- $166,270
- $200,000
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Please email Mary Ellen O'Leary at meoleary@smsva.org or Anne Mathis at amathis@smsva.org if you have any questions regarding the Go Saints! Fund.
Dear Fellow Parents, Grandparents, and Friends of the Basilica School,
On behalf of our beloved Basilica School of Saint Mary, we are proud to serve as this year’s Go Saints! Fund Parent Co-Chairs, along with Mrs. Magda Patrick and Mr. Ted Fyock, Jr.
We’d like to share with you a few thoughts about our experience with the school since joining in 2022. There are many terrific schools in Alexandria and the Greater Washington Area. As soon as our oldest daughter started here in Second Grade, we knew we had made the right choice. Our son followed last year in kindergarten, and this year, our youngest daughter is starting in Pre-K. At every level—leadership, faculty, staff, parents, and students—we have met so many wonderful and generous people who share our excitement about this school and its mission. We look forward not only to a great 2024-25 school year but to a bright future for generations of Basilica School of Saint Mary students and families!
Our school’s Catholic identity is central to its character and permeates its culture. The Church teaches that, as parents, we bare responsibility as “the primary and principal educators” of our children. (Gravissiumum Educationis, 3.) We know that we could not fulfill that important role without the partnership and support of our amazing teachers. We are fortunate to have a wonderful faculty at St. Mary’s, including a terrific cadre of new teachers joining us this year.
It is critical to our school’s continued success that we recruit and retain great teachers. With that in mind, our annual-giving theme for 2024-25 is Excellence Through Generosity. Your contributions to the Go Saints! Fund will ensure that St. Mary’s continues to excel now and into the future. Over 75% of our school budget—which the Go Saints! Fund supports directly—goes to salary and benefits for our faculty and staff.
With our goal of $200,000, your giving will support new measures for teacher recruitment and retention. We encourage all our St. Mary’s families and friends to contribute to the Go Saints! Fund. This year, the school will be rolling out initiatives to encourage increased participation and giving, including new giving “Circles” to recognize and show appreciation for your support.
The Basilica School of Saint Mary has been blessed over the years with generous supporters who have contributed to the Go Saints! Fund supported our recent Mary Lead Us campaign, and given of their time, talent, and treasure in so many ways. Your generosity in giving to the Go Saints! Fund will help us to set and maintain a high bar of excellence for our children and for those who come after us!
Sincerely,
John & Fiona Moran
Parent Co-Chairs (2024-25), Go Saints! Fund
Every gift to the Go Saints! Fund is a sacrificial one and deeply appreciated. Noted below are generous donors who have made gifts of $250 or more. Please contact Mary Ellen O’Leary, Annual Fund and Stewardship Program Officer with any questions at meoleary@smsva.org.
Jeffrey & Sarah Harris
John & Fiona Moran
William & Stephanie Dolan
Brad & Jill Hoagland
Jonathan & Ryan Jachym
Matthew & Allison Travis
Win Sheridan & Farrell Wilkins
Wesley & Natalie Abadie
Kevin & Sheila Barnett
Kevin & Ashley Barry
Michael & Tina Birsic
Brian & Isabella Brunk
Alejandro & Joanna Burgos
James & Cara Burke
Curtis & Michelle Byron
Kyle Cook & Allison Growney
Eric & Torry Dell
Chirag & Brin Desai
Sean & Leslie Foster
Richard & Betsy Gannon
Chad & Laila Habeeb
Colin & Whitney Hayes
Thomas & Jeanine Hyde
Peter & Valentyna Jabaly
Randy & Lisa Jones
Nereus Joubert & Maria Tito
Andrew Jurschak & Juliana Nicoletti
Bryan & Christine Lanza
Michael & Maria McDonald
Robert & Juana Menefee
Robert & Katie Myers
John & Kerri Neary
Michael & Iris Palmer
Patterson Group LLC
Brendon & Lindsay Plack
David Riesenberg & Jacqueline Argueta
Rocio Sanchez-Concha
Caleb & Jessica Smith
Robert & Kathy Snyder
Robert & Jane Test
Christopher & Molly Tracy
Richard & Carolyn Ward
Michael & Marisa Anthony
James & Carolyn Barker
Michael & Shana Beavin
Cesar & Tammy Bernardo
Ryan & Caitlin Berni
Mathew & Holly Beville
Garrett & Suzanne Carlough
Jason & Jade Casey
John Cottrell
Matthew & Shana Croson
William & Katelyn Cunningham
Chase & Melissa Eatherly
Loyaan & Julie Egal
Brett & Jennifer Griffith
Tom & Natasha Hammond
Bruce & Stacy Harvie
Michael Hollingsworth & Allison Grinc
Austen & Jessica Jensen
David & Elizabeth Jochum
Robert & Greta Joynes
Mark Kelly
James & Lisa Langenderfer
Alex & Liz Lawhon
Jarrett & Elise Lewis
J. Philip & Dominique Ludvigson
Frank & Kathryn Mikolajczak
Erik & Beth Milito
Jeff & Ashlee Morehouse
Chris Haney & Patrice Mulkern
Erik & Beth Milito
Jeff & Ashlee Morehouse
Chris Haney & Patrice Mulkern
Michael Munozcano & Kristie De Peña
Patrick Murphy & Deborah Curtis
Christopher & Aline Newman
Christopher Opie & Joanna Allegretti
Amy Osterman
Eric & Michelle Potter
Jason & Katherine Slattery
James & Nicole Tilden
Stephen & Annabelle Upton
Catherine Webster
James & Karen Wiltraut
Luis & Jasmine Vasquez
Justin & Tara Arras
David & Catherine Baker
Joseph & Delight Balducci
James Balog & Heather Stevens
Michael & Megan Ben'ary
Luciano Boglione & Jane Davis
Laura Brown
Jim & Pat Burke
James Cammissa
Frederick & Jennifer Cedoz
William & Hajer Ciucci
John & Melissa Connolly
Frank & Jeanne Continetti
Andrew & Terry Cooch
Mila Dakita
James & Emily Daniels
Antonio & Wilma Dayrit
Bryan & Lauren Doss
Sean & Mary Finnerty
Theodore & Kristen Fyock
John Hassan & Katherine McSween
Matthew & Audra Gannon
Michael & Megan Gerardi
Derek & Nicole Grenier
David Herbst & Brianna Neasham
Kevin & Ashley Houk
Paul & Elizabeth Kangas
Ted & Julie Keany
Collier & Emily Kelley
Adam & Kristie Korenyi-Both
Ernest & Sara Latham
John & Margo McKay
Matthew & Kelly Meehan
Alex & Carly Michel
Christopher & Melanie Milligan
Richard & Helen Mondloch
Eric & Angela Oaks
Matthew & Megan O'Kane
Eben & Colette Peck
Chris & Courtney Perry
Richard & Rebecca Pica
Byron & Cassie Pickard
Mike & Connie Ragsdale
William & Marta Schmale
Jaeson & Stephanie Scott
Peter & Diana Shiller
John & Brooks Steitz
Trey Simpson & Mieke Baran
Michael & Christine Sims
Keith & Ewa Spain
Ryan & Bevin Taylor
Shaun & Kimberly Tyborowski
Jarrett Ray & Marie Vulaj
Joseph & Jayne Young
Zachary & Courtney Zimmer
This Honor Roll of Donors is current as of December 5, 2024.