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IT JUST TAKES 3215 Stuart Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221 REPORT ON GIVING 2017-18 SAINTSAINT GERTRUDEGERTRUDE HIGHHIGH SCHOOLSCHOOL 2017-18 REPORT ON GIVING Peter Farrell William Royall 2017–18 Managing Director & Founder and Chair (Ret.) Senior Principal Royall and Company A Message From Head of School EAB 02 Sr. Glenna Smith, OSB & Chair of Board of Visitors LEADERSHIP Mary Finnigan Member, Board of Trustees Chief Operating Officer Sub-Prioress, Saint Benedictine 04 Introducing the NEW ADMINISTRATION Mary Ellen Stumpf ’70 Benedictine Sisters of Virginia Monastery Chair, Board of Visitors Vice President Flexible Tuition Program Jane Hamilton Benedictine Sisters of Virginia Renata J. Rafferty President Stumpf and Associates, Inc. Financial Development Head of School Officer (Ret.) Leslie Koenig Stack ’74 (Leave) CONTENTS 06 Financial Overview YMCA of Greater Richmond Community Volunteer Peggy Boon Rev. Dr. Frank Baskind Dean of Faculty & Academics Dean Emeritus, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs William F. Kastelberg IV Sr. Andrea Westkamp, OSB 08 2017-18 Gifts Virginia Commonwealth University President Member, Board of Trustees Nancy Carrig Mako Builders, Inc. Treasurer, Benedictine Sisters Dean of Student Life 22 Fidelis Heritage Society Sr. Cora Marie Billings, RSM of Virginia Community Volunteer Patrick Kelly Marcia Davis Managing Director Finance Manager 24 Tribute Gifts Sr. Joanna Burley, OSB Agincourt Capital Management, LLC Member, Board of Trustees Director of Mission Integration Jeff Marks 33 Endowment Funds BOARD OF VISITORS and Communication Founder & General Manager Benedictine Sisters of Virginia Promotional Considerations Inc. Sr. Cecilia Dwyer, OSB ’63 36 Special Event Sponsors Prioress, Saint Benedict Monastery Jennifer McKenna Dortch ’92 Cristin O’Brien ’06 3215 Stuart Avenue President, Board of Trustees, PTSO President President, Alumnae Association Richmond, VA 23221 40 Alumnae Giving by Class Year Benedictine Sisters of Virginia Saint Gertrude High School Saint Gertrude High School 804.358.9114 saintgertrude.org 01 SAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL 2017-18 REPORT ON GIVING ear Saint Gertrude Family, heritage. And no other schools can boast the unique and time- of Saint Gertrude’s five-year plan, soon to be shared with our entire honored tradition that we share with our brother school, Sponsors. community. An exciting future lies ahead for Saint Gertrude with new This small publication is our way of celebrating you and programs, initiatives, and opportunities being developed to support 21st the many young lives you have changed through your Our immersion travel program grew this year. Students participated in century learning. generosity. academic exchange experiences in Spain and France. Once again, our D young women travelled to Hinché, Haiti, to live, play, and work with the Lastly, our groundbreaking Flexible Tuition Program was introduced THANK The majority of your donations were used to support tuition for the children of Maison Fortune Orphanage. Our Catholic social teaching to our current families last spring for implementation in the 2019-20 many families who would otherwise not be able to afford a Catholic experience took students to El Paso, Texas, to hear from judges, Border academic year, drawing wide interest from families (and other private high school education for their daughters. During 2017-18 alone, Saint Patrol, Catholic relief agencies, and many others, including immigrant schools!) in the area. Gertrude distributed over $800,000 in student financial assistance, families themselves, about the complex issue of immigration. benefiting nearly 44 percent of the girls in our school community. God bless you and thank you for all you have contributed throughout this Our endowment continued to grow, ensuring a source of student aid Academically, our students continue to excel both here at Saint past year! Because of your continuing support, girls of every means can be YOU! support in perpetuity. Gertrude and beyond. Our 2018 graduates are studying at every top part of the Saint Gertrude legacy. Thank you for partnering with us as we college and university in Virginia, including the University of Virginia, continue to grow as an exciting, innovative, and one-of-a-kind Catholic and FROM THE Traditions will always play an important role at Saint Gertrude, and Virginia Tech, and VMI, as well as at nationally-respected schools Benedictine school here in the heart of Richmond! this year, as every year, students participated in all that have come to ranging from Vanderbilt University to college conservatory The mean so much at our school: Song Contest, May Day, Saint Gertrude’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. With our deepest gratitude, 2017-2018 Feast Day, Christmas Nativity, Junior Ring Day, and Baccalaureate to name just a few. Both the athletics and arts programs continued to grow in strength and reputation this year, with our Gators beating some of the top-ranked Board of Visitors Our relationship with our brother school, Benedictine College schools in our league, and sweeping kudos throughout the region for our Prep, continues to be a strong and loving one, both at play and in Honors Ensemble. Our young women put faith into action, performing Renata J. Rafferty prayer. Joint dances, field days, pep rallies, homecoming, the new thousands of hours of service in the community this year, from working Head of School and Administrators family picnic, and of course, prom offer opportunities for our young Meals on Wheels to hosting a Halloween Carnival for Richmond-area women and men to meet and get to know each other through a primary school children. P.S. We would be remiss not to congratulate our dear Benedictine Sisters variety of social experiences. Joint prayer services and liturgy bring of Virginia, celebrating their 150th Anniversary in Richmond, Virginia. We our schools together through the grace of our shared Benedictine The Benedictine Sisters and our Board of Visitors welcomed new thank you for all you have done for Catholic education in our city, and for members to the Board, whose focus for the year was the development your abiding energy, enthusiasm, and leadership at Saint Gertrude. 02 † 03 * Has contributed consistently for 25 years Deceased SAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL 2017-18 REPORT ON GIVING THE CHANGE FROM FINANCIAL AID TO FLEXIBLE TUITION Your continued generosity to The Fund for Saint Gertrude, our annual fund, Endowed Scholarship Fund, and school fundraising events is what The Benedictine Sisters and Saint Gertrude’s lay leadership have makes the transition from financial aid to flexible tuition possible. worked for two years to develop an equitable tuition program that THANKS TO YOUR would give ALL families the confidence that they could afford a Saint Gertrude education before they even applied … the Flexible Tuition Program. IN SUM: LIVING OUR BENEDICTINE VALUES OF HOSPITALITY AND COMMUNITY ANNUAL GENEROSITY Flexible tuition is a sliding scale tuition model designed to meet each family’s unique financial situation. And, with our online calculator, With our new Flexible Tuition Program, all students, from families Flexible Tuition: Financial Aid by Another Name a family can get an idea of what their final tuition obligation will be of any means, are afforded the opportunity to be welcomed into our BEFORE they apply to Saint Gertrude. community as equals, and will be prepared to succeed in a world that is as ver the past ten years, middle income families have economically, culturally, and racially diverse as they are. Nearly 100 years ago, the Benedictine watched the cost of a Saint Gertrude education rise. Even Sisters founded Saint Gertrude High School as family incomes rose, more and more families came We hope you will be as excited as we are about flexible tuition … and that to believe — mistakenly — that a Catholic high school HOW WILL SAINT GERTRUDE AFFORD TO OFFER your excitement will be reflected in your continuing support to make a with the goal of educating young women to O education would be out of reach for them financially. FLEXIBLE TUITION? Saint Gertrude education accessible to all families. learn, lead, and serve in a complex and fast- Some families assumed financial aid was assistance reserved only for The Flexible Tuition Program will use the exact same sources of To learn more about the new Flexible Tuition Program, changing world. Throughout the decades, the most economically needy. Others were concerned that accepting funds that were utilized for financial aid; flexible tuition is financial financial aid would stigmatize their daughter at school. And still others aid by another name. visit saintgertrude.org/flexibletuition. our school and our graduates have thrived were embarrassed to ask for what they perceived as charity. because of this vision. Yet, for too long, cost We heard from parents over and over, “I KNOW we make too much TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL AID FLEXIBLE TUITON PROGRAM has been perceived as a barrier to access the money to receive financial aid, and on our income, we know we can’t afford full tuition.” TUITION: $18,530 TUITION: $18,530 unique educational opportunity provided Your Ongoing Contributions Financial Aid Award - $12,000 Endowed Funds only at Saint Gertrude. The end result? Middle income families, working moms and dads from across our Richmond community — families who would have received FAMILY PAYS: $ 6,530 Fundraising Events FAMILY PAYS: $ 6,530 financial aid to make a Saint Gertrude education affordable