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A PUBLICATION FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS OF BISHOP SEABURY ACADEMY
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BUILDING ON
OUR MISSION
A Campaign for Bishop Seabur y Academy
HONORARY CHAIRMEN
Stephen and Marcia Hill
CHAIRMEN
Reed and Stacey Dillon
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Alumni Parents
Dan and Kay Almanza
Dennis and Darci Depenbusch
Mary Dillon and Jon Hafker
Tom and Kathleen Hodge
Current Parents
Brett and Patti Bartley
Jeremy and Sheri Hamm
Teresa "Tree" Hanna
Richard and Mary Spurlock
Head of School
Dr. Don Schawang
Excerpt from Dean of Students, Sonja Czarnecki.
Due to our cramped building, faculty have had
to make do with inadequate room and they have
been wonderfully creative. However, as a whole,
this has hindered us from pursuing many of our
goals. Here are some examples:
• In health class, Mr. Rios had seventh
grade students preparing healthy snacks.
But with only one cold-water sink in the
MS science classroom, students lost
valuable time running back and
forth to the restroom to wash hands and
clean utensils. This same classroom is
shared by two full-time teachers and
one half-time teacher. They frequently
have to use each other's desks or chairs to
set up lab equipment.
• Mr. Bryan has made do by
"MacGyver-ing" his trailer classroom
with features like a sink that operates by
filling a bucket with the hose outside, and
then using a foot pump. That didn't work
so well when it was -1 degree during
winter.
• Our Learning Support program has no
dedicated space; Ms. Heim, Chaplain
Stephanie, Mrs. diZerega (our volunteer
tutor), and I currently share one room.
For student support to work best we need
more private spaces where students
can focus.
• My classroom is in use every period of
the day except one. Almost every time I
have a phone call with a parent, or meet
privately with a student or teacher about a
sensitive issue, I have to hunt around the
building for someone willing to vacate
their office.
• Our counselor has no private space in
which to meet students. It's awkward at
best and sometimes embarrassing for
students who are most in need of privacy
not to have a private space at difficult
times. Dear Betsy has installed a makeshift
sick room behind her bookshelf in order
to make a semi-concealed space for
students in physical or emotional distress.
The creativity and dedication of my colleagues is
inspiring, but it's time for change. I can speak for all
of us when I urge you to contribute to the capital
campaign, so we can have the building that will
enable us to better fulfill the mission of the school.
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A Faculty Perspective: the Need for the
Building on Our Mission Campaign
Building on Our
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