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DAVIDSON COUNTY — The interim head of school at Westchester Country Day officially has landed the position full time.

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The Dispatch Former Westchester Country Day School student and Davidson County resident Aubrey A. Rothrock III has made a $250,000 gift to endow a permanent scholarship to his alma mater that will honor the memory of his mother, a former trustee and teacher at the school. The Elizabeth L. Rothrock Scholarship for Excellence in English is named in memory of Elizabeth "Betty" Rothrock. She was an active member of the WCDS community serving as a faculty member, trustee, parent and volunteer in the 1980s and 1990s. She had a passion for English and American literature and the classics, teaching...

The Dispatch Westchester Country Day School has launched a new phase in a capital campaign for campus growth. This school, in Davidson County, received its single largest commitment from an alumnus with long-standing ties to the school. David Congdon, a 1974 Westchester graduate, and his wife, Helen, have made a $3 million leadership commitment to the Westchester Forward Campaign for the Arts, a $12 million initiative to build an arts center at the heart of campus and fund its operations. After graduating from Westchester, Congdon received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from...