Special Projects Supported by the Annual Fund
One of the most important purposes of the Abintra Annual Fund is to cover the cost of special projects on campus - ideas that originate from the students and are transformed into realities that enhance the learning environment. Recent projects are the Honey House, farming tools, pottery studio, and outdoor instruments. The Honey House is our most recent addition to the campus. Built to support our Upper School apiary program, the Honey House holds bee-keeping equipment like student-sized bee suits, a honey extractor, beeswax melter, honey bottling station, and bee frames. The Upper Elementary classroom received a grant from Urban Green Labs in 2016 to fund apiary projects, but the production of the Honey House came mostly from the Annual Fund. Abintra's apiary program allows students to experience first-hand the care and keeping of bees and how to maintain healthy hives. Abintra's on- and off-campus farms provides Upper School students the opportunity to work togethe...