Provide extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment that is college preparatory in scope and sequence.
Develop a center for educational excellence and professional development to disseminate best practices to educators by providing access to the latest research-based curriculum, technology, and training.
Strategic Vision
AIM is positioned to become the worldwide leader in educational solutions over the next five years in the field of language-based learning differences and literacy through strategic partnerships with top global research hubs.
AIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2018–2019
Matthew S. Naylor
Chair, Crumdale Partners
Al Chiaradonna
Vice Chair, SEI Private Banking
Mitch Codkind Treasurer, Energage, LLC
Jackie L. Allen
Secretary, Advocate for Women and Families
Bryna Berman, Esq.
Advocate for Women and Education
Hon. Carolyn Carluccio
Judge, 38th Judicial District, Montgomery County
George W. Connell
The Haverford Trust Company
Jennifer Crawford
Blackney Hayes
Donna De Carolis
Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship, Drexel University
Darryl J. Ford, Ph.D.
William Penn Charter School
Alan R. Gedrich, Esq.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
John W. Glomb, Jr.
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Liz Greco-Rocks
Advocate for Education and Mental Health
Elliot Holtz
Real Estate Entrepreneur
Patrick J. Hoyer
The Haverford Trust Company
Brian Lobley
Independence Blue Cross
Vince Lowry
Global Beta Advisors
Ernest May
Wells Fargo Capital Finance
John New
WorkMerk LLC
Stan Silverman
Vice Chairman, Drexel University
Hans Zandhuis
Chatham Capital, LLC
Emeritus Trustee
Wendy Demchick Alloy, Esq.
Judge, Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas
LETTER FROM CO-FOUNDERS
PAT ROBERTS & NANCY BLAIR
The mission and vision for AIM is to help more and more children learn to read and find their passions through researchaligned teaching methods, expert educators, and student-centric programming.
We have been thrilled to watch AIM Academy grow over the past 14 years. We have developed hundreds of fearless learners who are thriving in college and beyond and trained innovative teachers committed to the science of reading and willing to meet each student where they are.
At the AIM Institute for Learning & Research
we are working to help even more teachers and students find this success. We are Scaling for Impact finding ways to support not only AIM Academy teachers and students through access to research and the current best practices, but also hundreds of other teachers at schools around the country through our new AIM Pathways online training platform.
This summer, AIM’s reach expanded to include teachers in New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, Florida, and Pennsylvania, including all 25 kindergarten teachers in Upper Darby School District, committed to the same level of professional development as our own AIM team
which has easy access to the latest research and training through the platform. Our goal is to reach 1,000 educators this year with virtual training and coaching who in turn will impact 25,000 children in 2019–2020. This is Scaling for Impact!
Of course our impact depends on the support of generous partners and donors who share our commitment to literacy whether it is supporting scholarship through EITC/OSTC contributions or providing foundational grants to support professional development at AIM and beyond.
We look forward to working with all of you to scale our impact together.
Best, Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair
LETTER FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL
CHRIS HERMAN
In 2006, we welcomed 24 families to join us on a journey of ensuring each child would become literate and love learning. Our mission has not wavered with 385 students, including 90 new families, experiencing fearless learning this fall. These students will benefit from the many opportunities we had to grow and explore in 2018–2019 including:
• Sending Upper Schoolers to Costa Rica on our first International Summer Study
• Launching a Global Portal to foster international connections
• A growing STEM Pipeline with Maker and Engineering courses from grades 1–12
• Launching the AIM IGNITE Center EEG Lab as part of our Haskins Laboratories partnership
• Exploring the Future of Education with Researchers at our IGNITE Center Summer Institute
The students at AIM are the lucky ones. We believe every child should learn the way students here do with the science of reading infused into everything and the passions of students front and center in our programs and activities. The work of the AIM Institute gives students and teachers unique
access to the benefits of professional development and research. While the results of the EEG lab research might not be recognized for many years, the EEG lab activities are benefitting AIM students right now. They are learning about science, about themselves, and assisting prestigious researchers.
The on-going support we receive from donors to fulfill our mission makes changing the lives of children possible. Whether it’s funding scholarship with a donation through the EITC/ OSTC program, contributing to the AIM Fund or our AIM for the Stars Gala, considering AIM in our planned giving, or supporting AIM through program partnerships and foundational grants, we remain grateful.
I am honored to work with such incredible teachers, students and partners to help AIM continue to grow and thrive. Thank you for all the ways that our community members support AIM’s mission.
Best,
Chris
MAKING CONNECTIONS THAT CROSS BORDERS AND IMPACT OTHERS
“ How cool is it to be able to make something in school for someone across the globe.”
SHARING AIM’S STEM PIPELINE
The opportunities AIM students have to create and invent using technology begin in our Lower School Maker Space and continue in our Robotics and Engineering space both in the classroom with engineering electives and after school in our popular competitive robotics programs.
This STEM Pipeline can also be seen throughout the curriculum as our Technology Department and faculty work to find ways to use new technology like Virtual Reality goggles to help students immerse themselves in learning.
At our final Board of Trustees meeting in May, board members got to experience a taste of STEM at AIM as students showed off their creations and walked trustees through hands-on demonstrations of their work including an interactive storybook created by a 4th grader, Middle School-designed game controllers for Wounded Warriors, 3-D printed prosthetic hands and the giant AIM FRC robot.
BE THE CHANGE— PROSTHETICS PROJECT
Most writing classes don’t include assignments that involve 3-D printers and connections to refugees a world away. This spring Middle Schoolers in Kathy Brandon’s Writing Across Disciplines class used their learning unit “Be the change you wish to see in the world” to create and provide 3D-printed, plastic prosthetic hands to medical volunteers working with refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. The hands were made in partnership with a global organization called e-NABLE which connects people creating hands with those in need around the world. The hands students sent included cards with a message of friendship and their names.
WHAT IS b .A.S.H?
b.A.S.H., AIM’s annual spring student event, is hard to describe. It’s a student showcase where science projects are displayed, artwork is framed and hung on walls, and student actors and musicians hit the stage. But that description alone doesn’t do justice to the actual event. b.A.S.H. (Blend of Arts, Science and Humanities) is a quintessentially AIM event showcasing the talents and gifts of our students. As Head of School Chris Herman describes it, “it is a night where it is unmistakably obvious that AIM is a school for the gifted and talented.” This year’s b.A.S.H. included:
• Roaming actors performing and dropping clues in a circus-themed Who-Dunnit. (Spoiler alert: The clown did it.)
• Models of plant and animal cells reimagined as baseball fields, restaurants, the globe, the solar system and even summer camp
• Soaring voices on stage in the AIM Community Center
• Student-made aerial films
• Lower School Bucket Drumming
• Gallery-worthy paintings, drawings and photographs
• Robotic Exploration from Lego-robot cars to a robotic arm and our Team 5407 125-pound ball-throwing robot
• Student-led chemistry experiments
• Hands-on math lessons on volume
• An Upper School impromptu sing-along
• And so much more
AIM PATHWAYS IMPACT
PATHWAYS TO PROFICIENT READING IN PERSON AND ONLINE
In August, educators gathered at AIM for a unique Pathways to Proficient Reading hybrid course that included four days of instruction with AIM Institute trainers as well as an introduction and access to the AIM Pathways platform for one year. Participants gained knowledge about designing and delivering effective instructional practices that will benefit all students.
INNOVATIVE TEACHING ON A REVOLUTIONARY PLATFORM
In June, the AIM Institute for Learning & Research officially launched the AIM Pathways digital teacher training platform, and its first course Pathways to Proficient Reading was recently accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. The AIM Institute staff and technology partner Digital Wave have been working on development of this innovative tool for more than a year developing course content for 17 units of study in the science of reading including hundreds of learning tools for teachers. The initial course, based on AIM’s Integrated Literacy Model provides teachers an online learning tool with content aligned to the IDA’s Knowledge and Practice Standards for teachers of reading that they can use and implement in their classrooms to help all readers including those with language based learning differences. It has been exciting to watch our AIM Institute facilitators begin working with teachers as they are introduced to the platform. You can find samples of some of the many tools on the platform at institute.aimpa.org/pathways/howitworks.
RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
LENDING KNOWLEDGE TO AIM PATHWAYS
The members of AIM’s Research Advisory Board provide critical input on current research and practices as we develop our curriculum and professional training. In May, advisory board member Dr. Julie Washington joined EL literacy expert Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan for a discussion on ways they could add their expertise in creating research-guided best practices in AIM Pathways content to better serve English Learners and English dialect speakers.
INVESTING IN STUDENT’S LITERACY SKILLS
Inwood Academy for Leadership in New York City began training administrators and educators on AIM Pathways this summer. They are just beginning their virtual communities of practice sessions as they start to implement the diagnostic and prescriptive tools in the classroom.
“ The AIM Pathways training is a must for anyone working with developing readers. The platform uses a variety of modalities to engage with the content which helps ensure retention of the material. The student-teacher videos are truly unique; it’s as though you’re in the classroom observing a master teacher who is implementing the strategies you just learned. I highly recommend the AIM Pathways training as a great first step toward investing in your student’s literacy skills.
STEVE BRADY, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, INWOOD ACADEMY FOR LEADERSHIP
GETTING THE LATEST RESEARCH TO AIM TEACHERS
AIM’s innovative teachers have always benefitted from our partnerships with researchers and our desire to get the best information about education into their hands. The AIM Pathways platform provides our AIM Academy faculty with the opportunity to easily stay up-to-date on best practices and to ensure that all educators working with our students, including our Teacher Scholars at partner universities, have received instruction in the Pathways to Proficient Reading.
COMPETITORS
PARTNERSHIPS EXPAND THE POSSIBILITIES
RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS LEND SUPPORT TO ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
The AIM Institute’s annual Research to Practice Symposium provides educators around the world an important—and costfree—opportunity to learn about the latest topics in learning research. It is also an opportunity for many of AIM’s Research Advisory Board members to visit AIM. This Spring, advisory board member Dr. Daniel Berch moderated the 7th Annual Reading, Math and the Brain Symposium and advisory board members Dr. Ken Pugh and Dr. Hollis Scarborough participated in the daylong event. In 2020, another advisory board member, Dr. Tim Odegard will moderate our 8th annual Symposium on Monday, March 9th examining The Role of Resiliency in the Classroom, which includes advisory board member Dr. Fumiko Hoeft as one of the featured speakers.
EDUCATION REPORTER JOINS SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
The need for evidence-based teaching practices to help struggling readers is the bedrock of why AIM was founded. Last year, the conversation about the science of reading was launched into the mainstream media thanks to indepth reporting by APM Reports Senior Producer Emily Hanford. Hanford’s report, Hard Words: Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught to Read?, released in August 2019 sparked a conversation about how teachers are taught to teach reading that has drawn new focus to the topic. Hanford, will join former IDA President Nancy Hennessy in a Fireside Chat at the 8th Annual Symposium on Monday, March 9 discussing bridging the gap between research and practice.
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION— IGNITE SUMMER INSTITUTE
This summer the AIM IGNITE Center, which was established with our partnership in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, hosted its first event for educators, a three-day summer institute examining the intersection of neuroscience, technology and literacy. The June institute, hosted in conjunction with Haskins Laboratories, was sponsored in part by an ADVIS—E.E. Ford Grant to support independent school sustainability. It brought together 40 educators and researchers from five different states to discuss education, learn about neuroscience research, get a glimpse of new technology driving education and to plan and discuss ways to research and solve problems in their own school
SYMPOSIUM SAVE THE DATE— MARCH 9, 2020
environments. Participants joined Montour School District’s Dr. Justin Aglio in a designthinking workshop and learned about wearable devices from Dr. Arno Klein of the Child Mind Institute. They discovered the connections by neuroscientists researching reading and the brain with Haskins researchers Drs. John Pugh and Nicole Landi and saw new test platforms built to assess reading for understanding with Dr. John Sabatini a researcher with Educational Testing Service. And they discussed the importance of including diverse learners in the corporate world to foster a growth mindset with presenter and AIM Trustee and parent Al Chiaradonna of SEI. The three-day gathering also included presentations from AIM staff members Dr. Grace Ashton, Aviva CoyneGreene, Rob Ervin, Dr. Ed Gallagher, Evan Jackson, Chris Herman and Suruchi Keenheel as they wove the neuroscience and research into practical applications for educators. Two participants left the event with seed money to launch small research projects in their own schools to solve a problem they identified during afternoon discussions and presented to a panel of corporate mentors. We look forward to hearing them report on the results of their research at next year’s event.
PARTNER
SUMMER INSTITUTE INSPIRES BLOGS ON GROWTH MINDSET
Following June’s IGNITE Center Summer Institute, two featured speakers shared their experiences and thoughts in well-read blog posts. Presenter Al Chiaradonna shared The Corporate View of Creative Thinking and Growth Mindset during the three-day institute. In July he wrote about his experience on his Front and Centered corporate blog for SEI entitled Does Your Hiring Strategy Include People with Learning Differences? And in August, Dr. Justin Aglio, discussed Designing the Future of Learning That We Envision Through a Student-Centered, Future-Focused Mindset and led an active afternoon design thinking session at the summer institute. His article Exploring the Future of Education Through Neuroscience, EdTech and Literacy, was published on GettingSmart.com, the popular online forum for news, stories and leadership on innovations in learning and teaching.
LAB SCHOOL RESEARCH—INSIDE THE EEG LAB
AIM students have long participated in literacy research projects conducted by researchers from places like the Florida Center for Reading Research and The Center for Dyslexia at Middle Tennessee State University. AIM’s partnership as the first school in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub has taken AIM Academy’s research participation to a new level with the establishment of our EEG Lab and training of our IGNITE Center Student
Research Fellows. The first research work, Predicting Literacy Outcomes in Schools, got underway this winter with Haskins researchers working with AIM staff and student fellows in the EEG Lab with our student volunteer subjects. Phase two of the project is beginning this fall and Haskins researcher Dr. Nicole Landi will be sharing information about the project at the International Dyslexia Association conference in November.
MAKING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE PORTAL
AIM Academy’s Center for Global Leadership is the schools’ hub for meaningful student travel and cultural learning and seeks to develop and enhance the current AIM curriculum through integrating global citizenship across divisions. In April, AIM students of all ages made connections with people a world away through an inflated Shared Studios portal, an immersive space that is connected to a network of diverse locations and communities around the world. This Shared Studios global portal, connected AIM to people in similar portals in Africa, Puerto Rico and Greece using a full-size video screen that makes it feel as if you’re speaking directly to someone right in front of you. Students sang songs, talked about the weather, practiced Spanish and asked about the history and cultural experiences of the people on the other side of the portal during its two-day stay at AIM. And, due to the positive response from teachers and students, the portal is back! The AIM Shared Studios portal, the only one in the Philadelphia region, is back on campus this fall making connections to Nigeria, Uganda, Afghanistan, Iraq and other locations around the world.
NEW OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AIM STUDENTS
Over the past several years contributions to AIM through Pennsylvania’s EITC and OSTC Tax Credit Program have helped support the majority of AIM students receiving financial support to attend AIM. This program, which allows Pennsylvania-owned businesses and individual taxpayers to receive a tax credit by redirecting their Pennsylvania tax liability toward scholarships for children, helped fund 69 scholarships in 2018-2019 alone. This summer AIM established its own Special Purpose Entity (SPE), AIM Scholarship 1, LLC, which makes it easier for individuals to contribute to this important program. The new SPE has been awarded more than $390,000 in EITC Pennsylvania Tax Credits for 2019. To learn more about opportunities to support scholarships through an SPE or to find out how your PA business or employer might participate contact Joy Antonoplos at jantonoplos@aimpa.org, 215-948-9335.
GROW FEARLESS LEARNING TO BOUNDLESS FUTURES
“IF
YOU CAN DREAM IT, THEN YOU CAN DO IT.” —THE CLASS OF 2019
On June 7, the AIM community watched as 29 members of the Class of 2019 walked across the ACC stage to receive their high school diplomas. During the commencement events senior speakers Roxy Bobadilla, Grant Krain-Einhorn and Nicole Vitale spoke about creative thinking, fortitude and community. It was a theme that was continued by commencement speaker Daniel Joseph, Principle Special Effects and Illusion Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering. Joseph shared his childhood struggles with a learning difference and the success and joy he found in finding his talent and striving toward his goal of working at Disney. At a school where innovative teaching creates fearless learning, it was fitting that Joseph continued to highlight the words of innovator Walt Disney: “If you can dream it, then you can do it.” We look forward to seeing where the creative thinking of the Class of 2019 takes them.
COLLEGE BOUND
This year’s group of AIM graduates are headed across the ocean and across the country. The class of 2019 includes
• Our first International students with Nikolaj H. and Ellerie H. heading to East London University and University of the Arts—London and Victor G. heading to Queen’s University in Ontario
• Our first two Global Scholars—Roxy B. and Isabelle J.— including a future member of the University of Delaware Worlds Scholar program
• Three students attending Syracuse University—Isabelle J., Olivia T., and Grant K.
• And Robbie N., our first student attending Drexel University’s Close School of Entrepreneurship
GROW
SENIORS HONORED
Each year, AIM honors three seniors with awards recognizing their contribution to AIM and their plans to continue their fearless learning beyond our campus. This year’s honorees were:
The Marvins Award— ROBBIE NEWMAN; awarded upon graduation to an AIM senior who embodies the values of Respect, Citizenship, Leadership and Perseverance so exemplified by AIM founding board members Marvin N. Demchick and Marvin D. Alloy.
DUAL ENROLLMENT
Lou Uchitel Spirit Award— ROXY BOBADILLA; awarded upon graduation to an AIM senior who embodies the values of Inclusion, Friendship, School Spirit and Persistence so exemplified by AIM supporter Lou Uchitel.
Arts & Creativity Award— OLIVIA TYRELL; awarded upon graduation to an AIM senior who excels in their craft and who plans to use their art as the platform for their success beyond AIM.
AIM Academy’s partnerships with area universities continue to grow with the Class of 2020 having the opportunity to enroll and receive college credit at five area schools: Arcadia University, Cabrini University, Drexel University’s Close School of Entrepreneurship, Montgomery County Community College and University of the Arts. Last year AIM senior Robbie Newman took courses at both Cabrini University and the Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University. Robbie, who will attend the Close School at Drexel this fall as an undergraduate, said the dual-enrollment opportunity gave him a taste of what the program offered. “I don’t know if I would have ultimately ended up at Drexel without this dual enrollment opportunity,” Robbie said. “This is an opportunity that only AIM could have afforded me and helped me to ensure that I was making the right decision on where I would be attending college.”
The idea that giving students real college learning experiences in high school is the best way to prepare them for the experience is the basis for AIM’s dual enrollment program. “Each of our 5 partners offers a different experience for our Seniors, and we guide them along the way,” explained Mike Dunn, AIM’s Director of College Counseling. “Therefore, not only are they learning new content in their course— Intro to Psychology, Intro to Sociology, Intro to Entrepreneurship, Intro to Communication, etc.—but they are learning the skills that will be immediately applicable on day 1 of their college coursework.”
AIM FOR EQUITY PANEL
AIM parents, teachers and students participated in the school’s first AIM for Equity event this spring discussing the topics of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with a panel of four diversity experts. Panelists shared the importance of all individuals to stretch and learn to foster inclusivity. Panelists, Rodney Glasgow, Founder of the National Diversity Practitioners Institute, Courtney Portlock and John Steele of The Diversity Quotient and AIM Curriculum and Instructional Leader Penn Pritchard answered audience questions and identified examples of ways to promote and intentionally cultivate empathy in the classroom, equity of resources, and value each individual and their personal experiences. The event was moderated by Head of School Chris Herman.
ALUMNI WORKSHOP
With AIM’s alumni now totaling more than 130 fearless learners and college graduates we kept the campus buzzing this June with our inaugural AIM Alumni Career Workshop. During the workshop, organized by Tracey Hanse P’15, volunteers with expertise in a variety of careers worked with AIM alums reviewing resumes, holding mock interviews and getting tips from HR executives on how to master the interview for their dream job or internship. In years to come, we hope to grow this event by adding a Job Fair. Special thanks to Tracey Hanse and all of our volunteers for providing great advice for our alums. Be on the lookout for next year’s event in June 2020.
AIM robotics and engineering students (and even some AIM alumni) participated in a student showcase at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia in June. AIM students participated in a poster presentation and had projects on display. The Team 5407 robot even made an appearance in the conference’s CS Playground. EDTech Digest highlighted AIM in its coverage of the ISTE conference with the author writing of AIM “so great to see a school that is “All In” with robotics.”
SHARING COMMON INTERESTS
SWEET SPRING SERVICE
Lower School students learned how to turn lemons into lemonade this Spring participating in a hands-on service project to benefit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Students learned about the history of Alex’s Lemonade Stand, an organization founded after the death of Philadelphia-area Alexandra Scott from a brain tumor. Students collected coins in the classrooms and 1st-5th grade students helped make pink and yellow lemonade which was sold to the entire AIM community during recess in early June.
After much research, members of the Upper School and Middle School Student Diversity Leadership teams proposed and created AIM’s first student affinity groups, meeting groups led by AIM faculty where students can be together with peers who share their own identities. The Upper School’s Black Student Union met several times during the year with additional affinity groups forming in 2019–2020 and the Middle School launched three groups, the Students of Color Group, the LGBTQ + Allies Group and the Jewish Affinity Union. Before the affinity groups formed for weekly meetings in Middle School, Dr. Ed Gallagher and teacher Beau Martin helped teach and demystify the concept of affinity groups to all students.
AIM ATHLETES
• Putting for Par AIM’s Varsity Golf Team once again claimed top honors in the Tri-County Independent School League (TCISL) bringing home the team championship during the conference tournament at Landis Creek. Wolf Pack golfer Andrew Miller ’21 also won the individual championship award with his low round score of 80.
• College Athletes—AIM added to its roster of alumni athletes this year with Peter Schoenberg ’19 taking a spot on the soccer field at Ursinus College this fall.
• New to the Wolf Pack—AIM’s athletic offerings continue to grow with our first Girls Varsity Soccer team organizing last year and playing in league competition this fall, the return of our cheerleading squad, a growing group of swimmers and the opportunity to see our boy’s lacrosse team and tennis team in competition this Spring.
• Placing in Playoffs—The 20182019 school year included the highest number of athletics teams making it to the playoffs and succeeding in championship competition. Our Varsity Soccer team made it to the semi-final round of the TCISL playoffs last fall. The AIM Cross Country team placed second in the championship race with Journey J. ’20 placing 6th overall. The Varsity Boys Basketball team won its second consecutive TCISL American Division Championship and won their first playoff game before falling in the semi-finals. And the AIM golf team brought home the championship.
THRIVE
AIM ON STAGE
It was quite a year for stage performances at AIM from magic shows in the Black Box theater to a spelling bee on stage in the ACC. Our confident, talented performers shine when they are on stage while their peers work on production, costumes, sets and music behind the scenes. This year our highlighted musical performances included a trip under the sea in the Middle School’s production of The Little Mermaid Jr., a decadent display of sweets with a hefty dose of morals in Lower School’s production of Willy Wonka Kids, and an array of teenage personalities vying to spell every word C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y in the Upper School’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
BROADENING HORIZONS THROUGH GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH
EXPLORING PHILADELPHIA WITH DREXEL’S CLOSE SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
In a unique partnership with Drexel University’s Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship 10 AIM students spent a week learning and exploring the 3 Ps of social entrepreneurship (People, Planet and Profit) with Close School instructor Scott Quitel. The afternoon camp included multiple field trips from a nature walk in West Fairmont Park to a trip to Lowes to purchase materials for creating fixtures in a pop-up park in the Logan neighborhood. Quitel introduced students to entrepreneurship as creative thinking and a creative approach to life and shared that plants and nature are the original entrepreneurs. Visits with Philadelphia social entrepreneurs included learning about the social issues of the Logan Triangle, a vast area of vacant land in North Philadelphia. At the end of the week students designed ideas to add to a pop-up park on the property constructing and installing a Sunflower Triangle, a water catcher, a birdfeeder, a wooden bench and signs. “My biggest hope is that the kids feel a real sense of pride for all that they learned, experienced, and accomplished in just one week,” Quitel said. “They cannot begin to know the deep appreciation felt by many local Logan residents.”
EXPANDING GLOBAL LEARNING
AIM’s Center for Global Leadership expanded its opportunities for collaboration this year by becoming a partner school in the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG). This network of hundreds of schools “researches and establishes best practices in the field of global education and prepares students to thrive in increasingly interconnected world systems.”
SERVING OTHERS IN AN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
The ten Upper School students enrolled in AIM’s first Summer International Travel Course learned to overcome language barriers during their trip to Costa Rica spending four days with residents of the indigenous BriBri community. While at this remote village, accessed by seven hours of bus rides, a three-hour boat ride and a 15-minute hike, students helped build a greenhouse and carried materials for construction of a shed. “It was eye opening to see the things we take for granted like accessibility to transportation, said Ellie C. ’22. “While we are used to getting things like food in 10 minutes, they have to travel four hours to get an apple.” Next year the summer travelers will head to the Dominican Republic.
LEARNING WITHOUT BORDERS
Giving students opportunities for immersive learning outside our school walls are experiences they remember for a lifetime. They depart for places like Colonial Williamsburg, the Grand Tetons or Spain prepared with background knowledge about the new environments having studied history, “toured” using VR goggles or studying maps and new languages. While there they develop a real sense of themselves as global citizens in the world.
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES— HANNAH E. ’20’S RECOLLECTIONS
SPANISH IN ACTION
Upper School students who explored a new language in Ms. Terwill Tomino’s class this year spent time practicing their Spanish speaking skills. Students used the E-Pals program to write Spanish letters to students in Ecuador, researched Spanish speaking countries and used the visiting global portal to speak via live full screen video with people in Puerto Rico.
“This summer, I was fortunate enough to travel to South Africa with a group of other high school students from around the United States. The focus of the trip was empowering girls through sports. We worked with 10 to 14-yearold girls who lived in a township called Khayelitsha, which is located outside of Cape Town. Due to its colonial past, Cape Town is a diverse city with global influences. The city is surrounded by beautiful mountains and the South Atlantic Ocean. In contrast, the girls from Khayelitsha live in shacks. Their homes were put together from scrap metal and plastic bags. However, some are lucky enough to have concrete walls. Those with electricity dangerously connected their houses to overhead wires on their own. As a result, electrical fires are common and devastating. Unfortunately, the girls do not have opportunities and are objectified by men from the Township. We heard stories that girls, who were as young as twelve, become pregnant. Often these girls were born to young mothers who did not have the capability to raise them. We worked with RV United to create a soccer camp with a curriculum to empower these girls. I felt a meaningful connection to them and realized how much their environment affects their well-being. As I was there, I saw the tragic effects of Apartheid and, even more than 25 years later, the continuous impact to the people who live in this community. I truly felt that our group inspired these girls. As the years pass, I hope that the girls will remember the positive messages that they learned during our time together.”
AIM GRADUATE RECEIVES TD BANK YOUNG HEROES AWARD
This summer Isabelle Jolinger ’19 was named a National Liberty Museum Young Hero for 2019. Jolinger, now a student at Syracuse University, was among 13 young people recognized in August by the museum with the TD Bank Young Heroes Award presented to young people who have taken action to make positive social change in their schools and communities.
Jolinger was nominated by Head of School Chris Herman for her focus on helping others through international service work and especially through her work with AIM’s Eye to Eye mentoring program at AMY Northwest Middle School.
“I am so honored to be recognized for the Young Heroes Award,” Jolinger said. “Becoming a mentor for Eye to Eye has been so important and rewarding. It has enabled me to connect with and empower middle school students with learning differences by sharing our experiences without judgment.”
“Izzy is a hero to many children and to see her take her own learning difference and transform it into something so powerful like mentorship has been an incredible thing to watch,” Herman said. “She has changed so many lives with her work.”
SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECTS
While our AIM seniors travel as part of their Senior Seminar course in late February each year, their work in the year-long immersive, interdisciplinary course focused on a specific region of the world is far from over. During this year’s trip to Spain students used their experiences to choose a topic for study and exploration for their culminating project as AIM students…the Senior Capstone. The capstone project consists of a 12-page paper, a 3-D conceptual artifact that represents their research, and a 20-minute presentation to the community. Some topics that students presented this year include: Sephardic Judaism in Spain, Acoustics in Spanish Cathedrals, Immigration in Spain, and the Economic History of Spain.
GIVING
ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2018–2019
LIFETIME GIVING
AIM is grateful for the continued support of our generous donors who have made gifts totaling $100,000 or more since 2006
$1,000,000+
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Fred and Bryna Berman and Family—F and B Berman Family Foundation
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$500,000–$999,999
The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation
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Farber Family Foundation
John and Franny Glomb
Kingsbury Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Maguire Foundation—Mr. and Mrs. James Maguire
Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair— Founders
Louis* and Marion* Uchitel
$250,000–$499,999
Jacqueline Allen—BJNB Foundation
Marvin* and Sandi Alloy
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
Denise Benmosche
Jordan and Deanna Berman
Dick and Sally Brickman
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
Jeff and Susan Cooper
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Marvin* and Millie* Demchick
Independence Blue Cross
Berton and Sallie Korman
The Lubert Family Foundation
Matthew and Heather Naylor
Olitsky Family Foundation
PA Department of Commerce & Economic Development
Philadelphia Insurance Company
Shire Pharmaceuticals
David and Laura Thayer
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
$100,000–$249,999
Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
Anonymous (2)
Aspen Resource Group, LLC
The Barra Foundation
Letitia Biddle
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Linda Carrington
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
Mitch and Melissa Codkind
Comcast Corporation
George Connell
The Connelly Foundation
Elite Group
The Ethel D Colket Foundation
Alan and Patricia Gedrich
Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Haverford Trust Company
Kathy Healey
Elliot and Amy Holtz
Patrick and Karen Hoyer
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Mark and Heather Klein
Brian and Christine Lobley
Vince and Karen Lowry
Marilyn and Robert Birnhak Foundation—Weight Watchers of Philadelphia
MOSI Foundation
Richard and Amy Oller
SKF USA, Inc.
Harold and Celia Slutsky
Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC
UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Viking Associates
Peter and Jeanine Villari
Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.
WSFS Bank
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble
Zisman Family Foundation
Brian* and Diane Zwaan
FOUNDERS SOCIETY
Thank you to the following donors who have given $2,006 or more during the 2018–2019 school year
$300,000+
Anonymous
Jeff and Susan Cooper
Maguire Foundation—Mr. and Mrs. James Maguire
$200,000+
The Barra Foundation
Fred and Bryna Berman and Family—F and B Berman
Family Foundation
Dick and Sally Brickman
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$100,000+
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Kingsbury Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Olitsky Family Foundation
Pat and Chris Roberts
$50,000+
Anonymous
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
Denise Benmosche
Jordan and Deanna Berman
Clayman Family Foundation
Independence Blue Cross
Brian and Christine Lobley
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
$30,000+
Nehama Benmosche
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Comcast Corporation
George Connell
Gil and Tracey Hanse
Hanse Golf Course Design, Inc.
Matt and Heather Naylor
Scott and Sharon Rankin
David and Laura Thayer
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co.
Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble
Zisman Family Foundation
$20,000+
Anonymous
Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg
John and Franny Glomb
Kathy Healey
Stephen Klein
Berton and Sallie Korman
Peter and Barbara Miller
Lubert Family Foundation
Harry and Sharon Pollack
Stanley and Jackie Silverman
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
$15,000+
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
Alan and Patricia Gedrich
Alix Grossberg—The Grossberg Family Charitable Fund
Patrick and Karen Hoyer
Shaka and Jennifer Monroe
Viking Associates
$10,000+
ADVIS
Bethany Asplundh
Colonial Chemical
Gary and Catharine Cox
Haverford Trust Company
John and Anne James
Berton and Sallie Korman
John and Amy Korman
Peter and Barbara Miller
Richard and Amy Oller
Edward and Jennifer Olszewski
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
PNC Bank
Fred and Nancy Poses
Scott and Sharon Rankin
Rosenberg & Parker
Roxby Family
SEI Investments Co.
SKF USA, Inc.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Tri-State Sales Corporation
UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
$5,000+
Jacqueline Allen—BJNB Foundation
Anonymous
Mark and Susan Auerbach
Kevin Baumlin
BB&T
David and Debbie Berkowitz
Blackney Hayes Architects
Nancy and Brian Blair
Steven and Kristin Bowen
Carton Edge International, Inc.
George and Victoria Coates
Rosalie Cohen
Jennifer Crawford
Crumdale Partners
Marco and Jana de Leon
Emma Galati
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs Gives
Kathy Healey
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
Elliot and Amy Holtz
Richard and Jody Homans
Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman
Karl and Stephanie Jaeger
Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust
Korman Residential Properties
Larry and Evelyn Krain
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
TOTAL GIVING 2018–2019
SCHOLARSHIPS: 37%
RESTRICTED GIFTS: 35% AIM FUND: 18%
SPECIAL EVENTS: 10%
MOSI Foundation
Carlton and Nina Neel
PHLY Foundation
M. Joseph Rocks and Liz Greco Rocks
Eric and Colleen Scharpf
Thank You Associates
David and Laura Thayer
Wendt Family Charitable Foundation
Wilson Language Training
$2,006+ Anonymous(2)
Grace Ashton and Owen Hagino
Boeing
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
Anthony Cavaliere
Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Donna De Carolis
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Scott and Julia Engel
Christopher and Jennifer Eni
$1.1 MILLION
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
David and Tara Friedman
David and Nancy Gansky
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Justin Head and Heather Cates
Ted and Cynthia Henson
Chris and Annie Herman
Holly Kinser
Lincoln Financial Foundation
Little Tower Foundation
37
69 contributed to EITC/OSTC programs for AIM individual and businesses contributed to AIM in 2018-2019 students benefitted from scholarships funded in 2018–2019
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
Sean and Rachel McKenna
Brian and Mahria Morris
Natalie Nagel
Noro Properties
Benjamin and Dana Oller
Jon and Amy Ostroff
James and Myra Petras
Republic Bank
Tom Robinson—The Robinson Family Charitable Fund
Arden Saligman
Robert and Pamela Saltzburg
Andy and Kim Sears
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan
Randy and Amy Stein
Frederick and Heather Sutor
Kevan and Kalisha Turman
Ryan and Amy Tyrrell
United States Roofing Corp.
Scott and Diana Vaughn
Rob and Courtney Wells
EITC AND OSTC
AIM salutes the following businesses and individuals for participating in the EITC or OSTC PA Tax Credit Program that offers a substantial tax credit in exchange for a contribution to support AIM Academy scholarships.
Anonymous BB&T
Nehama Benmosche
Fred and Bryna Berman and Family—F and B Berman Family Foundation
Blackney Hayes Architects
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Carton Edge International, Inc.
Steve and Arlene Cohen
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
The Cohn Family
Colonial Chemical Company
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Comcast Corporation
Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC
John and Franny Glomb
Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.
Haverford Trust Company
HSC Builders & Construction Managers
Independence Blue Cross
Maguire Foundation
Peter and Barbara Miller
Noro Properties
James and Myra Petras
PNC Bank
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
Republic Bank
Pat and Chris Roberts
Rosenberg & Parker
Stan and Jackie Silverman
SKF USA, Inc.
Tri-State Techincal Sales Corporation
UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
David and Lisa van Adelsberg
Viking Associates
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Company
WSFS Bank
SCHOLARSHIP
AIM gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their restricted gift to our tuition scholarships.
Anonymous (2)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Tim and Adrienne Clark
Richard Edmond and Dawn MacPhee
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Sam Ginsburg
Floyd Glenn and Cynthia Schiff
Maguire Foundation
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Michael Padula and Julia Hinckley
Elizabeth Proctor
Rob and Courtney Wells
Christopher Welton
ENDOWMENT
Gifts to AIM’s Endowment support
AIM’s sustainability efforts
Anonymous (2)
AIM FUND
Thank you to all of our donors. By supporting the AIM Fund you are making everything possible ensuring that we have unrestricted support to close the annual gap between tuition and operating costs.
BOARD
Jacqueline Allen
Bryna and Fred Berman
Nancy and Brian Blair
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Carolyn and Thomas Carluccio
Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
George and Susan Connell
Jennifer Crawford
Donna De Carolis
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
Alan and Patricia Gedrich
John and Frances Glomb
Elliot and Amy Holtz
Patrick and Karen Hoyer
Brian and Christine Lobley
THE POLLACK FAMILY
“The teachers made Alesandra feel comfortable and successful and happy that she was there. ”
Q. Why is giving back to AIM important to you?
A. Giving back to AIM is important to our family because of the valuable resources the incredible staff is able to offer our children. These resources are above and beyond what our tuition can pay for. It also enables teachers to participate in summer courses to better support our kids. Support from parents financially or voluntarily enables school to be more of a community which is important for our kids to see.
Q. When did you know AIM was the right place for Alesandra ’22?
A. Alesandra arrived at AIM in January 2019. It took about a month for her to feel a part of the AIM community as she was given time to adjust and figure out where she fits in. After that, she looked forward to going to school. She enjoyed being with all of her classmates and her teachers. She felt welcomed, accepted and motivated. She really got a kick out of her teachers and their unique way of approaching things. Learning became fun for her.
Q. What are some of your highlights of your AIM experience?
A. It can be really tough out there for teenagers these days. AIM encourages acceptance and inclusivity. There seems to be a contagious feeling of positivity at school. Alesandra has been encouraged and invited to get involved in extracurricular activities where she really thrives and fits in. We’ve witnessed other students applauding each other’s successes. What can be better than feeling like you matter and are part of a community.
Q. Three words to describe AIM?
A. Innovative. Motivating. Inclusive.
THE POLLACK FAMILY
REVENUE 2018–2019
TUITION: 68%
FUNDRAISING: 20%
AUXILIARY SERVICES: 7%
TRAINING: 3%
SUMMER PROGRAM: 2%
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
Matthew and Heather Naylor
John and Deneen New
Pat and Chris Roberts
Stanley and Jackie Silverman
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
FACULTY AND STAFF
Joy Antonoplos
Grace Ashton and Owen Hagino
Christine Barbone
Amanda Beeler
Jerald Bennett
Nancy and Brian Blair
Susan Bock
Lindsey Boden
Emily Bolles
Julia Bower
Susan Braccia
Mark Brandon
Kathy Brandon
JoAnn Brenner
Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth
Bauer Brody
Mike and Erica Brooks
Shannon Caldwell
Chris Campbell
Elizabeth Canny
Dee Castorani
James Chase
Lori Chase
Amy Cline
Kristen Coles
Susan Cooper
Beth Cope
Gabriella Coscia
Aviva Coyne-Green
Samantha Decker
Alicia DeVane
Erin DeVault
Andrew and Emma DiPrinzio
Eryn Doroshow
Michael Dunn
Lee Ann Erlbaum
Robert and Linda Ervin
Tori Falk
Christina Fallstick
Melissa Ferebee
Rory Ferst
Jim Flemming
Kristen Frattaroli
Michael Gaffney
Ed and Rachel Gallagher
Sid and Swapna Ghosh
Theresa Gottehrer
Cait Grayauskie
Sarah Hughes Green
Sean Harriston
Jamie Hediger
Haley Hellmann
Ted and Cynthia Henson
Chris and Annie Herman
Melissa Hoerdemann
Julie Holder
Evan Jackson
Rebecca Jensen
Shelly and Matthew Johnston
Patrick and Kathleen Junod
Megan Kasprzak
Adria Katz
Margaret Keenan
Suruchi Keenheel
Karen Keesey
Rachel Kern
Haley Keyser
Marshayla Kinsel
Bryan Kurish
Nicole Lauria
Devon Lavery
Robin Lerner and James Jolinger
Tina Lorandeau
Julie Luzier
Deborah Lynam
Doug Markgraf
Beau Martin
Genevieve Marvin
Tyler Mastria
Sarah Mauch
Thea Maurer
Cathy Mazza
Melissa Mazzei
Kris McGuirk
Patrick McInerney
Leslie and Christopher
McLaughlin
Chelsea Meerbach
Catherine Melchiore
Chrissy Mellon
Kelly Mulhall
Meghan Murphy
Abigail and Gabriel Nathan
Vien Nguyen
Kelly Nichols
Kate O’Reilly
Alyssa Pagani
Carol Purcell
Nathan Reinhold
Pat and Chris Roberts
Anne Rock
Laura Rup
Julia Salamone and Scott Engle
Beth and John Santangelo
Debra and Scott Santo
Caitlin Schlosser
Amy Schwab
Justin Schwartz
Rachel Sculli
Rebecca Smith
Scott Sowers and HK Kim
Devon Sparks
Stacy Stackhouse
Deborah Stead
Jamie Stratton
Amanda Tingle-Oline
Terwill Tomino
Andrew Totaro
Michelle Tuppeny
Kevan Turman
Nicholas Vechik
Wanda Vega
Kaitlyn Vitale
Sonia Vosbikian
Andrew Wakelee
Sarah Whelan
Allison Williams
Nancy and Matt Williamson
Lindsay Williamson
Heather Wong
Tina Zampitella
Brian Zimmerman
CURRENT PARENTS
Anonymous (5)
Gordon and Jennifer Adams
Bethany Asplundh
Gil and Jennifer Barzeski
David and Deborah Berkowitz
Eric Berndt and Anne Matlack
Bill and Lisa Berry
Christopher and Cynthia Bickings
Lindsey Boden
Steven and Kristin Bowen
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
James and Ilka Cassidy
Tajinder and Parminder Chatha
Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna
Louis and Carrie Cinquanto
William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph
Larry and Sara Cohbra
Matt Cohen and Reetu Dandora
William and Patti Conlan
Robert and Diane Coppola
Kim Coulson
Michael and Sherea Davis
Martha Davis
Dennis Dawton and Tina Falcione Dawton
A. David and Christina deForest
Keys
Rudolph and Cynthia DeGeorge
Monique DeLapenha
John Dixon and Pauline Dolan
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Jonathan and Theresa Dunn
Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz
Scott and Julia Engel
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
Jeffrey and Song Fox
David and Tara Friedman
Mirella Galloway
Ron and Carol Giannone
Edward and Julie Gimmi
Robin Godfrey
Jeff and Stefanie Goldstone
Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall
Sheronda Greene
Alix Grossberg
Gretchen Hagan
Gina Collier and Patricia Hamill
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
Justin Head and Heather Cates
Alexander Helderman and Carrie Rosen
Thomas Heverin and Veronica Alvarado
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
Dirk and Jennifer Holden
Gregory and Cherifa Howarth
Karl and Stephanie Jaeger
John and Anne James
OPERATING EXPENSES 2018–2019 PAYROLL & BENEFITS: 69% OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES: 10%
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CURRENT PARENTS CONTINUED
Wendy and Jose Jimenez
Chandler and Terri Johnson
Matthew and Shelly Johnston
James Jolinger and Robin Lerner
Arvelle Jones and Lisa White-Jones
Patrick and Kathleen Junod
Robert and Alicja Kapusta
Holly Kinser
Stephen Klein
Matthew and Tammy Klein
Randy Kraftsow
Andrew and Margaret Kreutzer
Jordan and Amy Krimsky
Anne Ladenson
Jim and Judith LaRosa
Jenifer and Kenneth Levy
Andrew and Michelle Litwack
Brian and Christine Lobley
John and Lisa Lokuta
Jennifer Lowman
Katherine Healey
Jerry and Bridget MacDonald
Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron
Matt and Shawn Markovich
Paul and Missy Martin
Phillip and Michelle McConnon
Joe and Tracy McGinty
Matthew McHugh
Sean and Rachel McKenna
Zachary and Maggie McWilliams
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Edward and Jennifer Miskiel
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
Matthew and Rachel Mitchell
Clifford Mobley and Yolanda Lee-Mobley
Richard Mohr and Beth Gaffney
Kevin Myer and Kimberly Peck
John and Deneen New
Trevor and Mara O’Brien
Edward and Jennifer Olszewski
Adam Pessin and Jane Foster
Matt and Carrie Pestronk
John Piasecki and Gretchen
Sprafke
Harry and Sharon Pollack
Christopher and Nancy Powell
Kimmell Proctor
Valeriy Pryshchenko and Moira
McHugh
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
Edward and Kristin Recchiuti
Tom Robinson
David and Theresa Rooney
Sandra and Christopher Ross
Aran and Alice Ryan
Arden Saligman
Melissa and Michael Samschick
Jeffrey Schuchert and Jennifer Andrew
David Searles and Amy Creighton
Andy and Kimberly Sears
Hideko Secrest
Kenneth and Susan Segal
Carolyn Seplow
Joel Shapiro and Carolyn Hartman
Christopher and Jill Sides
Christopher Simpkins and Ellen Gemme
Andrea Smith
Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan
Victor Sosa and Deanna
DiMemmo-Sosa
Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen
James and Ann Stinchon
Matthew and Wendy Studner
Tina and Rob Sullivan
John Talbot
David and Laura Thayer
Alexander MacPhee and Anita Nayak-MacPhee
Jeffrey and Nicolette Theisen
Tom and Susan McGrath
Roman and SeJean Tuma
Archbold and Helene van Beuren
Richard Wagner and Lisa Learner-Wagner
Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky
Latoya Watson
Doug Weissman and Jennifer Wankoff
Herbert Wetzel and Wendella Fox
Barbra and Allen Wilen
Brannon Wiles and Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
Matt and Nancy Williamson
PARENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2019
Bethany Asplundh
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
Dennis Dawton and Tina Falcione
Dawton
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
James Jolinger and Robin Lerner
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
Archbold and Helene van Beuren
Herbert Wetzel and Wendella Fox
Brannon Wiles and Suzanne
Hilser-Wiles
ALUMNI PARENTS
Anonymous
Fred and Bryna Berman and Family—F and B Berman
Family Foundation
Page Buck
Georges and Joanne Buzaglo
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Marco and Jana de Leon
Robert and Katherine Eaddy
Kevin and Rosemary Eikov
Gordon Gross and Lisa OlianoGross
Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Elliot and Amy Holtz
George and Lisa LaBoy
Albert and Laura Mancuso
William Mayer and Michele
Rovinsky-Mayer
Dove Nasir
James and Myra Petras
Arden Saligman
Michael and Melissa Samschick
John and Beth Santangelo
Jeff and Beth Schonberg
Garry Sklut and Abbi Jay
Melanie Sparks
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Archbold and Helene van Beuren
Steven and Debbie Wigrizer
ALUMNI
Alec Kay
Jonathan Buzaglo
Madison Morello
Andrew Rosenstein
Ross Schonberg
Jeremy Zales
Cole Samschick
AIM GRANDPARENTS
Mary Adams
Anonymous
Wilfried Backes
Beverly Brown
Gaetana Cacciamani
John Cacciamani
Barrie Cherwony
Debbie Christie
Barbara Cobb
THE HANSE FAMILY
THE HANSE FAMILY
“Giving others a little help to send their children to AIM is meaningful and valuable.”
Q. Why is giving back to AIM important to you?
A. We were once asked if we had a lot of money to give away what would we do with it. We thought about it for a while and replied that we would give it to something we knew about. And then we realized that is what we have been doing. AIM and it’s practices and it’s people are something we know about and care deeply about. Giving others a little help to send their children to AIM is meaningful and valuable.
Q. How did you choose AIM for Caley ’15, Eckerd College ’19
A. As a parent of a child with learning differences you learn early on that you need to do what is best for your child—bottom line. You need to find the best program that fits their style of learning. You need to find the people who will pay attention to what they need, people who will communicate with you regularly about their progress and find solutions to any problems that arise. AIM not only did those things but they also developed sports programs, travel programs, drama programs, music programs, and the list goes on.
Q. Three words to describe AIM:
A. Ambitious. Dedicated. Welcoming.
Michael Cohen
Jerry and Jennifer Cohen
Nathu and Aruna Dandora
Walt and Libby Davis
Colin and Anne Dunwoody
Paul Frank
Nancy Gamble
Alvin and Sussie Harris
Donna Hazard
Phyllis and J. Harold Helderman
Brian and Elizabeth Heverin
Donald and Janine Hoffman
Harriet Holtz
Richard and Jody Homans
Beatrice Hood
Judy and Moss Jackson
Patricia Klein
Neil Koopman
Berton and Sallie Korman
Larry and Evelyn Krain
Kathy Liebler
Susan Lipkin
Patricia Lowman
David and Renee Magid
Albert and Laura Mancuso
Deanne Marein-Efron
Glenise McAlarney
Stephen and Linda Pietrzykowski
K. Donald and Judith Proctor
James and Carol Rohan
Allan and Andrea Rosen
Margaret Santangelo
Tucker and Leslie Schade
Malcolm and Leone Schoenberg
Daniel and Norma Schwartz
Robert and Ryah Schwartz
Larry and Bonnie Seidman
Anita Shendalman
Terry and Connie Sheppard
Stanley and Jackie Silverman
Gwen Solomon
Richard and Judith Steinberg
James and Nina Talbot
David Tilley
Geoffrey and Susan Turton
Philip and Joan Wallick
Susan Wankoff
Christine Washington
Hannah White
FRIENDS OF AIM
Bill and Heidi Adams
Catherine Anderson
Anonymous
James and Rachel Azzolini
Joel Barnett
Steven and Ilene Berman
Rosalie Cohen
Lauren Enlow
James and Carol Fitzgerald
Emma Galati
Larry Gash
Jeff and Donna Gaskill
Daniel Glass
Marc and Erin Howard
Marc and Bonnie Inver
John Kelly
Norman and Alice Klein
Joel and Sharon Koppelman
Erik Krueger
Donald Leisey
Ellen Lube
Vladimir Ludovic
Luke and Cynthia Marano
Carl and Beverly Morgan
Mike Middleton
Masashi Nakagawa
Shashank and Arathi Narayan
Robert Novey
Robert Pharo
Geoffrey and Sally Preston
George Robinson
Carlos and Ivette Rodriguez
Gail Rudenstein
Martin and Nora Salzman
Hollis Scarborough
Larry and Bonnie Seidman
Randy and Becky Sides
Phyllis Sirine
Barbara Suelke
Aquilino Vallarino
Cristin Veit
Richard and Betsy “Bobbi” Weber
CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS
AmazonSmile Foundation
Aon
Blackney Hayes Architects
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Wendt Family Charitable Foundation
Kingsbury Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Cooper Family Charitable Fund
Dometic Corporation
Fidelity Charitable
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Graham Company
Lincoln Financial Foundation
Little Tower Foundation
Lubert Family Foundation
Medical Physics Solutions, LLC
MOSI Foundation
Network for Good
Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program
Ricciardi Brothers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
The Grossberg Family Charitable Fund
The Robinson Family Charitable Fund
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
YourCause, LLC
IN HONOR
5TH GRADE CLASS
Kim Coulson
David and Christina deForest
Keys
Jeff and Stefanie Goldstone
Chandler and Terri Johnson
Stephen Klein
Matthew and Tammy Klein
Jordan and Amy Krimsky
Brian and Christine Lobley
Tom and Sue McGrath
Aran and Alice Ryan
Andy and Kim Sears
Christopher and Jill Sides
Victor Sosa and Deanna
DiMemo-Sosa
James and Ann Stinchon
John Talbot
Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky
5TH GRADE AIM TEACHERS
Chandler and Terri Johnson
8TH GRADE CLASS
Steven and Kristin Bowen
James and Ilka Cassidy
William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph
Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
David and Tara Friedman
Mirella Galloway
David and Laura Thayer
Dan Golub and Kim Wall
Gretchen Hagan
Thomas Heverin and Veronica Alvarado
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
Monique DeLapenha
Holly Kinser
Ann Ladenson
Phillip and Michelle McConnon
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Kevin Myer and Kimberly Peck
Edward and Jennifer Olszewski
Christopher and Nancy Powell
Aran and Alice Ryan
Michael and Melissa Samschick
David Searles and Amy Creighton
Andrea Smith
Rob and Tina Sullivan
Latoya Watson
8TH GRADE FACULTY
Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz
BRYNA BERMAN
Beverly Brown
Andrew Deitch and Jodi Brown
MICHAEL BERMAN AND FAMILY
Beverly Brown
TED BERNDT
Anne Matlack and Eric Berndt
NANCY BLAIR
Tom and Susan McGrath
GREY BOWEN
Phyllis Sirine
JOHN CARMEN CACCIAMANI
Gaetana Cacciamani
NATALIE CAPLIN
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
CODKIND FAMILY
Joel and Sharon Koppelman
JAIDEN COHEN
Nathu and Aruna Dandora
DR. MATTHEW COHEN
Jerry and Jennifer Cohen
TED COHEN
Sara and Larry Cohbra
REETU DANDORA
Jerry and Jennifer Cohen
KELLY DUNN
Jonathan and Theresa Dunn
HANNAH ERLBAUM
Scott and Lee Ann Erlbaum
MELISSA FEREBEE
Lauren Enlow
STEPHEN FOX
Jeffrey and Song Fox
ABBY FRIEDMAN
Michael and Arleen Cohen
JAMES FRIEDMAN
Michael and Arleen Cohen
DR. ED GALLAGHER
Anne Ladenson
Greg and Cherifa Howarth
ISAAC GOLUB
Hannah White
LINDA GREENE
Sheronda Greene
HELEN GROSH
James and Carol Rohan
SOPHIA GROSS
Gordon Gross and Lisa OlianoGross
JACK HAMILTON
Andrew and Jill Hamilton
NIKOLAJ HANSEN-TURTON
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
Geoffrey and Susan Turton
JACOB HELDERMAN
Allan and Andrea Rosen
CHRIS HERMAN
James and Myra Petras
JESS HOLDEN
Judy and Moss Jackson
ELLIOT HOLTZ
Harriet Holtz
IZZY JOLINGER AND CLASS OF 2019
James Jolinger and Robin Lerner
SARA KESTENBAUM
Joseph and Sara Kestenbaum
KIDS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES
Daniel and Mary Himsworth
JACK KLEIN
Norman and Alice Klein
JOSH KLEIN
Norman and Alice Klein
DOMINIC MANCUSO
Albert and Laura Mancuso
DAVID MAREIN-EFRON
Anita Shendalman
CLAIRE MCKENNA
Sean and Rachel McKenna
PAIGE MCKENNA
Sean and Rachel McKenna
BELLA MONROE
Terry and Connie Sheppard
KAI MONROE
Terry and Connie Sheppard
ROBBIE NEWMAN’S GRADUATION
Alvin and Sussie Harris
MAX PESTRONK
Matt Pestronk and Carrie Pestronk
AUSTIN POLAK
Gwen Solomon
SIDDARTH RAMDAS
Shashank and Arathi Narayan
Jeff and Donna Gaskill
PAT ROBERTS
Tom and Susan McGrath
SARAH SEGAL
Kenneth and Susan Segal
ALEXANDRA SHOR
Sara and Larry Cohbra
MAX SIDES
Randy and Becky Sides
THE STAFF AT AIM
Steven and Ilene Berman
GENEVIEW WASHINGTON
VASQUEZ
Christine Washington
EZRA WEISSMAN
Susan Wankoff
GRACE WETZEL
Herbert Wetzel and Wendella Fox
SHARI WIGRIZER
Steven and Debbie Wigrizer
JEREMY ZALES
Daniel and Norma Schwartz
KATERINA ZISMAN
Nancy Gamble
IN MEMORY
MATTHEW ANZIDEO
Jennifer Lowman
ROSALIA COSTA-CLARKE
William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph
JUDGE THOMAS DEMPSEY
Ed and Rachel Gallagher
SYLVIA DOLLIN
David and Renee Magid
GEORGE AND BETTY GIBERSON
Steven and Kristin Bowen
MARY “SISSY” HEALEY
Bill and Heidi Adams
James and Rachel Azzolini
Nancy and Brian Blair
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Dometic Corporation—Yoshiann Wilson
The Galati Family
Larry Gash
Seymour Gash
The Graham Company
Chris and Annie Herman
Marc and Erin Howard
John Kelly—WBC Design
Erik Krueger and Amy Malow— Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales
Vladimir Ludovic—Artemisa Yachts
Mike Middleton
Masashi Nakagawa—Quay Side Inc.
Robert Novey
Robert Pharo
Ricciardi Brothers
Pat and Chris Roberts
George Robinson—South Jersey Yacht Sales Team
Carlos and Ivette Rodriguez
Barbara Suelke
Aquilino Vallarino
Richard and Betsy Weber
JOE HEYSE
Nancy and Brian Blair
Chris and Annie Herman
Pat and Chris Roberts
CYNTHIA LEE
Clifford Mobley and Yolanda Lee-Mobley
ROBERT A. LOWMAN
Patricia Lowman
IRVING R SCHWARTZ
Georges and Joanne Buzaglo
KATIE TALBOT
James and Nina Talbot
John Talbot
TEACHER RETIREMENT
Gregory and Susan Adam
Mark and Ann Baiada
Clymer and Martha Bardsley
Jeff and Joelle Benedict
Eric Berndt and Anne Matlack
Alexandra and Michael Cardone
Beatrice Cassou
William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph
William and Patti Conlan
David Cooperberg and Adena Greenberg
Robert and Diane Coppola
Arthur and Maureen Coyle
Jennifer Davey
A. David and Christina deForest
Keys
Andrew and Lorraine Dodge
John Ehinger and Jane Bonenberger
Scott and Julia Engel
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Anthony and Randi Fiergang
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan
Ford
David and Tara Friedman
Brian and Sherri Getta
David Haas
John and Holli Hansen
Kathy Healey
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
Joseph and Michele Hondros
Christopher and Amy Hoover
Gregory and Cherifa Howarth
Kenton and Faith Keiser
Laura and Stephen Kitching
Stephen Klein
Jim and Judith LaRosa
Lawrence and Pamela Lederer
Andrew and Michelle Litwack
Jennifer Lowman
Jerry and Bridget MacDonald
David and Jamie Masterson
Phillip and Michelle McConnon
Ross and Cheryl McLaren
Corey and Susan Meserva
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
Richard Mohr and Beth Gaffney
Shaka and Jennifer Monroe
Carlton and Nina Neel
Trevor and Mara O’Brien
Benjamin and Dana Oller
Jon and Amy Ostroff
Warren Pear and Cadence Kim
James and Deborah Pellen
Dan and Georgie Perullo
John and Charlene Pomeroy
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
David and Kelly Reiser
Steven Rosenblatt
Laurance Rosenzweig
Arden Saligman
David Searles and Amy Creighton
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Jess Simon
Andrea Smith
Richard Smith and Justine Stehle
Julie Steiner
James and Ann Stinchon
Gabriel Tatarian
David and Laura Thayer
Jeffrey and Nicolette Theisen
Archbold and Helene van Beuren
Christopher and Meg Veno
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
Walter Weir and Deborah Co
Brannon Wiles and Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble
GIFTS TO OPERATIONS
AIM gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contribution to a specific purpose.
$100,000+
The Barra Foundation
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.
Kingsbury Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey
Olitsky Family Foundation
Pat and Chris Roberts
$50,000+
Ed and Gwen Asplundh
Clayman Family Foundation
$10,000+ ADVIS
Fred and Nancy Poses
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co.
$5,000+
Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust
PHLY Foundation
Wilson Language Training
$1,000+
Jacqueline Allen
Boeing
Claire Gebhardt
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Merck Partnership for Giving
Mid-Atlantic Robotics
Jon and Amy Ostroff
Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble— Zisman Family Foundation
UP TO $1,000
Melody Araiza
Joseph and Michele Hondros
Monmouth County Education Association
Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin
Riverbend Cycles LLC
GIFTS IN KIND
The Academy of Natural Sciences
Jacqueline Allen
Allen Rubber
Awbuy Adventures
Bar Lucca
BB&T
Amanda Beeler
The Berman Family
Bjorn and Co.
Nancy Blair
Boeing
Bridgton Sports Camp
Casani Candy Company
Senator Bob Casey
Cerdo
CHA Educational Tours
Character Development
Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jeff and Susan Cooper
Crosshatch Audio Visual Inc.
Jennifer Crawford
Jennifer Davey
Di Bruno Bros
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Drexel University
The Dyslexia Foundation
Scott and Julia Engel
Fante’s Italian Market
Foote Orthodontics
Franklin Institute
Erik Frykholm and Kim Finnie
Ed Gallagher
The Gaslight Philly
Alan Gedrich
Devin Grosh and Katherine Rohan Grosh
Jessica Hammel
Kathy Healey
Chris Herman
Greg and Cherifa Howarth
Hymie’s
The Impact Experience
Infinity Jewelers
Initiatives Events
Sharon Kestenbaum
Kevin Smith Transportation Group
Kiehl’s at Liberty Place
Kramer Portraits
Lisa Learner
Joann Lehrbaum
Life Time Athletic Fort
Washington
The Little Gym of Narberth
Lockheed Martin
Longwood Gardens
Jennifer Lowman
Louella Bryn Mawr
Masana Portrait Artwork NYC
Matt Paul Sports
Jennifer Miskiel
Monarch Beach Resort
EDWARD E. FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS AIM $100,000
In June, AIM received word that the Edward E. Ford Foundation, which supports U.S. independent schools and encourages promising practices in an effort to improve secondary education, had granted AIM Academy a grant of $100,000. The funds will be used to further the development of AIM Pathways to support Upper School educators. The Traditional EE Ford Grant to AIM supports “the development of AIM Pathways, an interactive, online teacher training platform that provides the latest research and applied practices that inform teaching of struggling readers and students with learning differences.”
Morey’s Piers
Anita Naayak-MacPhee
National Museum of American Jewish History
NBC10/Telemundo62
Nest Center City
Newkirk Communications—
Susan Segal
Tim O’Brien
Jim and Myra Petras
Matt and Carrie Pestronk
Philadelphia Union
Philly POPS
Carol Purcell
The Pyramid Club
QVC
Redstone American Grill
Ripplewood Whiskey and Craft
Pat Roberts
Katherine Rohan Grosh
Saxby’s
Seaglass Fine Art Photograph
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Southern Cross
Spectrum Strength Training and Yeh’s Art of Healing
Spring Mill Café
StoneRose
SugarHouse Casino
Sweet Mabel
David and Laura Thayer
Tobin James Winery
Turkey Hill
Scott and Diana Vaughn—
Standard Group
Vetri Family Restaurants
Wawa
Tracey and Jim White
Woodcrest Country Club
GIFTS OF TIME
Susan Adam
Jane Bonenberger
Kristin Bowen
Jody Brookman
Jocelyn Casey
Heather Cates
Carrie Cinquanto
Patti Conlan
Diane Coppola
Jennifer Crowe
Martha Davis
Michael Davis
Dawn Doherty
Kim Finnie
Tara Friedman
Christiane Gallois
Christine Giordano
Becky Goldszal
Alix Grossberg
Lindsay Hamilton
Jessica Hammel
Justin Head
Amy Hoover
Tiffany Jacobs
Laura Kitching
Stephen Klein
Michelle Litwack
Lisa Lokuta
Rama Mahajanam
Jon Marans
Kelli Marans
Dawn Matthews
Rachel McKenna
Corey Meserva
Iris Nafshi
Jennifer Olszewski
Victoria Pennetti
Myra Petras
Nancy Powell
David Reiser
Meg Risley
Katherine Rohan Grosh
Theresa Rooney
Renee Rosati
Renee Satalof
Tiffany Silbert
Rachel Silverman
Jon Smollen
Gretchen Sprafke
Ann Stinchon
Wendy Studner
Tina Sullivan
Gabriel Tatarian
Laura Thayer
Nicolette Theisen
Daniel Torday
Jennifer Wankoff
Doug Weissman
Tracey White
Caren Yeamans
AIM FOR THE STARS GALA
$20,000+
Matthew and Heather Naylor
Stanley and Jackie Silverman
$10,000+
Bethany Asplundh
Nehama Benmosche
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
John and Franny Glomb
Independence Blue Cross
Brian and Christine Lobley
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Scott and Sharon Rankin
SEI Investments Co.
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$5,000+
Kevin Baumlin
Fred and Bryna Berman and Family—F and B Berman
Family Foundation
George Connell
Crumdale Partners
Alan and Patricia Gedrich
Goldman Sachs Gives
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman
John and Amy Korman
Korman Residential Properties
Vince and Karen Lowry
Carlton and Nina Neel
Harry and Sharon Pollack
Pat and Chris Roberts
M. Joseph Rocks and Liz Greco
Rocks
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Thank You Associates
David and Laura Thayer
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
$2,000 +
Jacqueline Allen
Anonymous
Nancy and Brian Blair
Steven and Kristin Bowen
Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Donna De Carolis
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Scott and Julia Engel
David and Nancy Gansky
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Karl and Stephanie Jaeger
Holly Kinser
Larry and Evelyn Krain
Sean and Rachel McKenna
Brian and Mahria Morris
Natalie Nagel
Ben and Dana Oller
Robert and Pamela Saltzburg
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Randy and Amy Stein
Ryan and Amy Tyrrell
United States Roofing Corp.
Rob and Courtney Wells
$1,000+
Cabrini University
Christenson Investment Partners
Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Gary and Catharine Cox
Jennifer Crawford
D.M. DiLella Family Foundation
Jennifer Davey
Digital Wave Technologies
EF Educational Tours
John Egan
Louise Falcione
Floors USA
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
David and Tara Friedman
Amir and Stacey Goldman
Dave and Vardhana Goswami
Nat and Ann Greenfield
John and Holli Hansen
Haverford Trust Company
Justin Head and Heather Cates
Chris and Annie Herman
Jennifer Lowman
Malady & Wooten, Inc.
Jerald and Nancy Matt
Terrence and Donna McNelis
Edward and Jennifer Miskiel
Morris J. Cohen & Co.
Jon and Amy Ostroff
Warren Pear and Cadence Kim
Pennsylvania Hospital
Matt and Carrie Pestronk
James and Myra Petras
PNC Institutional Asset
Management
Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
Republic Bank
Gregory and Teresa Rodgers
Kevan Turman
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
W.B. Mason, Inc.
West Chester University
Wilson Language Training
$500 + Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
Greg Blair and Karla Ch’ien
Victor Bobadilla
Thomas and Kristine Boward
Mike and Erica Brooks
Dana Cazzulino
Matt Conklin
William and Patti Conlan
Sal Daidone
Tyrone and Kim Dean
Elisabeth Ervin
Robert and Linda Ervin
Eye to Eye, Inc.
Erik Frykholm and Kim Finnie
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
John and Suzanne Glomb
Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Robert and Elaine Jacoby
Roger Jones
Bridget Keeley
Anne Ladenson
Bill Maclean
Jon and Kelli Marans
Zachary and Maggie McWilliams
Ralph and Claire Morgan
John and Deneen New
Ellen Newman
Minturn and Starr Osborne
Thomas and Josephine Rees
William and Michele RovinskyMayer
Tobias Schoenwandt and Christine Giordano
Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan
Gary Sklut and Abbi Jay Steamfitters L.U. 420
Scott and Diana Vaughn
Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky
Dennis and Jean Wasilewski
Allen and Barbara Wilen
UP TO $500
Grace Ashton and Owen Hagino
Will Baker
Bruce Bennett
David and Debbie Berkowitz
Lindsey Boden
Luca and Jenny Bogoni
Robert and Terry Bovarnick
Kathy Brandon
Jeffrey Brody
Erin Brookes
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Andrew and Jody Brookman
James Cambron
Ellie Cantor
Michael and Eileen Carberry
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
William Clarke and Kimberly Rolph
Thomas Cluney
Ryan Codkind
Matthew and Lea Cohn
Robert and Sheila Cosgrove
John Cacciamani and Kathryn Coviello Cacciamani
Arthur and Maureen Coyle
THE KINGSBURY FAMILY
Q. Why is giving to AIM important to you?
A. Our support of AIM and AIM Institute is important to us on several levels.First, and most personal, is our gratitude that our granddaughter Isabella ‘21 has had an exceptional education in a place that understands her for who she is. Next, as a lab school, AIM is a place where research can be done, applied and taught. This helps students, teachers and administrators visualize what is possible. And then there is the school’s global and inclusive attitude. I rarely find groups who are so willing to consider new things and learn from the experts in their field.
Q. Why do you think research and AIM’s research-based focus is important to the field of education?
A. Education research is not unlike research done in Medicine. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had the same expectations of a teacher that we do of our doctor? Expect them to do an individual assessment to prescribe an environment that would help us learn the way we need to? Teachers could potentially improve the lives and learning of so many students. But the above scenario will never happen if solid research and much improved teacher training is not done.
Q. What are some highlights of your granddaughter’s AIM experience?
A. The thing that stands out to me about Isabella’s education is how many and varied her experiences have been. She has benefited from an Arts curriculum embedded in every subject she has studied. She has gone on amazing trips to learn and do service and has participated in the research happening at AIM in the EEG lab. Being part of a thriving community has taught her empathy and self-advocacy. The AIM community has been a positive influence in all of our lives for the last 8 years.
Q. Three words to describe AIM:
A. Intentional. Innovative. Vibrant.
ISABELLA THOMAS ’21, GRANDDAUGHTER OF NANCY AND TOM KINGSBURY
Dennis Dawton and Tina
Falcione Dawton
Richard and Maryann Deak
Rudolph and Cynthia DeGeorge
Krista Deguffroy
Deborah DeLauro
Jacob Dillon
Kyle Donovan
Brian Eury
Denise Gargan
Claire Gebhardt
Sid and Swapna Ghosh
Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall
Thomas and Sylenda Graf
Devin Grosh and Katherine Rohan Grosh
Ryan Hamer
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Lori Hancock
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
Jocelyn Hillman
John and Patricia Horvath
Patrick and Karen Hoyer
Jack Francis Catering
Chandler and Terri Johnson
James Jolinger and Robin Lerner
Matthew and Tammy Klein
Stephen Klein
Kathy Koller
Lawrence and Pamela Lederer
Toni Leslie
Steven and Sara Levin
Justin and Dianna Levitan
Aaron Lewis
Ellen Lube
Sean Macphee
Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron
Paul and Missy Martin
Jennifer McConnell
Phillip and Michelle McConnon
Michael and Sue McGuinness
William McLaughlin
Martha Miele
Richard Mohr and Beth Gaffney
Nave Newell
Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
Lior and Abby Parsons
James and Deborah Pellen
Jan Povlock
Christopher and Nancy Powell
Stacey Powell
Scott and Kimmell Proctor
Joyce Rehorst
Diane Reott
Christopher and Sandra Ross
Laura Rup
Arden Saligman
Mitchell and Renee Sataloff
Nancy Scharff
David and Christi Schug
Jonathan Shettsline
Nicholas Shettsline
Eric and Rachel Silverman
Beth Sturman
Anne Tenthoff
Lindsay Williamson
Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble
AIM FOR THE STARS
Our 2019 AIM for the Stars Gala, hosted by honorary co-chairs Liz Greco-Rocks and the Hon. M. Joseph Rocks, raised more than $365,000 to support extraordinary educational opportunities and teacher training. The 2020 gala will be chaired by AIM parents Christine and Brian Lobley and honor Independence Blue Cross CEO Daniel Hilferty and Power Home Remodeling Co-CEO Asher Raphael. Be sure to mark your calendar for Thursday, April 23.
2019–2020 AIM EVENTS
Friday, February 7, 2020
February Frenzy
Monday, March 9, 2020
Research to Practice Symposium
Thursday, April 23, 2020
AIM for the Stars Gala
Thursday, May 21, 2020
5-Year Reunion—Class of 2015
Friday, June 5, 2020
Class of 2020 Commencement
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Wolfpack Connect—Career Workshop, Mock Interviews and Alumni Gatherings 1200
