SEVENTY-ONE YEARS OF GREAT BEGINNINGS
There is no independent school in New York City where tuition covers everything. In order to maintain the excellence of our program, we look to you, families past and present, as well as alumni and friends, to help us in this effort to secure our financial future.
YOU CAN DECIDE HOW YOUR MONEY IS USED
The Special Fund. The Special Fund provides the Brick Church School with the services of a school psychologist, a language therapist, learning specialist, a third teacher per class in the classes larger than 10 students, faculty longevity increases and bonuses, and special equipment such as computers. It also supplements the budget for direct financial aid awards. This is an unrestricted fund.
The Paul Austin Wolfe Scholarship Fund. The income from this endowment fund, established in 1975, named for the founder of The Brick Church School, provides scholarships for children at the school. This year 16 percent of our children received financial aid.
The Faculty Fund. This permanent endowment generates income to increase faculty compensation beyond what tuition can cover in order to continue to recruit and retain talented teachers.
The Lydia Spinelli Fund for Professional Development. This fund provides money for research grants, travel and study, and pays for tuition and other costs of courses, conferences and workshops on the latest developments in Early Childhood Education. In doing this, the fund further enhances the school’s appeal to present and future faculty and helps make it an even more exciting and stimulating place to learn.
EACH GIFT IS APPRECIATED
Thank you for your past generosity. Last year the school raised $864,468 for the Special Fund, $111,774 for the Faculty Fund, $31,050 for the Spinelli Professional Development Fund, and $11,865 for the PAW Scholarship Fund. In addition, the Biennial Auction raised $417,482.
LEADERSHIP GIVING
The Brick Church School is particularly grateful to those individuals who make leadership level contributions. A leadership gift is an individual contribution or a combination of an individual and a corporate matching gift received in the same giving year.
Director’s Circle
$20,000 and over
Brick Patrons
$15,000-$19,999
Brick Builders
$10,000-$14,999
Brick Sustainers
$5,000-$9,999
Brick Benefactors
$2,500-$4,999
Brick Supporters
$1,000-$2,499
This is your opportunity to guarantee the excellence of a Brick Church School experience. The Annual Appeal plays a critical role in helping our faculty and staff provide an exceptional education. Your gift is an expression of support for the educational program that Brick maintains for its students.
Please consider making your donation today. The Brick Annual Appeal concludes on June 30, 2012. Contributions are deductible for income tax purposes as permitted by law.
Thank you,
The Day School Committee
Anna Caspersen– Chair
Daniel Clare
Andrea DuBois
Joyce Giuffra
Zayd Hammam
Nathalie Kaplan
Blanche Mansfield
Neda Nevab
Mary Shepard
Andrew Thomas
Christopher Thorpe
Harry van Dyke V
Michael Lindvall, Senior Pastor
Lydia Spinelli, Director