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St. Gregory has two major fundraising efforts throughout the year.

Fund for the Future
This year’s annual campaign goal is $400,000.  The first $200,000 has already been raised from donors who challenge the rest of the community to raise the remaining $200,000.  Funds are used during the school to support existing programs and introduce new initiatives. Participation counts!  Your contribution is a vote of confidence in St. Gregory, and high participation rates boost St. Gregory’s reputation among major donors and foundations. 

Tuition Tax Credit Campaign
The tuition tax credit program allows you to put your tax dollars to work right here at your school.  When you make a tax credit contribution to support financial aid at St. Gregory, you can deduct it directly from your state taxes (up to $1,000 for married tax payers and $500 for single filers), and because it is a dollar-for-dollar credit, it costs you absolutely nothing! 

We hope that every member of the St. Gregory community will support our programs and students by making a gift to the Fund for the Future and to the Tuition Tax Credit Campaign.  You will receive more information on both campaigns in the coming months. You may also visit our website, call, or stop by the office with questions or to make a donation. 

Heather Celani, Development Director - x201, hcelani@stgregoryschool.org
Jennifer Port, Development Assistant - x209, jport@stgregoryschool.org

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St. Gregory seniors have been recognized for their accomplishments on Advanced Placement exams, where scoring is on a five-point scale. Sarah Mann was named an AP Scholar by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. Emma Finkelstein, Zach Mulder, and Jayson Rickel qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Jason Huo, Md. Safatul Islam, Jacob Lifton, Amanda Liu, and Edouard Mattille achieved the status of Scholars with Distinction by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Amanda Liu qualifed as a National AP Scholar by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on all AP exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Congratulations, scholars!

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Recently, the 9th grade class journeyed up to Mt. Lemmon for the annual overnight retreat in the cool(er) Ponderosa pine forest. We spent the afternoon and evening problem-solving and team-building with a variety of challenging activities--everything from "traversing a nitro hallway" and "crossing through a lethal spider's web without waking the evil spider" to creating a homeroom crest and performing a rap song.  On Friday morning, local author Ms. Laila Halaby, writer of our English summer reading novel, West of the Jordan, conducted a discussion where she responded to our students' letters and helped us understand the socio-political geography of the Middle East as well as her writing process.  Then students participated in three workshops:  a storytelling session with Mr. Matt Nelson, a communication/conflict resolution workshop with Mr. Fred Roberts, and a writing workshop with Ms. Halaby on perspective to help students consider challenging issues arising in their own creative story for English.  Thanks to all of the ninth graders for their active and enthusiastic participation, and to our workshop leaders, our outstanding senior peer leaders (Emma Finkelstein, Sarah Mann, Zach Mulder, and Cailtin Wynkoop), the Family Association for their assistance in feeding our hungry masses, and our additional faculty chaperone, Mr. Kevin Rolle, for making this Freshman Retreat a great success.

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On October 1, a group of International School of Tucson second grade students visited St. Gregory . The students, all in the French section of their school, had been studying "wants" versus "needs", and they were curious about what facilities the big kids' school would have. After French 2 regaled them with the  song "Une Fourmis Rouge", the second graders attended the AP French class. They asked a series of questions in French of the AP students, including "What would you like to change about your school?" and "What profession would you like to have?" Then, after a few games and songs, AP French students led them on a school tour. This included "flaming bubbles" in the physics lab (thanks, Mr. Conner), a video about Roman sites (thanks, Mr. Clashman), and a quick game of soccer. The IST students concluded that St. Gregory was the cat's pajamas, as we are lucky to have such great facilities.
The International School of Tucson is an independent preschool and elementary school with dual language immersion. It is located near the U of A.

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