Inside this issue - Episcopal Academy

View the “Our
New Home” Video
Take a look back at what brought
us to Newtown Square and hear
from the architects and master
planning committee members
that helped build our new
campus by watching the “Our
New Home” video posted on the
school’s Web site. The link can
be found in the bottom left corner
on the front page of the Web site,
www.episcopalacademy.org.
Special thanks to the Burke
Family for making this video
possible.
(l to r): Brian O’Neill, faculty member Dan Dougherty, Edith Dixon,
Ginna Buggy, former Head of School Jay Crawford, and 8th grade
student David Burke at the ribbon cutting for the Dixon Athletic Center.
Edward L. Lee, Jr., officially sanctified
the space while members of the Class
of 1944 honored their classmate
and the Chapel’s architect, Robert
Venturi.
Gretchen Burke noted during the
service: “I was lucky enough to be at
Bob’s side at the first ‘charette’ about
five years ago, where he sketched this
very design on the back of a piece of
loose leaf paper, indicating how he
wanted the sight lines to be, the focus
on the altar, the light from above.
From day one he was thinking not
just of what the building would be,
but what it would do for our Episcopal
community,” said Burke. “It is an
honor and a privilege to address you
today on the occasion of the consecration
of the Class of 1944 Chapel
— two years to the day from our
groundbreaking. We were all a ‘part
of history’ on that day, and we are a
part of history today.”
Following the service in Chapel,
separate dedication programs in all of
the new campus’ major buildings and
outdoor classroom spaces, including
the Lower School, Middle School,
Upper School, Campus Center, and
Sherrerd Alumni House, were held.
Major donors were all recognized and
had the opportunity to explore the
new campus and the buildings and
spaces they helped fund.
Following a brief lull just after
lunch, EAPA’s annual Harvest Day
got underway, with more than 700
attendees enjoying an afternoon of
family fun in the Class of 1940 Dan
Dougherty Field House. From hayrides
to face painting, smiling children
to thankful parents, it was a fitting
conclusion to a busy month and an
historic decade.
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