Section 2: Grow

GROW

Keeping Our Fearless Learners on the Move

Despite reduced opportunities for competition, AIM students eagerly joined athletic teams and extracurricular clubs that got them outdoors and on the move.

Senior Class Gift Supports Transforming Spaces

As AIM entered the 2020-2021 school year, we knew that Senior Class traditions like the Senior Seminar Trip and the Fall Homecoming Dance were not something the Class of 2021 would be able to experience. But AIM’s Upper School leadership found ways to make the final months of the school year special with Upper School teacher Andrew DiPrinzio instructing students in the art of pizza making, holding Prom at Camp Senior as well as our annual student athlete Signing Day and Capstone Project presentations.

The Class of 2021 Parents also wanted to bring back the tradition of a Senior Class Gift and support an immediate need on campus. Led by Tom and Susan McGrath and supported by a matching gift from an anonymous donor, the Senior Class Parents raised over $75,000 to furnish the Middle School and Upper School Global Innovation Hub space constructed this summer in our former Training Room space. Our new innovative STEAM spaces, including our new Lower School Makerspace, are now located right off of our 2nd floor Atrium.

Wall of Honor / Recognizing our Graduates

Since our first graduates in 2012, AIM has presented special awards to student graduates honoring AIM founding board members, early supporters, commitment to the arts and community. This year we installed a Wall of Honor featuring photos of the most recent graduates to receive these special awards and a list of past honorees. We know that the students who walk past the wall each day on their way to our new Global Innovation Hub and Makerspace will be inspired by the accomplished students who went before them.

The Marvins Award Ben Tornambe Lou Uchitel Spirit Award Téa Salvatori Arts & Creativity Katya Pryshchenko

2021 Student Honorees

At our June 4 commencement, In addition to presenting our traditional three student award, we presented the inaugural Sam Ozer Award. This new annual award is presented to “an AIM senior who embodies an Adventurous Spirit, Compassion and Respect for all people, and a passion to be a great steward of the world we live in.” We also presented another Pioneer Award honoring AIM students who complete grades 1-12 at AIM.

The Sam Ozer Award Gill Saligman Pioneer Award Seji Haas