Janella Brand - Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

From The Development Office
In Honor of Pan Phillips
In honor of Pan Phillips, beloved 1st grade assistant teacher
in the Lower School, a series of benches were installed
in front of the Dorothy Sullivan Lower School. The Lower
School faculty felt this was an appropriate way to honor
her memory as she cared so much for the children. These
benches will help to keep the Lower School children and
faculty comfortable and safe while waiting in the carpool line
(a duty Pan enjoyed and took seriously).
Pan passed away suddenly in 2007 and is missed by all
who worked with her. She worked at HIES for 27 years.
Please don’t sit out the
Annual Fund this year!
With the June 30th deadline looming, Annual Fund volunteers
have been working to get in every possible gift to reach our
goal of $1,100,000 and to have as high a percentage of
participating families as possible. Every child at Holy Innocents’
receives a form of financial aid from the Fund each year, so
we ask each family to consider a gift at the level that is right
for their circumstances. Dollars raised this year will be used
towards things like faculty training and benefits, educational
programs, basic repairs to facilities and expansion of the laptop
program.
College Fair Gets All A’s
The Bruce E. Mitchell
Financial Aid Fund
In May, Holy Innocents’ received a generous donation from a 7th grade
student, Amanda Turner, and her family. This gift will be used to support the
Science Olympiad Program and the Middle School Science Department
over the next two years. The HIES Science Olympiad team competed in 23
categories at the State Science Olympiad in March and won fourth place
statewide against 28 other top schools in Georgia. Amanda credits Mrs.
Janet Silvera with her increased interest and achievement in science, and
she came up with the idea to support the program. Students are chosen for
the team in the early fall and spend many hours over the course of several
months preparing for the regional and state competitions, practicing after
school, on Saturdays, and over vacations. It takes a great deal of dedication
and hard work to comprise a winning team: Amanda’s gift will ensure that
our Science Bears have what they need to stay on top of their game.
The Holy Innocents’ 15th annual College Fair took place April 8 in the
school gymnasium complex. It was once again a great success with
over 140 colleges participating and 450 students from 30 high schools
attending.
The college reps always compliment our spacious venue where the
college tables were spread out over the two gyms. We offered a hospitality
area on the upper hall of the main gym where we served the college reps
a boxed lunch and desserts prepared by parent volunteers. The area was
decorated with art loaned by Mrs. Jackson’s and Mrs. Jacob’s Upper
School art classes.
Parent volunteers from the 10th grade class, ably assisted by 9th grade
class parents, hosted the Fair. Over 50 students also volunteered their time
in the student and rep registration areas, in the parking lots to assist the
reps with their materials, in the Hospitality area and on the gym floor.
We were pleased to receive such positive feedback from the college
reps, with several commenting that it was the best fair yet.
Turner Gift to Science Olympiad Program
Janet Silvera, David Turner, Amanda Turner, Kathy Turner,
James Jackson
Dana Halberg, Barbara Cartmill, David Haddow, Susan Bishop, Bruce Mitchell, Joe Reynolds, Anne Bachman, John Almeter, Denise Ivey
In 2007, an anonymous donor made a
generous $100,000 gift to endow a financial
aid fund in honor of former Trustee and
Scholarship Foundation Chairman, Bruce
E. Mitchell. This gift was issued with a
challenge to the community, and those
whom Bruce has touched over the years,
to match the support dollar for dollar
and significantly increase the level of aid
available for talented minority students with
demonstrated financial needs. The fund
has grown to $175,000 and we hope to
continue to grow it in hopes it will provide a
Anne and Carter Bachman and Libby Lindsay
full scholarship one day.
On April 17, an event was held at the
Cherokee Town Club in honor of Bruce
Mitchell. This event was a wonderful tribute
to Bruce and all he has done for HIES over
the years. Many members of the Scholarship
Foundation attended the event, as did other
members of the HIES community.
Bruce E. Mitchell has been an active
member of the Holy Innocents’ Episcopal
School Community for more than thirteen
years, having served in numerous capacities
including service as Vice Chair and Member
of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the
Scholarship Foundation. He contributed
countless hours and personal resources
to the life and growth of the school and
is admired by many members of the Holy
Innocents’ school family.
Please contact Michele Duncan
(404-303-2150 x193 or michele.duncan@
hies.org) in the Development Office if
you wish to receive more information on
supporting this Fund.
Wilson Salisbury
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Bruce Mitchell