(left) Dixon Adair, AIS Trustee Emeritus Gerry Hull, the Honorable Anne Cox Chambers,
Dedications Mark Completion of See Beyond capital campaign
Lee Adair Armstrong, Cameron Adair and Kevin Glass celebrate the dedication of the Adair Art, Science and Design Center. (below) Chris and Crissy Klaus are joined by Kevin Glass and other AIS friends at the dedication of the AIS sports field that bears their name.
By Courtney Fowler, Global Exchange Editor Celebrations in the fall and spring of the 2010-2011 school year marked the successful completion of a $16M capital campaign, See Beyond, which included construction of the school’s new Adair Art, Science and Design Center and Klaus Field as well as other major infrastructure and IT improvements. The dedication in honor of the new Adair Art, Science and Design Center in memory of longtime Atlantans, Vee and Dixon “Dick” Adair, III, was made by the Honorable Anne Cox Chambers and AIS Trustee Emeritus Gerry Hull at a ceremony in October. “With their grace, charm, and generous spirit, the Adairs represented the very best of Atlanta wherever they traveled and lived around the world,” said Chambers and Hull. “Upon returning to Atlanta, they welcomed countless friends and leaders from other countries to our city, enriching us and creating life-long bonds. They were quiet builders of community, linking cultures through education, the arts, and valued friendship. We are their beneficiaries, and may all of us do good deeds in their memory.” “Those of you who knew my parents well will know that they would be very touched by the honor bestowed on them today,” said Dixon Adair, IV on behalf of the Adair family. “My parents were keen to see this school transform our city. They, like all of you here, could foresee how AIS would contribute to an evolving world.”
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The Adair Art, Science and Design Center opened at the start of this school year. Located at the corner of Peachtree and North Fulton avenues, this light-filled, environmentally friendly, LEED-designed classroom building will further facilitate the close interdisciplinary collaboration that is the hallmark of the IB curriculum. The building includes spacious art classroom lofts, state-of-the art life sciences and design technology labs, a greenhouse and exhibit space. Later in the year, players, students, parents and sports fans gathered between Atlanta International School soccer games on April 4 to observe the dedication of the school’s new athletics field in honor of Chris and Crissy Klaus and their family. The Klauses are longtime supporters and active members of the AIS community, and Mrs. Klaus is currently a member of the Board of Trustees. Klaus Field, a 100,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, and its refurbished bleachers are home to a variety of AIS teams; it also plays host to the Tophat Soccer Club of Buckhead.