Make a Gift Today to Help Us Reach Our Goal of $200,000  

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

Make a Gift Today to Help Us Reach Our Goal of $200,000  

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

This Honor Roll of Donors is current as of December 5, 2024.