Terry Curtis | Kristen Beard DeLaney | Christopher L. Fowler | Mara Bronstein Gipson
Stacy Harrelson | R. Bradford Israel | Allen H. Ladd | Morgan and David Langham | Todd Morris | Guy C. Oswalt, III
Paige B. Plash | Jay D. Roberds, II | Christopher C. Watkins | John F. Weston, Jr. | Frances Morrissette Williams
UMS-WRIGHT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Frank J. Lott, III, Chairman | Kristen Beard DeLaney, Co-Vice Chairman | Joel B. Bullard, III, Co-Vice Chairman
Walsh Lott Arendall | Robert C. Baird, III | Gretchen Van Brackle Cooper | Curran D. Foose | Christopher L. Fowler
Elizabeth Damson Freeman | Mara Bronstein Gipson | Margaret Witherington Gleason | Alvin K. Hope, II
Robert M. Hope, Jr. | R. Bradford Israel | Virginia Stimpson Jeffery | Abby Grodnick Kennedy | Allen H. Ladd
Ashleigh Cooper Leland | M. Bancroft McMurphy, III | Guy C. Oswalt, III | W. Davis Pilot, III | Paige B. Plash
Benjamin M. Radcliff, Jr. | Mikell W. Taylor, Sr. | H. Winchester Thurber, IV | Sarah Luce Watkins | John F. Weston, Jr.
The Board of Directors of UMS-Wright along with our Head of School, Dr. Doug Barber, are thrilled to unveil The Legacy of Excellence capital campaign. This campaign is aimed at impacting the future of every student, every day.
At UMS-Wright Preparatory School, excellence isn’t just a goal; it’s a tradition. For over 130 years, our school has stood as a leader of academic achievement, character development, and community spirit. Now, we are embarking on a journey to elevate that legacy even further.
The Legacy of Excellence capital campaign includes an investment in the UMS-Wright Foundation, additional Lower School classrooms for expanded programs, and a complete renovation of the Wilson Gym locker rooms and offices. Within the former cafeteria space, it will also provide a new media room (completed), a dance/cheer locker room and studio (completed), and an advanced rehabilitation facility (nearly complete). We will also be transforming the Mobile Street side of our school giving the entire campus a unified appearance and more functionality. The campaign began with the full renovation of the varsity football locker room, which will serve as a design template for the renovation of all other locker rooms on campus. We invite you to turn the pages to learn about these exciting projects.
With an ambitious goal of $14 million we will need the support of our entire school family. By contributing to the Legacy of Excellence campaign, you are not only investing in the future of our school but also in the future leaders, scholars, and citizens who will shape our world.
Your support of the Legacy of Excellence campaign is a testament to your belief in the transformative power of the UMS-Wright education. Please join us!
Together, we can Impact Every Student, Every Day.
With Gratitude,
Walsh Lott Arendall ’98
Ty Bullard ‘02
Curran Foose ‘02
Doug Barber, Ed.D. Campaign Co-Chair Campaign Co-Chair Campaign Co-Chair Head of School
MISSION:
For the UMS-Wright family to educate all students to their highest potential in Mind, Body, and Spirit; and to produce in each student character of the highest possible order.
WIDE-EYED WONDER
Imagine a journey that begins with wide-eyed wonder in K3 and culminates in confident strides across the graduation stage. This is the transformative path every student takes at UMS-Wright Preparatory School, guided by our commitment to excellence.
CAMPAIGN GOAL
$14,000,000
Former Cafeteria Renovation:
Media Room, Dance/Cheer Studio and Locker Room, Athletic Training and Rehabilitation
$3,500,000
Lower School Classroom & Recreational Court Addition and Roadway Improvements
$3,000,000
Refreshed Upper and Middle School Facade and Walkways
$2,500,000
Wilson Gym Girls’ and Boys’ Locker Room Renovation
$2,800,000
The UMS-Wright Foundation – General Endowment
$1,200,000
Varsity Football Locker Room Renovation
$1,000,000
FORMER CAFETERIA RENOVATION
Media Room, Dance/Cheer Studio and Locker Room, Athletic Training and Rehabilitation
$3,500,000 | Partially Completed
The Pilot Performance and Training Center will serve as a hub of activity for all of our students. In this newly renovated space that was once the Middle and Upper School cafeteria, dance students and cheerleaders will enjoy a spacious practice studio, locker room, and trophy display area. The Beard Media Room, a 92-seat facility, will provide all students a comfortable and well-equipped setting for guest speakers, presentations, and film study. Encore Rehabilitation will move into a much larger area, The Plash Athletic Training Room, providing all members of the UMS-Wright family with convenient, effective, and efficient treatment and physical therapy. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. McGowin, III will provide a suite of equipment that will enhance this facility with state-of-the-art resources. scan to see more
LOWER SCHOOL CLASSROOM & RECREATIONAL
COURT ADDITION AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS
$3,000,000
With the addition of a five-classroom Lower School building that will adjoin Moorer and McGowin Halls, we are addressing the need for more educational space for our students where learning, curiosity, creativity, and collaboration can be fostered in modern learning spaces. This much needed space, including The J.L. Bedsole Foundation Classrooms, will allow us to maximize the impact we have on our K3 – 4th grade students through our expanded enrichment program that now includes two teachers each for art, music, and foreign language; one teacher each for writing lab, science lab, and technology; two directors of curriculum and instruction; and multiple academic support teachers. Our goal is to provide proper educational spaces for the increased programming that has occurred in the Lower School in recent years, not grow our enrollment. A new recreational court will be an extension of the classroom, encouraging activity, teamwork, and confidence. This will support the development of the whole child. The Monte L. Moorer Foundation Breezeway and additional roadway improvements will allow for expanded carpool flow and efficiency.
REFRESHED UPPER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL FACADE AND WALKWAYS
$2,500,000
The following architectural plans will allow for greater walkability and access for students, faculty, and other members of the UMS-Wright family. We will transform the Upper School entrance, Wright Hall roof, and walkways along our Mobile Street facade that connect the Roberts Middle School Buildings and the Roberts Library to the Upper School entrance, gymnasiums, and the Fine and Performing Arts Center. Fully integrating the Mobile Street facade will allow for better carpool flow for our families that access the east side of campus each day, especially during inclement weather. To honor a historically significant area of our campus, the upgrades within the traffic circle, The Taylor Oaks Courtyard, will provide an attractive and functional space that can be enjoyed and utilized by the entire UMS-Wright Community.
WILSON GYM GIRLS’ AND BOYS’ LOCKER ROOM
$2,800,000
Many of the indoor athletic facilities in use today are original to the school dating back to the 1950s when we were educating only young men. With our now robust athletic programs for both girls and boys, there is a need to renovate the current facilities on both the east and west ends of Wilson Gym to allow for a cleaner atmosphere and better usage overall for all of our athletes from Middle School to Varsity Athletics. Improved logistics and accessibility in these areas will meet our athletes physical as well as inspirational needs giving them the space to hone their skills and study their strategy without distraction. The extensive renovations will create four Varsity/ JV Locker Rooms - including the DeLaney/Dodson Girls’ Locker Room, two Middle School Locker Rooms, two Visitor Locker Rooms and seven Coaches’ Offices. Also within this space, a new Coaches’ Suite, Athletic Laundry and Equipment Room will be dedicated to Don Kelly. The end result is not only producing an athlete who can confidently compete at their highest level, but also a young adult who can go into the world with a clear understanding of collaboration, determination, and perseverance.
VARSITY FOOTBALL LOCKER ROOM RENOVATION
$1,000,000 | Completed Fall 2024
Much like the locker rooms that are adjacent to Wilson Gym, the space utilized by our Varsity Football team had weathered through the years and was no longer adequate for the growth this program has seen. The Angus R. Cooper, II Varsity Football Locker Room will provide over eighty student athletes with a space that functions more efficiently and provides a clean and organized area to enhance player development in mind, body, spirit, and character.
$1,200,000
An investment in the UMS-Wright Foundation, specifically the General Endowment, will allow for growth in programs, opportunities, and technology provided to our faculty and students ranging from ongoing and unique professional development for our faculty to educational, wellness-centered, and academic support programs for our students not funded by tuition dollars. By supporting our faculty members’ desire to explore and grow, we are not only benefiting our students in the classroom, but we are also providing them an authentic model of life-long learning that they can carry with them throughout their years beyond the gates of UMS-Wright.
