Springs Opens 15 New Classrooms for 2015-16 School Year
Indian Springs School students and faculty will begin the 2015-16 academic year Monday in three new classroom buildings and a new administration building made possible through gifts to the largest capital campaign in the school’s history, Springs Eternal.
Built from eco-friendly, energy-efficient materials and designed to integrate with Springs’ natural, 350-acre setting, the new buildings include 15 classrooms, additional collaborative spaces, and 18 faculty offices that accommodate emerging technologies for greater flexibility and global connectivity. The classrooms all feature 75-inch Clear Touch Interactive Learning Panels—multi-touch, multimedia flat-panel displays designed to foster interactive learning and student-teacher collaboration. Indian Springs is one of the first schools in Alabama to have the movable panels, which will also give ISS students the opportunity to take part in virtual classes available through the Malone Schools Online Network. Indian Springs, which is a member of the select Malone Scholars Program, joined the online network in order to expand course offerings and enable ISS faculty to offer online courses through the Malone program.
“We are excited to start the 2015-16 school year with a full enrollment—an extraordinarily diverse, multi-talented student body hailing from nine countries and 13 states—in incredible new facilities designed to support and enhance the excellence of our academic and student life curricula,” says Director Gareth Vaughan. “Our new classrooms and state-of-the-art technology will be invaluable tools as we continue to teach our students to think flexibly and find creative solutions to multi-layered problems, and we are grateful to the many dedicated alumni, parents, and friends who have made these beautiful new buildings possible.”
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Built from eco-friendly, energy-efficient materials and designed to integrate with Springs’ natural, 350-acre setting, the new buildings include 15 classrooms, additional collaborative spaces, and 18 faculty offices that accommodate emerging technologies for greater flexibility and global connectivity. The classrooms all feature 75-inch Clear Touch Interactive Learning Panels—multi-touch, multimedia flat-panel displays designed to foster interactive learning and student-teacher collaboration. Indian Springs is one of the first schools in Alabama to have the movable panels, which will also give ISS students the opportunity to take part in virtual classes available through the Malone Schools Online Network. Indian Springs, which is a member of the select Malone Scholars Program, joined the online network in order to expand course offerings and enable ISS faculty to offer online courses through the Malone program.
“We are excited to start the 2015-16 school year with a full enrollment—an extraordinarily diverse, multi-talented student body hailing from nine countries and 13 states—in incredible new facilities designed to support and enhance the excellence of our academic and student life curricula,” says Director Gareth Vaughan. “Our new classrooms and state-of-the-art technology will be invaluable tools as we continue to teach our students to think flexibly and find creative solutions to multi-layered problems, and we are grateful to the many dedicated alumni, parents, and friends who have made these beautiful new buildings possible.”
The campaign for Springs Eternal was created in response to Indian Springs School’s current Campus Master Plan, which identified the need to replace or modernize buildings dating from 1952, when the school opened its doors. Prepared by internationally recognized architects ArchitectureWorks, LLP, of Birmingham and Lake|Flato Architects of San Antonio with input from a wide range of ISS constituents—Board members, alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and friends—the plan impacts a large portion of the school campus and comprises three phases.
Indian Springs celebrated the public launch of Springs Eternal in April 2014, and lead gifts from Alan ’68 and Cecilia Matthews; Mike ’63 and Gillian Goodrich; Leo Kayser III ’62, Deborah K. Strauss, and Kayser Strauss ’96; Hal and Judy Abroms; and Rob ’65 and Mary Henrikson enabled the school to break ground on phase one—the three new classroom buildings, new administration building, and the Leo Kayser Jr. Academic Center—a few months later.
Numerous other ISS alumni and families have come together to make major gifts to Springs Eternal. Some have chosen to name classrooms and endowed funds to further recognize the special place that Indian Springs holds in their hearts.
• Simmons Family Classroom (given by Rene and John Simmons ’65)
• Gamble Family Classroom (given in loving memory of Laura and Chuck Gamble, who believed in education, by Chip ’58, Tom ’60, Travis ’63, Bruce, and William ’03 Gamble)
• R.J. Stegner Classroom (given in memory of former ISS faculty member R.J. Stegner by Dr. Bill Engel ’75)
• La Salle Iain M. Alexander ’91 (named in his honor by his parents, Margaret and Bruce Alexander)
• Damsky Classroom (given in memory of Selma and Leonard Damsky by Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68)
• Dorrie Fuchs Choral Room (given in her memory by her husband, Director Gareth Vaughan)
• Frank Cantey Mathematics Laboratory (given in memory of former ISS faculty member Frank Cantey by the Marks and Porter families)
• Class of 1964 Classroom (given by members of the ISS Class of ’64)
• Slaughter Family Classroom (given by the Slaughter Family)
• McLean Lawn (given by the McLean Family)
• Billie Grace Goodrich Endowed Scholarship (created by the Goodrich Family)
• Gamble Family Classroom (given in loving memory of Laura and Chuck Gamble, who believed in education, by Chip ’58, Tom ’60, Travis ’63, Bruce, and William ’03 Gamble)
• R.J. Stegner Classroom (given in memory of former ISS faculty member R.J. Stegner by Dr. Bill Engel ’75)
• La Salle Iain M. Alexander ’91 (named in his honor by his parents, Margaret and Bruce Alexander)
• Damsky Classroom (given in memory of Selma and Leonard Damsky by Heidi and Martin Damsky ’68)
• Dorrie Fuchs Choral Room (given in her memory by her husband, Director Gareth Vaughan)
• Frank Cantey Mathematics Laboratory (given in memory of former ISS faculty member Frank Cantey by the Marks and Porter families)
• Class of 1964 Classroom (given by members of the ISS Class of ’64)
• Slaughter Family Classroom (given by the Slaughter Family)
• McLean Lawn (given by the McLean Family)
• Billie Grace Goodrich Endowed Scholarship (created by the Goodrich Family)
The Leo Kayser Jr. Academic Center, which unites the school’s Academic and College Advising Offices, Technology Center, Library, and Research Services, will be completed this fall. To date, $18.9 million has been contributed to Springs Eternal for capital improvements and endowment. The campaign will conclude in June 2016.
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Indian Springs School, an independent school recognized nationally as a leader in boarding and day education for grades 8-12, serves a talented and diverse student body and offers admission to qualified students regardless of race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Located in Indian Springs, Alabama, just south of Birmingham, the school does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, or athletic and other school-administered programs.
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