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the funds to build the new elementary
school.
“You are today’s Rockefellers, Sages and
Thomsons,” he said during his speech.
“They were strangers who believed in
educating Lebanese children. But we are
family members who believe in providing
the best for these children.”
The occasion was the groundbreaking
ceremony for the new elementary school.
It is the first step in the Partnership for
Excellence Campaign which aims to raise
several million dollars to build a new
state-of-the art building and renovate the
campus.
After months of soliciting funds, the cer-
emony was held on November 4, 2010.
Coincidence or perhaps fate played a
major role that evening as exactly 98 years
ago on November 5 1912, the then Board
of Trustees looked on as the ground was
broken to build the Rockefeller,Thom-
son and the Refectory buildings (today’s
preschool).
“To be part of IC’s history leaves me in
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