News from The Albany Academies

For more information contact: Ann Wendth, (518) 429-2385 or wendtha@albanyacademies.org; Adam Doling, (518) 429-2344 or dolinga@albanyacademies.org

The Albany Academies To Hold Annual Spring Gathering On April 12

Annual gala & auction to be held at Wolferts Roost Country Club in Menands

ALBANY, NY (02/28/2008; 1659)(readMedia)-- The Albany Academies will hold its Spring Gathering 2008 annual auction and gala on Saturday, April 12 at Wolferts Roost Country Club in Menands.

Spring Gathering, which includes a Silent and Live Auction, is an outstanding event that brings parents, alumni/ae, faculty and special friends of the Academies together to celebrate and support the school. Fund raised at Spring Gathering will go towards the school’s scholarship funds to benefit students and faculty at The Albany Academies.

Anyone interested in donating an auction item can contact Director of Institutional Advancement Kim Verstandig at (518) 429-2431 or verstandigk@albanyacademies.org.

The Albany Academies is home to the two campuses of The Albany Academy (West Campus) and Albany Academy for Girls (East Campus), which share a nearly 200-year-old tradition of outstanding single-gender independent school education. Both campuses bring with them deeply treasured values of community, tradition, and purpose to the newly formed school known as The Albany Academies.

The Albany Academies is committed to developing the potential of the whole individual by building a community that fosters scholarship, leadership, character, service and creativity.

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