• $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.

Go Saints! Fund Giving Circles

Jeffrey & Sarah Harris 

John & Fiona Moran

Go Saints! Fund Giving Circles

William & Stephanie Dolan

Go Saints! Fund Giving Circles

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.