Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 6

Thornton’s STEM Academy

Preparing students for a changing world
A new Scamman Building wing will house STEM
Gifts of every size are welcome. If you would like to
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) classrooms,
support the education of students in science, technology,
including four laboratories (two chemistry, two biology)
engineering, and math,
and four general–
Thornton Academy’s new STEM Center will be you can:
purpose classrooms.
the cornerstone of a STEM Academy, which • Donate
Scheduled for
completion by
builds upon the exceptional STEM education online at: www.
thorntonacademy.org/
September, the $2
that Thornton Academy already provides. give, or
million STEM Center
• Send a check made out to Thornton Academy to the
is entirely privately-funded, meaning that no tax dollars
Development Office (note STEM on the check or “teacher
are being used for construction. This project is supported
room” to honor former teachers; see right), or
by TA alumni, parents and friends, including Brian
• Call the Development Office for more information: 207Dallaire ‘75 (see below) and Joan Fink ‘70 who have made
602-4456.
generous lead gifts to the project.
Dr. Brian Dallaire ‘75 has had a distinguished career in the
pharmaceutical sciences and is currently president of Lighthouse
Clinical Development, as well as a TA Board of Trustees
Watch an interview member. About the importance of STEM education, he said: “In
pharmaceuticals, you actually need all the disciplines of STEM in
with Dr. Dallaire
order to be successful...Anything you can do to support the school
helps out. Think of your donations to TA as being compounded.
This facility will hopefully last 50 years like the original Scamman
Building…Just think of how many students have gone in there…
One dollar of a piece of equipment being used times 20 years by
1,000 students a year. Just think of the impact that has!”

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