Updates from Jo-Ann Lovejoy
Director of Alumni Advancement
March 26, 2021
And the Winner Is...
LAWRENCE ACADEMY!
Days of Giving Total: $320,385

With the final numbers now in and tallied, the Lawrence Academy Days of Giving (March 3-5) demonstrated overwhelming enthusiasm from the entire LA community and especially alumni who represented 63% of those participating with 62 alumni classes dialed in for the three-day event! The Alumni Trustee New Donor Challenge and the Reunion Challenges are also updated below. 

We owe sincere thanks to every individual who chose to make LA their philanthropic priority this March. A special shout out to the advancement team, the dedicated class agents, and reunion ambassadors who poured their creative efforts into personal communications with each of you to make these results possible!

Below are a few key class highlights, and congratulations...

Alumni Class Double-Digit Leader Board

  1. Class of 2013: the leader with 23 alumni participating
  2. Class of 1970: 21 alumni participating
  3. Class of 1987: 13 alumni participating
  4. Class of 1975: 12 alumni participating
  5. Classes of 2012, 2014, and 2015: 11 alumni participating
  6. Classes of 1983, 1997, and 2017: 10 alumni participating 

In total, 307 alumni participated in this year’s Days of Giving compared to 277 alumni who gave during the giving days in spring 2020.

The momentum is palpable!

Meanwhile, as we mark the one year anniversary of the pandemic year, we remain buoyed by the turning of the tides and the promise of spring as we prepare to host our next Alumni Speaker on March 31st, Robin Farmanfarmaian ’91, who will inspire us to create our personal brand and include some tips to master the virtual meeting.
Planning is ongoing for Virtual LA Reunions, which will occur on Saturday, June 12th, a mixture of live and on-demand online programming. Stay tuned for more information from us and communications from your reunion ambassadors regarding the planning of your individual class zoom call and ways you might participate. The reunion challenge awards are still within reach. See updates below. There is still time to move the needle for your class. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at jlovejoy@lacademy.edu or the alumni team. 

In the beginning, you once were an applicant for admissions at Lawrence Academy!
As LA is currently in the midst of a very creative virtual admissions season, I thought you would enjoy the school’s current “view book” for applicants and take a virtual tour if you haven’t been back lately!

Thanks so much for your support and continued interest in Lawrence Academy, which inspires our work each and every day.

Sincerely,
 
Jo-Ann Lovejoy P’06,’08,’10
Director of Alumni Advancement
Mobile: 978-505-9261
P.S. Our deadline for submissions to the Fall Academy Journal is August 15th for a publish date of November 2021. Please submit your fun and inspiring news and photos to me at jlovejoy@lacademy.edu or to Pru Glover, Program Manager for Alumni Advancement and Trustees, at pglover@lacademy.edu.
LA Fund Challenge UPDATES
2020 Reunion Challenge 

Most LA Fund Dollars Raised (top two):
  1. 1970 - $62,459
  2. 1975 - $6,492
Most LA Fund Donors (top two):
  1. 1970 – 24
  2. 2015 – 21
Percentage of New (one or more years lapsed) LA Fund Donors (top two):
  1. 1945 – 33%
  2. 2000 – 15%

Number of Class Notes:
2010, 2016 - 5; 1980 - 4
2021 Reunion Challenge

Most LA Fund Dollars Raised:
  1. 1976 - $56,550
  2. 1966 - $56,050
Most LA Fund Donors (tie):
  • 1981 – 11
  • 1986 – 11
  • 2016 – 11
Percentage of New LA Fund Donors:
  1. 1951 – 13.3%
  2. 1966 – 12.8%
Number of Class Notes:
2016 - 62; 1981, 1991, 2001, 2006 - 2
Here are the classes in the lead:

1983 (20)
1987 (12)
2000 (12)
1982 (11)
1988 (11)
2013 (9)
2015 (9)
2017 (9)
Reminder: Virtual Reunion
2020-2021 Class Reunions to be hosted virtually on June 12, 2021

Of course, LA remained extremely hopeful that in-person reunions would occur in Groton this June. However, given the current status of the unpredictable pandemic — and with our community's health and well-being in the balance — LA will host the 2020 and 2021 Class Reunions in a virtual format.

Additionally, given that event's once-in-a-lifetime nature, the LA Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be postponed to 2022 (when we hope our community may again safely gather).

While we are disappointed to have to make these decisions, we are very excited to create an engaging program for all alumni and guarantee FUN!

In the meantime, we invite all current reunion classes, 2020 and 2021, to develop their playlists and send them along to us as we will want to have each of our virtual class parties filled with the music of your choosing!
As we plan for the Virtual 2020 - 2021 LA Reunion scheduled for June 12, 2021, the LA Alumni Advancement Team is excited to provide some fun and friendly competition among the LA – 2X Reunion Classes. Since we had to cancel the 2020 LA Reunion Weekend, there will be two simultaneous challenges occurring – one for all 2020 LA Reunion Classes ending in 0s & 5s and one for all 2021 LA Reunion Classes ending in 1s & 6s. We have created two distinct landing pages for the 2020-2021 LA Reunion Challenge so you can track how your class is performing in each of the five categories.
Below are the links:
If you have any questions regarding the Reunion Challenge, please reach out to me directly (Jo-Ann Lovejoy) or the alumni team: Tamara Belmonte, Pru Glover, or Geoff Harlan.
Alumni Speaker Series
March 31, 7:00 - 8:00 PM EDT

Join other LA alumni for
A Conversation With
Robin (Soloway) Farmanfarmaian '91
Building your personal brand and facilitating engaging virtual events:
An interactive session

Robin Farmanfarmaian is a professional speaker and entrepreneur working in cutting-edge tech. Robin has three published books: The Patient as CEO, The Thought Leader Formula, and Facilitating Virtual Events.
Save The Date

Alumni Council Meeting: April 1
Class Agent Quarterly meeting: April 13
Alumni Topics


The Elm Tree Gazette | Volume VIII | March 2021