The MSGL Honorary and Memorial Fund
Ensuring our future by honoring our past
MSGL Founders Jan Dilley and Jan Knote, April 2015
MSGL was founded in 1972 by Jan Dilley, Jan Knote and other parents who wished for their children to be able to attend a Montessori preschool. In the four decades since it opened, MSGL families have generously donated their time and treasure to the classrooms as well as the Building Fund, Capital Fund, Annual Fund, and Scholarship Fund. However, until recently, the school did not have a special long-term fund for contributions made in honor or memory of retiring teachers or other friends of MSGL who have moved away or passed on.
Cathy Stier, Mary Dyrenfurth, and Suman Harshvardhan, May 2016. Revati Nemani, 2014.
In 2016, four of our longest-serving teachers - Suman Harshvardhan, Revati Nemani, Cathy Stier, and Mary Dyrenfurth - retired. Suman Harshvardhan stepped down in October after serving the school for 27 years as Executive Director and Lead Teacher of the Toddler Class and Parent Infant Class. Revati Nemani retired in October after working as an assistant teacher in many of our programs for 22 years. Cathy Stier, Lead Teacher of the Maple All Day Program for 30 years and keeper of our beautiful outdoor space, is retiring at the end of this month. And Mary Dyrenfurth, who assisted Cathy in the Maple Class for the last 15 years, is retiring and moving to Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Current and alumni families asked what they could do to honor the 94 years of combined service these ladies gave to the school, and so the MSGL Honorary and Memorial Fund was born. As this fund grows, the MSGL Board will have many options for its use including endowments, scholarships, and very special needs and projects.
All contributions to the MSGL Honorary and Memorial Fund are tax deductible and will be acknowleged on this page. Of course, requests for anonymity will be honored. Please consider making a donation today in honor or memory of a special student, teacher, or friend of MSGL.
Checks can be made payable to: MSGL. Please put "Honorary and Memorial Fund" in the memo line. Checks can be dropped off at the school at 2552 Soldiers Home Road in West Lafayette or mailed to: MSGL, Attn: Development Director, P.O. Box 2311, West Lafayette, IN 47996-2311.
You also have the option of contributing to the fund electronically through PayPal, although the school will be required to pay a fee for this service. PayPal payments can be made to MSGLAccounting@paypal.com.
Teachers love to hear from former students, so if you plan to contribute in honor of a staff member, consider enclosing a note for the teacher that will be forwarded to him or her.
If you have any questions about the MSGL Honorary and Memorial Fund, please contact Anita Trent at development@msgl.org.