You will have the opportunity to hear about the McDonogh Forever Campaign and the future of our campus at Lunch with the Headmaster (Friday at noon, Osborne Room) and at Breakfast with the Headmaster (Saturday at 9:00 a.m., Bowman House).

CAMPAIGN UPDATE

McDonogh Forever is the largest capital campaign undertaken by an independent school in Maryland. The $75 million campaign, officially launched in November 2010, will fund campus improvement projects, specifically:

• The Edward St. John Student Center
• The Naylor Building for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
• The Rosenberg Campus Green, connecting the new and existing buildings 
• An energy plant to serve the entire campus
• Reconfiguration of Woods Road with a new traffic signal
• Two artificial turf fields and the renovation of the Howard C. "Dutch" Eyth Baseball Field
• Construction of two new parking lots, netting nearly 50 additional spaces

Changes to the campus are already visible. Woods Road has been re-routed and widened to include a turn lane, and the baseball field renovations are almost complete.

In February, the board approved some site work, and the following will begin this spring and will take approximately six months:

• Construction of a new parking lot
• Demolition of the one-story, brick Doyles Woods building and the two homes on the north side of Woods Road
• Building of a new stormwater management system where the Doyle Woods building is now located
• Installation of underground pipes for the new energy plant
• Sediment control

When funding is in place, construction of the Naylor Building will start, followed a few months later by the St. John Student Center. Demolition of Lamborn Hall and the construction of the Rosenberg Campus Green will then follow. Completion of this phase is expected to take two years and eight months.

The nearly $60 million raised to date includes the stunning $30 million challenge grant from the Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation as well as pledges to be paid over extended periods.

For up-to-date information on the campaign, visit www.mcdonogh.org/campaign.

McDONOGH HOSTS JAPANESE EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND SUPPORTS VICTIMS

"The personal stories of the tragedy from the Japanese students deeply impacted our students and has inspired many to find ways to support the Japanese people," said Head of Upper School Kirsten Adams.

The guests, who stayed with host families from McDonogh, kept busy absorbing American sights, cuisine, and culture. In addition to attending classes, the Japanese students spent a day in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Gettysburg before returning to Tokyo on April 2.

Read more about the Japanese Exchange Program and McDonogh's efforts to help Japan in The Baltimore Sun and on Patch.com. The story was also broadcast on WJZ-TV and WMAR-TV.

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Varsity Spring Records as of April 7, 2011

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