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Gifts to the Capital Campaign fund new facilities and are strategically important to the physical growth of Wesleyan School. Listed below are the major components of the "Complete the Campus" Campaign.
Detailed Description of Project and Fund Raising Goals
FINE ARTS BUILDING ............................................$10.454 million
Construction for the Fine Arts Building began immediately after Commencement in May 2005 and was completed in March 2007. This lovely building contains two art galleries,a black box theater, a middle and high school band rooms, middle and high school chorales rooms art rooms and offices for the arts department. The building is three stories(58,000 square feet) and will face Wesley and Cleghorn Hall. The new building is adjacent to Marchman Hall.
Middle School Drama: This building provides permanent middle school drama rehearsal space. It will also be set up as a small “black box” theater for both the middle school and the high school.
High School Art & Sculpture: There are three high school classrooms and needed office space for the teaching of art, ceramics, and related disciplines. The classrooms will house painting, drawing, and three-dimensional art (sculpture, ceramics). This new facility includes a kiln, a resource library, and an outdoor sculpture court. This area is vital to keep up with the growth of the arts at Wesleyan.
Middle School Art & Sculpture: This room will have ample space for both art and sculpture. In addition, there are separate adjoining offices for the Fine Arts Director and Administrative Assistant.
Middle and High School Chorale There will be two large rehearsal rooms. Both rooms will have risers and adjoining offices. In addition, there will be small practice soundproof cubicles to allow for private rehearsal and teaching.
Middle and High School Band: These two large rooms are two stories in height to accommodate the acoustic needs of band and orchestra. These rooms, like the chorale rooms, will have adjoining offices and private rehearsal space.
DON AND IDA YANCEY GYMNASIUM .........................$9.656 million
The performance gymnasium (59,000 square feet) is located on the former site of the tennis courts across from the west end of Wesley Hall. Yancey Gymnasium is the performance gymnasium for Wesleyan athletics replacing the small but serviceable Marchman. The gymnasium will seat 1300. This will allow Wesleyan to host sub region and region tournaments. You enter the gym from the top and walk down. This type of facility is crucial to keeping concessions off the main floor. The building is easily accessible from the Warren Hall parking lot and secondarily from the Marchman lot.
Gymnasium: The gym contains a full 94' college length basketball main court with two 94' cross-courts for practice. This will allow for 2 volleyball courts running perpendicular to the main court.
Athletic Offices: The building also includes offices for the Athletic Director, Assistant Athletic Director and their assistant.
Locker and Training Rooms: This gymnasium includes home and visitor locker rooms for boys and girls and a training room.
Weight and Cardio Room: A new weight room is included in this new building. Cardiovascular equipment and a smaller weight room will remain in Hoover with the office of Sports Medicine.
GILLFILLAN HALL ..............................$3.898 million
Gillfillan Hall houses the administration and is a "neo-gothic" one story building adjacent to Marchman Gymnasium. Gillfillan Hall (24,184 sq. ft.) contains the Headmaster, Development, Business and Finances offices..
Headmaster's Offices: The Headmaster's offices will consist of an office, reception area, administrative space and a conference room.
Development Offices: Development will include offices for Assistant Headmaster, an alumni assistant, and a major gifts/planned giving assistant, a gifts processor, and one other project person. The development offices also include a small conference room.
Business and Finance Offices: These offices will house the Director, the Controller, the Human Resources Director, and three offices/work rooms for various accounting and audit functions
External Affairs Offices: These offices will house the Assistant Headmaster, the Admissions Director, the Public Relations Director, and various work and storage rooms.
Marchman Gymnasium: Marchman will remain as a gymnasium, giving us a much needed fourth space for inside physical education and athletics. The stage will be removed to house a dance studio. The outside of Marchman will be re-bricked in keeping with the architecture of the rest of the campus.
Dance Room: A 1200 square foot multi-purpose room. This room will house lower and middle school dance and provide space for high school cheerleading and dance teams to practice. This room will be equipped with a “padded floor.” Its size will allow the room to be used for other activities as well.
CURLEY TENNIS COURTS ...........................$679 thousand
The Curley Tennis Courts are located on the Eastern part of the campus adjoining Robinson Field.
MORRIS-FLETCHER QUADRANGLE..........2.502million Morris-Fletcher Quadrangle is the beautiful campus lawn, formally known as the campus mall.This area is used by middle and high school students throughout the year.
AGAPE FIELD (Softball field)........................................ $479 thousand
The softball field needed improved drainage. We now have permanent stands, dugouts and a concession area. The dirt needed for the base of the stands came from the removal of dirt for Yancey Gymnasium, a saving for the school.
Resurfacing of Track...................................................220 thousand
LAND ACQUSITION........................................................ $2.5 million
The school has acquired additional land including four houses adjacent to the school for an all weather fields and faculty housing.
ENDOWMENT ...............................................$9.10 million
Financial Aid Endowment ................................$7.0million Wesleyan currently offers $370,000 a year in financial aid. Much of this money comes from the Parents Club and their various fundraisers, including a bi-annual auction. While we are able to meet most demands for need based aid, there are times when we cannot offer aid to a needy lower school student. A detailed analysis was done in 2003 and 2006 on the need for aid. We estimate that within 8-10 years, the need for aid will almost double to $600,000. We will fund that need witha $6.6 million endowment and a $600,000 financial aid reserve fund.
Maintenance Endowment.........................$300 thousand The campus has a wonderful appearance and feel. Exceptional architectural design has maximized space usage and given us buildings that are timeless. Over time there will be the need to replace roofs, air conditioners, etc. Our goal is to raise endowment money for these major capital expenses rather than pay for them out of tuition.
General Endowment ...........................................$200 thousand
Wesleyan must have an endowment for teacher support. The school in a prior campaign received $1 million from a foundation in support of our Christian mission. Clearly as Wesleyan moves forward, more endowment is needed to attract and retain outstanding Christian faculty.
Financial Aid Reserve Fund.......................................$1.5 million
ANNUAL FUND…………………………………………………$5.0 million
CAMPAIGN TOTAL…………………………………………$43.700 million
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