Winter 2013 Issue - Archmere Academy

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Help Us Meet the Challenge The $75,000 Archmere Fund Challenge THANK YOU! As of December 31, 2012, we were well past the half-way point in achieving the 2012-2013 Archmere Fund goal of $550,000 – and well on our way to meeting the $75,000 funding challenge! And it’s all thanks to the continued support of generous donors like you. A special benefactor will match all new gifts and gift increases to the Archmere Fund this year 1:1 up to $75,000. So, the more you give – the more Archmere will receive. Please help us meet the challenge and reach our goal. Your gift to the Archmere Fund will have an impact on every piece of the Archmere student experience - from our premier academics and talented faculty, to our state-of-the-art technology, college-like campus, spiritual programs and retreats, and the numerous fine arts, athletic and extra-curricular activities that are supported by a community of faith and values. You can make a gift with the envelope provided, or online at www.archmereacademy.com/give or even pledge now and pay anytime before June 30, 2013. Thank you for your support! Ways to Invest in Archmere Gifts of Cash - write a check to Archmere Academy or use a credit card to make a secure gift online at www.ArchmereAcademy.com/give. You can even make your gift in automatic monthly installments. Gifts of Appreciated Stock/Securities - avoid capital gains taxes and receive an income tax deduction. Matching Gifts - visit www.matchinggifts.com to see if your/your spouse’s company will double or even triple your gift! Memorial and Honorarium Gifts - celebrate or pay tribute to a loved one by making a gift in their honor or memory. Endowment Gifts - when you give to the endowment, the principal remains intact while the income supports Archmere in perpetuity. Planned Gifts - there are numerous creative gift planning techniques that allow donors to use a variety of assets to make larger gifts than they could from their income, while reducing taxes. To learn more about giving options, go to: www.archmereacademy.com/give Gifts-In-Kind - gifts of goods or services. 24
Memorializing Loved Ones with Scholarships Giving for Joan: Named Scholarship Funds Over the years, the losses of family members and friends, classmates and former teachers have touched the lives of each and every member of the Archmere community. Together, we mourn their passing and do what we can to honor their memory. We list them in The Archmerean, pray for them at the Memorial Mass each March, and sometimes a donor will memorialize them with a bench or brick on campus, or by starting a scholarship in their name. For Dan Gatti, husband of the late Joan Gremminger Gatti ’81, there was no question that establishing a scholarship was the way he wanted to honor his wife’s memory. “The thing I remember Joan saying about Archmere the most, particularly to our children, was how well Archmere helped shape her faith and prepared her for Joan Gremminger Gatti ‘81 college and life,” he says. “Over the past several months, I’ve spent a great deal of time reflecting on Joan’s life and our life together and how much Archmere has meant to our family. I think about how Joan would talk about her years at Archmere as some of the best years of her life; about the many wonderful classmates she had and how many of them became our life-long friends. I think about how, on a beautiful day in June of 1988, Father Michael Collins officiated our wedding and we held our reception at The Patio. Finally, I think about Father McLaughlin attending her funeral mass and the outpouring of support our family has received from the Archmere community, many sharing their memories of Joan and how she was, to many, ‘quintessential’ Archmere.” Joan passed away unexpectedly on April 19, 2012. Sister of Brian ’76 and Carl Gremminger (attended Archmere 1975-1976), she was a beloved member of the Archmere community, seen by her classmates as a “peacemaker” and a friend of the friendless. Beside a photo of her in the 1981 yearbook, a caption reads: “The brains, beauty, and talent of Joan Gremminger make up the All-American senior girl.” Joan was captain of the girls’ cross-country team, played basketball and softball, and ran track. She received the honorable mention award for women’s athletics and was a member of the Spanish Honor Society. “My hope in creating this scholarship is that others will have the opportunity to experience Archmere the same way Joan did – creating warm, loving memories, making life-long friendships and receiving a quality education which not only prepares them for college, but for life,” says Dan. “I have no doubt that she would be very pleased and humbled to know we are honoring her memory this way.” Joan’s Archmere classmates and longtime friends, Judy Kweder Meeks ’81 and Jill Savoy Renninger ’81 have joined Dan to help raise funds for her scholarship. Dan lives in in Holland, PA, with the couple’s two children, Evan (19) and Kristen (17). Your continued support of Archmere’s scholarships and endowment helps us to attract the best and brightest students. To make your contribution to the Joan Gremminger Gatti ‘81 Scholarship Fund or any of our endowed funds, go to www.archmereacademy.com/give or use the envelope provided o mail a check with the scholarship name in the memo line. ESTABLISH A NEW FUND: A minimum of $15,000 is all that is needed to create your scholarship or endowment to memorialize or honor a loved one – and the payments can be made in multiple installments over a period of up to five years. For more information about scholarship giving opportunities, contact Katherine Ball-Weir, Institutional Advancement Director, at 302-798-6632 ext. 857 or kballweir@archmereacademy.com. 25
Page 1 and 2: The Archmerean “Charting a Vision
Page 3 and 4: Features “Our Epiphany” - Micha
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Page 7 and 8: The New Mission Statement Plan 2012
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Page 11 and 12: Ways to Get Involved Opportunities
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Page 15 and 16: Mastersingers Head to Carnegie Hall
Page 17 and 18: Homecoming 2012 in Review by: Kate
Page 19 and 20: Alumni Profile Alumnus Mark D’Ono
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