make it possible for all 135 2nd Grade interact with students in groups and one on one and, just because we are out of physical students to have access to computers and connection resources that enable Katie Martin 6th Grade sight, we remind our students they are not out of mind. Our daily prayers are centered them to get online. We miss the pitter patter of little feet and the broad Christina Pack around a few key factors… smiles on campus, and we are excited to get students back on campus. This Learning Specialist month, we will begin a phased move back to in-person instruction in the Danielle Pauling Strength, knowledge and endurance for our teachers to Zoom classroom. We will continue to diligently monitor the situation to ensure the Pre-K into every household of our students and teach them safest and healthiest arrangement to educate AYA students. Davonte Simmons 5th Grade Faith, grace and understanding for our students to know in Angela Simpson-Juhan their hearts that we are here for them every day Academic Director & Librarian Hope, belief and joy for our donors who make an AYA August Smith education possible 1st Grade Billie Snieder Science “OUR TEACHERS ARE HEROS, Kathryn Stanley 8th Grade IN THE CLASSROOM AND Devron Woodruff BEYOND!” Physical Education FINANCIAL BLESSINGS Campaign 2020 Update As we approach 2021, we feel blessed to report we are well on our way to reaching all of our goals...because of you! ONGOING INITIATIVES NEW INITIATIVES $11.7M TO DATE 6 $6.5M 7 GOAL CAMPUS UPDATE $11.5M GOAL $2M TO DATE Looking back just 15 months to our Ground Breaking Ceremony, it is humbling to see how $5.2M $1M GOAL TO DATE far God had brought us. In May 2019, AYA’s campus consisted of two modular classroom $900,000 $1M buildings, a modest gymnasium that also functioned as a cafeteria and auditorium, a small TO DATE GOAL playground, and two athletic fields. These facilities served our students and teachers well for BENEFIT AUCTION GOAL & OTHER ANNUAL 2020 more than a decade. & EVENTS SSO SUPPORT FUND CAMPAIGN Today, after having purchased the 6-acre adjacent parcel of land covered with abandoned warehouses, AYA has an 18-acre campus with brand new facilities, an outdoor plaza area, a CAMPAIGN 2020 NEW renovated gymnasium and a much larger playground. Our original campus has been trans- INITIATIVE CONTRIBUTORS formed into an expansive academic campus of which any school would be proud. Anonymous (2) The Fraser-Parker Foundation Cindy and Cooper Mills SOMA Foundation Donyal and Justin Andrews Melanie and Gordy Germany Gladys and Billy Mitchell Laura Spearman Lewis H. Beck Educational Penny and Jim Goodrich National Christian Foundation, Maria and Tim Tassopoulos Using the same entrance gates, one now travels up the hill to the left to Weston Hall, a new Foundation Carolyn and Hartley Hall Atlanta Jessica and Ben Teague Ida and Jim Bell Becca and John Hamilton Jr. Molly Osborne Lisa and Larry Teem two-story academic building. With ample classroom space for our current needs as well as Kate and Lyons Brewer Susan and John Hamilton Sharon and Bryan Owens Tull Charitable Foundation, Inc. room to expand, the academic building houses all things academic including a vastly larger Beverly and Bo Briggs Judy and Ponder Harrison Passion City Church Watkins Christian Foundation Margaret Ann and Frank Briggs Patty and Jim Hatcher Libby and Gene Pearce Doug Weston Lewis H. Beck Library as well as spacious visual and performing arts rooms. Directly behind Joanne and Jack Brown Sivan and Jeff Hines Johannah and David Plyler Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation Sunny and Lee Burrows Corrie and Craig Inman John R. Pope, Sr. Barbara Williams Weston Hall is the Fellowship Building which is home to the Roddy Chapel and the Cathy Din- Mandy and Andrew Cathy Betsy and Glenn James Pritchard & Jerden Inc Leslie and Richard Willingham Chick-fil-A Foundation Sarah and Drew Kaplan Beth and Bobby Reagan David, Helen and Marian ing Hall. The newly named Teem Gymnasium has been renovated for After-School Care with Becky and Courts Cooledge Elizabeth and John Keeble Allison and Erwin Reid Woodward Fund Kim and Robert Daugherty Jennifer and Roger Key Stacy and Cliff Robinson Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable several new break-out spaces where students can work on homework or have tutoring. Mary Virginia Davis Towles and Andrew Kintz Alexandra Roddy Trust Courtney and Brian Deitz Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Scottie and Christian Schoen Studie and Zach Young Kristen and Mark DiCristina Livingston Foundation, Inc. Christie Simmons Zeist Foundation, Inc. Having never had the luxury of these types of spaces, the AYA community is excited about Nan and Ed Easterlin Erin and Robert Long Meredith and McKittrick Annisha and Dwayne Ellis Millie and Matt Martin Simmons putting these beautiful facilities to use. Of course, students are most excited about the new John and Mary Franklin The McCamish Foundation Kathryn and Jay Simms Foundation Molly and Heath Milligan Ellen and David Snyder playground that is 2.5 times larger and has additional swings and playscapes! You may be familiar with the three key “donor” words: treasure, time or talent. We are incredibly grateful for our donors who support our mission on any AYA ALUMNA + level. Often a gift goes much further than a donation. It takes the form of a relationship - a relationship that has impacted two paths that may never have AYA VOLUNTEER = crossed had it not been for AYA.