Whether you're a grateful alumnus, a thankful parent, or a caring friend who believes in our mission of nurturing the whole child, your contributions make a profound impact. They enable Parkside to meet daily operational needs and provide an unmatched array of academic and support services. Together, we can ensure every student thrives in an environment designed to foster their growth and potential.
Gifts to the Annual Fund are applied directly to the current-year general operating budget, ensuring Parkside’s ability to continue to build on our whole-child approach. The day-to-day cost of our highly individualized program simply cannot be covered by tuition alone. We ask everyone in our community to make the Annual fund their philanthropic priority.
Independent and separate from the Annual Fund, Parkside’s largest fundraising event, the Spring Benefit, was born our of a need to fund our art and movement programs - art, music, drama, yoga and gym - which historically have not been mandated or adequately funded by the tuition rate we receive from the Sate Education Department.
There may be other ways we ask our community to support the school from time to time. Such efforts often represent a transformative moment for Parkside and are opportunities for us to come together to reaffirm our mission and long-term goals for the school, support a specific programmatic initiative, or honor an esteemed member of our community.