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MISSION AND MOMENTUM

CAMPAIGN DONORS ARE MAKING HISTORY

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The Magazine of Canterbury School

C A M PA I G N D O N O R S A R E M A K I N G H I S T O R Y

BUILDING ON SUCCESS

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ince its inception in 2015, Canterbury’s Centennial capital campaign has generated extraordinary excitement and energy to become the largest and most aspirational fundraising effort in the School’s 102year history. From all corners of the School community, 4,000 donors have participated in the comprehensive Campaign, with new gifts that have changed the impact of the Canterbury Annual Fund to major contributions that have substantially fueled the Endowment.

To date Canterbury has secured $54 million in resources already at work improving the experience of our students.

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MISSION AND MOMENTUM AT A GLANCE

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orged from this position of strength, the School’s Board of Trustees initiated an in-depth analysis of all dimensions of School life. In January 2017, a professional team from the S/L/A/M Collaborative spent time on campus studying, exploring, and engaging in conversations with students, faculty, and staff.

Their charge was to take a deep dive into the School community, mission, and goals to develop a master plan for Canterbury’s next century. The assessment, both invigorating and informative, yielded a single, compelling vision: Canterbury is a school that places the student experience firmly at the center of its work—past, present and future. This reaffirmation became the driving force behind a strategic planning process and the launch of a second phase of the campaign. Mission and Momentum: The Campaign for Canterbury is a reignited endeavor to raise leadership, annual, and planned gifts and pledges together toward a final goal of $90 million.

TRANSFORMING THE HILLTOP Build A New Student Commons to Enhance Community Life

$15 Million

Define a Central Campus Square and Streetscape

$3 Million

Renovate Hume Hall Academic Building

$3 Million

PRESERVING CANTERBURY’S HISTORIC CAMPUS Invest in Academic, Athletic, and Residential Facility Improvements

LANDMARK GIFT AND C H A L L E N G E M AT C H Inspired by the core student-centric initiatives of the Campaign and ambitious plans to reimagine the Canterbury campus, an unprecedented landmark gift of $15 million has been pledged to the School by an anonymous donor, the single largest contribution to Canterbury of its kind. To help the School achieve the major milestone of Transforming the Hilltop, $5 million has been granted to the School with an additional $10 million presented to the School community as a challenge match—to be awarded upon successfully raising $10 million in new gifts committed to three distinctive construction and renovation projects: The construction of a new Student Commons building; the creation of a Campus Square and Streetscape to define and unify campus; and renovations to Hume Hall, the central academic building at the heart of campus.

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After a year of strategic planning and collaboration with the entire School community, the Board of Trustees has identified the following initiatives and priorities:

$5 Million

SECURING CANTERBURY’S FUTURE Grow the Endowment for Financial Aid and Faculty Support

$5 Million

DELIVERING EXCELLENCE Increase Support for Canterbury’s Annual Fund

$5 Million

Raised to Date

$54 Million

CAMPAIGN TOTAL GOAL

$90 Million

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“ The Campaign for Canterbury is a comprehensive fundraising effort that is focused on both our present and our future. We are asking all members of the Canterbury family to take part, knowing that it is only with the broad and sustaining support of many that we will achieve our goals. In the strategic planning process our work focused squarely on the student experience. Canterbury’s abiding belief in service and its mission of ‘inspiring students to become moral leaders in a complex secular world’ impacted my life and the lives of so many and is worthy of your generous philanthropic support.”

ROBERT H. STEERS ’71, P ’11

President, Canterbury Board of Trustees

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TRANSFORMING THE HILLTOP A STUDENT COMMONS

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his striking, new building, to be set seamlessly into the hillside adjacent to the Chapel of Our Lady, will provide flexible, student-centered space for educational innovation and new technology as well as a welcoming and long-needed gathering place for the School community.

The result of a design process that included extensive study and community-wide input, the Commons will connect the academic and extracurricular lives of students and faculty within a 20,000 square foot student center, featuring flexible learning spaces to support new technology and innovative education, design-and-build spaces, and collaborative areas for students and teachers to work together.

The new Commons will serve as the center of campus life where students and teachers interact daily. From a get-together with friends at the Commons CafĂŠ, to a meeting with a teacher or advisor; from a small-group study session, to a dynamic space for guest speakers and campus events, the spaces within the Commons are intended to inspire meaningful connections and limitless opportunities for learning.

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“ Our students sit squarely at the center of this Campaign. Your investment in Canterbury will provide the resources needed to make their educational experience even more meaningful and powerful as they prepare for lives of productive achievement and service.” RACHEL E. STON E, HEA D OF SCHOOL

The Commons

The structure’s stone exterior will create a complementary visual tie to the surrounding historic buildings. The expansive interior glass walls bring abundant natural light into the space, opening up dramatic views to the Housatonic Range beyond.

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TRANSFORMING THE HILLTOP CAMPUS SQUARE AND STREETSCAPE

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anterbury’s plans for a new Campus Square and Streetscape highlight one of the School’s greatest assets—the natural beauty of its campus—to create an architecturally defined and cohesive sense of place, while providing essential pedestrian safety.

The intersection of Aspetuck Avenue and Elkington Farm Road, at the center of School, naturally unifies the two sides of Canterbury’s campus. A plaza with traditional stone columns, improved paving and curbing, outdoor lighting, and new pathways will welcome all to campus while framing the spectacular western views.

The reimagined crossroads of Aspetuck Avenue and Elkington Farm Road will emphasize the natural center of campus and serve as a welcome entrance for all students and families.

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A plaza with traditional stone columns, improved paving and curbing, new pathways, and outdoor lighting will create a welcoming point of arrival.

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TRANSFORMING THE HILLTOP R E N O VAT I O N S T O H U M E H A L L

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lans for Hume Hall—the center of science and math education at Canterbury—seek to improve both its function and aesthetic. Ten years ago, the School completed a large-scale renovation of classrooms and laboratories in Hume. The building now requires a new phase of upgrades to carry it into the next decade with the addition of a modern, light-filled art gallery, visible from Aspetuck Avenue, to showcase students’ creative work, as well as a stone façade to establish a new identity for Hume Hall, aligned with the other structures on campus.

NAMING OPPORTUNITIES Leave a Lasting Legacy THE STUDENT COMMONS The Commons Building Student Center and Atrium Outdoor Terrace and Overlook Entrance and Lobby Commons Café Design-and-Build Makerspace Digital Lab and Multi-Media Classroom School Store Classrooms (5)

$7,500,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $250,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 each

CAMPUS SQUARE & STREETSCAPE Campus Square Streetscape Terraced Lawn, Landscaping & Terraces The addition of a light-filled art gallery, visible from Aspetuck Avenue, will showcase students’ creative work. A new stone façade will enhance and unify the center of campus.

$500,000 $500,000 $500,000

HUME HALL Art Gallery Lobby Entrance

$1,000,000 $500,000

Naming Opportunities are eligible for the Challenge Match

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PRESERVE CANTERBURY’S HISTORIC CAMPUS

CAMPUS NEEDS

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The list below includes several projects that the School has prioritized.

INFRASTRUCTURE

$2.5 Million

Modernize Energy and Utility Infrastructure

ACADEMIC

$1 Million

Renovate Maguire Auditorium

ATHLETIC Replace Field House Playing Surface

$1 Million

Replace Roof and Repair Siding at O’Neill Arena (Ice Rink) Resurface Tennis Courts

RESIDENTIAL Upgrade Interior and Exterior of Student Dormitories and Faculty Housing

$.5 Million

anterbury’s scenic campus and historic stone buildings are among the School’s greatest assets. Canterbury is committed to preserving the aesthetic and functional value of these structures to ensure their long-lasting service for future generations of students.

As part of the School’s strategic planning process, the Board of Trustees engaged the Stone House Group to conduct a full Facilities Condition Assessment of Canterbury’s campus. The study revealed a significant inventory of needs. It also resulted in a 10-year roadmap to systematically address these needs. The Mission and Momentum Campaign affords opportunities for donors to invest in existing academic, athletic, and residential facility and infrastructure improvements, including renovations to O’Neill Arena and repairs to the Higgins Aquatic Center, resurfacing tennis courts, and refurbishing the interiors and exteriors of student dormitories and faculty housing.

In December 2017, a $1 million gift provided the pivotal funding to slate renovations to Maguire Auditorium to begin in early summer 2018. Maguire Auditorium serves as the gathering place for the allcommunity School Meeting as well as the center for the School’s theater arts program. It is also one of the first places prospective students visit with their families. The project re-imagines this critical anchor space with new seating, flooring, and improved lighting and acoustic finishes, dramatically enhancing the look and function of the auditorium.

“ Our campus is an extraordinary gift that must be stewarded for future generations—to live and learn in an environment that allows them to perform at their best.”

TRU STEE N ICK RAG L A N D ’ 88

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SECURING CANTERBURY’S FUTURE

ENDOWMENT PER STUDENT $300,000 $250,000

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$200,000 $150,000

ne of the hallmarks of the Mission and Momentum Campaign is the commitment to continually strengthen the School’s Endowment. The annuity generated from the Endowment is vital to sustaining the School’s long-term goals, to building and safeguarding its financial security while providing flexibility to respond to new opportunities. Today, Canterbury’s Endowment stands at $33 million—with the most substantial growth realized over the past ten years. Investing in the Endowment—whether through outright gifts, bequests, or planned gifts—ensures support for the people and programs critical to Canterbury’s mission. Gifts to the Endowment may be unrestricted or they may be established to support financial aid for students, enrichment for faculty, or specific academic or extracurricular programs.

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CANTERBURY ENDOWMENT GROWTH 2017 $33 Million

Canterbury has a long history of providing financial assistance to deserving students and today awards roughly $5 million annually.

By increasing the percentage of aid funded by the Endowment, the School can guarantee that scholarship resources are permanently secure and the opportunity of a Canterbury education remains within reach of students from all backgrounds.

2010 $16 Million 2005 $12 Million 2000 $10 Million 1995 $2.6 Million 1990 $1.4 Million

The faculty who mentor, teach, and coach our students are the heart of a Canterbury education. To attract and retain the best faculty members, Endowment dollars can ensure compensation remains competitively aligned with teachers’ significant responsibilities and allows them to seek opportunities for professional growth and development and the tools needed to keep at the forefront of their disciplines.

To help bring the Endowment into sharper focus, the Board of Trustees hired Verger Capital, a management firm with specific expertise in guiding Endowment investment decisions for higher educational institutions. Verger investments are directed by Jim Dunn P ’15, who serves as Chief Executive and Investment Officer and former Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Wake Forest University.

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“ I consider it an honor and privilege to leave a legacy from which future generations of students can benefit.” JACK HEF F ERN A N ’58

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DELIVERING EXCELLENCE: THE CANTERBURY ANNUAL FUND

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sk alumni what impacted them most when they were students at Canterbury, and they will tell you it was the people: the teachers who inspired and shaped them and the classmates who became their life-long friends. The Canterbury Annual Fund supports the people of Canterbury—the students and teachers—who make this an exceptional School.

The Annual Fund is the cornerstone of a healthy and vibrant fundraising effort and should be the first priority a donor chooses when considering how to support the School. The School relies on the Canterbury Annual Fund to provide excellence in its academic, athletic, and extracurricular programs. In essence, recurring annual gifts support Canterbury’s present, just as gifts to the Endowment support its future. One of the critical goals of the Mission and Momentum Campaign is to elevate the fund from $1.5 million in annual gifts to $2 million by 2022 by increasing and sustaining loyal, year-over-year giving from alumni and current and past families.

The Canterbury Annual Fund is the second largest revenue source for the School after tuition, generating approximately 10 percent of our annual operating budget. Through the vital unrestricted resources it provides, The Canterbury Annual Fund directly impacts the margin of excellence in all its programs. All gifts to The Canterbury Annual Fund are counted toward the $90 million Mission and Momentum Campaign goal.

“ I wanted Canterbury to prepare my children for college. Canterbury ended up preparing them for life.” NA NCY M U L HER EN P ’ 03, ’13

SHAPING THE FUTURE

LEADERSHIP GIVING LEVELS VISIONARIES’ CIRCLE $25,000 AND ABOVE FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE $10,000–$24,999 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $5,000–$9,999 HUME CIRCLE $2,500–$4,999

The initiatives and ambitious vision for Canterbury’s future are so much more than just a building or roadmap to a healthy and sustained Endowment.

Mission and Momentum: The Campaign for Canterbury will enable the School to thoughtfully evolve and improve upon the promise we make to our families and secure our distinctive position among the finest boarding schools in New England.

This campaign presents a unique opportunity for the community to partner with us on the exciting journey ahead and shape Canterbury’s future.

1915 SOCIETY $1,000–$2,499 SAINTS’ SOCIETY $500–$999 HILLTOP SOCIETY $250–$499 NAVY & COLUMBIA UP TO $250

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