Stephens Family Foundation donates $25 million to Little Rock's Episcopal Collegiate to mark school's 25th anniversary

Donors say it has come a long way

Jamie Griffin (from left), head of school at Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock; Joan Strauss, president of the school’s board of trustees; and Harriet and Warren Stephens pose for a photograph outside the school on Thursday. The Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Foundation gave $25 million to the school to mark the school’s 25th anniversary. More photos at arkansasonline.com/818episcopal/.
(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Jamie Griffin (from left), head of school at Episcopal Collegiate School in Little Rock; Joan Strauss, president of the school’s board of trustees; and Harriet and Warren Stephens pose for a photograph outside the school on Thursday. The Harriet and Warren Stephens Family Foundation gave $25 million to the school to mark the school’s 25th anniversary. More photos at arkansasonline.com/818episcopal/. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)


When it first started, at a Methodist church in downtown Little Rock, what's now known as Episcopal Collegiate School had four teachers, 40 students and no kitchen staff -- so the students ate fast food for lunch.

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