the academy journal
ANC Secondary Schools
Managing Director’s Report
James M. Adams
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support. It is truly appreciated.
his past year was both difficult and rewarding
in many ways.
It was difficult because we ended the 2016/2017
Fiscal Year with an operating deficit of $1.56M.
Also, we lost our beloved teacher, mentor to
many girls in our school, and friend to all, Marah
Pendleton Boyesen. It was a very difficult time for
our students, faculty, staff, administrators, alum-
ni, and community. Our faith and love for each
other helped move us forward with heavy hearts.
I will be forever grateful to everyone who offered
to help our school in our time of need. We moved
forward, but there will always be a void in our
school. The memory of Marah’s contagious can-
do attitude will always be with us.
It was rewarding because we got to see how our
students, with the guidance of our faculty and
staff, have so many successes in academics, per-
forming arts, the Oratorical Event, Telegrams, Se-
nior Project presentations and athletics.
Communications
We have been live streaming our Chapel service
each morning, and have also been live streaming
other events such as our Oratorical Event and Se-
nior Project presentations. We are planning to live
stream other events and athletic contests during
the upcoming school year.
Facebook posts - we continue to upload photos
of events such as club telegrams, social events, aca-
demic programs, athletics, etc., on a daily basis.
ANCSS Webpage - We post updates on past
and upcoming programs.
Admissions
Private Tours
Jennifer Allen conducted 90 private tours during
the year with potential students and their parents
or guardians. A private tour begins with Chapel
followed by a tour of our buildings and ends with a
conversation with the admissions office. Students
and families get introduced to the administrators
and faculty.
Donations
We raised $1.227M, but fell short of our annual
fund goal by $448K. A good portion of this short-
fall was due to donations being directed to endow-
ment rather than our annual operating fund. Due
to the generosity of our donors, approximately
$2.22M was raised for our annual fund, opera-
tions, endowment and targeted fundraising initia-
tives. We are so blessed to have alumni and friends
that believe in and support our school each year.
On behalf of the ANC Secondary Schools, we
thank each and every one of you for your ongoing
Shadow Students
85 prospective students shadowed existing stu-
dents this past school year. Each prospective stu-
dent is assigned a trained student ambassador
who accompanies them to Chapel and classes dur-
ing the morning and then to lunch in our dining
hall. Following lunch, Admissions talks with the
student about their day. If the student’s parents
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