Dear Athena Community and Athena Supporters,
Your incredible generosity and support helped make our annual Casino Night a HUGE success! It was such a joy to see members of our community gathered together again on our beautiful campus. I hope that those of you who were able to attend had a good time and maybe even made new friends. We all certainly feel loved and supported by this amazing group of people!
A few donations are still rolling in, but so far, we have hit a fundraising record, netting around $30,000 for our cause! This money will go directly to expanding our safety and security initiatives on campus. This Saturday we begin construction on the new perimeter privacy fence on the north side of campus. We are also continuing to meet with Security Directors from other schools, professional security consultants, and security software and hardware companies, as we do our due diligence on how to develop the best comprehensive security plan ongoing for our school and community. We will keep you abreast of each phase of the rollout.
THANK YOU to all of our generous donors; to those of you who donated or secured items for our fabulous silent auction; to the members of our community who secured donations in-kind for the event; to those of you who bought tickets to the event for yourselves or our teachers; and to the volunteers who helped setup, break down, and run the ticket tables at the event. We would not have been able to have such a successful event without each and every one of you. Please take a moment to visit the events page of our website to see the list of generous supporters for Casino Night.
Please let us know if you are interested in helping with next year’s event and/or if you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions for us–either with event planning, or our security research. We value your input.
Mark your calendars for our final event of the year–Owl Fest, an end-of-year celebration at Athena–the morning of Saturday, May 20.
Thank you for the privilege of your ongoing support of our school and our mission to be a healthy and courageous place to grow, play, and actualize an equitable community. Thank you for choosing to be part of this very special community.
In gratitude,
Lisl
