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Capital Campaign
Bishop Luers Construction Update
We're Almost There!
Bishop Luers multimillion-dollar renovation project is
about 90% complete and already beginning to pay off. Students are
feeling the difference, and so is the budget.
A major goal of the project was to improve the
50-year-old building’s energy efficiency. Replacing hundreds of old
single-pane windows with modern window systems and insulated panels has
cut our heating expense. The building is far less drafty, and more
comfortable overall. The modern, high-efficiency boiler system is using
less natural gas, but generating more heat than the Eisenhower-era
boiler it replaced.
The hallways are lighter and brighter due to new, more
energy efficient fixtures. The sell-out crowds at Bishop Luers
basketball games are raving about the new fresh air ventilation system.
The fabric ductwork works great and looks even better. The building has
a new modern updated look that is also more energy efficient.
This August we will be welcoming our 50th
freshman class. We will once again begin preparing them for their
future just as Bishop Luers has done for the last 50 years. This year’s
freshman class will never need to experience just how hot it can get in
a second floor classroom. For the first time ever we will have air
conditioning to help us out on those hot August days, thanks to you.
Please Help Us Finish The Job
The Luers Family has shown outstanding support for this
project, and our sincere thanks go to everyone who contributed to the
Faith In Our Future capital campaign. Bishop Luers High School is
looking better than ever, but there are still some parts of the school
stuck in the 1950’s. The budget simply didn’t stretch far enough to
allow the façade improvements to reach the band room, cafeteria, and the
classrooms along the north side. Replacing the old drafty windows and
other improvements will cost an additional $280,000, and will help us
reduce heating costs even further.
That’s why we’re reaching out again to Bishop Luers
supporters asking for your help to bring the entire school into the
present. Now is the best time to complete the building’s exterior
renovation. Materials will only become more expensive, and it’s more
efficient to complete the improvements while everyone involved in the
project is still on-site.
Just $280,000 more is necessary to fully complete
Phase I before school starts in August. What a great way to kick off
our 50th
year!! If you’ve already donated to this worthy cause, please accept
our gratitude even as we ask you to again support our school. If you
have not yet made a contribution, now is an important time to join
hundreds of other Luers families who invested in the future of Bishop
Luers High School.
Please send your fully tax deductible contribution with
your student and ask him or her to deliver it to my office. Or, mail
your contribution to:
Faith In Our Future Campaign
Bishop Luers High School
333 E. Paulding Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46816
If have questions about a donation, click here to email
Kathy
Skelly, Bishop Luers new development director.
Thank you for all your support.
Sincerely,
Mary Keefer,
Principal
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pike (1809-1891) Lawyer, journalist, soldier.
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