Foxcroft students celebrate the opening of the $14 million, 26,000-square-foot facility, which includes three gyms, a state-of-the-art fitness room, a climbing wall, running track and dance studio along with multiple lockerrooms and offices plus an entire student activities wing. · Foxcroft Head of School Mary Louise Leipheimer (center) celebrates the opening of the School's new Athletic/Student Center with (from left) Pamela Mars Wright, a Foxcroft graduate, Forrest Mars Jr., Charlotte Wright, a sophomore at Foxcroft, and Victoria Mars, who graduated in 1974. The generosity of the Mars family was instrumental in getting the building built. · Foxcroft alumna Sally Bartholomay Downey first put forth the notion of combining the student activities center with the athletic building project and worked tirelessly to get that done. She was joined by her father, William Bartholomay (left), husband Tim Downey (next to Sally), and her children at the dedication. · Foxcroft Head of School Mary Louise Leipheimer (in purple) and Forrest Mars, Jr. cut the ribbon Saturday during the festive dedication of the School's new Athletic/Student Center. Assisting are, from left, trustee and Grounds and Building Chair Chip Gruver, Pamela Mars Wright '78, Athletic Director Katie Ryan Kantz, seniors Kristina Lindquist and Dish Harris, Sally Bartholomay Downey '78 and to the right of Mars, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees Beatty Page Cramer '66 and trustee Tom Lane, who headed the Building and Grounds Committee during the early stages of the project.
