Ever Episcopal Campaign The Final Reporton the

Dear Friends:
This book celebrates the completion of an incredible journey.
In 2001 our new home was just a dream. “From here, they will see forever,” a trustee commented as he looked
across the valley. Literally, of course, he was referring to the expansive and magnificent vistas on 123 acres fronting
Route 252; figuratively, he implied the enormous promise of Episcopal in Newtown Square.
That dream was insistent. The trustees were visionaries. And the Episcopal family was inspired. Programs
— academic, athletic, spiritual, and artistic — had outgrown the Merion campus. Teachers would find new and
unforeseen opportunities to innovate and to enhance their pedagogy. Students would grow into their new campus,
becoming better learners, athletes, artists, and friends. They would be inspired by their surroundings. They would
see forever!
Five years later, on September 27, 2006, we broke ground in Newtown
Square. In August 2008 the moving vans arrived, and we began unpacking boxes.
Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Episcopal Academy community,
the dream had become reality.
It is with profound gratitude and pride that we tell you that $100 million
has been raised within the context of the Ever Episcopal Campaign, exceeding
the goal of $90 million and giving testimony to a community that believed. Very
few independent day schools in America have crossed that threshold. Even more
incredible is the fact that once the Devon campus is sold and all outstanding
pledges are collected, we expect that all debt associated with the move and the
construction of our new campus will be eliminated, paid in full.
The Ever Episcopal Campaign final report summarizes our amazing journey and lists the names of those who
made what was once only imagined now so tangible, so Ever Episcopal. We thank them.
L. Hamilton Clark Gretchen Burke
Head of School
Chair, Board of Trustees
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