Go Beyond: The Campaign for George Walton Academy

Tara Geoffroy ‘95, with husband Michael ‘94, children, GWA students, Mac (tenth grade), Hudson (sixth grade), and Alice (second grade).

“I always want us to think of how we can be better tomorrow than we are today.”

— Headmaster Dan Dolan

Go Beyond will build a new gymnasium beside the Nicholson Center to replace the Middle Gym and provide additional space for wrestling and competitive cheer teams.

Wrestling with Space Constraints Patrick Morris’ dad Michael is one of the parents who helped George Walton’s wrestling team become the most successful in the school’s history. It wasn’t easy.

For the first two months of the season, the team practiced in the baseball batting cages. But once the baseball season began, the team had to move to the Lower Gym and vie for space with the cheer team, majorettes, and both boys’ and girls’ youth basketball teams. Michael discovered that practice time became even more scarce when the school’s production of Arsenic and Old Lace was underway and rehearsals were held on the Lower Gym stage.

Go Beyond solves the enduring challenge of limited Top: Coach Michael Morris with son Patrick Morris, who is now a senior as they celebrate his 100th varsity wrestling win.

Bottom: The varsity wrestling team had a very successful showing at the State Championship Tournament for the 2018 - 2019 wrestling season.

practice space and gives students facilities that reflect their hard work.

As GWA celebrates its 5oth year of providing a quality education, Go Beyond provides us the opportunity to leave our mark for the next 50 years.

“I’ve been teaching at GWA for 12 years now, and I’m so excited at the prospect of this campaign and what it would mean for our programs. In the time that I’ve been here, I’ve witnessed incredible growth change on our campus, but I believe this might be the biggest and best change that’s been proposed.”

— Stacy May, K5 Teacher

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89% of GWA families and friends of the school interviewed during the planning study said they would support financially.

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