Foundation for the Future - 2022-2023 Annual Report

2022–23 ANNUAL REPORT

FOUNDATION for THE FUTURE

Mission

The mission of AIM is to: 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.

Core Purpose and Core Values

AIM transforms and empowers lives through literacy.

Our Core Values:

• Research to Practice

• Fearless Innovation

• Partner for Impact

• Transform the Future of Education

AIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

2022–2023

Matthew S. Naylor Chair, Crumdale Partners

Al Chiaradonna Vice-Chair, SEI Private Banking

Elliot Holtz Treasurer, Noro Properties, LLC

Brian Lobley

Secretary

Patricia M. Roberts Co-CEO

Nancy G. Blair Co-CEO

Teresa Araco Rodgers harp-weaver LLC

Arthur Berkowitz Former owner and CEO, JEBerkowitz LP

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

John W. Glomb, Jr.

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Liz Greco-Rocks Advocate for Education and Mental Health

Patrick J. Hoyer

The Haverford Trust Company

Vince Lowry

Global Beta Advisors

John New WorkMerk LLC

Stan Silverman Vice Chairman, Drexel University

Hans Zandhuis

Chatham Capital, LLC

LETTER FROM THE CO-FOUNDERS

Foundation for the Future—A Journey of Research, Innovation, and Impact

We are delighted to share our annual report, showcasing a year of remarkable accomplishments and expressing gratitude to our families, partners, and generous donors for your steadfast support in transforming and empowering lives through literacy. Since we opened AIM’s doors in 2006, we have remained committed to the core principles of Research to Practice, Fearless Innovation, and Partnering for Impact. These principles are the bedrock of our mission to transform the future of education for all learners worldwide.

Over the past year, Head of School Annette Fallon and her dedicated faculty supported a record number of more than 400 students. Annette spent time during her inaugural year connecting with each member of our AIM team as she worked to strengthen and grow our community connection.

Our dedication to Research to Practice has fueled our work for over 17 years. This includes research partnerships with the Florida Center for Reading Research and Yale Child Study Center (formerly Haskins Laboratories), and forging new collaborations such as our ROAR Study work with Stanford University. We are committed to translating knowledge into evidence-based classroom practice, enriching academic programs, and providing immersive, practical learning experiences for our students.

Our commitment to Partner for Impact has led us to help children beyond our walls as AIM Pathways partnerships expanded to schools and state Departments of Education in over 33 states, impacting over 30,000 teachers and

administrators as they lead programs to support literacy nationwide. AIM provides educators and leaders with essential tools and knowledge to establish cultures of literacy in their school communities, supporting all learners.

We are excited to start constructing our Global Innovation Hub addition, a tangible sign of our pursuit to Transform the Future of Education. This state-of-the-art facility is possible through generous matching grants from Pennsylvania’s RACP program and AIM Higher campaign supporters. It will serve as a community hub for learning, research, and collaboration, fostering connections and real-world problem-solving opportunities for our students and alumni. We look forward to sharing more about this exciting project with you in the months ahead.

As we witness AIM's growth and celebrate the successes of our alumni, students, teachers, and Pathways learners, we see it as a testament to AIM’s enduring history and steadfast focus on impacting future learning. Together, we are laying a solid foundation for the future, ensuring that every learner is equipped to embrace the opportunities that lie ahead.

Thank you for being an integral part of this extraordinary journey.

Sincerely,

Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair AIM Co-Founders

IDA EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

Last fall, AIM Co-Founders Nancy Blair and Pat Roberts received the International Dyslexia Association’s 2022 Excellence in Leadership Award at the group's conference in San Antonio, Texas. The award was given in recognition of Pat and Nancy’s fearless leadership that created AIM. It also recognized their significant contribution in reshaping both education for those with learning differences and teacher training on literacy through AIM Pathways.

“The real heroes are our AIM educators and leaders who saw this vision with us; we would not have this award without them.”

PAT ROBERTS

“Our students…are warriors, each and every day.”

NANCY BLAIR

DEVELOPING WHAT WE AIM FOR

The AIM Fors were created through a series of staff and faculty and leadership conversations in 22–23 to identify characteristics and principles people valued as a model for how the AIM community strives to interact with each other. Through surveys and further conversations, there were four principles that people shared: Responsibility, Respect, Creativity and Inclusion. When we realized there were four, we decided to put a twist on the word Four, and felt it appropriate to say this is "What we AIM For." Beginning in the 23–24 school year, there is a weekly opportunity for staff and students to submit shout outs to acknowledge and celebrate the ways they see our community embody these principles, LS and MS build these themes into their monthly division assemblies.

AIM RECEIVES 10-YEAR PAIS ACCREDITATION

Following a four-day site visit to AIM Academy in April, the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) renewed AIM’s accreditation for 10 years through the 2032–2033 school year.

AIM team members undertook a yearlong selfstudy of policies, procedures and curriculum beginning in the 2021–2022 school year as part of the accreditation process and used the process to develop focused strategic plans for continued innovation to provide AIM students with research-based learning opportunities to solve real-world problems.

The PAIS Commission for Accreditation is a state accreditation agency recognized by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. PAIS-accredited schools like AIM meet or exceed standards of excellence for curriculum, programs, faculty, and student learning outcomes.

“This recognition is a testament to the talented, dedicated and innovative faculty and staff at AIM who transform and empower lives through literacy each day,” said Head of School Annette Fallon.

CONSIDERING THE INFLUENCE OF AI IN LD SCHOOLS

As the world considers the impact and influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on student learning, AIM is committed to using AI in a manner that respects individual privacy, promotes fairness, avoids bias, and values accuracy. In June, AIM Academy and The Landmark School hosted an LD Think Tank for educators and leaders at schools for students with learning differences to discuss the future of education and AI. The event was held on AIM’s campus in June following the international ISTE conference in Philadelphia. The think tank was designed to foster collaborative thinking and encourage lively discussions on topics at the forefront of AI and Machine Learning particularly within the context of an LD School community.

HELPING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS #WINATSOCIAL

As we work to support the social and emotional as well as the academic needs of our students, AIM partnered last year with The Social Institute (TSI) to provide social emotional learning and digital citizenship curriculum in the Middle School. Middle School Counselor Tracy Ryals works with students using TSI resources to help students develop social and emotional skills to navigate connections and relationships in their technology-focused social world. The institute uses a gamified, online learning platform that empowers students to navigate their social world—social media and technology—to fuel their health, happiness, and future success using a positive approach to help students make positive choices.

IMPACT

PARTNERING FOR IMPACT TO SUPPORT CULTURES OF LITERACY IN STATES AND SCHOOLS

33 STATES with Schools or Districts Committed to Pathways Training

Z

25,000+

Z SINCE 2019

268,900 EDUCATORS TRAINED STUDENTS IMPACTED

IN 2023

As we continue to empower and impact more lives through literacy, it is exciting and encouraging to see the interest across the country and the globe in ensuring that teachers use evidence-based literacy instruction to support all student readers. Over the past year, we have had the privilege to partner for impact with researchers and educators who are touching students in a myriad of ways from supporting training of one-to-one tutors, working to help states roll out literacy instruction, and partnering with schools and districts around the country that are choose professional training for educators that is grounded in structured literacy instruction and the science of reading. It is also exciting to see and hear about the success teachers and students are having in the classroom as we grow our impact and strengthen and expand our partnerships.

“We are now teaching the content in a way that makes more sense to the way students learn, so it’s all making more sense to them.”

SARAH A., AN OHIO AIM PATHWAYS LEARNER

• Helping Ohio Soar into Structured Literacy: The Trumbull County ESC in eastern Ohio committed to training all K-3 teachers in Pathways to Proficient Reading in order to meet state-required professional development to meet Ohio’s new Dyslexia Support Laws. The yearlong training, which is continuing in the 2023-2024 school year with education leaders, included training for almost 500 Trumbull County K-12 educators. “Working with Trumbull County has been one of the highlights of my year because these educators are coming to us with the energy and enthusiasm to do more,” said AIM Senior Content Developer Megan Gierka who helped lead the training.

• Science of Reading Instruction in Higher Ed: Providing Science of Reading instruction to education majors in universities and college is an important part of supporting more students. Last fall, Literacy researcher and new Research Advisory Board Member Dr. Katie Pace Miles partnered with AIM to use AIM Pathways to Proficient Reading coursework in a co-designed course at Brooklyn College, CUNY. Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair helped Dr. Pace Miles kick off her class sharing some of AIM's history.

• Mississippi Chooses Pathways for Ongoing Professional Learning: Mississippi’s success in implementing research-based literacy

PATHWAYS MAP

updated as of November 2023

Blue = States where AIM Pathways is state approved for professional development or has school partnerships.

instruction and improving student outcomes is lauded nationwide. AIM is proud to have been selected by the Mississippi Department of Education as their provider of ongoing literacy professional development for teachers and leaders across the state. AIM developed a hybrid learning course to train more than 1,000 teachers last year. The partnership is continuing this year with teachers being provided expanded course offerings including Pathways to Proficient Writing and Pathways to Structured Literacy.

• Supporting Philadelphia Tutoring Programs: With the increase in tutoring programs to support student learning, AIM has partnered with two organizations working in the School District of Philadelphia to provide structured literacy training to tutors. Joyful Readers and Reading Allowed work with AIM to provide Wilson Language Training instruction as well as AIM Pathways coursework to their dedicated tutors.

Mississippi educators on their AIM Pathways journey.

PARTNER

AIM welcomed new members Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Dr. Linnea Ehri, Dr. Katharine Pace Miles, and Dr. Jason Yeatman, to its Research Advisory Board as the organization continues to work in close partnership with researchers to collaborate on coursework, support ongoing research in the classroom and learn about new discoveries that can support all readers.

RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD

DANIEL BERCH, PH.D.

MICHELLE DUDA, PH.D.

KATHARINE PACE MILES, PH.D.

BARBARA WILSON, M.ED.

KATE CAIN BSC.D.PHIL

LINNEA EHRI, PH.D.

KEN PUGH, PH.D.

JASON YEATMAN PH.D.

ELSA CÁRDENAS-HAGAN, ED.D. DONALD L. COMPTON, PH.D.

STEVEN GRAHAM, ED.D. NANCY HENNESSY M.ED.

HOLLIS SCARBOROUGH, PH.D. JULIE WASHINGTON, PH.D.

COURSE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD

It is particularly exciting to have worked closely with advisory board members on AIM Pathways course content that is being shared directly with educators across the globe. These new courses, Growing Proficient Readers: Dr. Ehri’s Phases of Development and Specialized Reading Knowledge Bundle: English Learners would not have been possible to create without the time and expertise of Dr. Linnea Ehri and Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan.

“[Research to Practice] Partnerships depend on a mutual understanding of the importance of scientific inquiry…AIM’s commitment to research filters all the way down to the kids, their parents, the staff, the administrators, the Research Advisory Board, all of whom are interested in promoting a scientific approach to instruction for kids that is efficacious to kids and ultimately to society.”

DR. DON COMPTON, FLORIDA CENTER FOR READING RESEARCH

PARTNERING FOR IMPACT WITH RESEARCHERS

What does it mean to develop a Research to Practice partnership? Dr. Don Compton and Dr. Laura Steacy of the Florida Center for Reading Research visited AIM in March to continue ongoing research with AIM students and joined us in conversion about the importance of and key elements to research to practice partnerships in literacy. Their remarks about their work at AIM and the importance of research to practice were recorded on video.

SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON STUDENT ASSESSMENTS

AIM added a new in-school research partnership last year by joining the Stanford Reading & Dyslexia Research Program and beginning to administer the Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) to students at AIM. The ROAR is an ongoing academic research project and online platform for assessing foundational reading skills developed by AIM Research Advisory Board member Dr. Jason Yeatman, an assistant professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the School of Medicine. Researchers, like Dr. Yeatman, benefit from the expertise AIM teachers and clinicians possess in order to develop assessments that can efficiently and accurately reflect the abilities of students with Language-Based Learning Disabilities/Differences. The research project began with 1st–3rd grade and 6th grade students during the 2022–2023 school year and is being expanded for the 2023–2024 school year.

UNDERSTANDING COMPREHENSION— AIM’S RESEARCH TO PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM

CONNECTING EDUCATORS WITH LITERACY RESEARCHERS

Our 11th annual Research to Practice Symposium in March, examined the complexity of reading comprehension and provided educators insights for classroom practice. More than 4,000 educators from around the world registered to attend this important free day of learning examining “Why is Reading Comprehension so Difficult to Comprehend?” The symposium was moderated by Nancy Hennessy, a longtime AIM partner and the author of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint and featured presentations by:

• Dr. Hugh Catts kicked off the sessions with “Rethinking Reading Comprehension,” followed by additional presentations:

• Dr. Amy Elleman, Director, Literacy Studies Ph.D. Program, Middle Tennessee State University

• Dr. Tiffany Hogan, Director of the Speech and Language (SAiL) Literacy Lab, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Dr. Laurie Cutting, this year’s Hollis Scarborough Award recipient shared her presentation The Complexity of Reading Comprehension and Beyond: Lessons Learned from the Reading Rope and Nancy Hennessy and Kristen Wynn, State Literacy Director (K-12) for the Mississippi Department of Education led a Research to Practice conversation sharing details from Mississippi’s partnership with AIM examining Anchoring Effective Processes to Improve Reading Outcomes.

STEERING THE SHIP—A ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION

The day after AIM’s Research to Practice Symposium, researchers, policy makers and leaders from large school district and state Departments of Education, including New York City Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia, as well the Mississippi Department of Education gathered for a day-long roundtable conversation on “Navigating Systems Change for Improved Literacy Outcomes for All Children.” Facilitated discussions included a focus on the importance of research to practice, ways to scale and sustain implementation of literacy programs, and developing a common language for literacy.

12TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

SAVE THE DATE— MARCH 11, 2024

“People that care about literacy for their children…I think that they need to keep demanding high quality instruction for children and make sure they’re seeking out reputable sources for that knowledge.”

DR. AMY ELLEMEN

“I am very hopeful about what’s happening right now in literacy, mainly because of the conversations that are happening between researchers and practitioners and other invested parties such as parents and policy makers. It’s really coming together to engage in the science of reading and improve outcomes that’s going to make a difference when we think about practice.”

DR. TIFFANY HOGAN

“Comprehension is more like something we create than something we instruct. That is why we provide kids with fundamental reading skills and some skills related to comprehension, then introduce them to the knowledge that they need to have to understand what they read and to increase their curiosity and interest in learning.”

DR. HUGH CATTS

“This symposium…really brings the research to practice, and it gets educators to connect with the researchers on a different level. It allows the researchers to listen to and be in the room with those educators so that they can hear what the concerns from the field may be.”

KRISTEN WYNN, STATE LITERACY DIRECTOR (K–12), MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF EDUCATION

AIM ATHLETES

AIM Athletes brought their all to the 22–23 athletic season. With the launch of the Wolf Pack Leadership & Character Development Program through a partnership with the Positive Coaching Alliance in the fall, a primary goal of Wolf Pack Athletics was to continue to strengthen the foundation of minimum standards, expectations and behaviors for our student-athletes. Our program continues to demonstrate growth from our newer teams like varsity lacrosse and tennis, our varsity mountain biking team, to our longstanding basketball, soccer and cross-country teams. The Wolf Pack continues to persevere and we’re so excited to see what they continue to do in the 23–24 season.

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS

ATTEND DEIB CONFERENCE

Last Fall a group of AIM 7th and 8th graders traveled to Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Del., with LaShundra McCook, AIM's Coordinator of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for the Leaning into Equity Awareness and Diversity (LEAD) Conference

This event, designed specifically for 7th and 8th graders, included a presentation by Dr. Mykee Fowlin about the importance of leaning in, and embracing your authentic self to help foster a more inclusive society.

DASH ROBOTS PROVIDE LOWER SCHOOL INTRO TO PROGRAMMING

Lower Schoolers worked with Aaron Brill, AIM’s Director of Innovation Technology, last year learning how to program by working with Dash robots. These future coders used their new skills to make the small devices move and dance. Students learned problemsolving and creative coding while navigating the user interface of the Blockly app to operate these small robots. As they become more familiar with the tools and their uses, students will be asked to program the robots to navigate a maze on the floor of the Makerspace. Aaron showcased the Dash Robots and the Blockly app at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in the Playground ’23 space sharing how the tools can be used to teach fundamentals of code to Lower School students.

NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY CHAPTER ESTABLISHED AT AIM

The 2022–2023 school year marked the first year of AIM’s National Art Honor Society chapter, recognized by the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and brought to AIM by art teacher Susan Braccia. The honor society recognizes the importance of creative student leaders and the manner in which their endeavors amplify the innovation, skills, scholarship, and connection that arts programs bring to AIM and the community. In May, chapter members took a field trip to the Woodmere Museum and Morris Arboretum to explore different works of art and create art in nature.

JOURNALING AND CYCLING

At the 2022 Outride Summit, AIM Biking teacher Jeff Fetterman delivered a talk titled "Cultivating the Voices of the Youth Cycling Community." During his presentation, he emphasized the significance of combining journaling with biking. He encourages AIM students to document their thoughts and emotions as they engage in self-reflection about their cycling experience, and how important it is to combine literacy and the love of learning with activities such as biking.

STEAM MOBILE AT READING PROMISE WEEK

Last Fall AIM joined Philadelphia’s Read by 4th’s city-wide Reading Promise Week with a Sylvia’s Mobile STEAM Dream visit to Cayuga Elementary school in northeast Philadelphia. Volunteers, led by Director of Innovation Technology Aaron Brill and Middle School STEAM instructor Kathy Brandon read aloud to children and gave them an opportunity to create something in our STEAM lab and take home a book to share with their families. AIM is at the forefront of infusing literacy across content areas and developing imaginative ways to build key skills like collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity, critical to future success in STEAM careers.

b .A.S.H. STUDENT SHOWCASE

AIM welcomed students and family members to our all-school b.A.S.H. celebration in May. This annual student showcase, short for “blending of the Arts, Science, and Humanities,” demonstrates the magic that can happen with innovative teaching and fearless learning from 1st through 12th grade. Whether reading a 1st grade fairytale or a 12th grade European travel journal, appreciating a 3rd grader's mosaic or a Middle Schooler's sculpture, watching Lower School performances or hearing recaps of Addams Family favorites, the magic of AIM shone through in the wideranging creative projects.

THRIVE

CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2023

On June 2, the AIM community gathered to recognize the 37 members of the Class of 2023. This group of fearless learners was accepted at more than 90 colleges and universities around the country.

Student speakers Hannah Nossbauam and Claire Powell as well as commencement speaker Glenn Bostock, founder and CEO of SnapCab, all shared the ways that challenges and learning struggles helped them develop strength, humility and empathy.

AIM co-founders Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair, Head of School

Annette Fallon, Biking teacher Jeff Fetterman, and Upper School Head Andrew DiPrinzio presented students with our annual student recognition awards including a new Valedictorian Award presented to an AIM senior who has attained the highest cumulative grade point average during their time in AIM's Upper School.

AIM PIONEER STUDENTS

Each year AIM honors graduates who have been enrolled at AIM since 1st grade with the Pioneer Awards. These pioneer students and their families recognized what researchbased education could mean for their children. The awards recognize the resourceful, relentless, and resilient pioneer spirit of these new graduates.

LUCAS FORD

A mainstay on the soccer field and basketball court while pursuing his equestrian pursuits outside of school, Lucas is attending Johnson & Wales University

STUDENT HONOREES

ASHLEY WARSETSKY

Valedictorian Award

CLAIRE POWELL

The Marvins Award

HANNAH NOSSBAUM

Lou Uchitel Spirit Award

REGINALD R. WOODS II

Arts & Creativity Award

GABRIELA SHULMAN

The Sam Ozer Award

ISAAC GOLUB

Always involved in entrepreneurship at AIM, Isaac is attending Elizabethtown College

MAX LADENSON

A confident learner and performer on the AIM stage, Max is attending Landmark College.

“Let’s take all the lessons we learned here at AIM, all the friendships we built, the joys we’ve shared and then remember that everywhere we go, in every classroom, in every workplace there are those who, like me in 8th grade, like so many of us at our old schools, lack the confidence in themselves to speak out. Let’s not let them go unheard. Let’s be powerful voices in this world.”

HANNAH NOSSBAUM ’23

“I once said at a Gala—DYSLEXIA IS MY SUPERPOWER, but what I really think is that the empathy and compassion that comes from having Dyslexia, from walking miles in the shoes as an other, those are my real superpowers. The ones I’ll take well past AIM.” CLAIRE POWELL ’23

“I would recommend that anybody run a company like it was for dyslexic people. It just works better…You have an advanced degree in struggle and failure. The secret to success is knowing how to deal with struggle and failure. It naturally leads to humility.”

GLENN BOSTOCK, AIM 2023 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

THRIVE FUTURE READY

LEARNERS AND LEADERS

COLLEGE STUDENT AND ENTREPRENEUR SPEAKS AT SEI PANEL

On April 26th, AIM alumnus and entrepreneur Cooper Neel ’20 spoke on a panel hosted by the Neurodiversity Employment Network at SEI Investments on the topic of neuroinclusion in the workplace. The event emphasized greater awareness of learning differences in professional spaces, and Cooper spoke of the absolute necessity for selfadvocacy. He credited AIM with helping him develop this crucial skill, which has brought him success and support in college. Cooper, now a senior at Texas Christian University, also credited AIM with supporting and inspiring him as an entrepreneur, linking his Global Entrepreneur experience at AIM to his development of a new line of healthy beverages—Coop NeuroRefreshers—which will donate a percentage of its proceeds to institutions that increase awareness of neurodiversity.

MARKETING CAREER FOR AIM’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE GRAD

Nikolaj Hansen-Turton ’19, who arrived at AIM in 3rd grade and graduated in 2019 is AIM’s first international university graduate. After AIM, Nikolaj headed to the University of East London to study politics and international relations and is now finishing a masters degree in Digital Marketing at Queen Mary University while working full time at The Network: Towards Unity for Health in London.

Nikolaj shared that the support he received from AIM teachers was important as he sought to challenge himself in school. In fact it was his three years of media arts classes at AIM that drove him to pursue digital marketing for graduate school. “I’m driven to marketing more on the advertising side where I get more into the creative side of my brain,” Nikolaj said. “I appreciated having that creativity and that freedom in the arts.”

His experience in Interactive Humanities classrooms also fostered his interest in international relations and history. “Over my 9 years at AIM, the way history was taught was so important. I still remember being cast as Zeus (in 3rd grade) which was a huge honor. It is such an interesting way to learn by living through someone in history rather than learning about someone.”

HANNAH N. ’23

Hannah N. was one of 30 students selected from the 10,000 that applied to Franklin & Marshall College for their prestigious Diplomat Leadership Program. At AIM, Hannah led Mini-THON this year and raised over $9,000 for pediatric cancer research.

LOLA G. ’23

Lola G. received two prestigious merit scholarships to attend Drexel University; The Eagles Fly for Leukemia and the Founder’s Scholarships. An AIM student since 4th grade, Lola has embodied resilience and perseverance. On top of her 4.00 GPA, she coached Lower School Girls on the Run, played varsity soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, participated in student council and was the leading fundraiser for her junior year service project. Lola also served as a teacher's assistant in our fourth grade and earned an A+ in her Temple and Drexel University dual enrollment courses. She is attending Drexel University as a Sustainability and Innovation major at the Close School of Entrepreneurship.

KAMALINI C. ’26, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Kam spent three weeks last summer studying Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Oxford in England. This prestigious program is taught by Oxford professors and open to a select number of students from across the globe. Kam was part of a team of students looking at the complex questions of human behavior through hands-on activities such as a brain dissection and real-world experiments.

NOAH N. ’24, PHILADELPHIA CATHOLIC SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Noah got accepted into the Philadelphia Catholic Scholars Program at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary where for two weeks last summer, he studied great thinkers like Plato and Thomas Aquinas and engaged in important discussions about theology in our world today.

THRIVE PERFORMING ARTS AND MUSIC AT AIM

Whether taking the stage in a musical, performing a new skill learned in an extracurricular club, making music, or crafting and displaying delicate illuminated lanterns, AIM students are surrounded by the arts with opportunities to discover new talents and passions whether it is performing on stage or helping man the tech table to make sure the show goes on without a hitch.

Highlights of Arts at AIM in the 2022–2023 school year included three student musicals, The Addams Family (Upper School), Jungle Book Kids (Middle School), and Leap Day (Lower School); Winter Concerts and Student Showcases, Irish Dancing, and our second school-wide Illuminated Lantern Festival.

IMMERSIVE LEARNING OUTSIDE OF AIM

Immersive learning environments are excellent ways to teach children, especially struggling readers, background knowledge to support reading comprehension. At AIM, classes like Interactive Humanities steep students in historical background knowledge every day. Research done at AIM has shown that this kind of specific knowledge construction carries over as students learn new concepts. Providing students opportunities to immerse themselves in learning away from AIM is an important part of AIM’s curriculum with field trips throughout all of our divisions and opportunities for more long-distance travel beginning in Middle School including the 7th grade history trip to Colonial Williamsburg, the 8th graders journey to the Teton Science School in Wyoming to learn about environmental conservation, and the 9th grade trip to Walt Disney World to experience the behind the scenes world of the greatest place on earth.

EXPLORING ENGLAND AND FRANCE

As part of their yearlong study of the history and literature of France and England, AIM seniors traveled to Europe in March for an 8-day Senior Capstone trip and got the opportunity to visit Paris, London, and Normandy to experience the cities, sights and cuisine in person. The travelers visited iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben, dined on crepes and pot pies, and collected sand from Omaha Beach to commemorate all that transpired there. Students kept travel journals of their experience and got inspiration for their Senior Capstone projects. The Senior Capstone has been a tradition at AIM since our first senior class went to Italy. The Class of 2024 will head to Belize.

GIVING ANNUAL REPORT OF GIFTS 2022–2023

FOUNDERS

SOCIETY

Thank you to the following donors who have given $2,006 or more during the 2022–2023 school year

$500,000+

AIM Scholarship 1 LLC

The Raphael Family Foundation— Asher Raphael

$300,000+

Chad and Kelly Punchard

$200,000+

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Pennsylvania Education Partnership, LLC

$100,000+

Avram Hornik

Independence Blue Cross

Klingenstein Philanthropies

Thornedge Foundation—

Henry Smith

Archbold and Helene van Beuren

$50,000+

BLBB Charitable

Comcast Corporation

Friends of Education, LLC

Gilbert and Tracey Hanse

Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer

Henfey

Amy and Michael Kopelman

Brian and Christine Lobley

Vincent and Karen Lowry

Maguire Foundation—

James Maguire

Jackie and Stan Silverman

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

WSFS

$40,000+

Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Chris and Patricia Roberts

John and Frances Glomb

Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.—

Gil and Tracey Hanse

$30,000+

Nehama Benmosche

Jordan and Deanna Berman

Matthew and Lea Cohn

George Connell

John and Anne James

SKF USA, Inc.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$20,000+

Kenneth and Valerie Baker

Fred and Bryna Berman

Brian and Nancy Blair

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

Ron and Carol Giannone

Katherine Healey

Aaron and Stephanie Krause

Michele Kreisler

Chuck Meyers and Sharyn Berman

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Richard and Amy Oller

PHLY Foundation

Richard and Shelley Powell

Tom and Karen Robinson

Kevin and Jaimie Shmelzer

Andrea Smith

David and Laura Thayer

The Edward Taylor Coombs Foundation

The Haverford Trust Company

The Lubert Family Foundation—

Jon and Allison Lubert

van Beuren Charitable Foundation

Viking Associates

$15,000+

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz

Theodore and Sally Brickman

Jason and Kathy Foote

Brandon and Kelly Moore

PNC Bank

Christopher and Nancy Powell

Paul and Amy Reed

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Tri-State Technical Sales Corporation

Wawa Foundation

$10,000+

Anonymous

Richard and Marci Abt

Jackie Allen

Blackney Hayes Architects—

Jennifer Crawford

Blue Rock Construction, Inc.

Rosalie Cohen

Michael and Ellen Dougherty

Audrey Era-Anavitate

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Elliot and Amy Holtz

Instech Laboratories—

Paul and Deanna Loughnane

Meridian Bank

Matthew and Heather Naylor

Powell Family Foundation—

Richard, Shelley, Steven and Catherine Powell

David and Tracy Reller

Chad and Jennifer Rosenberg

William R. Sasso, Esq., Trustee of Leo Niessen Jr. Charitable Trust

The Farmboy Fund

The Scharpf Family Foundation—

Eric and Colleen Scharpf

Wilson Language Training

$5,000+

Anonymous

Mary Adams

Benedict Silverman Foundation

Stephen Cohen

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene

Donna De Carolis

Sylvia DiBona

Jamie Fitzgerald

Michael and Lori Goodman

Peter Hilton-Kingdon and Kathy Ochroch

Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman

Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Benjamin and Shiri Jerner

Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust

John and Amy Korman

Anne Ladenson

Little Tower Foundation—Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio

John New

Noro Properties

PJ Dick—Trumbull

Naresh and Saroj Ramdas

M. Joseph Rocks and Elizabeth Greco-Rocks

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Jeffrey and Hanna Steinberg

Michael and Amanda Stern

The Clayman Foundation

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

Truist

Archbold van Beuren ’16

Jason and Jaimee Weisz

$2,006+

Anonymous

Gordon and Jennifer Adams

Chris and Amy Bauer

Steven and Ilene Berman

Phil and Katie Grinnell

Diane Henfey

Jean Philippe Iberti and Leilani

Schlottfeldt

Paul and Deanna Loughnane

Stephen and Elizabeth Meyer

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Scott and Sharon Rankin

Ace Rosenstein

Frederick and Heather Sutor

Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.

William Penn Charter School

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.

Contact Jantonoplos@aimpa.org for EITC Participation

Richard and Marci Abt

Mary Adams

AIM Scholarship 1 LLC

Nehama Benmosche

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz

Fred and Bryna Berman

Sharyn Berman

Blackney Hayes Architects—

Jennifer Crawford

Brian and Nancy Blair

Blue Rock Construction Inc.

Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund

Barbara Cobb

Matthew and Lea Cohn

Comcast Corporation

Sylvia DiBona

Audrey Era-Anavitate

Jason and Kathy Foote

Friends of Education, LLC

Ron and Carol Giannone

John and Frances Glomb

Amir and Stacey Goldman

Brian Govberg

Michael and Lori Goodman

Hanse Golf Course Design Inc.— Gilbert and Tracey Hanse

Peter Hilton-Kingdon and Kathy Ochroch

Elliot and Amy Holtz

Avram Hornik

Independence Blue Cross

John and Anne James

Benjamin and Shiri Jerner

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum

Michael and Amy Kopelman

TOTAL GIVING 2022–2023

SCHOLARSHIP GIFTS: 49%

RESTRICTED GIFTS: 42%

AIM FUND: 8%

SPECIAL EVENTS: 1%

EITC/OSTC FACTS

$1.9 MILLION

Michele Kreisler

Brian and Christine Lobley

Instech Laboratories—Paul and Deanna Loughnane

Maguire Enterprises

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Meridian Bank

Brandon and Kelly Moore

Noro Properties

EarlyBird Education

Everyone Reads PA

The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation

Klingenstein Philanthropies

John and Katharine Murphy

PHLY Foundation

Chris and Patricia Roberts

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Inc.

Wilson Language Training

95

74 contributed by individuals and businesses to AIM in 2022–2023 of all AIM students receive financial aid

Pennsylvania Education Partnership, LLC.

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

PNC Bank

Nancy and Christopher Powell

Chad and Kelly Punchard

AIM FUND

AIM student benefited from EITC/OSTC scholarships businesses and individuals contributed Z Z Z

Naresh and Saroj Ramdas

Paul and Amy Reed

Chris and Pat Roberts

24%

Tom and Karen Robinson

Chad and Jennifer Rosenberg

Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau

Kevin and Jaimie Shmelzer

Jackie and Stan Silverman

SKF USA, Inc.

Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen

Randy and Amy Stein

Jeffrey and Hanna Steinberg

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

David and Laura Thayer

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

The Haverford Trust Company

Tri-State Technical Sales Corporation

Truist

Archbold and Helene van Beuren

Viking Associates—Katherine Healey

Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky

Jason and Jaimee Weisz

WSFS Bank

AIM INSTITUTE

12M Recruiting

Jackie Allen

Benedict Silverman Foundation

BLBB Charitable Credentials Unlimited

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.

Anonymous (20)

John and JoEllen Abrams

Adams Charitable Foundation— Gordon and Jennifer Adams and Mary Adams

Stephen and Carol Aichele

Jackie Allen

Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

AmazonSmile Foundation

Catherine Anderson

Eric and Maureen Anderson

Jason and Jill Angelides

Joy Antonoplos

Samantha Ashley

Loretta Aument

Mark and Stacy Axelman

Wilfried and Freia Backes

Ballantine Family Charitable Fund—The Ballantine Family

Ballen Family Investments LLC—

Anne Ladenson

Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen

Chris and Amy Bauer

Donald Belles and Danielle Sibilla

Bendita Foundation—

Bethany Asplundh

Nehama Benmosche

Eric Berndt and Anne Matlack

Jacob Berghuis ’14

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz

Fred and Bryna Berman

Michael Berman ’16

Steven and Ilene Berman

Kirsten Bernal

David and Sharon Berney

John and Carrie Ann Betteridge

Jon and Carolyn Bjornson

Brian and Nancy Blair

Greg Blair and Karla Ch’ien

Jerome and Nancy Blank

Lindsey Boden

Peter Bohn and Alexandra Hettinger

Steven and Kristin Bowen

Mark Brandon

Mark and Stefanie Brandstetter

Theodore and Sally Brickman

Scott Brickman

Aaron Brill

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

Andrew and Jody Brookman

Marc and Andrea Brookman

Mike and Erica Brooks

Tausif and Laura Butt

Chris Campbell

Robert and Kelly Campbell

Mary Canter

Joseph Carluccio ’16

Susan Carson Molly Cassidy ’17

Dee Castorani

Walter and Barrie Cherwony

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

Anthony and Jenniffer Chieffo

Traci M. Childress

Christie Family

John and Lynne Ciccarelli

Caroline Cinquanto

Max Kaufman and Joy Clairmont

Patrick Clancy

Martha Clark

TJ and Colleen Cluney

Matthew Coburn and Amy Bustin

Mitchell and Melissa Codkind

Michael and Arleen Cohen

Rosalie Cohen

Seth and Rachel Cohen

Gina Collier and Patricia Hamill

George Connell

EITC DONOR SPOTLIGHT

THE ROBINSON FAMILY

The Robinson Family is one of the many individual donors and foundations supporting AIM through allocations of tax credits to Pennsylvania’s EITC and OSTC programs.

Q. Why do you support AIM through the EITC scholarship program?

A. The EITC scholarship program is a great way to support educational scholarships by leveraging our family’s state tax dollars—providing funds to support the educational needs of the community and directly benefit children.

Q. How has AIM made a difference in your family's life? What are the essential qualities of an AIM student?

A. AIM has made a dramatic difference in our family’s life by providing Landon and Carson an environment that is tailored to their learning needs—a place that they enjoy and where they can thrive.

Q. What difference has AIM made since opening their doors in 2006?

A. AIM has helped to fill a gap in our educational system—not all children learn the same way. AIM provides children with language-based learning differences the same educational opportunities as other children without such differences.

Q. What is unique about how AIM prepares students for a changing world?

A. AIM’s unique use of innovative technology and learning techniques helps children overcome their language-based learning differences and positions them to excel in their chosen life path—whatever that may be.

REVENUE 2022–2023

TUITION: 48%

Edward and Sara Connolly

Haley Conroy

Susan Cooper

Janet Copeland

Sam and Trenna Corey

Aviva Coyne-Green

Jennifer Crawford

Jana Cresswell

Stephanie Crispell

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene

Katie Cuddeback

Colleen Danilson

Mohamed and Catherine Dattu

Martha Davis

Donna De Carolis

Maris Delano

Monique DeLapenha

Deborah DeLauro

Bill and Michele Demski

Michael and Erin DeVault

Peter and Mindi DiGiovanni

Andrew DiPrinzio

Brian and Megan Dougherty

Michael and Ellen Dougherty

Sally Dwyer

Jane Eaddy ’17

Paul Edelblut and Jeanne Frantz

Max Edelblut-Frantz ’23

Christopher and Jennifer Eni

Jeffrey and Sara Erlbaum

Annette Fallon and Eric Cox

Bert and Helen Fallon

Tara Fehon

Patrick and Debra Ferraro

Cheryl Ferst

Jeff Fetterman and Taia Harlos

Evan Fieldston and Gabriela Marein-Efron

James and Carol Fitzgerald

Robert and Annetta Fitzsimmons

Michael and Valerie Flitter

Jason and Kathy Foote

Paul Frank

David and Tara Friedman

Edward Gallagher

Claire Gebhardt*

Patricia Gedrich

Jon and Shelley George

Sid and Swapna Ghosh

Ron and Carol Giannone

Megan Gierka

Matthew and Emily Ginsburg

John and Suzanne Glomb

Robin Godfrey

Lynn Godmilow and Charles Brill

George and Jackie Goldstone

Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall

Dave and Vardhana Goswami

James Graham and Christine Meck

Samuel and Barbara Greenblatt

Fred Grinnell

Phil and Katie Grinnell

R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler

Stephen and Gail Grosh

Sophia Gross ’16

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz

Victor and Dena Hammel

Gilbert and Tracey Hanse

Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton

Stephen Harris

Thomas Haupert and Kathryn

Bruton

Robert and Hilary Hayes

Justin Head and Heather Cates

Kristen Heal

Katherine Healey

J. Harold and Phyllis Helderman

Diane Henfey

Ted and Cynthia Henson

Michael Hessol and Angela Keller

Will Holtz ’16

Beatrice Hood

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Marc and Bonnie Inver

Charlotte Ireland

Rena Jaffe

Robert and Alicja Kapusta

Adria Katz

Shlomo and Devorah Katz

Barry Keenan and Tara Pal

Chris Keene and Melissa

Almansa Keene

Mark and Susan Kessler

Richard and Martha Keyser

Nicole Kingsland

Scott and Lisa Knoflicek

Neil and Aileen Koopman

Jamie Korrubin

Brian Kors

Evelyn Krain

Aaron and Stephanie Krause

William Larrousse

Nicole Lauria

Devon Lavery

Dawn Lentini-Brookhart

Wanda Leon Vega

Eileen Levine

Matthew and Allison Liebman

Philip and Susan Lipkin

Meredith Lissack

Rafael and Carol Lissack

Kevin and Jennifer Lister

Little Tower Foundation—

Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio

Brian and Christine Lobley

John and Lisa Lokuta

Paul and Deanna Loughnane

Vincent and Karen Lowry

Stella Ludwig

David Magid

Brian and Alicia Mahoney

Luke and Cynthia Marano

Daniel and Melanie Marein-Efron

Deanne and Samuel MareinEfron

Jo-Ann Verrier and Mark McGuire

John and Cathy Marks

Jonathan and Nina Marks

Erin Marshman

Donald and Ethel Mathisen

LaShundra McCook

Michael McCormick ’17

Daniel and Jean McCoubrey

Kris McGuirk

Irene McHenry and Randy Granger

Matthew McHugh and Holly Harner

Jason and Jessica McKee

Sean and Rachel McKenna

Theresa McMahon

Jessica McNeary

Catherine Melchiore

Chrissy Mellon

Daniel and Alicia Mendicino

Clifford Mobley and Yolanda Lee

Mobley

Randy and Stephanie Moore

Carl and Beverly Morgan

Stephen and Meredith Moss

Alexis Mulava

Kelly Mulhall

Jerry and Dana Mullaney

Matthew and Heather Naylor

Elizabeth Nelsen

Robert Newman ’19

Kelly Anne Nolan

Steven Novick

Karen O’Brien

Tom and Christine O’Connell

Thomas and Suzanne O’Connor

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Abigail Osbourne

Stefan Parisi and Olivia Prud’homme

Lior Menasof and Abby Parsons

Warren Pear and Cadence Kim

Deborah Pellen

Jonathan and Stephanie Pepper

Adam Pessin and Jane Foster

Bill and Gay Phillips

Michael and Debra Piasecki

Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski

Christopher and Nancy Powell

Powell Family Foundation—

Richard and Shelley Powell

Steven and Catherine Powell

Geoffrey and Sally Preston

Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer Capano

Frank and Jean Rauscher

Philip and Jill Ravenscroft

Susie Reece

Joyce Rehorst

Matthew and Jacqueline Reilly

Jeffrey Reinhold

Peter and Kristie Ressler

David Ricci and Alyssa White

Chris and Patricia Roberts

Robertson’s Flowers

Richard and Erin Robin

M. Joseph Rocks and Elizabeth Greco-Rocks

Ed and Vilma Rodgers

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Ellen Rogoff

Allan and Andrea Rosen

Alexander Helderman and Carrie Rosen

Andrew Rosenstein ’17

Laura Rup

OPERATING EXPENSES 2022–2023

PAYROLL & BENEFITS: 75%

OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES: 10%

EXTRA-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS:

AMORTIZATION & DEPRECIATION:

Matthew and Jennifer Rusk

Tracy Ryals

Kay Ryan

Marcela Salomon

Austin Samschick ’16

John and Beth Santangelo

Anthony and Marlena Santomero

Hollis Scarborough

Leslie Schade

Floyd Glenn and Cynthia Schiff

Melissa Schraeder

Joel Schwartz

Stephen Seplow

Donella Shaffer

Larry and Anita Shendalman

Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau

Ben Shifrin

Kevin and Jaimie Shmelzer

Christa Shorey

Mark Shulman and Dorothy

Baiocco-Shulman

Norman and Denise Shurak

Ross Silverman

Jackie and Stan Silverman

Gary and Sandra Simon

Phyllis Sirine

Peter Sklar and Caitlin Wood Sklar

Douglas and Alison Smith

Sharon Smith

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Victor Sosa and Deanna

DiMemmo-Sosa

Scott Sowers and HK KimSowers

Dee Spagnuolo and Sasha Ballen

Michael Spolan

Jake Star

Richard and Judith Steinberg

Dave and Laura Stern

Jay and Joyce Strauss

Liz Strauss

Adam Strickberger

Beth Sturman

Christian and Lauren Surgent

Frederick and Heather Sutor

James Talbot

Melinda Tally

The Clayman Foundation—David

Cohen and Stephen Cohen

The Farmboy Fund

The Lubert Family Foundation—

Ira Lubert and Jon and Allison

Lubert

The Scharpf Family Foundation—

Eric and Colleen Scharpf

The Tobin Family Foundation—

Ashley Tobin and Joseph and Sharon Kestenbaum

Thornedge Foundation—

Henry Smith

Richard and Brynnan Toner

Megan Truitt-Kasprzak

Kevan and Kalisha Turman

Archbold van Beuren ’16

Cristin Veit

Jennifer Vincent

Joan Wachlin

Andrew Wakelee

Joan Wallick

Christine Washington

Richard and Ellen Watson

Joe and Mags Watts

Mark Weinberg

Jon Weinstein

Doug Weissman and Jennifer Wankoff

Jason and Jaimee Weisz

Hannah White

Kay White

Robert and Christina Whitehouse

John and Nancy Williams

Herman and Hermine Willis

Nancy Wyseman

Donald and Susan Yablon

Peter and Emily Yaskowski

Tina Zampitella

Mary Kathryn Zeigenfus

IN MEMORY

ARLENE ALTMAN

Fred and Bryna Berman

PATSY COLE

Loretta Aument

JOSEPH FRANTZ

The Edelblut-Frantz Family

CLAIRE GEBHARDT

Jackie Allen

Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

Joy Antonoplos

Loretta Aument

R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler

Fred and Bryna Berman

Greg Blair and Karla Ch’ien

Brian and Nancy Blair

Lindsey Boden

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth Bauer Brody

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

TJ and Colleen Cluney

Mitchell and Melissa Codkind

Jennifer Crawford

Andrew DiPrinzio

Sally Dwyer

Annette Fallon and Eric Cox

Tara Fehon

Patricia Gedrich

Sid and Swapna Ghosh

Megan Gierka

Nicole Kingsland

William Larrousse

Luke and Cynthia Marano

Kris McGuirk

Carl and Beverly Morgan

Chris and Patricia Roberts

M. Joseph Rocks and Elizabeth Greco-Rocks

Ben Shifrin

Sharon Smith

Jake Star

Jay and Joyce Strauss

The Clayman Foundation

Kevan and Kalisha Turman

DONOR SPOTLIGHT THE MARINO FAMILY

“AIM students are courageous and self-possessed. They are compassionate towards others, and they are also hardworking and resilient, because they have to be.”

Q. Why do you support AIM?

A. In some ways, AIM is on the vanguard of a new civil rights era for students, where there is greater awareness of learning differences and a commitment to bringing the best research to bear in the classroom. We are also personally moved by AIM’s commitment to making its education available to more students who might not otherwise have access.

Q. How can we connect AIM with the world around it?

A. One limitation to a lot of education environments is that they are constrained by facilities. AIM Institute and its research-topractice philosophy are helping to change the world by leveraging technology in ways that will reach and empower more students. AIM is forging partnerships in the corporate world and technology spaces that will influence education in the decades to come.

Q. What is unique about how AIM prepares students for a changing world?

A. AIM is preparing students for a changing world through individualized learning and by giving students the tools and practice to be strong self-advocates. At AIM, both the philosophy and the culture embrace learning differences and encourage students not to hide from these differences but to celebrate them and to advocate for themselves.

PARTNER FOR IMPACT SPOTLIGHT

EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION

KNAPIK, PRESIDENT

Since 2018, the Tremaine Foundation has supported AIM Institute for Learning & Research for its visionary work in understanding and implementing the neuroscience behind reading and learning (now approaching $1M in total grants). Today, and for good reason, the news cycles are filled with stories around the science of reading and its importance in changing the trajectory of pre-K–3rd grade reading instruction and improving outcomes for young students. Few institutions, however, base their organizational culture, leadership stance, and values in the ongoing pursuit of research-to-practice experiences around structured literacy more than the dedicated team at AIM. These education heroes are helping public schools all across the country walk the talk on the science of reading through AIM Pathways—the most dynamic, content rich, and scalable training & coaching platform the foundation has experienced. AIM then goes another level with their leadership roundtables that enable courageous education systems change agents to come together for the highest quality peer exchanges and inquiries.

With its connections to top neuroscientists, researchers, and literacy experts, AIM stands at the center of how changes in classroom reading instruction and learning happen. When the foundation held its May board meeting in Philadelphia, the board got front row seats to AIM’s “how” and it was standing ovation material! Board and staff were so inspired that two unanticipated grants resulted to amplify current activities by AIM and its partners (an expanded Regional Leadership Roundtable model and support for a Philadelphia School District pilot that will engage principals in taking AIM Pathways to Literacy Leadership). The foundation is honored to stand with AIM in these system defining actions.

MICHELLE

ALAN GEDRICH

Jana Cresswell

Ellen Rogoff

PAT HOYER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW

Jackie Allen

RENEE MAGID

David Magid

TOM MCGUIRK

Jackie Allen

SAM OZER ’20

Lois Bruckner and Debbie Lipshutz

Caroline Cinquanto

Jennifer Coburn

Benjamin Filiatrault

Elizabeth Goodell

John and Cathy Marks

Leslie Mayro

Daniel and Jean McCoubrey

Alexis Mulava

Deborah Pellen

Robert Platten

Matthew and Jennifer Rusk

Paul Schmidt

Geoffrey Schulz

Christine Schwartz

Joel Schwartz

Randy Shepard

Melinda Tally

Nancy Wyseman

Daniel Zellers

DAVID SHAFFER

Anonymous

Martha Clark

Donella Shaffer

DEBRA WEINBERG

Mark Weinberg

MARVA WILLIS

Herman and Hermine Willis

IN HONOR OF

AIM FACULTY AND STAFF

Anonymous

Jason and Jill Angelides

Jacob Berghuis ’14

Steven and Ilene Berman

Mohamed and Catherine Dattu

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Irene McHenry and Randy Granger

Robert Newman ’19

Jonathan and Stephanie Pepper

JONAH BERNEY

David and Sharon Berney

CAROLYN BJORNS0N

Michael McCormick ’17

Andrew Rosenstein ’17

CAROLYN BJORNS0N, BEAU MARTIN, JASON

MCGHEE, MARK BRANDON

Max Edelblut-Frantz ’23

NANCY BLAIR

Randy and Stephanie Moore

AARON BRILL

Lynn Godmilow and Charles Brill

GREY BOWEN ’23

Steven and Kristin Bowen

Phyllis Sirine

ANTHONY, LUCA, AND NICHOLAS CICCARELLI

John and Lynne Ciccarelli

LIZ CANNY AND DANA LONGO

An Appreciative Family

CLASS OF 2023

Theresa McMahon

Edward Gallagher

MATT COHEN

Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen

LULU COREY

Sam and Trenna Corey

AVIVA COYNE-GREEN

Jane Eaddy ’17

REETU DANDORA

Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen

JOHN DIGIOVANNI

Peter and Mindi DiGiovanni

DR. AND MRS. J. WILLIAM

DORMAN, JR.

Martha Clark

ANDREW DIPRINZIO

Joseph Carluccio ’16

Sophia Gross ’16

Will Holtz ’16

ANNETTE FALLON

Rena Jaffe

CHLOE FERRARO ’18

Patrick and Debra Ferraro

JEFF FETTERMAN

Peter Yeomans and Kate O’Shea

Will Anninger

LUCAS FORD ’23

Chris Womack

O FRIEDMAN ’23

Michael and Arleen Cohen

ED GALLAGHER

Jeffrey Brody and Elizabeth

Bauer Brody

GEORGE AND BETTY

GIBERSON

Steven and Kristin Bowen

MADELYN AND CHARLI

GRINNELL

Fred Grinnell

ISAAC GOLUB ’23

Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall

Hannah White

NIKOLAJ ’19 AND KRISTOFFER

HANSEN-TURTON

Brian and Tine Hansen-Turton

JACOB HELDERMAN

J. Harold and Phyllis Helderman

BONNIE INVER

Marc and Bonnie Inver

STELLA KOEHLER’S TEACHERS

Irene McHenry and Randy

Granger

BRYAN KURISH

Austin Samschick ’16

JUNE KAUFFMAN

Joe and Mags Watts

WILL KEENAN

Barry Keenan and Tara Pal

HENRY KESSLER

Mark and Susan Kessler

SAM KORIN ’23

Randy and Nina Korin

AIM FOR THE STARS GALA

The 2023 AIM for the Stars Gala on April 27th featured powerful testimony about the profound impact of AIM Academy on families. Gala Co-Chairs Dr. Darryl Ford and Dr. Gail Sullivan spoke about the beautiful journey of their son Lucas ’23, who introduced them to the audience of over 300 guests.

It was a fantastic evening, bringing together parents, teachers, alumni, board members, corporate partners and supporters to celebrate AIM’s achievements, aspirations, and most importantly, incredible students!

Dr. Eric I. Mitchell, recipient of the Sally L. Smith Founders Award shared his personal journey of resilience and encouragement for every learner to recognize their limitless potential. And in addition to presenting the AIM Institute for Learning & Research Leadership Award to Stradley Ronan, Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair personally presented alumni parent Pat Gedrich, whose late husband Alan was a longtime AIM board member, friend and Stradley Ronan partner, with her own award in Alan’s memory.

Thank you to the Gala Committee and our generous sponsors who helped make the evening a success. Together, our incredible community raised over $300,000. We hope that you will join us in Spring 2024 for the AIM for the Stars Gala on Thursday, April 18th.

LUCY AND LOUDON LENAT

Richard and Ellen Watson

LUCY LIEBMAN

Mary Canter

EMMA LOUGHNANE

Paul and Deanna Loughnane

RILEY MATHISEN

Donald and Ethel Mathisen

DAVID MAREIN-EFRON

Anita Shendalman

DR. ERIC MITCHELL

William Spitzinger DeMatha

Jim and Sue Ellen Reitzner

Paul and Frances Streeter

CHASE AND PEYTON MILLER

Cristin Veit

MY STUDENTS

Melissa Schraeder

HEATHER AND MATTHEW

NAYLOR

Patrick Clancy

NOLAN O’CONNOR

Thomas and Suzanne O’Connor

SHAYNA PELLEN ’20

Deborah Pellen

MADDIE PIETRZYKOWSKI

Robert and Annetta Fitzsimmons

JACKSON PUNCHARD

Anonymous

TALLULA PURZYCKI

Kay Ryan

CAMERON RODIO

Steven Novick

PAT ROBERTS

Carl and Beverly Morgan

Gary and Sandra Simon

Mary Kathryn Zeigenfus

PAT ROBERTS AND NANCY BLAIR

Jackie Allen

Wanda Leon Vega

The Levine Family

Edward Gallagher

Deborah DeLauro

COLE RODGERS

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Ed and Vilma Rodgers

TÉA SALVATORI ’21

Beatrice Hood

GABE SEPLOW ’20

Stephen Seplow

EMMA SCHWARTZ

Maris Delano

JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

Molly Cassidy ’17

Archbold van Beuren ’16

PAUL SHUMP

Colleen Danilson

MAZZIE SHURAK

Norman and Denise Shurak

JESSICA SPATZ-MCNEARY

Tausif and Laura Butt

EMMA STERN

Samuel and Barbara Greenblatt

GAIL SULLIVAN, DARRYL FORD, AND LUCAS FORD ’23

Jeffrey Reinhold

AMANDA TINGLE-OLINE

Chris and Amy Bauer

The Edelblut-Frantz Family

Pat Roberts and Nancy Blair Celebrate with New York City Public School partners.

Is AIM in your will or other plans?

Join the growing list of Conarroe Society members, AIM’s planned giving society named after the street of our original location.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Legal Name: AIM Academy Incorporated in: 2006 Tax ID Number: 01–0849648

Stock Transfer Information:

The Haverford Trust Company at DTC–2116 (Fifth Third Bank) for further credit to Account #: 10039791203 in the name of Academy in Manayunk.

Suggested Bequest Language for a will or trust:

“I give and devise to AIM Academy in Conshohocken, PA, the sum of $________ (or state a percentage) to be used for its general support (or a specific fund or program.)”

Your legacy gift to AIM can be in the form of cash, securities, real estate, or personal property.

DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE OVER AGE 70 ½ , YOU CAN DONATE UP TO $100,000 FROM YOUR IRA WITHOUT TRIGGERING ANY FEDERAL INCOME TAXES?

HARRY TOBIN’S (’23)

TEACHERS AND COLLEGE

ADVISORS

Ashley Tobin

JOHN WALLICK ’21

Joan Wallick

LYLA WEINBERG

Donald and Susan Yablon

EZRA WEISSMAN

Doug Weissman and Jennifer Wankoff

KRISTIN ZIELINSKI

David and Tara Friedman

TEACHER

RETIREMENT

Anonymous

Jason and Jill Angelides

Mark and Stacy Axelman

Donald Belles and Danielle Sibilla

Nehama Benmosche

Eric Berndt and Anne Matlack

Bill and Lisa Berry

Peter Bohn and Alexandra Hettinger

Caroline Cinquanto

Jonathan and Lynne Cobb

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela Greene

Indranil Dasgupta and Sonia Nofziger-Dasgupta

Jennifer Davey

Bill and Michele Demski

Robert and Beth Denny

Michael and Ellen Dougherty

Anthony and Randi Fiergang

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

David and Tara Friedman

Matthew and Emily Ginsburg

Phil and Katie Grinnell

Devin Grosh and Katherine Rohan Grosh

Alan Halfenger and Judith Moroz

Jed and Jessica Hammel

Justin Head and Heather Cates

Michael Hessol and Angela Keller

Mark and Natalie Hoffmann

Avram Hornik

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONARROE SOCIETY?

Have you already included AIM in your will or other plans?

Contact advancement@aimpa.org

Charlotte Ireland

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Benjamin and Rebecca Kirshner

Thomas and Patricia Knight

Anne Ladenson

Matthew and Jessica Law

James Lawlor and Ladonna Mahecha

Gregg and Mara Lemos-Stein

Eric and Lillian Liao

Matthew and Allison Liebman

Kirk and Aldie Loubier

Paul and Deanna Loughnane

Jon and Kelli Marans

Phillip and Michelle McConnon

William and Leslie McDevitt

Sean and Rachel McKenna

Trevor and Jacqueline McKenzie

Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis

Shaka and Jennifer Monroe

Adam Newman and Randi Cuba-Newman

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Matt Pestronk and Carrie Gross-Pestronk

Michael and Debra Piasecki

Christopher and Nancy Powell

Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer Capano

Philip and Jill Ravenscroft

Paul and Amy Reed

Peter and Kristie Ressler

Marcela Salomon

James Salomon

Brian Sherman and Sandy Lau

Kevin and Jaimie Shmelzer

Douglas and Alison Smith

Andrea Smith

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

Ryan and Holly Tomlinson

Dennis and Ann Tuza

David and Elizabeth Varga

Robert and Christina Whitehouse

Ilia and Melissa Zeltser

AIM FOR THE STARS

Anonymous

Gordon and Jennifer Adams

Jackie Allen

Curtis Alloy and Wendy Demchick Alloy

Anthony Party Rentals

The Ballantine Family

Kevin Baumlin and Patrick Mahanger

Nehama Benmosche

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz

Fred and Bryna Berman

Joshua and Rachael Berman

Mitchell and Lauren Blacher

Blackney Hayes Architects— Jennifer Crawford

Brian and Nancy Blair

Greg Blair and Karla Ch’ien

Elissa Bloom

Lindsey Boden

MEET ME AT THE HUB

This fall AIM broke ground on a more than 17,000 square feet community learning space thanks in part to generous state matching grants which will fund $2 million of the Global Innovation Hub construction. AIM learned in October 2022 that it had received an additional $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant to support construction of future ready learning and collaborative spaces in the two-story addition.

As we raise funds in support of this project through our AIM Higher campaign, AIM has moved forward in order to provide our students and partners with space to learn and grow. When it is completed “The Hub,” designed by Blackney Hayes Architects, will be a community space for learning including dedicated spaces designed to bring community organizations and businesses to campus to work with

students on developing real-world skills needed for future ready learning and success. Aegis is project manager overseeing design and construction for this project and PJ Dick is the contractor.

State Sen. Vincent Hughes shares the importance of AIM’s work at the Global Innovation Hub groundbreaking in September.

Above:

AIM HIGHER CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT ASHER RAPHAEL

The Global Innovation Hub will connect student learners with partners to help the next generation of innovative minds hone their skills and work with leaders, researchers and innovators to take on real-world problems and showcase their talents.

Power Home Remodeling Co-CEO Asher Raphael, whose work has been fueled by his personal experience with dyslexia, and believes that work ethic, drive and character trump titles and degrees, is supporting the AIM Higher campaign with a generous donation to construct the Power Amphitheater, a dynamic gathering space for all AIM students.

Why does he support AIM Higher?

“The Global Innovation Hub is a comprehensive and collaborative effort to revolutionize how we educate and support children with learning differences,” Raphael said. “It strives to create a world where every child, regardless of their learning difference, has access to quality education and the necessary resources to thrive. The Hub plans to work collaboratively with area corporations to lead the way for the future of education. It is so much more than a building; it represents the future of education.”

If you are interested in learning more about the AIM Higher campaign and ways you can be a thought partner as we construct new spaces, fund AIM’s endowment, and create plans for future ready learning, please contact advancement@aimpa.org.

Asher Raphael at the Global Innovation Hub groundbreaking.

Right: Interior layout of The Hub.

Robert and Rachel Bonner

Steven and Kristin Bowen

Richard and Ariel Bronstein

Thomas Haupert and Kathryn

Bruton

Stuart Bryan

C2 Architecture

Ellie Cantor

Joseph Carluccio ’16

Thomas and Carolyn Carluccio

James and Jocelyn Casey

Albert and Kristy Chiaradonna

Mitchell and Melissa Codkind

George Connell

Edward and Sara Connolly

Sean and Ursula Connolly

David Craven and Michelle

Prescott

Jana Cresswell

Eban Cucinotta and Micaela

Greene

Christopher and Irene Cummings

Indranil Dasgupta and Sonia

Nofziger-Dasgupta

Jennifer Davey

Donna De Carolis

Peter and Mindi DiGiovanni

D.M. DiLella Family Foundation—

Daniel and Monica DiLella

Andrew DiPrinzio

Robert and Katherine Eaddy

Audrey Era-Anavitate

Scott and Lee Ann Erlbaum

Ellen Farber

Faulkner Volvo

Floors USA

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Malcolm Ford

David and Tara Friedman

Denise Gargan

Steven Gentner

Sid and Swapna Ghosh

John and Frances Glomb

Matthew Goldstein

Dan Golub and Kimberly Wall

R. Anderson Groover and Amanda Beeler

harp-weaver LLC

Clifford and Kristen Haugen

Robert and Hilary Hayes

High Swartz LLP

Peter Hilton-Kingdon and Kathy Ochroch

Iris Hoffman

Jonathan and Meredith Hoffman

Will Holtz ’16

Tamara Howard

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Edrisa Hyland

Thomas Kessler and Jennifer Henfey

Thomas and Patricia Knight

Amy and Michael Kopelman

Larry and Evelyn Krain

Aaron and Stephanie Krause

Anne Ladenson

Jennifer Lam

Jason Lavigne and Elizabeth Barrows

Gregg and Mara Lemos-Stein

Anne Lentini

Derek Loux

Vincent and Karen Lowry

Jon and Kelli Marans

Daniel and Melanie MareinEfron

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Ben Marquez

William and Leslie McDevitt

Veronica McKee

Daniel and Alicia Mendicino

Meridian Bank

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Haley Merlino

David and Hannah Meyer

Stephen and Elizabeth Meyer

Dimitris and Pelagia Mihailidis

Bob Miller

Melinda Miller

Mike and Kelly Miller

Eric Mitchell and Carmen

Hayford

Ralph and Claire Morgan

Morris J. Cohen & Co.

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

EDWARD TAYLOR COOMBS FOUNDATION (ETC)

Q. Why do you support AIM?

A. We support AIM student scholarships because AIM provides the foundation for students to truly thrive. AIM offers opportunities for students to feel empowered and seen—illuminating parts of them that may have been dimmed by traditional classroom curriculums.

Q. How can we connect AIM with the world around it?

A. We can connect AIM to the world around it through conversation, spreading the seeds to help AIM grow in spaces that may not be aware of the gifts AIM continues to provide.

Q. What are the essential qualities of an AIM student?

A. The essential qualities of an AIM student are simply an eagerness to learn and a desire for a welcoming community.

Q. What is unique about how AIM prepares students for a changing world?

A. AIM has created an environment that allows students to celebrate their neuro-diversities and learning styles. This develops a deep sense of confidence in students and empowers them to share their unique gifts with the world.

Jerry and Dana Mullaney

Matthew and Heather Naylor

Michael O’Hare

Benjamin and Dana Oller

Michael O’Mara

Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin

Warren Pear and Cadence Kim

Philadelphia Insurance Companies

Kristopher and Amy Pietrzykowski

Stephen and Linda Pietrzykowski

PJ Dick—Trumbull

PNC Bank

Christopher and Nancy Powell

Chad and Kelly Punchard

Stefano Puntoni and Karolina

Brodin

Joseph Purzycki and Jennifer

Capano

Ishu and Laura Rao

Paul and Amy Reed

Thomas and Josephine Rees

Jeff Reinhold

Jim and Sue Ellen Reitzner

Peter and Kristie Ressler

Chris and Patricia Roberts

M. Joseph Rocks and Elizabeth

Greco-Rocks

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Ace Rosenstein

Keiran Rump

Laura Rup

Bob and Sheri Ruppe

Ryco Contracting, LLC

Barry and Jan Salis

Michele Santoro

Mark Shulman and Dorothy Baiocco-Shulman

Eric and Rachel Silverman

Jackie and Stan Silverman

Andrea Smith

Jon Smollen and Leah Kaplan

Victor Sosa and Deanna DiMemmo-Sosa

Marcus Soutra

St. Joseph’s University

Steamfitters L.U. 420

Chaile Steinberg

Jeffrey and Hanna Steinberg

Dave and Laura Stern

Michael and Amanda Stern

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Paul and Frances Streeter

The Haverford Trust Company

The Saramar Charitable Fund—

Jeffrey and Marjorie Honickman

The Tustin Group

Thomas and Mollie Suddath

Thornedge Foundation—

Henry Smith

Travers Contractors, Inc.

Truist

Dennis and Ann Tuza

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Lauren Valerio

Archbold van Beuren ’16

Cristin Veit

Stuart and Sarah Warsetsky

Russell Washington

Paul Webb

Rob and Courtney Wells

James and Tracey White

Anne Tenthoff

William Penn Charter School

WSFS

Chris Womack

Reginald Woods

RESTRICTED GIFTS

Anonymous

Bicycle Club of Philadelphia

Boeing

John and Kathy Brandon

Lois Bruckner and Debbie Lipshutz

Jerrold and Jennifer Cohen

Comcast

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Debbie Eble

Robert and Linda Ervin

The Farmboy Fund

Jeffrey & Hanna Steinberg

Charity Fund

Joseph Kennard Skilling Trust

Randy and Nina Korin

Nicole Lauria

Maguire Foundation

Leslie Mayro

Alexis Mulava

Sidney Ozer and Mindy Maslin

Deborah Pellen

Robert Platten

Paul Schmidt

Geoffrey Schulz

Christine Schwartz

Joel Schwartz

Randy Shepard

The Edward Taylor Coombs Foundation

Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.

Wawa Foundation

William R. Sasso, Esq., Trustee of Leo Niessen Jr. Charitable Trust

Nathaniel Work

Peter Yeomans and Kate O’Shea

Daniel Zellers

AIM HIGHER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Financial Assistance provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Honorable Josh Shapiro, Governor

Bethany Asplundh

Kenneth and Valerie Baker

The Ballantine Family

Arthur and Lisa Berkowitz

Fred and Bryna Berman

Jordan and Deanna Berman

Blackney Hayes Architects—

Jennifer Crawford

Brian and Nancy Blair

The Clayman Foundation—

Steve Cohen and David Cohen

Donna De Carolis

Darryl Ford and Gail Sullivan

Linda Gamble

David Haas

Patrick and Karen Hoyer

Amy and Michael Kopelman

John and Amy Korman

Brian and Christine Lobley

Vincent and Karen Lowry

William Marino and Elizabeth Reynolds

Matthew and Heather Naylor

Richard and Amy Oller

The Raphael Family Foundation— Asher Raphael

David and Tracy Reller

Chris and Patricia Roberts

M. Joseph Rocks and Elizabeth Greco-Rocks

Gregory and Teresa Rodgers

Jackie and Stan Silverman

Thornedge Foundation—

Henry Smith

van Beuren Charitable Foundation—Archbold and Helene van Beuren

Michael Zisman

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE US AWARE OF ANY ERRORS OR OMMISSIONS IN THIS REPORT OF GIFTS, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APOLOGY AND REPORT CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO ADVANCEMENT@AIMPA.ORG.

Conshohocken, PA 19428

2024 AIM EVENTS

Friday, February 23

February Frenzy

Monday, March 11

Research to Practice Symposium

Thursday, April 18

AIM for the Stars Gala

Thursday, May 23 b.A.S.H.

Friday, May 31

Class of 2024 Commencement 1200 River Road