"At every step of the master planning process, the mission of Pine Point has been paramount. Any actions that are undertaken must be rooted in one simple question - 'Does this enhance the learning environment?' By focusing on that question we have created a Master Plan that will serve the students of Pine Point today and tomorrow. The Campaign for Pine Point has transformed Pine Point and brought us to an even higher level of excellence. Both the designs of the buildings and the endowment component resonate with the mission and ethos of our school." –Paul Geise, Head of School

OVER 600 DONORS GIVE NEARLY $5.69 MILLION!

Campaign Objectives

As a result of the generosity of so many individuals, the first two goals were respectively accomplished in 2004 and 2005. In the spring of 2006, then past parents (and now current Pine Point grandparents) Harvey and Jeanne DeMovick offered an extraordinary Challenge to the School. They would give $500,000 to support construction of the ECC if the School could raise $1,000,000 by the end of June 2007. As a sign of their faith in the School’s ability to meet the Challenge, they made a gift of $250,000 to the endowment to support the maintenance of the building once it was built.

In July 2007, Head of School Paul Geise informed the entire constituency that the School had successfully met the Challenge. In fact, including the DeMovick’s gift of $500,000, Pine Point had raised just over $1.6 million in one year to build the ECC! The long-held dream of a space dedicated to our very youngest students was within reach. Construction of the ECC, which now bears the DeMovick’s name, began in mid-April 2008. On September 5th the Pine Point family gathered to officially celebrate the opening of this latest addition to the campus. Three days later, our youngest students and their teachers walked through the doors to begin the new school year!  

The results of The Campaign for Pine Point have been nothing short of extraordinary. Those who haven’t been back to Pine Point for a few years would most immediately be struck by the dramatic physical changes made to the campus. The Library/Technology Center and the DeMovick Early Childhood Center have strengthened the entire program while they also serve as resources open to the entire community. Equally important, the growth in the endowment has brought a measure of financial stability to the School while providing additional budgetary support, particularly in the area of the faculty’s professional development.

In 1948, five families came together and dreamed about a school for their children and those living in the community. In the fall of that year eleven students arrived to begin their schooling in a little house off of North Main Street. Eight years later, with a growing student body, the School moved to its present location on Barnes Road. No doubt the School’s founders would be pleased with what Pine Point has become. Each generation at Pine Point has made its mark on the life of this remarkable school.

On June 30, 2009, The Campaign for Pine Point was officially brought to a close.  To date, 633 donors have made contributions totaling $5,893,727! It’s likely that there are still many who want to be associated with this incredibly exciting, and productive, chapter in the School’s history. Just as we look back at our predecessors and recognize what they did to build Pine Point, so too will future generations look back at the individuals and families who were here at the beginning of the 21st century and applaud them for their vision and generosity.

Endowment A healthy endowment offers additional support for the operating budget outside of tuition income and provides Pine Point with the resources to strengthen the existing program and initiate new fields of study that will enrich the experience offered to our students. By increasing the endowment the School will ensure that it supports the faculty to the fullest in all areas from compensation to professional development. A more robust endowment also maintains the School's commitment to attracting and retaining students of diverse backgrounds and experiences by offering a well-funded financial aid program. In the Campaign we have raised over $1.75 million in new endowment gifts and pledges and increased by some ten fold the size of the endowment. It is a great start to what now must be an on-going effort to more substantially build a financial base on which the School can rely in good times and bad.