The Campaign for Doane Stuart

Thanks to the success of Phase I of the Campaign for Doane Stuart, the School was able to purchase the building and property, outright, for $4 million, a price tag of about half the cost of new construction for a smaller, and inferior facility.

The challenge now is to raise the $11 million needed to preserve, restore and enhance the historic features, as well as to renovate, upgrade and outfit the campus so that it fosters the academic rigor, intellectual discourse, social responsibility and opportunities for self-discovery that are hallmarks of a Doane Stuart education.

"Owning our own facility gives us a wonderful sense of empowerment," said trustee Ellen Jakovic '78. "We can now plan for the future knowing that we have the basic infrastructure from which to launch amazing programs - academic, athletic, artistic - for our students... It will be a home we can make our own."