Spring Celebration Success!

 

 

Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School held its 2nd Annual Spring Celebration and Auction on Saturday, May 7th, and successfully raised approximately $48,000 for faculty professional development.

 

After the Promenade on campus, student’s boarded coach buses to their Prom at the Sandy Burr Country Club, while parents checked in for the 2nd Annual Spring Celebration. With music from the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Group playing, parents laughed and talked with trustees, teachers, administrators, and other CH-CH families as they celebrated the end of the 2015-2016 school year. The Beaver Gymnasium was transformed for the evening, with displays of student’s artwork (with matching flowers), tables of silent auction items, and a collection of photos of each of our 40 teachers.

 

Teachers were the focus of the night, as all of the proceeds benefited their ongoing professional development. The goal set was to raise $40,000 for the 40 teachers, and this goal was exceeded with donations totaling approximately $48,000.

 

“It was fantastic to get all these families, trustees, faculty and staff together for one night to have fun and support a great cause,” said Interim Director of Development Ben Rogers. “Our Spring Celebration Planning Committee did such an amazing job that people are already talking about next year!”

 

Throughout the evening, teachers spoke to the impact professional development opportunities have on their classroom, and parents spoke to the transformations they have witnessed in their children.

 

Head of School, Dr. Lance Conrad, summed up the theme of the night in his opening address:

 

“At Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall, we have outstanding teachers that are the heart and soul of our school. They are here for one purpose and one purpose only, to make a difference in their students’ lives.”

 

The funds raised throughout the night will be used for ongoing professional development, increasing the impact that they make in the classroom every day.