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1996

Wesleyan's Board hires Zach Young, and Marchman Gymnasium is built.

In the winter of 1996, the Board hired Zach Young, a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard University, as the inaugural Headmaster of Wesleyan School. Under new leadership, Wesleyan School opened the 1996-97 school year with 556 students on its new campus. The facilities consisted of 15 modular units, a soccer field, and the school’s first permanent structure, Marchman Gymnasium.

Zach Young prior to the opening of the Peachtree Corners campus in 1996

Zach Young in the summer of 1996 prior to school opening on September 3, 1996