Building Futures Capital Campaign - A Celebration of Success

View from the balcony

The Nantucket New School has announced the successful completion of the third and final phase of the Building Futures Capital Campaign. The goal of $1 million leaves the school free of our construction debt we took on to build the beautiful Louise F. Walker Building we are in today. The total raised in this capital campaign is $4.2 million - a wonderful accomplishment.

The first two phases of the Capital Campaign were successfully completed in 2005. With the generosity of the Weezie Foundation, the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation, other private foundations, and countless individuals, NNS raised $3.2 million and built the NNS campus at 15 Nobadeer Farm Road. The Louise F. Walker Building, the Fraker House, the expansive playing field and playground are stunning reminders of the Nantucket community’s support of our mission and philosophy.

In December of 2005, the Weezie Foundation once again chose to support the Nantucket New School by giving a one-for-two matching challenge grant of $250,000 payable over three years. The School raised the needed $500,000 to receive the full grant.

Parents and board members Rachel Hobart and Criss Troast co-chaired the final phase of the campaign.

If you have questions about fund raising projects, please call Gage Dobbins, Assistant Head for Development and Communications, at the Nantucket New School, 508-228-8769 or email at gdobbins@nantucketnewschool.org.