Gilman School Headmaster Jon McGill publicly announced a $50 million fundraising campaign for renovations to the upper school?s main building, the construction of a student academic center, as well as compensation and professional development for faculty and student scholarships.
The announcement ended the quiet phase of the effort launched two years ago, which has already collected $34.6 million. The school is scheduled to break ground on the renovations at Carey Hall in mid-June, McGill said Sunday night at the Gilman?s School?s biennial Founder?s Society dinner.
“We?re fortunate to have great support of our alumni,” McGill said. “There are a lot of people who love the school, and that?s what it takes to raise money.”
The largest gifts to date are a $10 million donation from William Polk Carey, Class of 1948, and a $5 million donation from Jonathon S. Jacobson, Class of 1979.
The original Gilman School opened in Baltimore in 1897 and now has 970 boys enrolled in its upper and lower school programs. Yearly tuition is $17,860 for elementary school, $18,815 for middle school and $18,940 for high school. Twenty-one percent of students at Gilman receive some type of financial aid.
