During a decade spent engaging at-risk youth in public art projects, Laure Biron, 03年 realized she was more interested in the service aspects of her work than the actual painting.
校友 任务 Award
The 校友 任务 Award is designed to recognize multiple graduates from the Academy who are living the GA mission: Independent in Thought, Confident in Expression, Compassionate in Spirit, Collaborative in Action, and Honorable in Deed. Nominees must be 10 years out or more from graduation (Class of 2013 or older).
The 校友 任务 Award is bestowed on a bi-annual basis and will be awarded during GA / PC的一天 & 校友的周末, November 10-11, 2023.
The nomination period has now closed.
We will announce the honorees over the summer and look forward to celebrating them in November! .
If you have any questions, please email alumni@germantownacademy.org.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our core GA 任务 consists of 15 simple but profound words, 15 words that guide our actions and activities each day and every year.
INDEPENDENT IN THOUGHT
A leadership mindset begins with having the independence of thought necessary to seek and find the truth in all that he or she reads, 看到, 和听到.
CONFIDENT IN EXPRESSION
Independent thinkers become self-自信 individuals. Teachers and staff members hear expressed time and time again how 自信ly GA students comport themselves. 校友 visits around the country remind us that the core of 信心 built during GA years holds firm throughout adulthood.
COMPASSIONATE IN SPIRIT
Effective leadership also involves the ability to care about others, to realize that everyone we meet can teach us something valuable and, 反过来, can learn something of value from us. True compassion: empathy that enables independent-minded, 自信 people to recognize that vulnerability is the connecting spirit within us all.
COLLABORATIVE IN ACTION
Collaborative action moves a group forward whether a community, a team, a company, etc... Active "followership" plays a significant role in a meaningful education. Well-educated people have learned when and how to dedicate themselves to the support of the whole.
HONORABLE IN DEED
The 任务 Statement recognizes that without personal honor, 好奇的, 自信, compassionate people will not engender the trust needed to be effective leaders or followers. GA strives to teach students to hold themselves to the highest personal standards. To achieve this goal, adults in our community must be role models of trustworthy behavior.
2023 校友 任务 Award Recipients
The 校友 Society Board is proud to announce the 2021 recipients (four in total) of the 校友 任务 Award! We will officially honor them on Thursday, November 11 prior to GA / PC的一天 & 校友的周末. Please enjoy reading excerpts from their nominations and learn how they are all Independent in Thought, Confident in Expression, Compassionate in Spirit, Collaborative in Action, and Honorable in Deed.
It is no surprise to anyone who knows him that perseverance is Bill Hyndman’s favorite core value. He believes that many of life’s challenges have helped build him into the person he is today.
In 2015, Steven Jackson met his future business partner, 里卡多·卡尔德隆, as community organizers in the Philadelphia area. Their work intersected in the areas of community building, social justice, and storytelling.
From infinity to beyond is the best way to describe Derrick Pitts, the Chief Astronomer and Planetarium Director for the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He is not only the first African American to hold these dual titles at a major science institution in the United States, but he is also the first American to set this benchmark.
Kurt Wetzel embodies the GA mission in so many ways. As an alum, parent, teacher, coach, and mentor, he exemplifies compassion and collaboration daily.
2021 校友 任务 Award Recipients
GA honored four Patriots with the 校友 任务 Award during the 校友的周末 in November 2021.
The hallmarks of a truly great nurse are tremendous common sense, 镇定, depth and breadth of clinical knowledge and deep compassion. It is what separates a good nurse from a great nurse. Lori Andress '88 has these qualities in abundance."
The year 2020 marked a turning point in alumni conversations about Diversity, 股本 & Inclusion at Germantown Academy, and many of those conversations were spearheaded by 杰西卡Golson '06.
Whether she is sewing up knife wounds or taking bullets from a stomach, caring for those with COVID, Stephanie Lueckel, MD '96 puts everyone before herself and believes she is meant to save the patients with her knowledge, 信心, and compassionate spirit.
Helen Piszek Nelson '70 has lived a life committed to ensuring access to education, promoting international cultural connections, and cultivating lasting individual relationships.
2019 校友 任务 Award Recipients
GA honored five Patriots with the inaugural 校友 任务 Award during the 校友的周末 in November 2019.
Jennifer Ehinger '88 has worked tirelessly to improve the lives and the futures of poverty-stricken children of Uganda.
An educator and administrator for 38 years, Eugene Golson '76 brought about an unwavering commitment to excellence from both his students and his staff.
Over the past 15 years, Jay Talsania, 1982年 has volunteered his time to operate on children in rural areas of Guatemala.
Meghan McVeigh Maciolek '97 created the GA 校友 社区 Service Organization as a way for GA alumni to participate in community service opportunities and to mentor students, all in honor of her late father, Peter McVeigh 1760.
Leaving a successful career in the banking industry, Karla Ballard Williams '90 took a leap of faith and began service work by starting a chapter of the Urban League, an organization aimed at em权力ing people of color to achieve economic self-reliance, 平等, 权力, and civil rights.