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, its cutting-edge lab school, and the dissemination of research, training, coaching, curriculum and technology solutions via AIM Pathways and ventures which attract entrepreneurial educators and researchers interested in addressing the global crisis of literacy by collaborating to create unique solutions.
AIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Matthew S. Naylor - Chair, Elite Family of Companies
Mitch Codkind - Treasurer, Energage, LLC
Jackie L. Allen - Secretary, Advocate for Women and Families
Patricia M. Roberts - Executive Director
Nancy G. Blair - Associate Director
Bryna Berman, Esq. - Advocate for Women and Education
Hon. Carolyn Carluccio - Judge, 38th Judicial District, Montgomery County
Al Chiaradonna - SEI Private Banking
George W. Connell - The Haverford Trust Company
Jennifer Crawford - Blackney Hayes Architects
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
Elliot Holtz - Real Estate Entrepreneur
Patrick J. Hoyer - The Haverford Trust Company
Brian Lobley - Independence Blue Cross
Ernest May - Wells Fargo Capital Finance
Stan Silverman - Vice Chairman, Drexel University
Hans Zandhuis - Chatham Capital, LLC
LETTER FROM PAT & NANCY
It is impossible to imagine that any of us had a vision of AIM as it stands today when we began in 2006 with our 24 pioneer families. Together with all of you, including our families, friends, and AIM Board of Trustees, we have accomplished our goal of establishing a new model of education for our talented students with learning differences. And in the process, we have impacted thousands of teachers worldwide who, in turn, have brought evidencebased learning opportunities to the children they teach. We could not have done this without all of you listed in this 2017-2018 Annual Report.
Thank you for believing that we do not need to settle for the status quo or “just good enough” for our children, and that we can make a greater difference in the world.
This year we watched with pride as our robotics team went on to advance to the world championship, cheered our boys basketball team as they took home the division championship in the Tri-County Independent School League, and were mesmerized by our student playwrights creating stage performances with professional actors. Once again this year 100% of our graduating class was accepted to college and members of the Class of 2018 are using the skills they gained at AIM on college campuses across the country.
AIM’s impact has always extended beyond our walls not only for our students but also for the faculty and staff. Our Annual Research to Practice Symposium and Access to the Experts Speaker Series was viewed by our own team and streamed to 350 educators worldwide including those in Australia, Canada, and Spain. Opportunities to deepen our knowledge of the research of the brain and struggling readers took Dr. Grace Ashton to St. Petersburg, Russia as we headed to South Africa for The Dyslexia Foundation, the Amazing Brain Series. AIM Research Advisory Board members Dr. Don Compton and Dr. Julie Washington brought together researchers from around the world to help us understand that we must look at the whole child and integrate understanding of social, emotional and academic knowledge from the research.
The 2017-2018 school year brought along many other exciting opportunities and firsts:
• Our new educational partnership with Haskins Laboratories Global L2 (Language and Literacy) Innovation Hub and the creation of our IGNITE Center will bolster AIM’s research connections and accelerate effectiveness and impact of new techniques to improve literacy for all students.
• Century Club – AIM Alums Number 100 – The reach of AIM continues to grow with this year’s group of 31 high school graduates bringing our AIM alumni community to 100 individuals!
• Enrollment grew to 344 students and demand for our programs, especially in the critical Middle School grades, was so high that we were forced to create wait lists for some classes. (Enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year has topped 350 for the first time with a total of 356 students).
• Center for Global Leadership (CGL) – The work of the Center for Global Leadership in developing and enhancing the current AIM curriculum through integrating global citizenship matrices across all courses was evident from Lower School to Upper School in learning opportunities that wove together lessons in culture, service, literature, science, and citizenship.
• Making Literacy Training Digital – The best way to spread the AIM curriculum to support literacy is to make it more accessible. Active work on the AIM Institute for Learning & Research’s AIM Pathways system takes the expertise of our AIM faculty and our proven AIM methods and translates them into a digital training platform that has the potential to impact thousands of students outside our walls by empowering and equipping teachers with the knowledge to benefit struggling readers.
Of course, none of these things would be possible without the generous support of the many donors who support our one school, one community efforts through gifts to the AIM Fund that help the most significant needs of the school. EITC/OSTC contributions from corporations and individuals are a lifeline for so many of our families. These contributions make AIM’s education more accessible to many of our amazing students. And, the generosity of foundations that have supported our professional development endeavors and expansion of our research partnerships will make a lifetime impact on many.
Last but not least, we believe the addition of Chris Herman, our first Head of School, is exciting news. Chris has worked with us over the past 12 years to build AIM to what it is. We could not think of a better partner. He has always shared the vision of making literacy a priority for AIM students and all children.
We look forward to seeing the ways AIM, our students, our faculty, and our staff will grow and fulfill our strategic vision together.
Pat Roberts Executive Director
Nancy Blair Associate Director
AIM ACADEMY
WELCOMES CHRIS HERMAN, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Finding the right person to lead a school requires support from the entire school community. When Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair sat with the Board of Trustees to discuss the strategic vision of bringing the AIM model to more and more children, it was decided that finding a head of school for AIM Academy would allow Pat and Nancy the opportunity to focus on expanding the work of the AIM Institute for Learning & Research. An international search for the right candidate resulted in the hiring of the FIRST ever Head of School, Chris Herman.
Chris took over this new leadership role on July 1 and shared the following, an excerpt of his Message to the AIM Community:
Dear AIM Community,
It is a true honor to have been selected as the Head of School of AIM Academy. AIM has been a personal and professional passion of mine for over a decade and I am eager to continue to support the great work that happens in our community each day.
The gift of a strong mission combined with a team who is always looking ahead is that we are consistently advancing the extraordinary opportunities that are so central to what makes AIM an exceptional environment for children.
At AIM, I have watched hundreds of students have their fires for learning lit where they may have struggled to find a spark elsewhere. This happens because AIM is a magnet for some of the most gifted educators. This faculty does not just engage in special education; it makes education a truly special experience for children.
Extraordinary opportunities do not stop at the classroom door, they extend onto the field and the stage, into the studio and the engineering lab, onto University campuses and across oceans for experiences abroad. Our families are tireless advocates for AIM and always willing to contribute to our mission because there is nothing like seeing your child begin to love learning.
AIM Academy has rapidly become a beacon and a leader in the field of education. I feel quite fortunate to have this opportunity to lead our school through the writing of our next chapter. As a school, we are lucky to expand upon the great foundation built by our founders Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair as they pivot toward the AIM Institute for Learning & Research. I am eager to work in tandem with Pat, Nancy, and the AIM Institute as we explore the many opportunities for partnership and synergy that lie ahead. We envision a unique symbiotic relationship like no other from which we intend to grow the opportunities for both faculty and children.
Best,
Chris
Impact
MAKING CONNECTIONS THAT CROSS BORDERS AND POSITIVELY IMPACT OTHERS
What began as a quick email from AIM Center for Global Leadership director Amy Cline to a group of international travelers, became a unique science, engineering, cultural and service learning opportunity for all AIM students.
Follow this exciting timeline which allowed AIM students to impact students a world away carrying light from Conshohocken to Nairobi.
Liter of Light Visit – December 1
Liter of Light, an international non-profit, made AIM Academy an impromptu stop on its United States road trip. One of the few high schools the group visited. Middle and Upper School students spent time learning the importance of providing light to people in communities that have no access to electricity and made more than 60 solar circuit boards to be used in lights in just one day.
International Day of Light – May 16
AIM’s all school recognition of UNESCO’s first International Day of Light included a day of lamp building workshops as Middle and Upper School students soldered, connected wires and assembled solar-powered lamps using recycled plastic bottles. On the International Day of Light, all AIM students gathered in the ACC to learn about light poverty and the importance of the light.
Lighting Up Kenya – July 2018
AIM’s Athletics Assistant Jamie Stratton has traveled to Africa several times, but this year’s trip to Nairobi to serve children in an impoverished school was different. Jamie brought along AIM student-made solar circuit boards and directions to show students how to make solar-powered lights. “It gives these children a huge advantage in life to learn a vocational skill like this at such a young age,” Jamie explained. “It really could be the difference between living a comfortable life and poverty.” Jamie worked with the school’s 8th grade students to create the lamps.
“One of the girls named Janet (pictured to the left) was ecstatic.” Jamie said. “She told me how she had no electricity at home and could now do her homework at night as well as cook and clean for her brothers and sisters.”
Partner
TACKLING LITERACY, LEARNING AND RESEARCH BY FORGING RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS
AIM is proud to be the first education partner in the Haskins Global L2 (Language & Literacy) Innovation Hub. This world-wide network of top researchers is dedicated to improving literacy across the globe. Through the development of AIM’s IGNITE Center and our partnership with Haskins Laboratories at Yale will ensure AIM teachers continue to provide evidence-based practices and strategies that accelerate learning for their students and will help them better understand which strategies work best for which students and why. In addition, our AIM Upper School students will have the opportunity to work side-by-side with Haskins neuroscientists as fellows as they learn more about learning and the brain.
“The innovative and committed team at AIM are proven leaders in linking research to practice, and I am sure that together we can generate discoveries that will help improve outcomes for all children.”
– Dr. Ken Pugh, President and Director of Research, Haskins Laboratories Professor of Psychology, University of Connecticut Associate Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
“AIM is a true champion advocating for students, families, educators and researchers, bringing research to practice and practice to research.”
– Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, Professor of Psychological Sciences and Director of Brain Imaging Research Center at UConn; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences and Dyslexia Center at UCSF, Senior Scientist of Haskins Labs; Co-Director of Haskins Global L2 Innovation Hub
STUDENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS
For AIM Lower School students, the value of collaboration and partnership is a lesson being taught in the classrooms and halls. In April, students at Ziegler Elementary School in Philadelphia traveled to AIM to join students in AIM’s Drop Everything And Read Day events, illustrating a book with guidance from an author and illustrator, creating plays and celebrating reading. The event, which celebrates the birthday of author Beverly Cleary, was kicked off by former Philadelphia Eagle and U.S. congressman Jon Runyan. Ziegler is one of the schools partnering with the AIM Institute for Learning & Research to implement AIM’s Integrated Literacy Model with teachers and students.
7th Annual Research to Practice Symposium
Daniel Berch, Ph.D.
Kate Cain, BSc. Phil.
Donald L. Compton, Ph.D.
Michelle Duda, Ph.D., BCBA-D
AIM Research Advisory Board
Steven Graham, Ed.D.
Nancy Hennessy, M.Ed.
Louisa Moats, Ed.D.
Tim Odegard, Ph.D.
Ken Pugh, Ph.D.
Hollis Scarborough, Ph.D.
Julie Washington, Ph.D.
Brain
Barbara Wilson, M.Ed.
Annual Research to Practice
ADDRESS SERVICE
AIM’s commitment to evidence-based education means staying on top of the current research. The members of AIM’s Research Advisory Board serve a critical role supporting our efforts to incorporate research into the curriculum and even to further research efforts using AIM Academy as an incubator for research projects.
RESEARCH TO PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM
Date: Monday, March 11, 2019
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm ET
Reading, Math and The Brain Connecting the Research & Practices That
The AIM Institute’s 7th Annual Research to Practice Symposium will be held Monday, March 11, 2019 and investigate research around the important connection between reading and math. Last year’s symposium reached over 650 participants included 300 in-person attendees and another 350 viewers online who connected on the free live stream from as far away as Australia. This year, we hope to greatly expand the reach of the symposium, which is being sponsored by Wilson Language Training and Understood.org, by streaming the free, daylong event to over 350 groups within the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (including Philly’s own Read by 4th). This important topic is at the forefront of discussions as we work to improve literacy and support students with learning differences in all capacities and we look forward to hearing the science and focus of our guest speakers.
Save the Date for this Unique Professional Experience!
Date: Monday, March 11, 2019
Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm ET Road, Conshohocken,
from the experts, reflect on the connections to your own work and explore the benefits and challenges of bridging the gap between practices in the classroom.
at kkeesey@aimpa.org
Many thanks to our 2019 Sponsors:
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CREATING DYNAMIC SPACES, DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND A GROWING COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
DIGITAL LEARNING – EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE
We often say that our AIM Academy students are the lucky ones. Their access to innovative and experienced teachers using AIM’s Integrated Literacy Model has resulted in proven gains in fluency. But AIM is committed to expanding literacy for all children and the development of the AIM Institute for Learning & Research’s new digital teacher training platform AIM Pathways will take this unique teaching model grounded in the science of reading and learning and make it available to more teachers.
The platform, which will feature an interactive course based on our 5-day Pathways to Proficient Reading class as its first offering, is being designed with online learning expert Digital Wave and will provide anywhere, anytime access to training on multiple devices. This summer AIM Pathways was demonstrated at the Campaign for GradeLevel Reading national Funders Huddle conference and will be shared with grade-level reading programs nationwide this fall as we gather a cohort of pilot schools to test this program.
HIGH SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE – NEW UPPER SCHOOL COLLABORATIVE
The third floor of AIM’s main school building at 1200 River Road was transformed this summer thanks in part to a $500,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. After receiving the grant in December 2017, plans moved quickly to design a dynamic learning space featuring 10 classrooms, light-filled and airy collaborative spaces, gathering spots, and small group learning environments for the redesign of this 10,000 square foot space. Thanks to the creativity and hard work of Blackney Hayes Architects and Wohlsen Construction, this collaborative project broke ground on the last day of school in June and was filled with students learning at adjustable desks in fresh new spaces on the first day of school, September 4th. We welcomed Governor Wolf’s Philadelphia representative Nedia Ralston, State Representative Mary Jo Daley and State Senator Vincent Hughes’ Chief of Staff Marcella Daniels along with board members, designers, builders, students, and staff to officially open the space at a ribbon-cutting event on the first day of school.
Class of 2018 College Acceptances
At AIM’s June 1st commencement, Class of 2018 speakers Michaela Goins and Aidan Rovinsky shared their appreciation for the support provided by teachers, friends and family during their years at AIM as they learned to become self-advocates and discover and capitalize on their strengths. “AIM was always ready to take my big ideas and make them a reality,” Rovinsky said. The 31 members of AIM’s senior class, the largest group of graduates in school history, received acceptances from almost 100 unique colleges and universities and garnered more than $6.5 million in merit-based scholarship offers.
Four members of the class were also presented with unique awards during commencement including:
• The Marvins Award – Dallen Moore; 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.
• Lou Uchitel Spirit Award – Jeremy Zales; 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.
• Ar ts & Creativity Award –Gwendolyn Frank; 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.
• Pioneer Award – Ryan Codkind; Codkind is the first recipient of this new award recognizing an AIM student who has completed the entire AIM Academy curriculum from 1st through 12th grade.
Top
10 List for
Thriving in College
–Commencement Speaker Marcus Soutra, president of the national, student-mentoring organization Eye to Eye’s advice to graduates.
1. Date for Spelling – Build a network of people who complement your skills
2. Go to Disabilities Services Early and Often
3. Find Your Non-Academic Passion
4. Don’t Go Home on Weekends
5. Go to the Gym
6. Use the Library
7. Tell Your Story
8. Don’t Just Travel, Go on Adventures
9. Be Ready to Fail and Get Back Up Again
10. Strive to be a Self-Actualized Learner
Thrive
GIVING EVERY CHILD A CHANCE TO SHINE AS LEADERS AND THRIVE AS LEARNERS
COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE AND READING - HARNESSING THE WIND
This spring, Lower School 5th graders and Upper School physics students explored reading and science together with a collaborative, hands-on study unit organized by Lower School Teacher Aviva Coyne-Green and Upper School Teacher Shelly Johnston through the book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba. This true story, which takes place in Malawi, features a boy who teaches himself how to build a windmill so that his community can irrigate their crops and bring electricity to an otherwise dark neighborhood. The 11th graders taught the 5th grade classes about basic circuitry and wind energy including an exciting afternoon workshop where each student built a working windmill.
BICYCLE RELIEF – MAINTAINING TRAILS
The lessons students learn in caring for the world and community around them help them draw connections to the needs of others and to identify their place as a global citizen. This year, members of AIM’s first competitive Mountain Biking team, worked hard not just on improving their riding skills, but under the guidance of coach and teacher Anne Rock, they also gave back, working on the trails around AIM with volunteers from Friends of the Wissahickon. “They are learning the connection between stewardship, environmental sustainability and fun,” Rock explained.
MODEL UN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
Future leaders were introduced to the important issues affecting different cultures through AIM’s Middle School Jr. Model UN program. Students learned more about their country, the Philippines, as well as diverse cultures around the world during their first Cultural Diplomacy Conference in January at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. And in May, at the Jr. Model United Nations Final Conference at Temple University, they prepared and presented final resolutions and amendments on behalf of the Philippines regarding Protecting Women and Girls’ access to Education and Ending Food Insecurity. Students also gained the knowledge, understanding, and ability to utilize certain key aspects of the United Nations’ professional working language to enhance the professionalism and atmosphere at the conference.
TALENTS SHINE ONSTAGE
ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
For the second time in just four years, AIM’s Upper School FRC robotics team, Wolf Pack Robotics – Team 5407 headed into international competition. This year’s 13-member Wolf Pack team, which included seniors Michael Armstrong and Aidan Rovinsky who were on the first team in 2015, won the Engineering Award at each regional competition they entered. After finishing out of the running at the district championship at Lehigh, they were thrilled to be invited as one of additional teams representing the Mid-Atlantic District at the
FIRST World Championship in Detroit in April. The group, who took a bus to Detroit finished 21st out of 68 teams in their subdivision. We look forward to seeing what next year’s Wolf Pack team will create.
WORLD MARBLES CHAMPION
Josh Johnston ‘22 made the most of his last opportunity to be crowned Marble King during this summer’s four-day National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, NJ. After five years of competition and seven years as a mibster (a marble player), Josh, a 9th grader at AIM, took on competitors from around the country on the concrete Rings set up on the beach along the Wildwood boardwalk and calmly and deliberately shot his agate shooter marble at 13 target marbles assembled in a 10-foot circle. Josh shot his way to victory in a best of 15 game match and winning 8-1 and receiving the royal crown. In addition to his royal marbles title, Josh also received $2,000 in scholarship money and was inducted into the National Marbles Hall of Fame.
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS
AIM’s Wolf Pack athletics teams continue to grow and thrive. In addition to adding boys and girls varsity tennis and boys varsity lacrosse to the school’s roster of competitive sports, this year included several firsts:
• Boys Varsity Basketball led the way to its first Tri-County Independent School League Division Championship. Be sure to catch the 2018-2019 on the courts this winter.
• Three College Athletes happily joined our first athletic signing ceremony signing commitment letters to play sports in college. Dallen Moore ’18 has already seen playing time on Franklin & Marshall’s men’s soccer team,
Casey Oppenheimer ’18 is hitting the links for Division I Qunnipiac University and Kent Jones ’18 who will play lacrosse for Mitchell College.
• Girls on the Run - In late May, 35 AIM students including members of our Lower School Girls on the Run team and Middle School Heart and Sole team completed the 5K Girls on the Run race in Philadelphia.
• 3-Peat Individual Golf Champion Casey Oppenheimer once again stood apart from the pack bringing home her third Tri-County League individual championship in three years.
• Boys Varsity Cross Country came in 2nd place in the Tri-County League.
Exploration
USING GLOBAL EXPERIENCES TO EXPLORE NEW CULTURES, NEW EXPERIENCES AND NEW RESEARCH
This summer, Pat Roberts, Nancy Blair and Assistant Head of School Dr. Grace Ashton traveled the globe with several AIM Research Advisory Board members attending two workshops organized by The Dyslexia Foundation’s Extraordinary Brain Series, one in St. Petersburg, Russia and the other in Durban, South Africa.
“It is clear that the work of AIM and our partnership with the Haskins Lab at Yale University mirrors the research community’s commitment to better understanding how the brain works in language and reading and how that impacts overall learning,” reflected Dr. Ashton on the “All about language: Science, Theory and Practice” symposium which featured Haskins President and advisory board member Dr. Ken Pugh
Pat and Nancy, attended The Dyslexia Foundation Research Conference in South Africa with AIM Research Advisory board members Dr. Don Compton and Dr. Julie Washington who chaired the event. They also had time to work more closely with Haskins researcher Dr. Nicole Landi who is excited to collaborate on the IGNITE Center at AIM. Our mutual dream is to be able to finetune individualized learning for all children who learn differently.
Another Extraordinary Brain speaker, Dr. Nadine Gaab of Boston Children’s Hospital, has developed a tablet-based Early Literacy Screener for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten children designed to be used by pediatricians and preschool teachers. This summer, Dr. Gaab and the AIM Institute team co-presented at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading national Funder Huddle in Philadelphia sharing the Screener and the AIM Pathways digital platform, which will be able to provide teachers with access to just in time training and resources from their mobile devices. Early Intervention could be a reality for so many more children by using technology to reach more providers in our communities.”
Students in last year’s Dominican Republic Service Learning Course began their year-long journey of studying geography, language, music, and the environment of the island of Hispaniola and the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This course encouraged students to develop leadership skills and build content knowledge of the region while also earning 20 hours of service by working with students in a local school and community in the Dominican Republic. This type of course helps AIM students develop a better sense of themselves and what it means to do service to be a global citizen. Next spring our Service Learning Students will travel to Peru.
GREECE - Senior Seminar
The Senior Seminar course at AIM is a year-long interdisciplinary study of a region includes learning about a place and a culture through literature, history, science, and the arts. This rigorous, college preparatory block study enables students to explore themes and topics across multiple disciplines and inspires students to look at learning as a deep endeavor as opposed to a one-dimensional set of correct answers.
The AIM seniors who traveled to Greece in February and March were not finished with their work when they returned from their trip. Their Senior Capstone Projects, which were presented during the final weeks of school, focused on something related to their cultural studies and included a written document, a 20-30 minute presentation as well as creation of a piece of art related to the project.
Titles for this year’s projects included:
• Ancient Greek Theater
• Resource Management and Agriculture in Greece
• The Fishing Industry in Greece
• Greek Mythology’s Influence on Ancient and Modern Architecture
• Immigration and Demographics in Greece
• Evolution of Man’s Best Friend
ACCELERATE SUMMER LEARNING
Summer Learning Onstage
This summer three AIM students traveled the country to experience the performing arts on college stages. Journey Jones ’20, participated in New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’ Summer High School Program where she studied musical theater and called her time in the program, “the best experience of her life.” Gabe Seplow ’20 was accepted to multiple drama programs and chose to attend Boston University’s five-week Summer Theatre Institute. And Olivia Tyrell ’19, traveled to Evanston, Ill., to attend Northwestern University’s National High School Institute where she enrolled in their summer theater program.
"Eva Engel ’22 developed her idea for a summer job in Math class at AIM last year."
EVA ENGEL – JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER
Eva Engel’s idea for a summer job developed in math class at AIM. The 14-year-old, was interested in working in a hospital and during free time in class looked up information for volunteering at Jefferson University Hospital. After writing an essay and attending an interview, she was accepted as one of the hospital’s youngest summer volunteers. Eva, who is interested in going to medical school, spent one day a week at the hospital this summer helping escort patients at the hospital to the same-day surgery waiting area and restocking rooms in the Radiology/ Oncology Department. Eva said restocking the rooms from a giant cart filled with items such as masks, gloves and wipes was her favorite part of the experience. “I got to see what went on behind the scenes, out of the hallways and in the patient’s rooms,” Eva explained. “It was interesting to see what the [hospital] environment would be like.” Eva hopes to continue her volunteer efforts next year adding that, “each year you get more responsibility.”
ALUMNI TRAVELS
Our alumni are continuing the tradition of global learning they discovered at AIM as they head around the world on their studies.
• Ted Fein ’18 is enrolled in University of Delaware’s World Scholars Program and is spending his first semester of school in Rome, where another AIM alum, Sophia Gross ’16, a student at Temple University, spent her summer.
• Phoebe Katz ’16, who is enrolled at Curry College, headed down under for a semester of studies in Australia.
• Michael Matt ’15, a student at Temple, is spending a semester abroad in Japan.
• Anthony Carter ’15 spent a portion of the year traveling in Africa before heading back to school at Elizabethtown College.
Are you an alum or a parent interested in sharing news about your AIM Fearless Learner’s travels or accomplishments? Be sure to visit our aimpa.org/alumni page to share your news and keep up with Alumni events.
A Salute to Our Donors
AIM FOR THE FUTURE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
We are eternally grateful and proud to recognize the generosity of our donors to our AIM for the Future Capital Campaign I and Capital Campaign II initiatives by installing AIM’s first donor wall in the reception area of our main building. The support and belief of these donors allowed us to move from our original location in Manayunk to our current bucolic setting at 1200 River Road. They also allowed us to create two state-of-the-art facilities housing our arts/ drama/media arts programs, high tech science labs, as well as build our soccer/lacrosse fields all of which are used by students on a daily basis. The AIM Community Center (ACC) provides us a home to host basketball games, perform inspiring drama productions and to assemble researchers from around the world at the annual Research Symposium that has over 650 attendees including those viewing virtually across the US and as far away as Australia
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Phil and Michelle McConnon
Moria McHugh
George and Nicole Riter
Dennis and Linda Tessler
Steven and Stephanie Weiss
John and ML Willcox
Richard Unruh
Give
ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS
LIFETIME
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 - $3,000,000
Anonymous (2)
Bryna and Fred BermanF and B Berman Family Foundation
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$500,000 - $999,999
The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation
Anonymous
The Farber Family Foundation
Maguire Foundation -
Mr. and Mrs. James Maguire
Louis* and Marion* Uchitel
$250,000 - $499,999
Jacqueline AllenBJNB Foundation
Marvin* and Sandi Alloy
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
Denise Benmosche
Jordan and Deanna Berman
Marvin* and Millie* Demchick
John and Franny Glomb
FOUNDERS SOCIETY
Independence Blue Cross
The Kingsbury Family Fund
Berton and Sallie Korman
The Lubert Family Foundation
Matt and Heather NaylorElite Companies
Philadelphia Insurance Company
Pat Roberts and Nancy BlairFounders
Shire Pharmaceuticals
David and Laura Thayer
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble
- Zisman Family Foundation
$100,000 - $249,999
Curt Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
Anonymous (2)
Aspen Resource Group, LLC
Letitia Biddle
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Linda Carrington
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
Comcast Corporation
George Connell
The Connelly Foundation
The Ethel D. Colket Foundation
Gilbert and Tracey HanseHanse Golf Course Design, Inc.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Haverford Trust Company
Mark and Heather Klein
Vincent and Karen Lowry
Marilyn and Robert Birnhak Foundation - Weight Watchers of Philadelphia
MOSI Foundation
Olitsky Family Foundation
Richard and Amy Oller
SKF USA, Inc.
Harold and Celia Slutsky
Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC
Peter and Jeanine Villari
Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
Brian* and Diane Zwaan - WSFS
*Deceased
Thank you to the following donors who have given $2,006 or more during the 2017-2018 school year.
$200,000+
Fred and Bryna BermanF and B Berman Family Foundation
Dick and Sally Brickman Fund
The Cohn Family
David and Laura Thayer
$100,000+
Anonymous
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Mark and Heather Klein
$50,000+
The Albert M. Greenfield Family Foundation
Anonymous
Denise Benmosche
Jordan and Deanna Berman
The Farber Family Foundation
John and Franny GlombPhiladelphia Insurance Company
Elliot and Amy Holtz - Noro Properties
Independence Blue Cross
Maguire FoundationMr. and Mrs. James J. Maguire
Olitsky Family Foundation
$30,000+
Anonymous
Nehama Benmosche
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Comcast Corporation
The Ethel D. Colket Foundation
Kathy Healey - Viking Associates
Berton and Sallie Korman
Brian and Christine Lobley
Pat and Chris Roberts
Archie and Helene van Beuren
Zisman Family Foundation
$20,000+
Jacqueline AllenBJNB Foundation
Brian and Robyn Carp
Al and Kristy ChiaradonnaSEI Investments Company
George Connell
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Anne Gardner
Gilbert and Tracey HanseHanse Golf Course Design Inc., LLC
Pat and Karen HoyerHaverford Trust Company
The Kingsbury Family Fund
Ben and Rebecca Kirshner
Phil and Michelle McConnonAllen Rubber Company
Tom and Susan McGrath
RP Operations, LLC
Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC
Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
$15,000+
Anonymous
CBRE - CB Richard Ellis
Marco and Jana de LeonMOSI Foundation
Shaka and Jennifer Monroe
Richard and Amy Oller
$10,000+
Steve Cohen
Colonial Chemical Company
Gary and Catharine Cox
Adam and Paula Fein
Joseph and Lillian Heyse
Jarrod and Jenna Kahn
Donald Keim and Sylvia DiBona
John and Amy Korman
Lubert Family Foundation
AJ MacCausland
Matt and Heather NaylorElite Companies
James and Myra Petras
PNC Bank
Chad Rosenberg - Rosenberg & Parker
Stan and Jackie Silverman
Scott and Hillary Simon
Andrea Smith
Tri-State Sales Corporation
UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
David and Lisa van Adelsberg
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
$5,000+
Nancy and Brian Blair
Jennifer Crawford - Blackney Hayes Architects
Paul Frank
David and Nancy Gansky
Dena and Morey Goldberg
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Jonathan and Meredith
Hoffman
Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman
Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
Lilliput Foundation
Tom and Nancy Londres
Merck Partnership for Giving
Metal Edge International, Inc.
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
Carlton and Nina NeelThank You Associates
NFI Industries
The Philadelphia Foundation
Pocono ProFoods
M. Joseph Rocks and Liz Greco-Rocks
Scott and Linda Schaeffer
Eric and Colleen Scharpf
Andy and Kim Sears
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Ryan and Amy TyrrellUnited States Roofing Corporation
Joseph Ujobai
Chris and Meg Veno
Wilson Language Training
Brian* and Diane ZwaanWSFS Bank
$2,006+
Bethany Asplundh
Peter Bedell
Bruce and Diana Bennett
David and Deborah Berkowitz
Sharyn Berman and Chuck Meyers
Blank Rome LLP
Capstone Group
Thomas and Carolyn CarluccioLittle Tower Foundation
The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation
George and Victoria Coates
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jennifer Davey
Andrew and Lorraine Dodge
Scott and Julia Engel
Erik Frykholm and Kim Finnie
Darryl J Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Goldman, Sachs & Company
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Donna Hazard
Karl and Stephanie Jaeger
John and Anne James
The Kinser Group
Ross and Cheryl McLaren
Mongtomery Avenue II, LLC
Paul Oppenheimer and Joanne Judge
PNC Bank
John Piasecki and Gretchen Sprafke
Really Great Reading Company, LLC
Jack and Joyce Rehorst
Tom Robinson and Karen Bartos
Arden Saligman
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Frederick and Heather Sutor
Caroline "C-C" Tyler
Brannon Wiles and Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
AIM FOR KIDS GOLF
$5,000+
Haverford Trust Company
Independence Blue Cross
$2,500 +
Tom and Susan McGrath
Stradley Ronon Steven & Young, LLP
Ryan and Amy Tyrrell - United States Roofing Corporation
Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble
$1,000+
Gary and Catharine Cox
Custom Aire
Michael and Linda D’Adamo
Norris and Debbie Jordan
Pete and Chrissy Oppenheimer
PNC Instituitional Asset Management
Jack and Joyce Rehorst
Pat and Chris Roberts
M. Joseph Rocks and Liz Greco-Rocks
Scott and Linda Schaeffer
David and Laura Thayer
UP TO $1,000
Jacqueline Allen
Nehama Benmosche
Fred and Bryna Berman
Nancy and Brian Blair
Joan Brennan
Michael and Alexandra Cardone
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
Melissa CodkindInitiatives Events
Ray and Sandy Collins
Jennifer Crawford
Tom Donnelly
Bruce and Lori Eckert
Lynn Erskine - Drexel Morgan
Capital Advisors
Daniel and Susanna Forjohn
Barry and Vanessa Greenberg
Tom and Rosemary Guirate
Gil and Tracey Hanse
High Schwartz LLP
Roy Hodgen
Vernon and Karen Keesey
KONE
Greg Kozlowski
Stephen Merves
Morris J. Cohen & Co., P.C.
Nave Newell
Serge and Stephanie Pepper
Margaret Risley
Schoolyard Ventures
Andrew and Kim Sears
Wapner Newman
Dennis Wasilewski and Nate Wood- BB&T
Steven and Debbie Wigrizer
Wohlsen Construction Company
Mark Zajac
PENNSYLVANIA TAX CREDIT PROGRAM – EITC/OSTC
AIM Academy salutes the following businesses and individuals for participating in the EITC or OSTC, Pennsylvania’s tax credit programs that offer a substantial tax credit in exchange for a contribution to support AIM Academy scholarships. Together these companies and individuals contributed more than $1.2 million to provide much-needed assistance for our scholarship students. We thank them or their continued and increased generosity!
Anonymous (2)
Fred and Bryna Berman
Blackney Hayes Architects
Bryn Mawr Trust Company
Brian and Robyn Carp
CBRE
Steve and Arlene Cohen
Norman and Suzanne Cohn
The Cohn Family
Colonial Chemical Company
Comcast Corporation
Sylvia DiBona
Stanley D. Ginsburg, LLC
John and Franny Glomb
Morey and Dena Goldberg
Hanse Golf Course Design, Inc.Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Haverford Trust Company
Elliot and Amy Holtz
Independence Blue Cross
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
Ben and Rebecca Kirshner
Mark and Heather Klein
Brian and Christine Lobley
Maguire Foundation
The Main Line Center for the Family, PC
Metal Edge International, Inc.
Montgomery Avenue II, LLCAlec and Christi Neilly
NFI Industries
Noro PropertiesElliot and Amy Holtz
James and Myra Petras
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
PNC Bank
Pat and Chris Roberts
Rosenberg & Parker, Inc.
RP Operations, LLC
David and Laura Thayer
Tri-State Technical Sales Corporation
UHS of Pennsylvania, Inc.
David and Lisa van Adelsberg
Viking Associates - Kathy Healey
DONOR SPOTLIGHT: The Klein Family
Last year, current and former parents accounted for 35% of the $1.2 million in EITC/OSTC donations AIM Academy received to support student scholarships. This commitment to providing access to an AIM education to other children stems from the experiences their own children had at AIM Academy. Mark and Heather Klein’s daughter Maddie started AIM at the beginning of 3rd grade reading below grade level. Two years later when she left after 4th grade she “had completed most of Wilson, was reading beautifully and was becoming a very confident student,” Mark Klein said, adding that she graduated middle school in June on the honor roll and is enrolled in an honors English class in high school.
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Company
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
WSFS Bank
# of total donors (businesses and individuals)
46
13 # of new donors
16 Individual Donors to 3 Special Purpose Entities
69 scholarships grades 1 – 12
“We are so fortunate that we were able to send Maddie to AIM and were looking to share the great benefit of this wonderful school with others,” he explained of the family’s EITC donation.
Klein hopes more children will become engaged learners with innovative teachers committed to students. “Each parent-teacher meeting was more informative and fun than the last,” Klein said. “The teachers came with more than just easy to understand progress reports and charts showing her status on Wilson, they told us funny stories about their time with Maddie and unleashed her love of learning.”
KATIE TALBOT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Katie Talbot Memorial Scholarship Fund, created this year, provides support for children to attend AIM and is a lasting legacy honoring AIM parent Katie Talbot.
Chris Ahem and Pamela Villacorta
Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts Foundation
Michael and Christine Angelakis
Anonymous
Peter Bedell
Stephen Belmonte and Caitlin Mclean
John and Adelaide Barrett
Casmir and Katie Bartlomiejus
John and Hope Bennett
Jenny and Anna Birch
Frederick and Heather Bittenbender
Nancy and Brian Blair
Robin BonewiczDrinker Biddle & Reath
George and Sandra Boyd
Julian and Kirsten Brash
Charles and Nicoll Brinley
Sallie Brooke
Richard and Susan Brown
Vincent Browning
Judith Talbot Campos
John and Sarah Carolan
Randi Carr
The Cedarcrest Foundation
Michelle Charlton
John and Katherine Chaisson
Anne Chen
Justin and Danielle Cifra
Tim and Adrienne Clark
Charles and Dorothea Clark
Sherr y Clothier
Wendy Concannon
Casey and Amy Connelly
Sara Cooke
George and Caroline Cooper
Lorraine and Joseph Criniti
Richard Danese-Stuckert and Yates
Josh Dalley and Kristen Danyluk
Chris and Gerri Day
Robert and Amy Dean
Ann Dimond
Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
Stephen and Pia Druggan
Andrew and Megan Duffy
John Ehinger and Jane Bonenberger
.John Elliot- Elliot Greenleaf, P.C
Peter ErnstThe McCausland Foundation
Robert and Linda Ervin
Walter and Jane Evans
Evergreen Insurance
Jeremy and Christine Everitt
Richard and Lynn Feinblatt
John Fowler and Brook McMurray
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
Peggy Freeman
Christopher and Eleanor Gadsden
Bill and Mary Gallagher
Elizabeth Gemmill
Genex Sevices, LLC
Mona Ghude
Rebecca Gibby
John and Franny Glomb
Emily Goodwin
Mark Greenberg
Scott and Laynie Greenberg
Craig and Leslie Haddow
Neil and Laura Haimm
Erin Helfrich
Christopher and Annie Herman
Harry and Louise Hill
William and Maryl Hitchings
Louise Sinkley Hoffman
Michael Hoffman
Rosalie Hunter
Joseph and Mary Imler
Clifton and Ann Iverson
DeLu and Anna Jackson
Scott and Yardly Jenkins
Craig and Sally Johnson
Rachel Kern
Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey
James HoveyThe Hovey Foundation
Andrew and Rebecca Lamborn
Paul Laskow and Margaret Meigs
Andrew L. Lewis IV
Steven and Sara Levin
Lilliput Foundation
Caroline Linz
Leslie McLaughlin
Peter Lloyd - Milestone Partners
The Peter and Elizabeth Longstreth Foundation
Tina Lorandeau
James Loughran and Carolyn Kogan Loughran
Mark Luff
Raymond Lynch
Timothy MaguireMaguire Foundation
John and Deborah Maine
Don and Linda Marshall
Samuel C. Martin
Thea Maurer
Michael McDonnell
Matthew and Karin McGeary
Jeff and Lisa McGill
Marc and Laura McKenna
Zach and Maggie McWilliams
Bjorn Miller
David and Lyn Montgomery
David and Susan Moran
Christopher and Barbara Moyer
Alexander and Alison Nalle
The Honorable Arnold New and The Honorable Shelley New
Jonathan and Katherine Noel
John and Maureen O’Connell
Victor Olshansky
Katherine Palopoli
Miro Pasic and Sheila Brodbeck
David and Linda Paskin
PCC Women’s Bridge
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Elizabeth Proctor and Family
Carol Purcell
Victor Rainsford
Vivian Ramirez
Edward and Cathie Redpath
Jeffrey and Maria Rexford
Pat and Chris Roberts
Nina Robertson
Stephanie Robinson
Edward and Sarah Rorer
Laura Rup
Becky Sample
Debra Santo
Ruth Sayer
Chris and Laura Scalzo
Lindley and Christine Scarlett
Tucker and Leslie Schade
Carl Schleicher
James and Mary Schwartz
William and Mary Seyfert
Richard and Paula Sharkey
John and Amy Shea
Dawn Shelko
John Shoemaker and Scott WarrenMillstone Partners
Lynn Simmons
Devin Simmons
Adam Sivitz
John and Mariellen Smith
Rush and Patricia Smith
RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIPS
The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation
ENDOWMENT
Dale and Andra Snyder
Baird and Anne Standish
Peter and Susan Stanley
Jesse Staub
Richard and Grace Stewart
Clifford and Rebecca Swain
James and Nina Talbot
Robert TaylorThe Cameron Companies, LLC
David and Laura Thayer
Julia Toland
Andrew Totaro
Caroline "C-C" Tyler
Edwin and Tanner Van Dusen
Margaret Wallis
Robert and Joan Walters
Brian and Stephanie Walters
Christina Webber
Fred and Alice Weeman
Adam Weinstock
Christopher Welton
Walker and Lindsay White
Betsy White McCeney
Marna C. Whittington
David and Kim Woolf
James Zug
Linda Zug
Allen Rubber CompanyPhil and Michelle McConnon
Maguire Foundation
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
Young Transportation & Tours
Gifts to AIM’s Endowment support our Scholarship Endowment fund as well as AIM’s general Endowment Fund.
Anonymous
Denise Benmosche
Michael and Arleen Cohen
Ed Gallagher
Carolyn Hazard
Brian and Elizabeth Heverin
Mark Kancher and Hillary Krain
Laura Rup
Jeff Schuchert and Jennifer Andrew
Susan Shapiro
Richard Wagner and Lisa Learner-Wagner
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
Herbert Wetzel and Wendella Fox
NEW FACES IN ADVANCEMENT
The Institutional Advancement team grew this year to include two new Associate Directors of Advancement, Joy Antonoplos and Jeffrey Brody. Joy, who comes to AIM from The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, oversees corporate and foundation support and the Pennsylvania Tax Credit Program (EITC/OSTC). Jeff, who comes to AIM from the Montgomery Early Learning Centers, is revamping annual fund giving with The AIM Fund, the school’s annual giving efforts, as well as the AIM for the Stars Gala and our Alumni outreach efforts. Joy and Jeffrey join Director of Institutional Advancement Kevan Turman and Advancement Associate Tori Falk in our Advancement Office.
$20,000+
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
Brickman Family Foundation
George Connell
Anne Gardner
Berton and Sallie Korman
Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$10,000+
Anonymous
Marco and Jana de LeonMOSI Foundation
Lubert Family Foundation
AJ MacCauslandKathy Healey
Andrea Smith
$5,000+
Tom and Nancy Londres
Eric and Colleen Scharpf
Andy and Kim Sears
Scott and Hillary Simon
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
$2,000+
Jacqueline Allen
Bruce and Diana Bennett
David and Debbie Berkowitz
Fred and Bryna Berman
Carolyn CarluccioLittle Tower Foundation
Jennifer Crawford
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
George and Victoria Coates
Rosalie Cohen
Andrew and Lorraine Dodge
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
Paul Frank
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Donna Hazard
Kathy Healey
Karl and Stephanie Jaeger
John and Anne James
Brian and Christine Lobley
Matthew and Heather Naylor
John Piasecki and Gretchen Sprafke
Arden Saligman
Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan
Frederick and Heather Sutor
David and Laura Thayer
Brannon Wiles and Suzanne Hilser-Wiles
$1,000 +
Bethany Asplundh
Morris and Lynn Ballen
Jordan and Deanna Berman
Mike and Erica Brooks
Beau Cassou
Barbara Cobb
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Gary and Catharine Cox
Jennifer Davey
John and Linda Donohue
Scott and Julia Engel
The Ethel D. Colket Foundation
Jonathan and Karin Foxman
Claire Gebhardt
John and Franny Glomb
John and Suzanne Glomb
Dave Goswami
Nat and Ann Greenfield
Leonard and Sally Grossman
Ted Henson
Joseph and Lillian Heyse
Patrick and Karen Hoyer
The Jacquie and Michael Cardone Giving FundNational Christian Foundation
Matthew and Tammy Klein
Joel and Sharon Koppelman
Luke and Cynthia Marano
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
Merck Partnership for Giving
Warren Pear and Cadence Kim
James and Myra Petras
Valeriy PryshchenkoPAC Industries
Kevan Turman
$500+
Mary Adams
Wilfried and Freia Backes
Nehama Benmosche
Raahsahn and Veronica Bowden
Michael and Arleen Cohen
Matthew Cohen and Reetu Dandora
Charles Cole
Robert and Diane Coppola
Jonathan Demchick
Paul and Julie DeSantis
Robert and Katherine Eaddy
James and Carol Fitzgerald
David and Tara Friedman
Glaxo Smith Kline
Drs. Owen Hagino and Grace Ashton
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
Randy Kraftsow
Ross and Cheryl McLaren
Paul Oppenheimer and Joanne Judge
Adam Pessin and Jane Foster
K. Donald and Judith Proctor
Jack and Joyce Rehorst
Robert and Pamela Saltzburg
Larry and Bonnie Seidman
Garry Sklut and Abbi Jay
Richard and Judith Steinberg
Anne Tenthoff
Christine Washington
Michael and Karen Yeamans
Up to $500
Gordon and Jennifer Adams
Stacey Adams
Diane Aldrete
Curt Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
AmazonSmile Foundation
Catherine Anderson
Eric and Maureen Anderson
Anonymous
Melody Araiza
Robert and Diane Bacine
Wilfried Backes
Christine Barbone
Clymer and Martha Bardsley
Joseph and Maria Barton
Gil and Jennifer Barzeski
Amanda Beeler
Martha Benoff
Bill and Lisa Berry
Jerome and Nancy Blank
Susan Bock
Lindsey Boden
Emily Bolles
Jenna Bonshock
Peter Boyer
Susan Braccia
Mark Brandon
JoAnn Brenner
Rober t and Karen Brooks
Beverly Brown
Shannon Caldwell
Chris Campbell
Jordan Campbell
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
James and Ilka Cassidy
Dee Castorani
Lori Chase
Gian Chatha
Parminder and Tajinder Chatha
Walter and Barrie Cherwony
Caroline Cinquanto
Amy Cline
Rachel Codkind
Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen
Donald and Charlotte Cooper
Susan Cooper
Beth Cope
Gabriella Coscia
Kim Coulson
Charles and Diane Cox
Aviva Coyne-Green
Nathu and Aruna Dandora
Michael and Sherea Davis
Samantha Decker
Erin DeVault
Andrew DiPrinzio
Eryn Doroshow
Mike Dunn
Abby Duval
Frederick and Kyra Ebert
Paul Edelblut and Jeanne
Frantz
Allison Enslein
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Rob Ervin
Tori Falk
Christina Fallstick
Brian Feeney
Melissa Ferebee
Rory Ferst
Jim Flemming
Nik Fowler
Jon Fuiman
Betsy Fuller
Ed Gallagher
Glenn and Nancy Gamble
Alan and Patricia Gedrich
General Mills Box Tops
Sid Ghosh
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Edward and Julie Gimmi
Robin Godfrey
Betsy Goodwin
Theresa Gottehrer
James Graham and
Christine Meck
Cait Grayauskie
Sarah Green
Sheronda Greene
Sophia Gross
Victor and Dena Hammel
Samantha Harrison
Sean Harriston
Jamie Hediger
J. Harold and Phyllis Helderman
Alexander Helderman and Carrie Rosen
Haley Hellmann
Christopher and Annie Herman
Melissa Hoerdemann
Donald and Janine Hoffman
Dirk and Jennifer Holden
Julie Holder
Beatrice Hood
Sarah Hughes Green
Marc and Bonnie Inver
Evan Jackson
Jonathan and Jen Jagher
Jose and Wendy Jimenez
Shelly Johnston
Arvelle Jones and Lisa White-Jones
Roger Jones
Patrick Junod
Megan Kasprzak
Adria Katz
Alec Kay
Suruchi Keenheel
Karen Keesey
Rachel Kern
Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum
Nicole Kingsland
Patric and Jennifer Knaak
Heather Kramer
Jordan and Amy Krimsky
Tom and Joan Kudlacik
Bryan Kurish
Anne Ladenson
Jim and Judith LaRosa
Devon Lavery
Donald Leisey
Frederic Le Pape and Jennifer Binder-Le Pape
Robin Lerner
Mark Letner
Kenneth and Jenifer Levy
Andrew and Michelle Litwack
Tina Lorandeau
Patricia Lowman
Ellen Lube
Julie Luzier
Deobrah Lynam
David and Renee Magid
Melissa Malamed
Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron
Doug Markgraf
Beau Martin
Elizabeth Martin
Paul and Missy Martin
Tyler Mastria
Thea Maurer
Cathy Mazza
Melissa Mazzei
Phillip and Michelle McConnon
Kris McGuirk
Patrick McInerney
Mason and Tina McIntrye
Leslie McLaughlin
Catherine Melchiore
Chrissy Mellon
David and Hannah Meyer
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Matthew and Rachel Mitchell
Clifford Mobley and Yolanda
Lee-Mobley
Kelly Mulhall
Joseph Murphy
Meghan Murphy
William Murphy
Abigail Nathan
Vien Nguyen
Kelly Nichols
Catie Nicholson
Kate O'Reilly
Minturn and Starr Osborne
Jon and Amy Ostroff
Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin
Michael Padula and Julia Hinckley
Alyssa Pagani
Alan and Roberta Penn
T. Sergeant and Marion Pepper
Kyle Petras
John and Charlene Pomeroy
Christopher and Nancy Powell
Em Pritchard
Kimmell Proctor
Valeriy Pryshchenko and Moira McHugh
Wilhelm and Nina Rebmann
Nathan Reinhold
Alex Reott
Anne Rock
Paul and Kristina Romas
Dove Rosenberg
Andrew Rosenstein
Laura Rup
Aran and Alice Ryan
Julia Salamone
Beth Santangelo
Debra Santo
Hollis Scarborough
Caitlin Schlosser
Ross Schonberg
Amy Schwab
David Searles and Amy Creighton
Kenneth and Susan Segal
Carolyn Seplow
Lawrence and Anita Shendalman
Randy and Jill Sides
IN MEMORY
Mr. Matthew Anzideo
Patricia Lowman
Ms. Barbara M. Calabrese
Larry and Barbara Magid
Ms. Lois Yeskey Campbell
Claire Gebhardt
Mr. Arthur Caplin
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
Mr. Richard Cleavland
Michael and Sherea Davis
Mr. Marvin Demchick
Jonathan Demchick
Ms. Millie Demchick
Jonathan Demchick
Judge Thomas Dempsey
Ed and Rachel Gallagher
Christopher Simpkins and Ellen Gemme
Rebecca Smith
Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen
Devon Sparks
Jesse Staub
Deborah Stead
Margot Steinberg
Lauren Stewart
James and Ann Stinchon
Jamie Stratton
James and Nina Talbot
Amanda Tingle-Oline
Chris and Katie Topolewski
Andrew Totaro
Michelle Tuppeny
United Way
Scott and Diana Vaughn
Wanda Vega
Mr. Edward J. Gallagher Sr.
Ed and Rachel Gallagher
Mr. James Graham
Jim Graham and Christine Meck
Ms. Peggy Maclean
Nancy and Brian Blair
Ms. Mildred Ortlieb
Nancy and Brian Blair
Pat and Chris Roberts
Ms. Virginia Gebhardt Parris
Claire Gebhardt
Mr. Wilhelm Rebmann
Wilhelm and Nina Rebmann
Ms. Helen Robinson
Nancy and Brian Blair
Ms. Melissa Rooney
Caroline Cinquanto
Sonia Vosbikian
Richard Wagner and Lisa Learner-Wagner
Tom Waitzman
Philip and Joan Wallick
Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky
Latoya Watson
Caitlin Welsh
Justine Welsh
Sarah Whelan
Kimberly Wicks
Alli Gubanich Williams
Heather Wong
Jacinta Wright
Maryanne Yoshida
Tina Zampitella
Kristin Zielinski
Brian Zimmerman
Sarah Zimmerman
Ms. Corinne Roxby
Nancy and Brian Blair
Peter Boyer
Pat and Chris Roberts
Ms. Doris Sarkell
David and Renee Magid
Ms. Marion Uchitel
Curt Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
Nancy and Brian Blair
Pat and Chris Roberts
Mr. Bryan Yablans
David and Renee Magid
Mr. Brian Zwaan
Jacqueline Allen
Fred and Bryna Berman
Nancy and Brian Blair
Pat and Chris Roberts
7th Grade Teaching Team
Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz
AIM Teachers
Minturn and Starr Osborne
Benmosche Family
Margot Steinberg
Ms. Bryna Berman
Beverly Brown
Ms. Samara Brookman
Nat and Ann Greenfield
Mr. Ryan Codkind
Joel and Sharon Koppelman
Rachel Codkind
Ms. Rachel Codkind’s Graduation
Jacqueline Allen
Mr. Ryan Codkind’s Graduation
Jacqueline Allen
Ms. Jaiden Cohen
Nathu and Aruna Dandora
Dr. Matthew Cohen
Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen
Ms. Reetu Dandora
Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen
Mr. Adam Deitch
Beverly Brown
Mr. Mike Dunn
John and Linda Donahue
Ms. Jane Eaddy
Robert and Katherine Eaddy
Mr. Cole Ebert
Mason and Tina McIntyre
FACULTY ENRICHMENT
Mr. Irv Edwards
David and Renee Magid
Ms. Abby Friedman
Michael and Arleen Cohen
Mr. James Friedman
Michael and Arleen Cohen
Dr. Ed Gallagher
David and Laura Thayer
Ms. Lynne Gold-Bikin
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
Mr. Brody Hammel
Victor and Dena Hammel
Mr. Charlie Hammel
Victor and Dena Hammel
Mr. Jacob Helderman
Alex Helderman and Carrie Rosen
Mr. Chris Herman
Jim and Myra Petras
Ms. Sara Kestenbaum
Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum
Mr. Benjamin Le Pape
Frederic Le Pape and Jennifer Binder-Le Pape
Mr. Sam Lipkin
Leonard and Sally Grossman
Ms. Katherine Londres
Tom and Nancy Londres
Mr. David Marein-Efron
Lawrence and Anita Shendalman
Marriage of Liz and James
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Mr. Robbie Newman
Robert and Diane Bacine
Mr. Samuel Ozer
Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin
Mrs. Sherrie Panichelli
Gil and Jennifer Barzeski
Mr. Ernie Panichelli
Gil and Jennifer Barzeski
Mr. Harris Proctor
Betsy Goodwin
Ms. Julia Salamone
David and Laura Thayer
Ms. Sarah Segal
Kenneth and Susan Segal
Ms. Jenna Seidman
Alan and Roberta Penn
Mr. Jimmy Talbot
James and Nina Talbot
Mr. Kevan Turman, Ms. Tori Falk & the Development Staff at AIM
Fred and Bryna Berman
Ms. Genevieve WashingtonVasquez
Christine Washington
Ms. Elizabeth Wiedemann
Anne Tenthoff
Mrs. Alli Gubanich Williams
Kristin Zielinski
Ms. Katerina Zisman
Glenn and Nancy Gamble
Gifts to the AIM Faculty Enrichment Fund support research and professional development opportunities for AIM faculty.
Stacey Adams
Bruce and Diana Bennett
Brian Breslin
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Michael and Linda D'Adamo
Marco and Jana de Leon
Richard Farrer and Denise DeVivo Farrer
Adam and Paula Fein
William and Judith Francisco
Paul Frank
Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Joseph and Lillian Heyse
Sam Jones and
Rhoda McKinney-Jones
Bruce and Winifred Murray
Minturn and Starr Osborne
Arden Saligman
Garry Sklut and Abbi Jay
David and Lisa van Adelsberg
Scott and Diana Vaughn
Jeremy Zales
AIM TEACHER RETIREMENT PLAN
Clymer and Martha Bardsley
Jeffrey and Joelle Benedict
Nehama Benmosche
Bruce and Diana Bennett
Christopher and Cynthia Bickings
Victor Bobadilla
Wendy Caplin and Denise Kulp
Michael and Alexandra Cardone
Beatrice Cassou
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
George and Victoria Coates
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Robert and Diane Coppola
Arthur and Maureen Coyle
Michael and Linda D’Adamo
Jennifer Davey
Christopher and Gerri Day
Scott and Julia Engel
Christopher and Jennifer Eni
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Adam and Paula Fein
Anthony and Randi Fiergang
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
GIFTS TO OPERATIONS
Jonathan and Karin Foxman
Brian and Sherri Getta
Michelle Gibbs
James Golden
Barry and Vanessa Greenberg
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Heidi Harvie
Carolyn Hazard
Kathy Healey
Gregory and Cherifa Howarth
Sam Jones and
Rhoda McKinney-Jones
Norris and Debbie Jordan
Kent Julye and Tracy Mills
Kenton and Faith Keiser
Martin Kondrath and Nikki Kondrath Muntz
Jordan and Amy Krimsky
Anne Ladenson
Jim and Judith LaRosa
Andrew and Michelle Litwack
Jerry and Bridget MacDonald
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
Daniel and Lisa McBride
Zachary and Maggie McWilliams
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Kenneth and Laura Mitchell
Shaka and Jennifer Monroe
Benjamin and Dana Oller
Jon and Amy Ostroff
Warren Pear and Cadence Kim
James and Deborah Pellen
Dan and Georgie Perullo
John Piasecki and Gretchen Sprafke
Andrew and Christine Polywacz
John and Charlene Pomeroy
Christopher and Nancy Powell
Laurance Rosenzweig
Michael and Melissa Samschick
David Searles and Amy Creighton
Amy Segal
Michael and Rhonda Seidman
Andrea Smith
James and Ann Stinchon
David and Laura Thayer
Daniel Wallick and Jennifer Mogck
Leon and Heather Worrell
Michael Zisman and Linda Gamble
AIM gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their contribution to a specific purpose.
$100,000+
Edward and Gwen Asplundh
Dick and Sally Brickman Fund
The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.
$50,000+
Olitsky Family Foundation
$10,000+
Adam and Paula Fein
Jarrod Kahn
Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co.
$5,000+
Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust
The Philadelphia Foundation
Wilson Language Training
$1,000+
Nehama Benmosche
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
Ethan and Lauren Giddings
Joseph and Lillian Heyse
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
The Kingsbury Family Fund
Merck Partnership for Giving Naresh and Saroj Ramdas
Really Great Reading Company, LLC
Up to $1,000
Advantage Sports & Fitness
Anonymous
Melody Araiza
Ruth Bartelt
Charles and Diane Cox
Scott Greenberg
Market Resource Partners
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Cycling League
Carol Solon
David and Ilene Winikur
FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIPS –
Michelle Knapik, President, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
This spring, the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation provided the AIM Institute for Learning & Research with a $150,000 grant to support the development of the AIM Pathways digital teacher training platform. In just a few short months Michelle Knapik, president of this family foundation, and her staff have become true partners of AIM. They have provided guidance on presentations, made introductions to others committed to literacy and education and sponsored and supported AIM in their presentation to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading funders huddle.
“We saw the AIM Pathways as a bridge across a whole lot of gaps to take teacher training to scale, to enhance stand and deliver training as well as to enhance professional development in pre-service training,” explained Knapik, who oversees the distribution of approximately $3 million in grants each year by the family foundation to organizations in three areas of focus including Learning Differences.
“Before the neuroscience [on learning differences] was really solid, most of our funding went to awareness raising (we funded nationwide Roper polls on LD and supported early learning differences messages in the media, including partnerships with the Ad Council and NPR). Today, we fund integrated, systemic, community-wide, evidenced based early literacy interventions that are critical to the 1 in 5 with learning and attention issues and that also support the 4 in 5.
She said the innovation of AIM Pathways and the multiple levels of partnerships connections from creating a platform with Digital Wave for interactive online learning, AIM’s ongoing work with Read by 4th and connection to IDA standards for reading was compelling.
“We love to fund at that area of applied research and development. We actually shifted resources in our budget when we saw the potential [of AIM Pathways] and knew we needed to make a more significant grant to AIM.”
GIFTS IN–KIND
13th Street Cocktail Catering
Adventure Aquarium
Jacqueline Allen
Awbury Arboretum
Bar Lucca
Barnes Foundation
Amanda Beeler
Denise Benmosche
Nehama Benmosche
David and Debbie Berkowitz
Jordan and Deanna Berman
Nancy and Brian Blair
Bonefish Grill
Nicole Bothwell
Mike and Eric Brooks
Casani Candy Company
Senator Bob Casey
Chanel Beaute
Katherine O'Leary Chaisson
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
Children's Book World
Roy Chowdhury
Melissa CodkindInitiatives Events Inc.
Conshy Girls Restaurant Group
Jeffrey and Susan Cooper
Robert and Diane Coppola
Crayola Experience
Crosshatch Audio
Visual Corporation
Dino's Backstage
Ease Massage Therapy
Elegance by Edythe
Scott and Julia Engel
Estia
Faith West Photography
Mark Fishman and Fran Tobin
Flyers Skate Zone
Foote Orthodontics
Darryl J. Ford - William Penn
Charter
The Franklin Institute
Richard Fravel
Erik Frykholm and Kim Finnie
Ed Gallagher
Sid Ghosh
John and Franny Glomb
Jim Graham
Liz Greco-Rocks
Hable Construction
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Gilbert and Tracey Hanse
Kathy Healey
Hebrew Helpers
High Street on Market
Infinity Jewelers - Kevin Ferguson
Iron Hill Brewery
John Derian Company
Norris and Debbie Jordan
J.P. Mascaro & Sons
Joseph Ambler Inn
Rachel Kern
Kevin Smith Transportation Group
Thomas Koscica
Kramer Portraits
Teressa Lopuchin
Lostine Home Goods
Lucky Dog
Masana
Nancy Matt
Matt Paul Sports
John and Denise McGlade
Cheryl McLaren
Michelle McConnonFalken Tire Company
Tom and Susan McGrath
Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis
Nicole Milstead
Kevin Myer
NY Jets - Chris Orechia
The Office Bar and Grill
Pete OppenheimerWave One Sports
Starr Osborne
Kimberly Peck
Victoria Pennetti
People's Light Theater
Frank Perri
Peter Zimmerman Architects
James and Myra Petras
Philly Mattress - Tom Donnelly
Philly Pretzel Factory
Val Pryshchenko and Moira McHugh
Redstone American Grill
Pat and Chris Roberts
Robertson's Flowers & Events
Robert and Pamela Saltzburg
Melissa Samschick
Bernie Schaffer
Schulson Collective
Amy Schwab
Susan Segal
2018 AIM FOR THE STARS GALA
$50,000 + Anonymous
$20,000+
Nehama Benmosche
The Kingsbury Family Fund
Archie and Helene van Beuren
$10,000+
Eugene and Dawn Doherty
Independence Blue Cross
Tom and Susan McGrath
Philadelphia Insurance Company
Pat and Chris Roberts
SEI
Stan and Jackie Sliverman
$5,000+
Fred and Bryna Berman
Al and Kristy Chiaradonna
Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman
Korman Residential
Maguire Foundation
Shaka and Jennifer Monroe
Matt and Heather NaylorElite Group
Carlton and Nina NeelThank You Associates
Richard and Amy Oller
Pocono ProFoods
Scott and Linda Schaeffer
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Joseph Ujobai
Christopher and Meg Veno
$2,000+
Sharyn Berman and Chuck Meyers
Nancy and Brian Blair
Blank Rome
Capstone Group
Erik Frykholm and Kim Finnie
Jed and Jessica Hammel
Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman
The Kinser Group
Jack and Joyce Rehorst
Tom Robinson and Karen Bartos
M. Joseph Rocks and Liz Greco-Rocks
Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau
Ryan and Amy TyrrellUnited States Roofing Corporation
Hans and Terri Zandhuis
$1,000+
Jacqueline Allen
Bethany Asplundh
Blackney Hayes Architects
Michelle Blass - BNY Mellon
Cabrini University
Citrin Cooperman
Mitchell and Melissa Codkind
Jennifer Davey
David Chrysler Dodge Jeep & Ram
Andy and Kim Sears
Seasons 52
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Joel Shapiro and Carolyn Hartman
Spring Mill Café
The StoneRose Restaurant
Matthew and Wendy Studner
Sunnybrook Golf Club
David and Laura Thayer
Thomas Fallon
Treasure Sign - Jim Convey
Twin Spring Farm Day Camp
Understood.org
Scott and Diana Vaughn -
Standard Group
Walnut Street Theatre
Wawa
Wegmans
Alli Gubanich Williams
Williamson Wines
Woodcrest Country Club
Sylvia DiBona
Scott and Julia Engel
Floors USA
Darryl J. Ford and Gail Sullivan Ford
David and Nancy Gansky
Saly A. Glassman and YouThePlanet Foundation
John and Franny Glomb
Amir and Stacey Goldman
Jill Goldstone
Nat and Ann Greenfield
Gwynedd Mercy University
Drs. Owen Hagino and Grace Ashton
Lori Hancock
Haverford Trust Company
Kathy Healey
Christopher and Annie Herman
Elliot and Amy Holtz
Integrated Project Services, Inc.
Karl and Stephanie Jeager
Amy Kelly
Paul Kelly
Larry and Evelyn Krain
Jordan and Amy Krimsky
Scott and Sara Levin
Brian and Christine Lobley
Jon and Kelli Marans
Ross and Cheryl McLaren
Brian and Allyson McTear
Ralph and Claire Morgan
Morris J. Cohen & Co.
Joan O’Shea
Paul Oppenheimer and Joanne Judge
Jon and Amy Ostroff
James and Myra Petras
PNC Institutional Asset Management
Isaac and Rebecca Sasson
Scarlett Contracting
Larry SegalHealthBridge Chiropractic
Randy and Amy Stein
Stewart A Xerox Company
West Chester University
Wilson Language Training
Wohlsen Construction
$500+
Stacey Adams
Greg Blair and Karla Ch’ien
Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio
Brian Feeney
Anne Ladenson
Ted Lewis and Deborah DeLauro
Jennifer Lowman
Bill and Jann Maclean
Nave Newell
NFP
Pete and Chrissy Oppenheimer
Minturn and Starr Osborne
Victoria Pennetti
Thomas Rees
Gregory Rodgers and Teresa
Araco Rodgers
Christopher and Sandra Ross
Rob and Pam Saltzburg
David and Christi Schug
Anne Tenthoff
Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky
Dennis and Jean Wasilewski
Michael and Caren Yeamans
Up to $500
Charles Adams
Curt Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy
Natalie Bar
Allie Bassman
Nick and Hally Bayer
Amanda Beeler
David and Debbie Berkowitz
Lindsey Boden
Daniel Boland and
Richard Marino
Mike and Erica Brooks
John Cacciamani and
Kate Coviello Cacciamani
Ellie Cantor
John and Misty Conlan
Robert and Diane Coppola
Jeff and Susan Cooper
Gary and Catharine Cox
Chris Cummings
Michael and Sherea Davis
Marco and Jana de Leon
Mariann Dempsey
Melanie Dudek
Kevin and Rosemary Eikov
Allison Enslein
Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum
Rob Ervin
Richard Farrer and Denise DeVivo Farrer
Patrick and Debra Ferraro
Nik Fowler
Paul Frank and Lucinda Tiajoloff
Jon Fuiman
Sid and Swapna Ghosh
Daniel Golub and Kimberly Wall
James Graham and
Christine Meck
Gordon Gross and Lisa Oliano-Gross
Sophia Gross
Gil and Tracey Hanse
John and Holli Hansen
Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton
Alex Helderman and Carrie Rosen
Dawn Hopson
Jack Francis Catering
Evan Jackson
Eric Jones
Sam Jones and Rhoda McKinney Jones
Bridget Keeley
Suruchi Keenheel
Karen and Vernon Keesey
Rachel Kern
Matt and Tammy Klein
Mary Labaree
Jim and Judi LaRosa
Albert and Laura Mancuso
Abe and Natalie Marciano
Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron
Paul and Missy Martin
Michael Matt
Jerry and Nancy Matt
Ernest May and Ruth Yaskin
William Mayer and Michele Rovinsky-Mayer
Michael and Sue McGuinness
Monifa Moore
Fran Newberg
Warren Pear and Cadence Kim
James and Deborah Pellen
Kimmell Proctor
Tim and Carol Purcell
Willhelm and Nina Rebmann
Arden Saligman
Michael and
Melissa Samschick
Maria Santangelo
Ed and Pam Schreiber
Andy and Kim Sears
Kenneth and Susan Segal
Joel Shapiro and Carolyn Hartman
Chris and Jill Sides
Brian and Tiffany Silbert
Gary Sklut and Abbi Jay
Kara Snyder
Victor Sosa and Deanna DiMemmo-Sosa
Dave and Amanda Stefanski
John Talbot
Travers Contractor
Alli Gubanich Williams
Save the Date for our 2019 AIM for the Stars
Gala honoring Read by 4th Executive Director Jenny Bogoni, Dr. Kevin Baumlin, Emergency Medicine Department Chair at Pennsylvania
Hospital Emergency Medicine and AIM’s own
Director of Robotics and Engineering Rob Ervin on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Vie in Philadelphia.
2018 GALA HIGHLIGHTS
The AIM for the Stars Gala is always a celebration of our students, faculty and staff, the many supporters of our unique community and a way to honor individuals who epitomize the traits of perseverance and innovation that we see in our fearless learners and innovative teachers.
The 2018 Gala on April 19th at Vie was no exception as we honored Saxbys CEO Nick Bayer and recognized the perseverance and dedication of Detroit schools superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti in using his dyslexia to dedicate himself to children with learning differences.
But the highlight of this evening featured our AIM students who took the stage in front of the crowd of 300 people, including our 56 sponsors, and showcased the way AIM allows students’ talents to be unleashed.
The student written performance, a version of which was performed at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival last fall, inspired AIM board member and parent Al Chiaradonna to write about the students in a post for his SEI leadership blog. He wrote: “[The gala] reminded me how powerful education is to
one’s confidence and personal growth…The skit focused on the fact that each of the performers had learning differences and how those differences became a negative label that had paralyzed and isolated them. But then they found AIM. At this school, the focus was not on “fixing” but understanding the difference and teaching to it. This approach forever changed these kids for the better. This type of teaching created an environment where they could thrive, embrace their differences and truly excel. They were no longer embarrassed about the difference nor were they trying to hide from it. They were free (and encouraged) to be who they were. And why shouldn’t they? After all, they were and are perfectly fine. They just learn differently.”
The performance underscored why we do what we do and why making AIM accessible to as many students as possible can make such a difference.
2019 AIM EVENTS:
February 22, 2019
February Frenzy
AIM - ACC
March 11, 2019
Research to Practice Symposium
AIM - ACC
April 10, 2019
AIM for the Stars Gala VIE
May 23, 2019
5-Year Reunion
AIM
June 7, 2019
Class of 2018 Commencement
AIM - ACC
June 12, 2019
Alumni Gathering
Great American Pub