Capital Project Update

The Holden House Wellness Center

As this newsletter’s feature article highlights, we are delighted to announce the new Wellness Center will officially open in late November. The primary goal of the Holden House renovation is to provide a highfunctioning and thoughtfully designed space for our students’ emotional, social, and physical wellbeing. These new facilities include a modern Nurse’s Office with two exam rooms, an infirmary, and a dedicated office. The Counseling Office will also call this home, with a private dedicated entrance and office space for student meetings and a larger room for groups to gather.

In addition, an original portion of the Holden House remains and has been renovated into much-needed faculty housing, including two new riverside residences honoring the original architecture and design. As always, providing faculty and staff housing remains a priority for the school to ensure we can offer a powerful residential program and experience for our students.

2018-2019 Annual Fund Underway

Please join us in celebrating a year of gratitude. This year’s Annual Fund campaign reminds us that Living Generously is the essence of the CRMS experience. Steeped in our founding principles of meaningful work, we are Living in Service by honoring timeless traditions of contributing to the well-being of the campus. Enjoying extraordinary outdoor trips and mountain sports, we are a community Living Wildly – thriving in the magical landscape of our own backyard. From blacksmithing and silversmithing to theater and music, we are Living Artfully by exploring and expressing our creative selves. Sharing a home, meals, and many powerful school traditions, we are a Living Community – coming together in celebration of collaboration, mentorship, and family. All this magic happens by Living in Place – a sanctuary and mountain setting like no other.

Perhaps the greatest examples of living generously are the faculty and staff members Living with Dedication, inspired in their craft and enduring commitment to John and Anne Holden’s vision and passion for education. This year, Dr. Jim Gaw ’64 and Mark Clark both began their 40th year of teaching at CRMS – a testament to their unwavering love for this special school. For spotlights on both of their exemplary CRMS careers, please go to page 8.

“Our school has never been as strong or as vibrant as it is right now. Over the forty years that I’ve been a part of CRMS, so many alums and colleagues have helped to bring John and Anne’s vision into bloom. Jeanie and I are grateful for our life at CRMS and are happy to be able to do our part in giving to The Annual Fund.”

- Mark Clark

To give today or learn more, please contact Elizabeth Reynolds (ereynolds@crms.org), Director of Annual Giving. Thank you in advance for considering joining the 2018-2019 Annual Fund (fiscal year: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 with a goal of $725,000) and for Giving Boldly in support of all that makes CRMS so extraordinary.

Together as one community we can create endless possibilities.

RAVI VENKATESWARAN ’69, President

VIRGINIA NEWTON, Vice President

LISANNE ROGERS, Secretary

TONY CHERIN ’58, Treasurer

CHELSEA BRUNDIGE

ELIZABETH (LIBBY) BOHANON

ERIC CALHOUN

GRACE ENGBRING

LUKE FALCONE ’11

MIKE FLAX ’63

SUZI MCKINLEY ’96

MARGARET ( MAGS ) MILLER ’90

JANE SULLIVAN

GURDON (STAN) WATTLES ’80

Meeting Dates

DECEMBER 7-8, 2018

FEBRUARY 8, 2019 video conference

MAY 17-18, 2019