FWCD is planning to construct a new feld house, although no date for construction has been set. New athletic facility will contain a new basketball arena with permanent seats. New locker rooms, a new weight room, and two competition courts, one practice court, and training rooms.
FWCD is planning to construct a new feld house, although no date for construction has been set. New athletic facility will contain a new basketball arena with permanent seats. New locker rooms, a new weight room, and two competition courts, one practice court, and training rooms.
FWCD is planning to construct a new feld house, although no date for construction has been set. New athletic facility will contain a new basketball arena with permanent seats. New locker rooms, a new weight room, and two competition courts, one practice court, and training rooms.
Fort Worth Country Day October 2013 Volume 50 Issue 1
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Administration plans for new athletic facility I n todays rap- idly changing world, private schools are forced to change with the times or be left behind. Fort Worth Country Days new Capital Campaign will be benefcial in keeping the school relevant and updated by allowing for renovation and con- struction to take place throughout campus, as well as bolstering the schools endowment for fnancial aid and faculty salaries. In order to ensure that the students have access to the best facilities pos- sible, FWCD is planning to construct a new feld house, although no date for construction has been set. But according to Head of School Evan D. Peterson, the facilitys location has already been confrmed. The feld house will be where the tennis courts are currently, and the tennis courts will move across the street to where the apartment buildings used to be, Peterson said. This move would likely involve the school fling with the city of Fort Worth to close Bryan Henderson Road to public access, making it a private drive. More parking for athletic events would also likely be added in this space. The new athletic facility will contain a new basketball arena with permanent seats as op- posed to the pull-out bleachers currently in use. Additional amentiies will include new locker rooms, a new weight room, and two competi- tion courts, one practice court, and training rooms. According to Assistant Head of School Steve Stackhouse, the new athletic facility will be similar to facilities at Brewer High School, with a team room and coaches offces similar to the ones at Brewer. However, the school is still in the quiet phase of the campaign. The quiet phase of fundraising is the stage Connall Mccormack copy editor NEWS BRIEFS in which the school has approved a new project, but is still gauging support and fnancial options. As the administration moves forward, the goal is to raise $21-25 mfllion to fund the new feld house and focus on the Schools endowment. While the new athletic building will be the next construction project the school undertakes, many more are in the works. According to Peterson, the school willl look very different in the years to come. While none of these projects will begin in the immediate future and are not confrmed, they are options that have been discussed. One of the hypothetical options for campus development is the demolition of the Round Gym. If the Round Gym was removed, a facade could be constructed in its place, leaving a grassy area between the Lou and Nick Martin Cam- New Falcon Portal Coming Homecoming Festivities Tonight Financial Aid at $2 Million SPC Championships Nov. 8-9 H omecoming week is fnally here! Be sure to make it out to the 50th anniversary football game at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night. This game is huge. Not only is it the last game of the season, but it is also the Battle of Bryant Irvin, a longstanding rivalry. Come watch the varsity football team defeat the Trojans and enjoy food trucks, a jumbotron, and freworks at the game. See p. 8-9 for more information. The Homecoming dance is 8:30-10:30 p.m. on Saturday night in the Upper School Commons. Go Falcons! A lthough Friday night is the last regular season football game of the year, the rest of the fall sports teams will still be competing throughout the next week. On Nov. 8 and 9, the fall sports teams from all over Texas and Oklahoma will be heading to Fort Worth to compete for the frst place title in SPC. The Upper School students will be out of school that Friday, Nov. 8 so be sure to come support your peers as they battle for frst place in feld hockey, volleyball, football, and cross country. F or the current school year, one in every fve students is receiving need-based fnancial aid, with more than $2 million awarded. FWCDs fnancial aid guidelines state that each year our returning students are served frst. After spring enrollment of new students K-12, the fnancial aid committee meets a second time to distribute remaining funds as available to new students. Understandably, the returning students make up the larger of the two groups. The fnan- cial aid budget comes from the FWCD restricted endowment. pus Center and the Square Gym. A multi-foor Lower School could be constructed that would encompass Lower Schoolers as well as kindergar- teners. The structure of the building would likely parallel that of the Middle School renovation, with lower grades on the lower foor and higher grades upstairs. The Lower School could be connected to the Square Gym, which would be used for P.E. and recreational purposes since the new gyms in the feld house would be so far away. In the space vacated by the Lower School and the Kindergarten, a new theater and perfoming arts center may be constructed. We need a theater that can seat all our stu- dents, not just 400, Peterson said. A new facility would likely have a capacity of close to 1,000, making it far larger and more usable than the current 500-seat theater. While the visual arts facilities received an impressive makeover when the Sid W. Richardson Visual Arts Center opened, the performing arts class- rooms as well as the Upper School remain some of the most outdated buildings on campus. Although it has been years since the Upper School has been updated, there are no current plans to make any changes. Were waiting to see what happens with the online classes, Peterson said. By waiting to see how technology and educa- tion as a whole develop, the administration will be able to renovate the Upper School in a man- ner that maximizes its effciencey aud suits the needs of both students and faculty.
S ometime in the next few weeks, the tech department will unveil the new Falcon Por- tal. Although students have not been given direct information how the portal will change, teachers have been testing it out recently. The new site will boast a fresh new look that mirrors the Facebook home page and an easier naviga- tion system. I didnt have much experience with the former Falcon Portal, but I like the updates. It is much easier to deal with, US math teacher Ravi Pillalamari said. The architects rendering of the proposed eld house is planned to be constructed where the current tennis courts are. It will provide locker rooms for the sports teams, among many other amenities, which will in turn give the student-athletes a more oonvenient walk to their respective elds. Photo courtesy of Steve Stackhouse