La Scuola Annual Report 2022-23

Inspiring brave learners to shape the future

Inspire Brave Learners to Shape the Future.

Cari Amici,

Grazie Mille! Thanks to the generosity of our families, faculty, staff, Board of Trustees, alumni, grandparents, and friends, we raised $1.3M for our school community last year!

With so much to be thankful for in the 2022-23 school year, we pause to acknowledge the incredible generosity of the La Scuola community and to thank you all for your time commitment to and/or financial support of our very special school: they are equally important and appreciated. La Scuola celebrated its 20th Anniversary last year, and as we reflect on the tremendous growth of our program over these twenty years, we are beyond proud of the joy, beauty, and energy that exude from our campuses as we inspire brave learners to shape the future.

Last school year was filled with rich, in-person opportunities for community connection, from our on-campus curriculum nights in the fall to our Grandparents + Special Friends Day in the winter to our Insieme art exhibit in the spring. Spring was also a time to celebrate our fourth graduating Grade 8 class heading off to wonderful high schools from San Francisco to Rome, and to congratulate so many Dogpatch Grandissimi students making their way to our Mission campus Kindergarten.

Your generosity amazed us all last school year! We held our most successful La Dolce Vita gala ever, and celebrated as a community while raising funds committed directly towards the school’s Sliding Scale Tuition Fund that supports our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging goals, in addition to supporting our exceptional ateliers (art, music, design, and sciences programs). Our Annual Fund raised more than ever, providing essential support to our faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, our Silicon Valley campus completed its first full school year, all with the generous support of a local donor, and we are thrilled to watch this campus thrive with the opening of a Kindergarten and Grade 1 this year.

As many of you know, we have been hard at work on the campaign for our new building, the first Reggio Emilia inspired K-8 school in North America. The new building will not only be the centerpiece of our Mission Campus, but an environment that transcends mere space and setting — a third teacher that plays an essential role in your child’s education and in their future. The approval of our entitlements this summer means that with your support we could start construction as early as January. The year ahead will allow for our culture of giving to shine brighter than ever before as we invest in the inspiring future of our brave learners.

We take great pride in the community that La Scuola has fostered. None of the rich and complex educational experiences that we offer could happen without our world-class, committed, and hardworking teachers, dedicated leadership, administration, and facilities teams, our vibrant community of families and friends of La Scuola, our past and present Board of Directors and, of course, our curious, creative, and capable students. And it is with the dedication of our volunteers — including PALS, La Dolce Vita, and all parent committees — and the support of the Annual Fund that we are able to ensure that our community continues to thrive and be open to the world. Grazie di cuore for your invaluable support!

Niente Senza Gioia! Nothing without joy!

Con Stima,

Valentina Imbeni, Ph.D. Head of School

Lama Nachman, Board Chair Emeritus

Courtenay Brown, Board Co-Chair

Susan Lyon, Board Co-Chair

LA SCUOLA STRATEGIC GOALS 2018-2023

1 PERMANENCE

To build a place that furthers the magic of our community, spaces, and programs

5 THRIVEABILITY

To transition from sustainability to thriveability

2 NURTURE + GROW

4 COMMUNITY

To preserve our unique multiculturalism and further diversity, inclusivity, and equity within our community

To nurture the professional growth of our team and continue to attract and retain the best educators

3 HEART + MIND

To integrate the richness and strength of the IB framework with the intentionality and creativity of the Reggio Emilia pedagogy to ensure that our students understand the world and create their place in it

LA SCUOLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2022-2023

BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRS

Lama Nachman, Chair

Courtenay Brown, Co-Chair

Board Members

Sanjay Basu

Robert Brown

Helena Choi

Vanessa Colella

Jim Eagen

Aaron Harms

Valentina Imbeni *

Jeff Kott

Jeffrey Krause

Dylan Lohonen

Susan Lyon

Fong Marcolongo

Janet Rasic

Ariadna Ruder

Loring Sagan

Eric Tokstad

Antonio Valla

Marsanne Weese

(*) ex officio

PARENT ASSOCIATION 2022-2023

PARENT ASSOCIATION CHAIR

Melissa Ippolito

Preschool Room Parents

LEAD

Aubrey Santo

PICCOLISSIMI

Shalini Gupta

Lynnae Taylor

PICCOLI

Sierra Scarlatta

Tura Sugden

GRANDI AZZURRI

Rehana Abbas

Julia Ogrydziak

GRANDI VERDI

Anne Costin

Xiaohan Wang

Molly Spector

GRANDISSIMI ARANCIONI

Monica Bathija

Sophie Scharf

Christina Suter

GRANDISSIMI VERDI

Judit Rivera

Magdalena Kleuser Heinrich

GRANDISSIMI AZZURRI

Natalia Maric

Sara Charukesnant

Ruchir Shah

SILICON VALLEY

Kevin Zeng

K-8 Room Parents

LEAD

Sarah Kang

KINDER ARANCIONI

Andrea Marks

Jen Folse

KINDER VERDI

Gabriel Desjardins

Adela Montemurro

GRADE 1 ARANCIONI

Isabelle Del Vecchio

Amy DiBenedetto

GRADE 1 VERDI

Rhona Lansangan

Margaux Axelrod

GRADE 2 ARANCIONI

Katy Long

Shalini Jirwala

GRADE 2 VERDI

Fiona Brandon

Michael Lindsay

GRADE 3

Sarah Kang

PJ Barry

GRADE 4

Erica Gessert

GRADE 5

Heather Dolan

GRADE 6

Simona Agnolucci

GRADE 7

Brooke Bedingfield

GRADE 8

Gabrielle Tenaglia

Committee Leads

KONSTELLA MASTER

Dean Lacap

LIBRARY

Rossella Barry

Atisa Britton

Amanda Mitchell

MERCATO AND MERCHANDISING

Sasha Basso

Heather Dolan

PHOTOGRAPHY

Jutta Kamp

Sarah Kang

VIDEOGRAPHY

Enrica Cavalli

YEARBOOK

Dmitri Hochstatter

Otilia Mirambeaux

Kristin Murtagh

Tamara Reyes

Manohak Siraprany

LA DOLCE VITA COMMITTEE

Helen Jones, Co-Chair

Lorraine Mulvihill, Co-Chair

Clara Azulay

Kelsey McNellis

Melissa Stephens

Caroline West

LA DOLCE VITA 2023

Jenna Drumright

Dmitri Hochstatter

Gabi Iyer

Talia Kennedy

Sierra Scarlatta

Reeves Sinnott Zazzera

ANNUAL FUND CHAIR

Erin Graham

ANNUAL FUND AMBASSADORS

Picollissimi: Cristina Cordova

Piccoli: Kelsey McNellis

Grandi Verdi: Crystal Goldman

Grandi Azzurri: Caitlyn Fox

Grandi Arancioni: Erin Graham

Grandissimi Azzurri: Emmie Braun

Grandissimi Verdi: Shae Rocco

Grandissimi Arancioni: Erin Graham

Kinder Arancioni: Lindsey Iannucci

Kinder Verdi: Andreea Stuparu

Grade 1 Arancioni: Magdalena Kleuser

Heinrich

Grade 1 Verdi: Margaux Axelrod

Grade 2 Arancioni: Sierra Clark

Grade 2 Verdi: Nicole Stewart

Grade 3: Nina Gupta

Grade 4: Bridgett Lanza

Grade 5: Heather Dolan

Grade 6: Simona Agnolucci

Grade 7: Claudia Volpi

Grade 8: Jason Lopezjones

ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE LEADS

Stefanie Small

Harry Sterling

DEIB COMMITTEE

Esther Gurrola

Fong Marcolongo

Jennifer Ramirez

Daria Siciliano

Special Events and Projects

ITALIAN HERITAGE PARADE

Karla and Dominic Fasso

WELCOME PICNIC

Klaudia Kristina Apolinar Casanova

Evonne Johnson

Sierra Scarlatta

HOLIDAY PARTY

Sophie Scharf

BEACH CLEAN UP

Fiona Brandon

Dietmar Brinkman

CARNEVALE

Clara Azulay

Deedee Crossett

Jenna Drumright

Rebecca Groves

Amanda Mitchell

Mark Ruiz

Maria Paula Souza

Athena Talmadge

Mina Tsarev

FIERA

Lindsey Iannucci

Carol Rock

Adela Montemurro

Melissa Stephens

TEACHER APPRECIATION COMMITTEE

Emmie Braun

Klaudia Kristina Apolinar Casanova

Diane Chang

Madelyn Chatton

Jamie Clark

Deedee Crossett

Caitlyn Fox

Nataly Kozanian

Sarah Kang

Fong Marcolongo

Andrea Marks

Ryan Marks

Mark Ruiz

Sophie Scharf

Silvia Vergani

GRADUATION COMMITTEE

Crystal Goldman

Naureen Hoque Kothari

Andrea Robb

Gabrielle Tenaglia

As I give, I get.

Mary Mcleod Bethune

LA SCUOLA BY THE NUMBERS

354 Students

LANGUAGES

30 Languages spoken by La Scuola families

14 Languages spoken by La Scuola faculty and staff

AFFORDABILITY

30% Families participating in Sliding Scale Tuition

289 Families

95 Faculty and staff

17% Families that have at least one Italian speaker at home

83% Families that do not have at least one Italian speaker at home

GEOGRAPHY

39 Zip codes represented

32%

Familes that identify as non-white

3%

DIVERSITY

34%

Students of color Faculty and staff of color LGBTQ families

35%

FINANCIAL REPORT 2022-2023

Revenues

Expenses

Financials are subject to audit by Business Office.

ANNUAL FUND DONORS 2022-2023

Thanks to the following individuals, foundations, and corporations for their generous support of La Scuola International School’s annual fundraising:

Donors

INDIVIDUAL

Anonymous Donors (24)

Wendy & Michael Ackrell

Amanda Shimshock & Scott Allen

Erika & Jordan Alperin

Carolyn Beebe & Luigi Anzivino

Michelle & Alex Appelqvist

Isabella Weiss Di Valbranca & David Armstrong

Maybelle & Mandeep Arora

Sarah Senk-Auton & Adam Auton

Rhona Lansangan & Pierpaolo Baccichet

Heather Dolan & Giles Baker

Tricia Iboshi & Frank Barbieri

Richard Bargetto

Rossella & Patrick Barry

Alessandra & Ismael Basso

Palav Babaria & Sanjay Basu

Simona Agnolucci & Elias Batchelder

Brooke Bedingfield

Noga Leviner & Lukas Biewald

Vinela Bakllamaja & Ledion Bitincka

Kristin Murtagh & Daniel Bornstein

Amy DiBenedetto & Michele Boscia

Emily Boyd

Rishita Upadhyay & Kintan Brahmbhatt

Kelly & Erich Braun

Alexis & James Briano

Elizabeth George & Theresa Bridgeman

Fiona Brandon & Dietmar Brinkmann

Atisa & Travis Britton

Whitney Burroughs & Courtenay Brown

Sara & Robert Brown

Helena Choi & Steven Brown

Linda & Sam Burbank

Laura Terlouw & Jason Buttorf

Lindsey Hayford & Alexander Butwick

Angela Campanella

Mara Gavazzi & Andrea Carcano

Alkida Cerri

Ranjani & Rama Chandramouli

Diane & Ho-Jae Chang

Julie Chao

Elisa Leonardi & Marco Cimmino

Sierra & James Clark

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Priscilla Scala & Darius Contractor

Abbey & Joshua Cook

Ingrid Coolins

Katarzyna & Sebastiano Costanzo

Anthea Tjuanakis Cox & Ian Cox

Natalia Maric & Christopher Crane

Michelle O’Riordan & Francesco Crippa

Lauren Weymouth & Deedee Crossett

Audrey Nakao & Harlan Crystal

Andreea Stuparu & Jonathan Dama

Roseli Da Silva Damiani & Maurizio Damiani

Nikki DeWald & Jason De Lima

Fabiola Cobarrubias & Steven Deeks

Anne Costin DePaul & Michael DePaul

Christina Gilyutin & Gabriel Desjardins

Jessica Stewart & Gilles Dezeustre

Aigerim Shorman & Davide Di Cillo

Esther Gurrola & Douglas Dickerson

Darsha Davidoff & Donald Drumright

Shannon Leonard & Scott Dylewski

Ellen & James Eagan

Anna & Kamal El-Wattar

Nereyda Peruch & Jenner Estrada Cardona

Andrea Palomera Gomez Pedroso & Manuele Fabbiane

Andrea & Joseph Farris

Karla & Dominic Fasso

Amanda Mitchell & John Fishback

Jennifer & Arthur Folse

Amanda Fox

Sonia Pasquali & Christopher Fraser

Shaun Fynn

Milena Gianfrancesco & Arturo Garcia

Lindsay Hertz & Zach Gerstein

Cherie Lau & Michael Giangrave

Maria Giudice Maximov & Giovanni Giudice

Katherine & Eddie Gobbo

Whitney Wright & Thomas Goetz

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Diana & Robert Gomez

Girolamo Aliotti & Alexander Goretsky

Patricia Jarmy & Christopher Green

Leslie Elwell & Mark Grothman

Courtney Risman-Jones & Andrew Grounds

Sarah Hobstetter & Logan Hanks

Elena Benvenuti & Arian Hatefi

Heather Hawker

Nicolette Beck & Michael Hays

Lisa Silveria & David Herman

Robin Bonaso & Jay Hermon

Jennifer & Dmitri Hochstatter

Gabrielle Tenaglia & Anthony Holbrook

Patrizia Gallo & Salvatore Iacono

Lindsey & Marco Iannucci

Valentina Imbeni & Andrew Ioannou

Melissa & Matthew Ippolito

Susan Lyon & Raymond Isola

Gabriella & Kal Iyer

Shalini & Atit Jariwala

Ashley McEnery & Patrick Jennings

Alexis Loeb & Mathew Johnson

Helen & Nicholas Jones

Yunfei Xie & John Jumonville

Nicole & Matthew Justus

Jacob Kaplove

Shweta Malik & Jatin Kathuria

Manohak Siraprany & Mario Kevesic

Neelam Khanduri

Magdalena Kleuser Heinrich & Sascha Kleuser

Valentina Zerbini & Kristofer Koller

Stephanie & Michael Koran

Naureen & Salman Kothari

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Desomnd Tutu

Suki & Jeff Kott

Sonia & Panos Kozanian

Julia Ogrydziak & Jeffrey Krause

Mary & Robert Krause

Odessa Yabut & William Krause

Elizabeth Selig & Trond Kristiansen

Aneesa Sayall & Sunny Kumar

Martina Malatesta & Berardino la Torre

Bessie & Dean Lacap

Haruna Kamei & Diego Lagunas

Bridgett Hart-Lanza & Guido Lanza

Sarah & YongJoon Lee

Nichole Leon

Galeet & Alon Levi

Esther Pun & Linus Liang

Otilia Mirambeaux & Andrew Lindsay

Albert Nichols & Michael Lindsay

Alexandra & Robert Lindsay

Ariel Brumbaugh & Jeremy Linsley

Haley Carroll & Dylan Lohonen

Courtney Minick & Brandon Long

Jason & Enrique Lopezjones

Douglas Lowney

Maria Paula Alves de Souza & Rodrigo Machado Pasianotto

Melina Madrigal

Jenna Drumright & Brad Mallow

Fong & Piero Marcolongo

Andrea & Ryan Marks

Minerva Pacheco & JoseLuis Martinez

Monita Sun & Pietro Masi

David McNellis

Carlotta Siniscalco & Federico Menapace

Alexandra Silveanu & Jordan Miller

Katy & Joshua Mogal

Katy Long & Timothy Moreton

Aushlee & Aston Motes

Jenna Phillips & Dyche Mullins

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Claudia Canu Fautre & Mical Neill

Caitlyn Fox & Matthew Newcomb

Maria Paz Perez Gomez & Wesley Nichols

Leslie & Gary Null

Naseem Zojwalla & Dimitry Nuyten

Mollie Goodman & Andrew O’Brien

Rehana Abbas & Timothy Ogburn

Serena Morelli & Giorgio Onnis

Josephine Osei

Leticia & Timothy O’Sullivan

Talia Kennedy & Alexander Overduin

Klaudia Apolinar Casanova & Thomas Overton

Suhasini Chandramouli & Ryan Panchadsaram

Erin Graham & Frank Panza

Jinyoung Oh & John Park

Erica Gessert & Alexander Parker

Margherita Pasqui

Monica Bathija & Nichlesh Patel

Isabella Del Vecchio & Randall Paul

Emily Braun & William Paulus

Rebecca & Hernan Pelassini

Holly Hirshfield & Alan Peterson

Sally & Chris Peterson

Katherine & Joel Philpot

Anna Picard

Megan & Alex Potente

Vanessa Hsu & Vipul Prakash

Silvia Albasini & Martin Price

Enrica Cavalli & Paolo Privitera

Daria Siciliano & Vladimir Quesada Biart

Kelly Quiroz

Janet & Michael Rasic

Judith & Michael Reddig

Megan Reed

Jenna & Sam Reidy

Janet Tejada-Rinaldi & Vince Rinaldi

Andrea & William Robb

Karinna Hurley & Dario Rocca

Tammy Camp & Daniel Rosen

Angeline & Mario Rossetti

Tura Sugden & Luigi Rosso

Ariadna & Brian Ruder

Tamara Reyes & Mark Ruiz

Paula Echeverri & Abboud Saad

Margherita & Loring Sagan

Valentina Santacaterina

Elena Bianchi & Filippo Santandrea

Aubrey & Joseph Santo

Micheline Savarin

Matthew Savereno

Nina Gupta & James Scaplen

Sierra & Peter Scarlatta

Sandra & James Schloss

Carmen Gomez & Randy Schwartz

Ann & Ajay Shah

Sarah Charukesnant & Ruchir Shah

Cassandra & Greg Siggins

Giulia Sinigagliesi

Shravya Shetty & Arjuna Siva

Jamie Clark & Gregory Slovacek

Stefanie & Matt Small

Tonia Pizzato & Simon Smith

Dani & Simon Sollberger

Janelle Spanier

Molly & Adam Spector

Emilie & Pierce Stacy

Melissa & Alan Stephens

Michelle Allen & Harry Sterling

Nicole & Keith Stewart

Christina & Tycho Suter

Andrew Sveikauskas

Elizabeth & Luke Swartz

Athena Talmadge

Elizabeth & Charles Talmadge

Carey Tanner

Raffaella & Nino Tasca

Paola Barberi & Robert Taylor

Lynnae & Timothy Taylor

Monica Viarengo & Brett Terpeluk

Margaux Axelrod & Adam Timney

Taura Null & Jason Toffaletti

Andy Janowski & Eric Tokstad

Evonne Johnson & Marco Triverio

Samorn Selim & John Tsai

Mina & Sergei Tsarev

Victoria Nady & John Tuchtenhagen

Natasha Tuck

Tom Urani & Richard Turner

Daniela Barrena Medel & Sergio Valdés

Romina Stella & Franco Valoppi

Shruti Gandhi & Chris Van Dyke

Marusia Musacchio & Diede van Lamoen

Sarah Vankova & Vanko Vankov

Anna Ayanova & Stanislav Velikov

Silvia Vergani

Esmeralda & Awaneesh Verma

Carolina Zuri & Valentino Volonghi

Claudia & Nicola Volpi

Hanan Fernando & Chandana Wanigasekera

Mandy Walker & Christopher Watkins

Vera & Paul Watt

Sophie Wertz

Melinda Winter

Sophie Scharf & Matteo Zanella

Katiusca Sanchez & Jose Zarate

Reeves Sinnott Zazzera & Mario Zazzera

Anna Del Castello & Alessandro Zorzetto

LA DOLCE VITA 2023

Donors

SLIDING SCALE TUITION

Anonymous (1)

Wendy & Michael Ackrell

Amanda Shimshock & Scott Allen

Erika & Jordan Alperin

Michelle & Alex Appelqvist

Isabella Weiss Di Valbranca & David Armstrong

Maybelle & Mandeep Arora

Rhona Lansangan & Pierpaolo Baccichet

Heather Dolan & Giles Baker

Simona Agnolucci & Elias Batchelder

Grazia Bennett

Federica Lentini & Marco Bertaccini

Vinela Bakllamaja & Ledion Bitincka

Robin Bonaso & Jay Hermon

Romana Bracco

Kelly & Erich Braun

Alexis & James Briano

Helena Choi & Steven Brown

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Katie Colendich

Natalia Maric & Christopher Crane

Andreea Stuparu & Jonathan Dama

Dina Carpenito & Carlo Dean

Anne Costin DePaul & Michael DePaul

Christina Gilyutin & Gabriel Desjardins

Adrienne Digiesi

Ilaria Malandra & Joseph Drennan

Anna & Kamal El-Wattar

Andrea Palomera Gomez Pedroso & Manuele Fabbiane

Amanda Mitchell & John Fishback

Heather & Alessandro Gatti

Whitney Wright & Thomas Goetz

Sarah Hobstetter & Logan Hanks

Nicolette Beck & Michael Hays

Lisa Silveria & David Herman

Lupita Hernandez & Luis Schilling

Gabrielle Tenaglia & Anthony Holbrook

Stephanie & Roland Holland

Valentina Imbeni & Andrew Ioannou

Melissa & Matthew Ippolito

Gabriella & Kal Iyer

Heather Jones

Helen & Nicholas Jones

Nicole & Matthew Justus

Magdalena Kleuser Heinrich & Sascha Kleuser

Sonia & Panos Kozanian

Julia Ogrydziak & Jeffrey Krause

Odessa Yabut & William Krause

Francesca & Ryan Lanpher

Elisa Leonardi & Marco Cimmino

Haley Carroll & Dylan Lohonen

Susan Lyon & Raymond Isola

Carine Blanchet & Dennis MacNeil

Melina Madrigal

Isabel Manchester

Fong & Piero Marcolongo

Irena Matijas

Clara Azulay & Ian Matos

Katy Long & Timothy Moreton

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Elizabeth Dei Rossi & Vincent Nalbone

Madelyn Chatton & Daniel Newman

Naseem Zojwalla & Dimitry Nuyten

Rehana Abbas & Timothy Ogburn

Serena Morelli & Giorgio Onnis

Jennet Aganyazova & Serdar Orazov

Leticia & Timothy O’Sullivan

Erica Gessert & Alexander Parker

Emily Braun & William Paulus

Garry Payton-McDowall

Sally & Chris Peterson

Katherine & Joel Philpot

David Pilkey

Vanessa Hsu & Vipul Prakash

Silvia Albasini & Martin Price

Janine & Jeffrey Reed

Megan Reed

Joanna Rees

Jenna & Sam Reidy

Lorraine Mulvihill & Marc Ricci

Janet Tejada-Rinaldi & Vince Rinaldi

Courtney Risman-Jones & Andrew Grounds

Ariadna & Brian Ruder

Paula Echeverri & Abboud Saad

Margherita & Loring Sagan

Ilaria Salvadori

Matthew Savereno

Nina Gupta & James Scaplen

Christian Scognamillo

Jehan & Rishi Sharma

Giulia Sinigagliesi

Shravya Shetty & Arjuna Siva

Kate & Ted Smith

Melissa & Alan Stephens

Michelle Allen & Harry Sterling

Nicole & Keith Stewart

Christina & Tycho Suter

Monica Viarengo & Brett Terpeluk

Taura Null & Jason Toffaletti

Andy Janowski & Eric Tokstad

Mina & Sergei Tsarev

Natasha Tuck

Shruti Gandhi & Chris Van Dyke

Carol Rock & Daniel van Vulpen

Carolina Zuri & Valentino Volonghi

Claudia & Nicola Volpi

Caroline West

Sophie Scharf & Matteo Zanella

Reeves Sinnott Zazzera & Mario Zazzera

SPONSORSHIPS

Anonymous (2)

Michelle & Alex Appelqvist

Heather Dolan & Giles Baker

Palav Babaria & Sanjay Basu

Elaine & Claudio Benvenuti

Vinela Bakllamaja & Ledion Bitincka

Sara & Robert Brown

Sarah & Steven Burns

Helena Choi & Steven Brown

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Katarzyna & Sebastiano Costanzo

Jessica Stewart & Gilles Dezeustre

Susanna Rosi & Mitchell Ferguson

First Republic Bank

Jennifer & Arthur Folse

Whitney Wright & Thomas Goetz

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Elena Benvenuti & Arian Hatefi

Nicolette Beck & Michael Hays

Lisa Silveria & David Herman

Valentina Imbeni & Andrew Ioannou

Melissa & Matthew Ippolito

Jensen Architects

Helen & Nicholas Jones

Suki & Jeff Kott

Julia Ogrydziak & Jeffrey Krause

Francesca & Ryan Lanpher

Haley Carroll & Dylan Lohonen

Susan Lyon & Raymond Isola

Fong & Piero Marcolongo

Caterina Bernardi & Guido Muzzarelli

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Naseem Zojwalla & Dimitry Nuyten

Nathalie Dompé & Chamath Palihapitiya

Erica Gessert & Alexander Parker

Monica Bathija & Nichlesh Patel

Silvia Albasini & Martin Price

Janet & Michael Rasic

Karinna Hurley & Dario Rocca

Ariadna & Brian Ruder

Paula Echeverri & Abboud Saad

Margherita & Loring Sagan

Sierra & Peter Scarlatta

Andy Janowski & Eric Tokstad

Romina Stella & Franco Valoppi

Claudia & Nicola Volpi

Caroline West

GIVING TREE

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Patrizia Gallo & Salvatore Iacono

Jenna & Sam Reidy

Thuy Nguyen & Thomas Ronay

Sophie Scharf & Matteo Zanella

GIFT IN KIND, INDIVIDUALS

Anonymous (2)

Girolamo Aliotti & Alexander Goretsky

Maybelle & Mandeep Arora

Heather Dolan & Giles Baker

Richard Bargetto

Linda & Fedele Bauccio

Brooke Bedingfield

Noga & Lukas Leviner Biewald

Fiona Brandon & Dietmar Brinkmann

Whitney Burroughs & Courtenay Brown

Susan Chapman

Sierra & James Clark

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Tim Cooper

Anne Costin DePaul & Michael DePaul

Christina Gilyutin & Gabriel Desjardins

Esther Gurrola & Douglas Dickerson

Anna & Kamal El-Wattar

Stefano Fabro

Amanda Mitchell & John Fishback

Jennifer & Arthur Folse

Amanda Fox

Carlo Gentile

Maria Giudice Maximov & Giovanni Giudice

Erin Gleeson

Katie & Eddie Gobbo

Whitney Wright & Thomas Goetz

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Courtney Risman-Jones & Andrew Grounds

Rebecca McLennan & Rebecca Groves

Johnny Hansell

Lupita Hernandez

Jill Hessler

Gabrielle Tenaglia & Anthony Holbrook

Lindsey & Marco Iannucci

Julia Ogrydziak & Jeffrey Krause

Helen & Nicholas Jones

Jake Kaplove

Shweta Malik & Jatin Kathuria

Essie Kimball

Stephanie & Michael Koran

Nataly & Panos Kozanian

Esther Pun & Linus Liang

Courtney Minick & Brandon Long

Enrique & Jason Lopezjones

Carine Blanchet & Dennis MacNeil

Fong & Piero Marcolongo

Clara Azulay & Ian Matos

Mallory Matthews

Kelsey McNellis

Alexandra Silveanu & Jordan Miller

Shuchita Mishra

Jenna Phillips & Dyche Mullins

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Claudia Canu Fautre & Mical Neill

Madelyn Chatton & Daniel Newman

Serena Morelli & Giorgio Onnis

Leticia Osullivan

Talia Kennedy & Alexander Overduin

Klaudia Apolinar Casanova & Thomas Overton

Erica Gessert & Alexander Parker

Margherita Pasqui

Silvia Albasini & Martin Price

Minakshi Radhakrishnan

Lorraine Mulvihill & Marc Ricci

Andrea & William Robb

Alvaro Santoro

Nina Gupta & James Scaplen

Sierra & Peter Scarlatta

Slash

Jamie Clark & Gregory Slovacek

Stefanie & Matt Small

Janelle Spanier

Steven Stein

Nicole & Keith Stewart

Simone Mazzetto & Sergio Strozzi, Consul General

Christina & Tycho Suter

Elizabeth & Luke Swartz

Desiree Sylvester

Raffaella & Nino Tasca

Margaux Axelrod & Adam Timney

Taura Null & Jason Toffaletti

Albert Camus

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Daniela Barrena Medel & Sergio Valdés

Marusia Musacchio & Diede van Lamoen

Silvia Vergani

Claudia & Nicola Volpi

Hanan Fernando & Chandana Wanigasekera

Sophie Wertz

Melinda Winter

Sheri Glucoft Wong

Daria Yaari

Reeves Sinnott Zazzera & Mario Zazzera

MaryClare Zimmermann

GIFT IN KIND, ORGANIZATIONS

Abrazo

Alfred Coffee at The Line

Alignwise Consultanting

All Around Fitness

Angelo Garro Omnivore Salt

Argent

Asiento @ 21st & Bryant

Atisa Britton

Azucar Lounge

Baggu

Barbara Butler Artist-Builder Inc

Barrys Bootcamp

BATS Improv

Bay Area Discovery Museum

Black Bird Bookstore + Cafe

BookTree

Boulevard Restaurant

Breadbelly

Brittney Morris, Author

Buena Vista Winery

Bumo Brain

Butter&

Byington Vineyard & Winery

Capital Genealogy

Central Coast Outdoors

Charles M. Schulz Museum

Christopher’s Books

Chucks Takeaway

City Arts & Lectures

CodeREV

Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards at Garrod

Farms

Craftsman and Wolves

Culinary Artistas

CuriOdyssey Science Playground & Zoo

Daily Driver

Darby Auerbach-Morris

DIG Wines

Dogpatch Paddle

Double Happiness Health

Draw Together Studio

Dreasdoodles

E&O Kitchen and Bar

Eataly Silicon Valley

Embodied, Inc.

Farmshop

Flora Grubb Gardens

Flowers Winery and Vineyards

Folio Books

Gary Farrell Winery

Gio Gelati

Gloo Books

Habbi Habbi Bilingual Resources

Harmonic Brewing

Haum SF

Henry’s House of Coffee

Hidden Villa

HOKALI

immi

Inn Shop at Palisades Tahoe

ItalFoods

iTalico

It’s Yoga Kids

Joey Rae Boutique

Joshua Ets-Hokin Photography

Joyful Parenting Coaching

Judd Winick, Author

Jutta Kamp Photography

Kodely

Koran Kids

La Mar

La Marca Prosecco

La Stazione

Lemos Family Farm

Linea

Little Oceanauts

Lori Chinn Designs

LucyJunus Interior Design

Mainstay Markets

Mandoo Club

Mapamundi Kids

Margaux Axelrod Design

Mark McCormick Yoga

Mightly

Minted

Mission Bowling Club

Monastery

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Whale Watch

Moonshot Labs LLC

Moses Language Classes

Mountain Camp Woodside

Mr. Tipples Jazz Club

Muse Beauty Pro

Museum of the African Diaspora

Nonnalive

Oakland A’s Baseball

Oakland Zoo

ODC School Youth & Teen Program

Oliver McCrum Wines

Olivier’s Butchery

O’Neill Yacht Charters

Original Joe’s

Papito Potrero

Parklab Gardens

Pedroncelli Winery

Pizzeria Delfina Palo Alto

Premier Chess

Reid Family Vineyards

Ritual Coffee Roasters

Rosanna Kalis Art & Design

San Francisco Children’s Art Center

San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco Proper Hotel

Scheels

Seesaw

Shine Kids Yoga

SkinSpirit

SoccerInsight Camps

Space Cadet Baking Company

SPARK Social SF

SpeakItaly

Spoke & Weal

StereoType Kids

Storq

Sunnie

The Beehive

The Caviar Co.

The City Soccer Camp

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

The Commonwealth Club of California

The Italian Cemetery

The Lawrence Hall of Science

The Rabbit Hole Children’s Theater

The Sea Star

Three Babes

Touchstone Climbing INC

Truffle Shuffle

Tura Sugden Jewelry

University of California Botanical Garden

Urban Scout

Vibee/LiveNation

VillageSports Inc

Wait Cellars

Water & Wines

When In Umbria

WineCountry Media

Worldwide Buddies

LIVE AUCTION WINNERS

Wendy & Michael Ackrell

Simona Agnolucci & Elias Batchelder

Vinela Bakllamaja & Ledion Bitincka

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Natalia Maric & Christopher Crane

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Caitlyn Fox & Matthew Newcomb

Klaudia Apolinar Casanova & Thomas Overton

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Coretta Scott King

SILICON VALLEY CAMPUS 2022-2023

We remain deeply grateful for the generous support from our Silicon Valley campus donors. Grazie di cuore!

SILICON VALLEY CAMPUS DONORS

Nathalie Dompé and Chamath Palihapitiya

Grazie Mille to all of our Campaign Donors!

We are so grateful to our early leaders in the Embrace Campaign! Through this historic project, we will build a transformational new home for our students: a K-8, Reggio Emilia-inspired new building on the Mission campus — the first of its kind in the United States — inspiring our brave learners to change the shape of education in the Bay Area and beyond.

Donors

Anonymous (8)

Wendy & Michael Ackrell

Isabella Weiss Di Valbranca & David Armstrong

Tricia Iboshi & Frank Barbieri

Richard Bargetto

Palav Babaria & Sanjay Basu

Linda & Fedele Bauccio

Grazia Bennett

Alessia & Doug Bewsher

Katherine & Stefano Bini

Serra Falk Goldman & Pietro Bonanno

Kristen & Mike Borsetti

Sara & Robert Brown

Helena Choi & Steven Brown

Whitney Burroughs & Courtenay Brown

Sierra & James Clark

Shannon Cleary

Vanessa & Giovanni Colella

Susanna & Greg Daniels

David Donahue

Andrea & Joseph Farris

Amanda Mitchell & John Fishback

Viola Buitoni & John Fox

Heather & Alessandro Gatti

Crystal & Jason Goldman

Mrs. & Dr. Francisco Grijalva

Charlotte Taylor & Aaron Harms

Gabrielle Tenaglia & Anthony Holbrook

Robin Bonaso & Jay Hermon

Valentina Imbeni & Andrew Ioannou

Susan Lyon & Raymond Isola

The Kott Family

Patti & Doug Leone

Esther Pun & Linus Liang

Haley Carroll & Dylan Lohonen

Courtney Minick & Brandon Long

The Lyon Family

Cori Duncan & Marco Marinucci

Katy & Joshua Mogal

Lama & Ramez Nachman

Naseem Zojwalla & Dimitry Nuyten

Laura & Davide Pacchini

Anne Marie Pierce

Janet & Michael Rasic

Michelle & Rich Riley

Janet Tejada-Rinaldi & Vince Rinaldi

Margherita & Loring Sagan

Molly & Adam Spector

Taura Null & Jason Toffaletti

Andy Janowski & Eric Tokstad

Tony Trousset

The Volpi Family

Enrica D’Ettorre & Pierluigi Zappacosta

INITIATIVES

At La Scuola, the environment is more than a mere space or setting—it’s a teacher that plays an essential role in our education and our future. We know that environmental factors illuminate the course of our lives. That’s why we invest to create the optimal environment for education—so that all the members of our community are forever OPEN TO THE WORLD.

WAYS TO GIVE

CASH

Checks payable to La Scuola International School and sent directly to the Advancement Office at 3250 18th Street, San Francisco, 94110

ONLINE

lascuolasf.org/give

MATCH

Please check with your employer to see if your gift qualifies and to obtain a matching gift form.

STOCK

Contact the Advancement Office at (415) 558-9006 or email advancement@lascuolasf.org for transfer instructions.

SHOP

Support Scuola while you shop. lascuolasf.org/ support-lascuola-whileyou-shop

TIME and TALENT

Parent Association (PALS).

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Robin Bonaso

Director of Advancement

advancement@lascuolasf.org

La Scuola is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3)

SERVING THE BAY AREA IN THREE LOCATIONS

Dogpatch Campus

Preschool

728 20th Street

San Francisco, CA 94107 415-558-9006

Mission Campus Grades K - 8 3250 18th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415-551-0000

Silicon Valley Campus Preschool - Grade 1 2086 Clarke Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303 650-800-9650