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CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE PETER G. FAWCETT Co-Chair MICHAEL E. PENLAND Co-Chair Christopher B. Angel Mary C. Boyd S. Terry Brown William H. Cason II ’98 Jill L. Crosswell Robert G. Davidson, Jr. ’85 Michael E. Edens ’94 Thomas B. Edmunds, Sr. J. Read Folline, Jr. John W. Folsom Mark P. Garside Calhoun L. Kennedy, Jr. ‘85 Sarah B. Locke Amanda G. Malanuk E. Coke Mann IV Michael C. Schraibman ‘83 Joe E. Taylor Jason K. Tompkins Joseph Walker III David Zalesne

FROM THE HEADMASTER Dear Hammond Families and Friends, These are amazing times in which we live. With rapid-fire technological advances and a rapidly shrinking global community, now more than ever, students must be well prepared for the changes and challenges that lay before them. The value of a Hammond education has never been greater.

Chris Angel

For 50 years we have offered an unparalleled educational experience by preparing students to succeed--and lead--in a dynamic, connected, competitive world. We do this by surrounding each student with exceptional facilities, renowned faculty, broad opportunities in athletics and the arts, and a supportive “Hammond family” atmosphere.

As we look toward the next 50 years in Hammond’s history, we must continue to expand and improve our facilities, provide a unique and creative learning environment for growing minds, and ensure the future of Hammond for generations to come.

I encourage you to partner with us as we look back with pride and forward with anticipation to all that Hammond is yet to be.

All the best, Chris Angel Headmaster

FROM THE CHAIRMEN Dear Hammond Parents, Grandparents, Alumni, and Friends, We are standing at the threshold of a transformational time in Hammond’s history. This is a time in which we have the ability to help shape the next 50 years in the life of a school that has meant so much to so many. A half-century of enormous progress gives us the opportunity to lift Hammond from a place of regional prominence into the ranks of the nation’s very finest independent day schools.

Peter Fawcett

50 Forward: The Campaign for Hammond is the largest, most ambitious, and most important fundraising effort in the school’s history. This campaign focuses on three areas of critical importance for our future: building a unique STEAM innovation center, upfitting our athletic facilities, and creating indoor and outdoor space for our youngest students to explore and discover.

As we ask our students to go above and beyond, we must ask the same of the school itself. We seek your support and hope you will feel compelled to help provide new opportunities at Hammond worthy of our standards of excellence.

Occasionally in life we are afforded the opportunity to be a part of something significant. 50 Forward is one such opportunity. One that will keep us strong, true, and close to our mission.

Help us continue the tradition of philanthropic giving on which this school was founded. Join us in supporting 50 Forward: The Campaign for Hammond.

Kind regards, Peter Fawcett Mike Penland Co-Chair Co-Chair

Mike Penland

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Laying the foundation for the next 50 years involves the hearts and hands of those who have been touched by the Hammond experience. It means setting in place the bricks and mortar for the next generation of students on whose shoulders this institution rests. -- Mike Penland

Setting in place the bricks and mortar for the next generation.

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Full STEAM Ahead

Never before has a higher premium been placed on science and the mastery of technology, or the uniquely beneficial qualities of creativity--in nearly every profession. Hammond’s demanding curriculum helps ground students in the basics needed for success. To that end, we are called to ensure that the quality of our facilities matches the quality of our instruction.

We must provide a bricks and mortar learning environment conducive to exploration, discovery, and creativity, with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. STEAM programs are necessary components of every well-rounded, 21st century curriculum.

facilities are game changers

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Arts/Athletic Improvements

Playground • Early Innovation

There’s a fine line between the arts and athletics. And at Hammond, those lines are blurred on a daily basis.

Consider the ballet dancer who goes toe-to-toe on the volleyball court, or the tenor who hits the high notes with his jump shot.

For every great performance, whether it be on the stage or on the playing fields, it all begins with a place to hone those skills. Modernizing the current gym to include space for music, dance, weight training, physical therapy, and enhanced fan amenities, along with moving our baseball and soccer fields to South Campus will offer our championship teams and budding artists facilities worthy of their success.

Life’s greatest skills are first developed on a playground: the fine arts of collaboration, negotiation, and creativity -- not to mention the first stirrings of athletic accomplishments.

These simple moments devoted to free-play help shape the future student. Carrying these same skill sets a step further with early innovation and discovery further round out the student for success in higher grades. Beginning in prekindergarten and continuing through the lower grades, providing new facilities conducive to incorporating STEAM components further enhance early learning.

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WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS, we’re also authors and illustrators. And mathematical acrobats, inventors and creators. We are star-gazers and pattern-makers, world explorers and time travelers. Ponderers and problem-solvers, we are inquisitive and methodical and innately curious. We thrive in an environment that blurs the distinction between disciplines and expertise and seek to create a space that allows for both wandering and wondering.

innovation center WE DON’T LIVE IN THE SAME WORLD WE DID 50 YEARS AGO. STUDENTS OF TODAY MUST BE PREPARED TO COMPETE --AND LEAD--IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. The quality of our physical plant doesn’t match the quality of instruction, nor does it reflect the interwoven nature of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) instruction. An Innovation Center will serve as home for creative teaching, student interaction, collaboration, and exploration. This hub of connectivity will connect students of varied ages, academic departments and extracurricular experiences, and our campus and the world. We are poised to redefine what it means to be both prepared and agile in the remarkable future ahead.

THE BLUEPRINT

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Replaces Bostick Hall State-of-the-Art Science Labs Cyber Cafes Outdoor Learning Spaces Studios Makerspace for Creativity Digital Design Lab White Boards • Glass Walls Open Space Quiet Space The Nest

We seek to create an environment that gives students permission to test the impossible and the magical.

FACILITIES ARE

Game Changers arts & athletic improvements

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WE ARE A SPIRITED COMMUNITY; one that takes pride in the artist and the athlete. The arts and athletics help cement our sense of family. We discover, and rediscover, that the ties that bind are often those found while sitting shoulder to shoulder during performances and competition. Our student-athletes and artists understand commitment, and carry that commitment from the classroom to the studios and playing fields. Updated facilities will maximize the use of existing land, beautify the campus, and make the arts and athletics a vital component in the recruitment and retention of Hammond students.

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“Looking through the lens of the next 50 years means planning for the future of students we have yet to meet, but who will lead lives of promise from a Hammond education. This is our charge.” -- Peter Fawcett

where champions play FOR 50 YEARS WE HAVE CHEERED THE SKYHAWKS TO VICTORY AND APPLAUDED IMPRESSIVE ARTS PERFORMANCES. OUR TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. But the quality of our courts and playing fields should match our spirited enthusiasm. The current gymnatorium is 48 years-old and has served as a graduation venue, played host to countless teams, and is the only space available for pep rallies and assemblies. In addition to modernizing the gym, our vision includes consolidating the baseball and softball fields on South Campus.

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Gym renovation with second story addition for arts studios

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Weight Room relocated to gym from Lower School

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Baseball field moved to South Campus to include 2 baseball fields and 2 softball fields

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Ticket booth and concessions on South Campus

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Lower School playground renovation

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Locker room update

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THE SCIENCE OF

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WE ARE EARLY LEARNERS AND THE FUTURE OF HAMMOND. Our youngest learners deserve spaces to play, create, and discover.

Preparing prekindergartners through fourth graders to meet the subsequent curriculums of the Middle and Upper School requires the right ingredients for developing the whole child. A state-of-the-art playground and an early learner innovation center will help pave the way for exploration and discovery, making science out of play and play out of science.

Endow Inspire

lower school playground early innovation center THERE IS A SCIENCE TO PLAY. Play is an essential component of the early learner’s school day. Not only does it foster a sense of physical well-being, but offers a creative outlet through which children can explore, discover, imagine, and learn valuable lessons. Carrying this exploration from the outside to the classroom, we can connect our Lower School curriculum to those of the Middle and Upper Schools by adding an innovation space for the early learner.

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Enhanced playground Intentional landscaping for maximum functionality

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State-of-the-art Equipment

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Quiet areas for outside discovery

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Zip Line

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Innovation Center for early learners

“Philanthropy is the bedrock of this institution. It’s how we started. It’s how we have grown. And it’s how we will continue to thrive. Join us on this remarkable journey.” -- Chris Angel

where budding champions play

where discovery comes into play

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