All Faiths Welcome • Pre-K through Eighth Grade • Indexed Tuition Available • All Saints’ Episcopal Day School • 6300 North Central Avenue • Phoenix, Arizona 85012 • 602.274.4866 • www.aseds.org • www.facebook.com/PhoenixASEDS All Saints’ Episcopal Day School admits students of any race, color, or national origin. November 11 | December 09 | Januar y 13 Join Us For an Open House Educating Children Head to Soul Since 1963, All Saints’ Episcopal Day School has offered a top-tier education while encouraging students to realize their highest potential as lifelong learners, artists, athletes, and leaders of the future. Our teachers teach what they love. We employ 17 specialists in the areas of music, Spanish, physical education, band, art, religion, library, and technology. We also have a full time school counselor, a Learning Resource Coordinator, and Technology and Design Thinking Specialist. In recent history, 99% of our graduates were accepted to their first-choice high school. Come see why 90% of alumni respondents rate their overall satisfaction with All Saints’ as “high” or “very high.” — Independent Alumni Survey Page 29 November 2015 By Katie Mayer For the Guta/Aligel family, buying a house felt like an unattainable dream. Assefa, Sinke and their three children fled oppression and harassment in their homeland of Ethiopia in 2006. Although they settled into a comfortable life in Arizona – obtaining their citizenship and remaining employed – owning a home of their own remained out of reach. But that’s about to change thanks to a special partnership between local health club The Madison Improvement Club, its nonprofit the Swanson Family Foundation, and Habitat for Humanity. In September, more than 375 volunteers consisting of The Madison Improvement Club members and staff, along with area residents, started building a single-family home for the Guta/Aligel family near 42nd and Van Buren Streets. The one-story, three-bedroom house is scheduled to be completed by mid-December – just in time for the holidays. “I believe it is our responsibility to give back to the community who supports our business so well,” said The Madison Improvement Club co-founder Andrew Valera. “Habitat is such a great organization and it has been one of the best experiences building this house with all of the Madison members.” The Madison’s nonprofit, the Swanson Family Foundation, donated the plot Family to receive new home in time for the holidays Continued on page 30 The Madison Improvement Club works alongside Habitat for Humanity to build a new home for a local family. PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY THE MADISON IMPROVEMENT