January 3 , 2012

On a beautiful, cold, blustery day, AIM students, families, faculty, Board and friends joined hands to participate in the much anticipated AIM Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the New River Park Campus on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. AIM Board Chair, Matt Naylor, presided at this momentous event marking the culmination of five years of focus on the mission of providing educational excellence to children who learn differently and to disseminating best practices to the teachers who teach them. On hand to officially cut the ribbon were Representative Mike Gerber of Montgomery County and Philadelphia City Councilman, Dennis O’Brien, a fitting team to demonstrate the importance of AIM as a resource for the city and suburbs of the Commonwealth of PA and beyond.

Gold Scissors were provided to all Leadership Donors of the AIM for the Future Capital Campaign including lead donors John and Franny Glomb, Jim and Franny Maguire of the Maguire Foundation, Helene and Archie van Beuren, Ellen Farber of the Farber Family Foundation, Mike Zisman and Linda Gamble, Berton E. Korman, AIM Board Members Jackie Allen, Matt Naylor, Sam Greenblatt, Marvin Demchick and Marvin Alloy.

The first to ceremoniously step through the gleaming atrium entrance to the Glomb/Maguire Lobby were the very same AIM Seniors and their first grade buddies who walked through the doors of the last opening day in September of AIM in Manayunk. Now, just four months later, these same Seniors walked in with pride as they prepare to decide which of their college acceptances they will select for their future. It was fitting that the Seniors hosted the first Buddy Read session with these First Graders to celebrate this day of celebration as one school under one roof for the common cause of literacy!

All guests and dignitaries enjoyed a special Ribbon-Cutting reception in the comfortable Dining Commons of AIM’s new River Park Campus. Members of the media and special guests were treated to personalized tours after the reception.