VERITAS UNITAS CARITAS
Igniting Hearts, Transforming Lives THE CAMPAIGN FOR AUSTIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL JUNE 2019 1
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A MESSAGE From the Headmaster Dear Friend, Austin Prep has been on a Journey for nearly 60 years, inspiring a passion for life and learning in our students. We are a community that models academic excellence and servant-leadership. Austin Prep celebrated its first graduated class in 1966. While I’m proud of all Austin Prep has accomplished since that time, at our core we remain a school committed to exemplary teaching and learning. Today, we are at full enrollment, including students from over fifty Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire communities and abroad. The future of Austin Prep is bright, thanks in large part to the generosity and leadership of our parents, grandparents, alumni, and students. Over the past 20 years, Austin Prep’s development activity has matured, with each of three previous campaigns building on the success of its predecessors. Those efforts helped produce Meelia Hall and the David E. Nelson ‘81 Fitness Center, modernized the monastery for the arts and technology programs, created a stadium aligned with Austin Prep’s athletic talent, and constructed a dining facility that would make St. Augustine proud. While our achievements are significant, our work is not done. These recent upgrades set a strong precedent for future growth. With your help, we can take a more decisive step toward achieving our goals. We are honored you are taking the time to consider your role in the next phase of development for Austin Prep. Together, we can better meet our mission by ensuring academic excellence, affordability, and sustainability for many future generations. Join us.
Sincerely,
James Hickey, PhD Headmaster
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THE BEST OF AUSTIN PREP Pursuing Academic Excellence Since 1961 Middle and high school is a pivotal period, which can determine a young person’s academic, professional and personal trajectory. It is a time when students are preparing for college, establishing life-long relationships, and growing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. It is the formative period of life. Austin Prep aims to nurture students during this crucial time. We have been fortunate to see so many young people benefit from the education students receive in the Augustinian tradition at Austin Prep. From academics to arts to athletics, we are proud of how far we’ve come since our start in 1961.
BY THE NUMBERS: INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION 10:1 STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO 15 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE A GROWING COMMUNITY
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CURRENT STUDENT ENROLLMENT INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FROM CHINA, KOREA, ITALY AND VIETNAM OUR LARGEST CLASS TO DATE!
CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY
AUSTIN’S CAMPUS
PROMISING FUTURES
50 ACRES
100% STUDENTS ADMITTED TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES
COEDUCATIONAL MALE STUDENTS | 47% FEMALE STUDENTS | 53%
COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS
75% STUDENTS INVOLVED IN TEAM SPORTS ACROSS 50 TEAMS AND 18 SPORTS
$4.75 Million IN PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS RAISED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
ROLE MODELS 53 FACULTY HOLD ADVANCED DEGREES AND 3 HOLD DOCTORATE DEGREES
“ONE MIND, ONE HEART, INTENT ON GOD. ” The campaign for Austin Prep will build on this strong foundation to ensure students are provided with the innovative education needed to prepare them to be leaders both in their career and their communities.
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SUSTAINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE The Next 50 Years Our Igniting Hearts, Transforming Lives campaign will make an unprecedented investment in our students and campus facilities, ensuring that Austin Prep produces graduates who embrace our Augustinian tradition of character while setting the standard for academic excellence in the 21st century. Together we can reach a common goal.
CAMPAIGN GOALS: BUILDING RENOVATIONS to build on the successful completion of a new dining facility and kitchen, we will implement green initiatives to advance sustainability and renovate the Chapel of St. Augustine to better serve our community’s spiritual life. CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS will include upgraded athletic fields and tennis courts, more parking capacity, and a beautified campus entrance, in addition to the completed fitness facility. These enhancements will allow the school and local community to play, compete, and connect on campus. FINANCIAL AID & ENDOWMENT will provide support to promising students who deserve equal access to top-flight academics, programs, faculty, and athletic teams. Providing support to our endowment will ensure that these
opportunities are both sustainable and lasting for years to come.
In honor of Austin Prep’s history, and with sights set on the next 50 years, we are seeking philanthropic investments from alumni, parents, and friends. Our initial working goal for this support totals $3 million.
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GOAL ONE
$2 MILLION to SUPPORT CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS AN ATHLETIC LEGACY | Austin Prep has earned a strong reputation for exceptional athletics. Competing in the Catholic Central League, the Austin Prep athletic program offers 18 interscholastic sports across 50 teams. The majority of students—75 percent—play a sport at some point during their tenure at Austin Prep. To meet the growing demand for
space, upgraded athletic facilities are needed, including new baseball, soccer, tennis, and softball fields. Superior fields and turf will optimize team sports, extend seasons, and permit summer programs that will support the local community and generate income for Austin Prep’s bottom line.
A WARM WELCOME | Increased parking capacity for our students and visitors will ensure that the school and the community can easily gather at Austin Prep to come to school, watch a game, or participate in a school event. A beautified campus entrance will ensure that we are putting our best foot forward in welcoming students, parents, and alumni back to Austin Prep for a visit.
THE IMPACT | We hope to raise $2 million in philanthropic funding to support the cost of these campus enhancements. A gift in support of these enhancements would not only transform the manner in which student athletics can practice and compete on campus, but it would increase the ability for our community to join us on campus during the offseason and summer months. Specific improvements to the grounds include:
Tennis Court Relocation and Expansion
Lower Athletic Field (Soccer, Baseball) Upgrade
Softball Field Relocation and Turf Upgrade
Parking Lot Construction and Expansion
Campus Entrance Enhancements
Lighted Fields for Extended Summer and Evening Use 6
GOAL ONE
$2 MILLION to SUPPORT CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS
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GOAL TWO
$500,000 to SUPPORT BUILDING RENOVATIONS TWO SUCCESS STORIES | This past year, Austin Prep cut the ribbon on two major renovations to the campus. The David E. Nelson Fitness Center ensures that everyone in our community has a safe, clean, and state-of-the-art facility to exercise and train. Further, the new dining facility and kitchen serves the full student body, faculty, and staff daily. The entire Austin Prep
community gathers daily to sit and share a meal together. We are proud of these accomplishments, as they reflect our commitment to our students’ health and well-being.
ROOM TO GROW | Austin Prep’s buildings serve as the educational hub of our campus. They are comprised of the same walls, windows, and stone that welcomed this community at its opening in 1961. As the heart and soul of this institution, renovations are needed to make our facility eco-friendly and energy efficient for the 21st century.
Further, renovations are needed to the Chapel of St. Augustine to update the space and better serve the community’s rich spiritual life.
THE IMPACT | We hope to raise $500,000 in philanthropic funding to support the cost of these renovations. A gift to support these much-needed renovations and updates ensures that our students of today are learning, growing, and worshipping in a space that suits their needs. It also ensures that our students of tomorrow will have the
benefit of an updated, energy-efficient space to follow in their peers’ footsteps.
The Augustinian values of Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas that envelop the culture of Austin Prep provides students with the background, knowledge, and skills to engage in a healthy spiritual life. These practices help us respond to life with gratitude rather than entitlement, with compassion rather than competition. - Father Ray Dlugos, O.S.A. Austin Prep Trustee 8
GOAL TWO
$500,000 to SUPPORT BUILDING RENOVATIONS
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GOAL THREE
$500,000 TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL AID & ENDOWMENT PURSUING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE | At its core, Austin Prep’s identity is focused on providing an environment in which students grow, develop, and learn in and beyond the classroom. This tradition is informed by the Augustinian charism of veritas, unitas, and caritas—truth, unity, and love. Austin offers 21 advanced placement courses in topics
ranging from Latin to Computer Science. Every student graduating from Austin Prep is accepted to a four-year college.
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY | By supporting Austin Prep’s endowment for scholarships, we can offer more tuition assistance so deserving students have access to top-flight academics, programs, faculty, and athletics teams. While Austin Prep is considered a competitive choice among local independent schools and a superior option for a Catholic education, tuition can still prove a barrier for some. Austin Prep aims to offer the best opportunities to our students regardless of means or circumstance.
THE IMPACT | We hope to raise $500,000 in philanthropic funding to support the cost of increased tuition assistance for students. By supporting financial aid programs, donors are supporting the students of today who need some assistance to attend Austin Prep. Together, we can:
Increase the number of talented and deserving students receiving financial aid
Diversify funding to reduce reliance on tuition to cover operating expenses
Ensure financial sustainability for years to come
Create momentum for long-term growth
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GOAL THREE
$500,000 TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL AID & ENDOWMENT
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REALIZING THE VISION
Annual gifts to Austin Prep underwrite the operating budget. Throughout this campaign, we
will be asking donors to stretch above and beyond their annual giving to ensure that Austin Prep continues to thrive now, for the next 50 years, and beyond.
CAMPAIGN GIFTS will allow Austin Prep to expand access, grow academic opportunity, and prepare students for life’s journey ahead. The impact of a campaign gift is limitless:
Position Austin Prep as a leader in providing an unmatched education in the Augustinian tradition of veritas, unitas, caritas
Update and optimize Austin Prep’s existing spaces and facilities to ensure that our students are learning in best-in-class and an environmentally sustainable environment
Create new physical spaces for our exceptional athletes to practice and compete on modernized fields and turf
Provide new opportunities for the Reading, MA community to utilize our athletics facilities, which will in turn provide additional revenue for Austin Prep
Create a path to an endowment to preserve access to Austin Prep’s education for those who would require tuition assistance
THE ANNUAL FUND plays a crucial role in Austin Prep’s day-to-day operations and the
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going education of our students. Unrestricted gifts to the Annual Fund support:
Minimized tuition increases
Financial assistance to deserving students
Ongoing academic initiatives, including professional development for faculty
Maintenance of our existing facilities
Field trips
Technology programs and upgrades
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Inspiring hearts to unite, minds to inquire, To sustain the accelerating trajectory of growth that Austin Prep has experienced over the past several years, we will need the support of our entire community. We seek to raise a minimum of $3 million to ensure students can access an education grounded in academic excellence, affordability, and the Augustinian tradition. Thanks to our dedicated parents, alumni, and friends, we are ready to lead Austin Prep to new heights.
“The educational foundation I built during my time at Austin Prep proved invaluable to me in both my undergraduate years at Northeastern University and in graduate school at MIT. Even beyond college, throughout my career I have found myself leveraging skills that were first impressed upon me by my Austin teachers. “
- Jamie Dooley ‘92
Your generosity will enable us to reach our goals for Austin Prep and continue our legacy of student-centered educational excellence while preparing students to be responsible leaders in their careers and their communities. Please consider a gift to the Igniting Hearts, Transforming Lives Campaign for Austin Prep to maintain our legacy as a leader in providing an exceptional education through the Augustinian tradition. For our students now, and fifty years from now, we have so much to gain from the success of this effort.
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