INSPIRE Giving Day 2021

Patricia McLaughlin

Challenges were met and experiences were shared across our campus and beyond during 21 hours of programming and social media buzz. We showed our gratitude. Our pride came through loud and clear. Visit rockyhill.org/givingday to enjoy the videos and photos from the day.

Let’s finish the year strong!. We still have time until the close of our school year on June 30th. We faced challenges this year and couldn’t enjoy the in person interaction that makes our community special. But we still demonstrated our pride and determination. Join us by making a gift at rockyhill.org/giving day.

On behalf of the students, faculty and staff, thank you to all our dedicated donors for always being there and supporting us.

Special FY21 Development Highlights

• our Parent Teacher League Leadership team reached 100% participation

• reached 90% faculty/ staff participation which is a 23% increase from last year

• our alumni doubled their participation with the classes of 1940s-1960s achieving the most dollars raised and the 1970s reaching the highest participation for a decade

• our parent participation increased by 25% and our grandparent participation also increased over last year

• our alumni scholarship fund reached the $25,000 endowment level

• we are proud to have over 400 donors to date to our Rocky Hill Fund this year, welcomed 71 new donors and welcomed back 165 donors who had not given in recent years

Traci Fairchild Director of Counseling and Wellness

Inspiration, Mindfulness

In unprecedented times, educators must meet the social emotional needs of the student and ensure their wellbeing is fostered in an intentional way. With Upper School students coming on campus on “alt days,” and their time structured in two-hour blocks, an alternative, robust approach to social emotional learning (SEL) was required during their Seminar periods. This year’s Upper School Mindfulness programs came from the Choose Love Movement, a nonprofit that provides free SEL programs founded upon courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion-in-action.