VILLA HILLS, Ky. — A new gift to Villa Madonna Academy will honor the lives of Chase and Cole Fischer.
Brothers Chase, 18, and Cole, 14, were killed in a tragic boating accident on Lake Cumberland in July. Both attended Villa Madonna Academy — Chase had just graduated and was set to attend the University of Utah, while Cole had just completed eighth grade.
The Fischer family made the donation to the school’s capital campaign, transforming the first floor of the school’s main building into the Chase and Cole Fischer STEM Wing.
Villa Madonna Academy Executive Director Pamela McQueen said the donation will support renovated labs, new classroom space and opportunities for robotics and MakerSpace.
“We know that for generations to come that everybody who walks into the STEM wing — the students who learn, the teachers who teach there — will know about Chase and Cole and that their…