Graded School - The Centennial Campaign

T H E C E N T E N N I A L C A M PA I G N

T H E C E N T E N N I A L C A M PA I G N For the past 98 years, Graded has been recognized as an international educational leader, dedicated to empowering students to reach their potential and positively impact the world. In anticipation of the school’s 100th anniversary, we launched the Centennial Campaign, an ambitious initiative to raise funds for the following three strategic priorities: Graded Campus Project - A multi-year project of construction, modernization, and renewal that is transforming the Graded campus by investing in infrastructure and the school’s future.

Graded Scholar Program - Through this program, Graded offers life-changing, full scholarships to economically disadvantaged, exceptionally gifted Brazilian students.

Excellence in Teaching Initiative - This endowed fund ensures that Graded is able to recruit, retain, and develop the world’s best teachers for many years to come.

By embracing the Centennial Campaign, Graded community members honor the school’s history, building a legacy of excellence.

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“As I work to encourage families and alumni to join our beautiful projects, I feel closer to the Graded community.

Being a Centennial Campaign Executive Committee member is a great opportunity to give back to this wonderful school. Witnessing philanthropy teaches our children how to make a positive impact and become global citizens.”

Veronica Sverner Arruda Centennial Campaign Executive Committee Member

GRADED CAMPUS PROJECT

In 2010, Graded began this visionary project by developing a master plan for school facilities in conjunction with H2L2, a company specializing in international school design. Zanettini, an awarding-winning São Paulo-based architecture firm, used this plan to develop detailed architectural specifications based on the educational master plan. In conjunction with Hochtief, Brazil’s leading construction companies, Graded established a strategicallyphased approach for implementation.

Phase I - In February 2014, Graded completed a full renovation of the Lower School Playgrounds and Gymnasiums.

Phase II - Inaugurated in March 2017, this project included a new Main Entrance, Parking Garage, Student Center, Large Field, Small Field, Track, Beach Volleyball Court, Wellness Gymnasium, and Maintenance Building.

Phase III - A state-of-the-art Athletics Center is scheduled to open in February 2019.

Phase IV - Graded’s Academic Infrastructure Modernization Project is a multi-year endeavor to update and renovate school facilities. New projects include a new Upper School Library, an Upper School Innovation Center, and two Lower School Innovation Hubs.

Upcoming Phase V - Learning Lab: Inspiring Excellence in Education.

Upcoming Phase VI - A remodeled Dining Center.

Upcoming Phase VII - A renovated Auditorium.

T R A N S F O R M AT I O N A L S PA C E S

By repurposing existing spaces, Graded will transform educational delivery.

• The new Upper School Library will serve as a destination for investigation, inspiration, and collaboration. This modern space will provide students with the latest tools to acquire and synthesize information.

• The Upper School Innovation Center, imagined in collaboration with Stanford d.school professor Scott Witthoft, will allow Graded to expand its course offerings to include engineering, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, game theory, computer science, computational thinking, and drone development. Through tinkering, manipulation of materials, and experimentation, students will learn by trial and error. They will think critically, persevere, and ultimately discover solutions to real-life problems.

• Two Lower School Innovation Hubs will help guide students through their discovery of curricular areas such as light and sound, energy, robotics, and automation.

THE LEARNING LAB: I N S P I R I N G E X C E L L E N C E I N E D U C AT I O N

Graded’s Learning Lab will help establish Graded as a global leader in the professional development of first-class educators. As a nexus for pioneering professional growth, collaboration, consulting, design thinking, and prototyping, the Learning Lab will elevate teaching and learning at Graded.

The contemporary and flexible Learning Lab will include professional learning offices, a design thinking prototype lab, meeting space, as well as an outdoor area.

Inside the Learning Lab, we will utilize institutional data and research to conduct analysis and enhance the delivery of instruction at Graded.

G R A D E D AT H L E T I C S C E N T E R Graded’s new Athletics Center, Phase III of the Graded Campus Project, will transform our sports and wellness offerings into a world-class program. Scheduled to open in February 2019, the facility will empower highly capable athletes and learners to reach new levels of excellence.

The Athletics Center includes: • A multi-court gymnasium with telescopic bleachers.

• A semi-Olympic, six-lane swimming pool with viewing area.

• Three rooftop tennis courts with viewing area.

• Locker rooms.

• Solar panels for heating hot water.

• Air-conditioning.

Graded is proud to be the recipient of a R$12 million gift from Fundação Lemann.

“I am happy to contribute to Graded’s new Athletics Center, because it will make Graded even stronger and its students more successful in life. My younger children were Graded students, and now I have grandchildren at the school. Athletics has played a significant role in my life. Sports develop discipline, teamwork, and risk-taking. They teach you how to lose and learn from it. All of these qualities are essential as young people mature.”

Jorge Paulo Lemann Graded grandparent, alumni parent, and Centennial Campaign donor

GRADED DINING CENTER

Graded's remodeled Dining Center will offer a heightened culinary experience to members of our school community. A larger, better-equipped kitchen will facilitate the preparation of a wider range of fresh food options.

The Dining Center will include: • A multi-use, transformable space with flexible seating for dining, meetings, and activities.

• Serving stations offering a greater variety of nutritional food options.

• Increased seating capacity.

• New attractive, functional, internal design.

• Acoustical engineering for improved noise control.

• Enhanced temperature control, providing greater comfort.

• New modern furniture.

• Open plan kitchen, readily adaptable for hands-on cooking classes.

THE GRADED SCHOLAR PROGRAM ENDOWMENT

The Graded Scholar Program targets inequality by providing full-tuition scholarships to economically disadvantaged, highly gifted children, many of whom reside in the neighboring community of Paraisópolis.

Graded Scholars typically enter the school in sixth or seventh grade. Selected after having completed Graded’s intensive Outreach Program, these talented children enhance and diversify our student body.

We know that Scholars perform better at Graded when they are supported by a cohort of peers from similar backgrounds. This is one reason that we aspire to increase the number of entering Graded Scholars to four per year, raising our total program participation from 10 to 28.

It takes R$2.8 million to endow a scholarship in perpetuity. You can also “adopt” a Scholar for the duration of their time at Graded.

“I find my life replete with meaning, and my days filled with purpose, for you have equipped me with education, the only tool capable of rewriting one’s destiny and transforming one’s life. Now more than ever I feel hopeful for what lies ahead, for I know that nothing stands beyond my reach.”

Alexandre M. Nascimento ’20 Graded Scholar

E XC E L L E N C E I N T E AC H I N G E N D OW M E N T

In May 2014, the Garfinkel family made an endowed gift to launch Graded’s Excellence in Teaching Initiative. Since 1920, Graded has attracted top educators who seek an inspiring and intellectually challenging community.

By supporting faculty salaries and providing professional development opportunities, the Excellence in Teaching Endowment allows Graded to improve student learning by recruiting, developing, and retaining the world’s best teachers.

“Students becoming more curious, more empathetic, and more inspired…

That is the sole reason we all show up each day. We are all, in our own way, whether it be through cooking, nursing, cleaning, or teaching, creating the space for ‘education’ to happen. We are all, in our own way, trying to create a better world and more hopeful future.”

Andrew Hossack Lower School Teaching and Learning Coach

LEADERSHIP DONOR CIRCLE

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

Leadership Donors are those who pledge a minimum of R$150,000 to one of the Centennial Campaign’s three strategic areas – Graded Campus Project, Graded Scholar Program, and Excellence in Teaching Endowment. Gift pledges may be fulfilled over a period of up to three years.

Numerous naming opportunities exist for Centennial Campaign donors. Gifts may be paid over a three-year period.

These donors are recognized on the school’s Centennial Campaign Donor Pillar and in institutional publications. They also receive invitations to special Leadership Donor Circle events.

Leadership Donors demonstrate exceptional commitment to Graded and its future. Their gifts impact the long-term vision of the school.

GRADED CAMPUS PROJECT Student Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$8,000,000 Wellness Gymnasium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$5,000,000 Swimming Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$4,000,000 Amphitheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$3,000,000 Beach Volleyball Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$1,000,000 LEARNING LAB: INSPIRING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION The Learning Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$3,000,000 GRADED SCHOLAR PROGRAM Endowed Full Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$2,800,000 Endowed Semester Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$1,400,000 Endowed Quarter Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$700,000 EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING INITIATIVE Full Faculty Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$6,000,000 Educator Speaker Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R$1,000,000

LEADERSHIP DONOR CIRCLE Leadership Donors are those who contribute at a level of R$150,000+ and are recognized on Graded’s Donor Pillar.

R$10,000,000+ Fundação Lemann R$3,000,000 – R$9,999,999 Juliana and Roberto ‘90 Sallouti R$1,500,000 – R$2,999,999 Anonymous (2) The Garfinkel Family Alessandra and Ezra Safra R$500,000 – R$1,499,999 Anonymous (4) The Blay Family The Galeazzi Family Maria Angela and Roberto Klabin Raquel Moura Borges Claudia and Renato Ochman R$250,000 – R$499,999 Anonymous (2) Michele Behar ‘80, Stephanie Behar ‘08, and Chloe Behar ‘10 The Formicola Family Tania Haddad ’95 and Alexandre Nobre ’95 The Ioschpe Family JHSF The Laport Family Renato Maluli ‘82 Roberta ‘91 and Thomas Mello e Souza Thatiana and Leonardo ‘90 Mello

Diana and Bernardo Paiva Parent Teacher Association The Quintella Family Charitable Fund The Verdi Family R$100,000** – R$249,999 Anonymous (4) Ana Carolina and José Roberto Auriemo Graziella and Helio Beltrão The Biagi Family Ana Paula and Mauricio Bittencourt A. Magalhães Gabriela and Adriano Borges The Cabral-Gardner Family Carolina Casañas-Giráldez and Juan Giráldez Suzana Cha and Jaco Yoo Shirley and Alex ‘84 Chang Maria Fernanda and Fabio* Coelho Soraya and Edgard Corona Regina and Gustavo* Diniz Junqueira Flavia and Antoine Faugeres Deborah and Paulo Haegler Christina and José Carlos Hauer Santos Denise and Patrick Hruby The Huang Family Roberto Luiz Justus ‘73 Mylena, Carlinhos ‘84, João ‘17, and Pedro ‘27 Kalil Camila and David Kahn Giuliana and Marcio Kaufman Mônica and José Kfuri Juliana and Renato Klarnet

Lily and Joe ‘89 Lee The Lustosa Veirano Family Patricia and Marcelo Marco Antonio The Markakis Family Lucianna and Angel ‘88 Martinez Larissa and Caio Mesquita Gabriella and José Miguel Neto Victoria ‘18 and Clara ‘19 Miranda Márcia and Kasuo Miyake The Mofarrej Fonseca Family Cristiana and Rodolpho* Protasio Fernanda and Fabio Rossi The Sá Family Camila and Jório Salgado Gama The Shores Family Paula Soares and Carlos Hitoshi* F. Castro Roberta Suplicy and Phillip Bendenoun Veronica Sverner and Jorge Arruda Ana Carolina and Marc Szlezynger The Sztamfater Lottenberg Family Lucila Tchira and Jeffrey* Hoberman Tatiana and Alexandre Thumlert Camila Vieira Santos and Cristiano Biagi Cristiane and Johann* Mathias von Bernuth Tânia and Arnoldo Wald *Board Member **Adjusted from R$100,000 to R$150,000 on January 1, 2018 to keep pace with inflation.

OTHER CENTENNIAL C A M PA I G N D O N O R S R$10,000 - R$149,999 Carolina and Patrice Etlin Veridiana and Guilherme Ferreira R$5,000 - R$9,999 Class of 2025 Maria Fernanda and Adelino Arantes Fernanda and Leonardo Morari Charo and Ramon Sánchez Daniela and Abraham Weintraub R$2,500 - R$4,999 The Haenni-O’Callaghan Family R$1,000 - R$2,499 Carolina ‘27 and Tiago ‘30 Mason Bruno Amrit H. Mohanani ‘04 Carlo ‘01 and Marina Padovano Renata Romanich and Henrique Buosi UP TO R$999 Class of 1965 Angela Lopes Julia Oliveira The Roane Family

C E N T E N N I A L C A M PA I G N EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Amalia Spinardi, Chair Ana Cabral-Gardner* Luiz Galeazzi ’81* Jeffrey Hoberman* Andrea Johannpeter Roberto Klabin Caroline Pinheiro Lima* Lorena Pinheiro Lima ’91 Renata Queiroz de Moraes Veronica Sverner Arruda Fernanda Vidigal Richard Boerner, Superintendent, Ex Officio Tracy Harrison, Chief Development Officer, Ex Officio Julia Oliveira, Development Manager, Ex Officio *Board Member

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Luiz Claudio Galeazzi ’81, President Paige Geiger, Vice President Carlos Hitoshi F. Castro, Treasurer Johann Mathias von Bernuth, Secretary Ana Cabral-Gardner, Member Fabio Coelho, Member Gustavo Diniz Junqueira, Member Jeffrey Hoberman, Member Marc Menden, Member Caroline Pinheiro Lima, Member Rodolpho Protasio, Member Adam Shub, Member Richard Boerner, Superintendent, Ex Officio

For more information on the Centennial Campaign, please contact Chief Development Officer Tracy Harrison: tracy.harrison@graded.br +55 11 3747 4905

Av. JosĂŠ Galante, 425 - SĂŁo Paulo, SP - Brazil - 05642-000 +55 11 3747 4800 - www.graded.br