December 02, 2020

Abbot Academy Fund awards fall grants

Projects include public gardens, club support, and academic pursuits
by Belinda Traub

The Abbot Academy Fund was created in 1973, at the time of the merger of Abbot Academy and Phillips Academy, to continue Abbot’s tradition of boldness, innovation, and caring through large and small grants to Phillips Academy students, members of the faculty and staff.

The board of directors of the Abbot Academy Fund gathered virtually November 5 and 6 for its fall meeting. Nine proposals were awarded funding. The amount granted at this meeting totaled $108,644 with grants ranging from $726 to $77,475.

Lightbulb Entertainment Fund
Zhouchen Zhang ’23
Isabella Clemmons ’22
Eshwar Venkataswamy ’22

Girls Running Workshop & Book Club
Rebecca Hession, Director of Track & Field

Phillips Academy History Association
William Situ ’22
Nickey Zhang ’23
Eshwar Venkataswamy ’22

Dance Labs Latin American and Caribbean Dance Workshop
Sydney Morris ’22
Alexandra Koch-Liu ’22

Campus Learning Garden
Allison Guerette, Campus Sustainability Coordinator

Abbot Initiative in Mathematics (AIM): A Virtual Celebration of Mathematics for Younger Students
Christina Li ’21
Olivia Yang ’22

Creating Violins from Scratch
Cathy Cho ’22
Giselle Jones-Mollod ’22

HOSA – Future Health Professionals
Claire Song ’22
Nana Afia Boadi-Acheampong ’21

Full Restoration of the Garden of Eaton
Shawn Fulford, Instructor in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science

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