Wheaton Academy Announces $2.85 Million Lead Gift to Launch Fundraising Drive

Including this generous lead gift, Wheaton Academy has raised $7.47 million to date to support the three goals of Transforming Every Student: The Campaign for Wheaton Academy – scholarships for worthy students in need, an endowment to support the school’s faculty and staff, and construction of a 30,000 square foot field house facility set to open for the 2009-2010 school year. To honor the legacy of the donor, whose mother attended the Academy, and to honor the thousands of alumni and families that span the Academy’s 154-year history, the new field house will be named the Heritage Field House.

In addition to the Campaign’s lead gift, an additional anonymous donor has stepped forward with a $1 million challenge grant. All gifts and pledges made between October 30 and December 31 will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1 million in order to reach the $9 million mark by the end of the year.

More information on Transforming Every Student: The Campaign for Wheaton Academy and its progress is available at www.wheatonacademy.org/campaign_main.html.

Founded in 1853, Wheaton Academy is one of the nation’s oldest Christian high schools. A college preparatory school, it is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and recognized by the state of Illinois and the DuPage County Education Service Region. Wheaton Academy is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International.