Gifts to Endowment Mary Perkins Lame Reading Fund Given in her memory by her husband, Dr. Edwin Lame, for faculty development in the teaching of reading.
Donor in 2010-2011 Mary Lame Dunn ’65 Marion Ellis Garrett ’65
Eleanor Potter Fund Established in 1992 in memory of Miss Potter to honor her 24 years as headmistress, it provides funds for academic enrichment and faculty study.
Elizabeth Kaufmann Trueblood Fund Established in 1994 in memory of Betsy Trueblood, Lower School teacher, for classroom needs and professional development for Lower School faculty.
Donor in 2010-2011 Robert E. Kaufmann
Annabelle Witman Fund This fund, in memory of Annabelle Witman, head of Lower School for 25 years, supports workshops and programs for Lower School faculty.
Designated Gift Funds Edward E. Ford Foundation In 2002 The Edward E. Ford Foundation approved a $38,000 matching gift to Springside to support a new program initiative called Physics for Every Girl. The grant included support for guest speakers, stipends for summer internships, expansion of the science outreach programs, financial support for faculty summer, and technology equipment for our new physics laboratory. In 2008 Springside was fortunate to have been awarded a $50,000 matching grant awarded for Probing the Future of Science for Girls. This generous grant has furthered efforts to produce more technologically literate and creative students ready to step into a world where imagination, intelligence,
and skill merge to solve problems and produce real results. It has allowed Spingside to seek new funding and new support from our community to match the Edward E. Ford grant. By integrating genuine problem solving challenges for students in grades 9-12 using the latest computer probe technologies, we forged ahead in meaningful teaching. The introduction of probes builds on the fundamental principles garnered from the paradigm changes realized from Physics for Every Girl that E. E. Ford Foundation supported in 2002. The students are able to draw on interdisciplinary strengths of mathematics, science, and technology by defining challenges and designing and implementing creative solutions.
Deborah Beeler ’64 Fund Given in memory of Deborah Wharton Beeler, Class of 1964, this fund is used to support an annual lecture. Outside speakers are invited to address the students each year on a topic related to service to humanity.
Donor in 2010-2011 Mrs. John H. Beeler Deborah Dempsey Writer’s Residency Inaugurated in honor of Deborah Dempsey, HA, English teacher at Springside for 29 years, who retired in June 2000, this residency celebrates Mrs. Dempsey’s teaching legacy and ensures that her passion for personal expression is a continuing force at Springside. Residents, who are professional writers, journalists, filmmakers, song writers, or playwrights, come to the school each year to teach classes, lead assemblies, and work to develop students’ understanding of the many ways they can use language to connect themselves and their ideas to a larger world. Three-time Caldecott Medal winner David Wiesner enchanted Lower Author and illustrator David Wiesner visited Springside as part of the Deborah Dempsey Writer’s Residency.