Ude smiles as Match fourth graders cheer her mention of the gymnasium, a state-of-the-art facility. The three campus buildings (including the gym) total 72,000 square feet and have the capacity for 700 students.

“We want our scholars to have success in college and beyond."

“My four-year old sings about going to college in the shower. She doesn't know what college is – but she knows she's going!”

“2028: That number is yours," Groover told fourth-graders in the audience. (2028 is the year they will graduate from college). "No one can take it from you. It belongs to you. It has your name on it.”

“Our job is done when these children are in their mid-twenties: when they are financially secure, and have the agency and freedom to make decisions about their own lives.”

Stig Leschly greets Dr. Reverend Groover

(R to L) Kat Needham, Eliane Saint, Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover

One of several booths in the cooridors of Match Community Day that create separate settings for more individualized student learning and teacher collaboration.  

The gymnasium, a stand-alone facility, will hold fitness classes for MCD students and host Match High School basketball home games.

A fitness class in the gymnasium. 

Guests gather in front of one of Match Community Day’s academic buildings before the event. 

A student climbs the playscape during the ceremony.

Looking across the turf field towards one of the academic buildings and the playground.