Learning Elevated: The Campaign for the Whole Child

Building a better Mayfield.

MAYFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL

Nurturing the healthy growth and happy development of the Whole Child for nearly 100 Years.

A bold & ambitious community plan.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we are excited to announce the launch of a bold and ambitious community plan to build a better Mayfield Junior School. LEARNING elevated: The Campaign for the Whole Child is designed to advance our unique educational mission through enhancing and elevating teaching and learning on our campus.

In 2020, at the conclusion of more than three years of strategic planning, the Board of Trustees engaged the firm Berliner Architects to study and envision a 10-year Campus Master Plan for Mayfield Junior School. After a series of community meetings and intensive user group outreach, the study was completed and its resulting major projects have been organized into two phases.

Our community’s campaign for the Whole Child is focused on engaging and inspiring the philanthropic investment needed to bring this plan to life. It celebrates and supports our singular mission and enduring faith-based values—chief among them to nurture the mind, body and spirit of every student and family in our community.

Together, through six major capital projects completed in two phases, we will create a state-of-the-art 21st Century school program and campus to meet the needs of today’s students, as well as the generations to come.

As school leaders, we know we are not only stewards of this great school—we are responsible for ensuring Mayfield Junior School thrives into the next century. In fact, we are all part of a long-standing, caring school community, and the beneficiaries of the work done before us by parents, alumni, friends and the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus. Now is our moment to come together and do our part for the school.

Within these pages you will find details and drawings that share our vision and clarify our plans for phase 1. We invite you to learn more, ask questions, and ultimately consider how you can join with us and participate.

In Partnership,

Joe Sciuto Brad King

A Community Campaign for the Whole Child

6 PROJECTS / 2 PHASES

At Mayfield Junior School we are committed to advancing our mission and faithbased values to nurture the Whole Child—every student’s mind, body and spirit—a commitment we were founded on and have succeeded at for nearly 100 years.

LEARNING elevated: The Campaign for the Whole Child is a daring and expansive campus-wide plan to enlarge and elevate Mayfield’s teaching and learning resources through six major capital projects in two phases. Our shared success will expand the scope of our program and the impact of our mission by creating a state-of-the-art school campus to serve today’s students and generations to come.

PHASE 1 – FEATURED PROJECTS

A A New Center for Teaching and Learning

B A New Mayfield Mustangs Playing Field and Parking Complex

C A New Morning Prayer and Community Gathering Space

PHASE 2 – FEATURED PROJECTS

D A New Welcome Center and Campus Entrance

E The Elementary School Building / Reimagined and Renewed

F The Middle School Building / Reimagined and Renewed

THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

Through a series of community meetings and broad user group outreach, the Campus Master Plan was completed and its projects phased. LEARNING elevated is organized to inspire the philanthropic investment necessary to bring this plan to life.

“Mayfield is a special place for our family. At this point, it is a part of who we are. Our two older boys went to Mayfield and thrived. Our youngest is currently a student and looks forward to going to school every day. We fell in love with the community on our first tour 15 years ago and have made some of our closest friends during these years. As members of the Mayfield family, we wanted to support the growth of our school and campus. It is important to give back to a school that has given so much to our boys and to us.

Closest to our heart is the expanded and improved learning center. Having the resources that students need to navigate the classroom, ask for help and get strategies

that will help them succeed is vital. Our boys have benefited from the learning center, and we think having a state-of-theart facility will offer even more support of students at every grade level and ability.”

“Pam and I recognize that all three of our children gained the foundation needed to thrive not just academically but socially, emotionally and spiritually at Mayfield.

I am inspired to chair and donate to this campaign so that future generations of families will benefit from this unique “Whole Child” experience, to be housed in future state-of-the-art facilities.

While there are many incredible schools in Pasadena, there is only one Mayfield. And, while many schools focus on academic excellence, Mayfield goes further by offering a “Whole Child” education, where faith, community service, and moral & character development of each child is at its core. In an ever-changing world, this mission has never been more important.

As Cornelia Connelly so poignantly exhorted: that the school should hold true to its mission but keep current with the needs

of our time, now is the moment to elevate and enhance our campus in order to match our Whole Child educational programs. Offering future generations the types of spaces, facilities, and technologies that enhance their learning experience is critical to preparing children to successfully venture out into the world. And, in an ever more so competitive landscape, it is our mission to deliver the very best educational experience for each and every child. ”

JENN AND CHRIS ALLEN P’18, ’21, ’28

BRAD AND PAM KING P’17, ’20, ’22

The Center for Teaching and Learning & Arts and Media Annex

$15 – $18 MILLION PROJECT INVESTMENT

IMAGINE. EXPLORE. CREATE. THRIVE.

The Center for Teaching and Learning and The Arts and Media Annex will provide Mayfield Junior School with two new state-of-the-art teaching and learning resources it needs to prepare students to thrive. The Center for Teaching and Learning includes technology-rich classrooms, open-learning commons, and Middle and Lower School Libraries over two levels. The Arts and Media Annex will be housed under the outdoor basketball court and provide new spaces for choral and instrumental music, middle school design lab and our media lab.

THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

A New Building/Two Levels

The Center will span 23,000 square feet over two-levels, doubling the innovative teaching and learning space currently offered by the Pike Center and Hodgins Library.

Two School Libraries

The new Middle School Library will span nearly 2,300 square feet and include an open concept Living Room, Quiet Study Spaces, Workroom and space for digital resources and our extensive collection of books for our students to explore. The new Lower School Library will span nearly 2,700 square feet and include a new Reading Cave and right-sized furniture for elementary students.

Multiple Opening Learning Spaces

The Center will add flexible and open, formal and informal learning spaces for students and teachers to discover and explore.

Multiple Lower and Middle School Science Laboratories

In the quest to ask and answer the most engaging questions in science, The Center will provide a home for a new Lower School Science Lab and three new Middle School Science Labs.

ARTS AND MEDIA ANNEX

The new 5,357 square foot Arts & Media Annex will be housed under the outdoor basketball court and provide new classroom spaces for choral and instrumental music, the middle school design lab as well as our media lab.

Choral and Instrumental Music

This new classroom space for choral and instrumental music will provide practice and performance spaces for individual work as well as small and large ensembles.

A Food Service Hub

The New Center will provide an attractive food service hub for students and the entire community in the heart of the campus.

Multiple Student Study Spaces

The Center will offer new and expanded open spaces for independent and informal reading, research, and study.

A Space for Extended Care Program

New, attractive and expanded space for our important Extended Care Program will be part of the project.

A Space for Student Services

Our plans also elevate the importance of our Student Support Services including counseling and academic support—improving their prominence and providing a central location for ease of access for students, teachers and families.

Middle School Design Lab

With two new design labs available, our STEAM and robotics programs will expand, serving class-based and independent student projects.

Media Lab

A technology-rich lab space will support computer coding, gaming, audio/video production and broadcast capabilities.

A New Mustangs Playing Field and New Parking Complex

$10 – $12 MILLION PROJECT INVESTMENT

Improved Outdoor Recreation Space

In addition to the playing field, our plans include a new sports court and larger and shaded playground. The expansion of our outdoor recreation space will support both organized and spontaneous opportunities for students to play and exercise outdoors during and after school.

Mayfield Mustangs Playing Field

A new environmentally friendly, premium and attractive artificial 35,000+ square foot turf field will dramatically improve the facilities for our physical education program, elevate sports training, and increase recreational student offerings.

Expanded Parking Complex

The plan allows for subterranean parking with a total of 120+ spaces, including the addition of new charging stations. An expanded South Garage will assist with parking for after school and weekend events and allow us to plan for the future development of the North Parking Lot for student use and green space.

A New Morning Prayer and Community Gathering Space

$1 – $2 MILLION PROJECT INVESTMENT

A New Morning Prayer and Community Gathering Space

The tradition of Morning Prayer illustrates the strength of our faith-based community. The daily gathering open to all is unique and profound. Morning Prayer encourages connection across all grade levels and provides opportunity to build upon public

speaking skills. To honor and celebrate this beloved Mayfield tradition, we will build a larger and well-equipped, all-community space adjacent to The Center for Teaching and Learning.

SHAPING SPACES TO ALLOW FOR BETTER CONNECTIONS

JASON AND EVY BRIDGE P’23, ’23

The campus master plan ensures that our school will live on for at least another 100 years. These campus enhancements proactively address our future needs and affirms the community’s desire to improve all aspects of our students’ experience.

LEARNING elevated will help to meet the needs of the time by elevating the educational, creative and athletic experience for future generations.”

“Mayfield is well known for fostering confident, creative, athletic kids who feel safe and who have the skills for life beyond high school or college. We came to MJS because we were always impressed with the students we knew who stayed through 8th grade. Eighth grade is a magical year where the kids begin to learn about autonomy, leadership, empathy, as well as their own stress management as they embark on the high school application process. You really get to see the Whole Child experience manifested in the 8th grade. As 8th graders our twins have participated in roles of leadership through many ways; they have loved being heads of families, ambassadors of MJS while touring prospective families on campus, and campus interns working in the PE department with the kindergarten students. We believe they will lean on their experience as leaders in 8th grade for the rest of their lives.

“As a new family to the Mayfield Junior School community, we feel the happiness of the school and the culture of caring for each other. We were so happy to be part of it! Our company is in the business of AI and applied robotics, so we hope to see more opportunities for courses related to AI, computing and robotics in the New Center for Teaching and Learning.”

JENNY ZHANG AND DAVID LIN P’26, ’29

Early Leadership Donors

We thank our early leadership donors for their commitment to building a better Mayfield Junior School.

$1,000,000+

Brad and Pam King

Bob and Dottie King

The Roski Family

$500,000+

Anonymous

H. Leslie and Elaine S. Hoffman Foundation

The Theresa & Edward O’Toole Foundation

$250,000+

The Bridge Family

Ryan and Jennifer Brist

The Buchanan Family

The Cole and Roncelli Families

W. Robert Kohorst and Shelley A. Allen

Jenny Zhang and David Lin

The Mena Family

$100,000+

The Birdzell Family

Andrea and Geoffrey Bland

The Francis H. Clougherty Foundation

The Crigler Family

The Cui Family

The William R. and Virginia Hayden Foundation

Mary Ellen, Mallory, Liz and Dennis Jebbia

Ken Jiang and Betty Chen

The McBride Family

The Norton Family

The Anne and Sean Ryan Family

The Salembier Family

Ray Ye and Sophie Yang

$50,000+

Jason and Sophia Chan

Kevin and Kate Kohorst

The Tolleson Family

Khanh Le and David Willingham

Up to $50,000

Lauren and Michael Albrecht

Judy and Armen Bandari

The Carroll Family

The Cheng Family

Hayley Hoffman English ’05 and Nick English

Simone Porter Johnston ’92 and Thomas Johnston

The Lei Family

Leah and Brent Mason

The Nakasone Family

Jennifer and Elliott Neumayer

The Page Family

Kevin and Erika Randall

Joe Sciuto and Marcie Gilbert

Francis H. Scully

Laurie and Jeff Smith

Kathryn Gordon Smith and Marlin Smith

The Thorell Family

A Community Campaign for the Whole Child

PHASE 1 PROJECTS

Select Giving Opportunities

THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

$5,000,000 The Center for Teaching and Learning – Building Name

$2,000,000 Learning Center

$1,000,000 Lower School Library

$1,000,000 Middle School Library

$750,000 Playground

$500,000 Library Mezzanine

$500,000 Middle School Counseling Suite

$500,000 Lower School Counseling Suite

$500,000 West Balcony

$500,000 East Balcony

$250,000 Science Labs (3 Middle School, 1 Lower School)

$250,000 Lower School Reading Den

$100,000 Study Alcove (3) – 1 remaining

$100,000 5th Grade Classrooms (3)

$100,000 Performing Arts Classrooms (3) – 2 remaining

FIELD AND PARKING

$2,000,000 Full Field Naming

$1,000,000 Parking Structure Naming

$750,000 Outdoor Basketball Court

$500,000 Score Board

$250,000 Seating Coming Soon!

PHASE 2 PROJECTS

A New Welcome Center and Campus Entrance

The Elementary School Building / Reimagined and Renewed

The Middle School Building / Reimagined and Renewed

Ways of Giving

MAKE A MULTI-YEAR PLEDGE

Many donors may wish to make a leadership campaign pledge now and pay over several years.

MAKE A GIFT OF SECURITIES OR STOCK

Donors may realize substantial tax savings by transferring appreciated stock to the school prior to its sale. Capital gains on the amount of the appreciation are avoided and the donor receives a tax deduction for the full market value.

MAKE A GIFT OF REAL ESTATE OR PROPERTY

Real estate and property that has realized significant appreciation can also provide significant tax consequences for a donor. Similar to the situation with securities, if the ownership of the property is transferred to Mayfield Junior School prior to the sale, the donor will likely avoid capital gains tax associated with that appreciation. Some donors also find it attractive to consider a transfer of full or partial business interests or partnerships.

MAKE A BEQUEST OR TESTAMENTARY TRUST

Gifts made through your will can be made to Mayfield Junior School either through a new document or a codicil to an existing will. You may specify a dollar amount, a piece of personal property, or a percentage of your total estate. Gifts through bequest may also help reduce federal estate tax liability. Although bequests cannot be utilized to fund a capital project, they can be used to establish a building or program endowment fund.

CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND LIFE-INCOME PLANS

Trust agreements are individually written to accommodate the donor’s wishes. The Advancement Office at Mayfield Junior School can help you make a decision regarding specialized financial plans that you can share with your attorney and financial advisors.

BLENDED GIFT PLAN –CURRENT/OUTRIGHT + PLANNED GIFT

Donors may want to speak to the Advancement Office about the opportunity to make a leadership gift that includes both a current/outright and a future estate gift in combination.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anna Longstaff, Director of Advancement, alongstaff@mayfieldjs.org, 626-229-2105. www.mayfieldjs.org

MAYFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Joe Sciuto

THE CAMPAIGN CHAIR

Brad King

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Michael Albrecht*

Jennifer Allen, Chair 23-24

Judy Bandari

Flora Birdzell**

Jason Bridge, Chair 22-23

Ryan Brist*

Jason Chan

Jessica Chu

Victoria Crigler

Hayley Hoffman English ’05

William Hayden II ’83**

Dennis Jebbia

Simone Porter Johnston ’92

Brad King

Rock Lei**

Fr. Tony Marti, OFM Cap

Kerry Martin

Brent Mason

Steven Mena

Jennifer Neumayer

Hazim Rabadi

Marlin Smith

Keith Thorell*

Rob Tolleson*

France White, SHCJ (Ex-Officio)

* Board term ending June 2023

** Board term beginning July 2023