ANNUAL REPORT 2021/2022
Trinity School
Elementary School & Main Office
Upper Campus - (650) 854-0288
2650 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Preschool & Transitional Kindergarten
Lower Campus - (650) 322-2628
330 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
MISSION STATEMENT
Trinity School cultivates academic excellence in an environment where each child is known, valued and has their unique voice. The legacy of a Trinity education is a curious mind and a discerning heart.
Matt Allio
A Message from the Head of School
Dear Trinity Community,
When the time is quiet on our campuses, and there’s time for reflection, it becomes abundantly clear: schools are a place of profound impact.
I believe this impact, through education, begins with the individual, disperses among the classrooms, and ultimately filters out to the neighborhood and far beyond. Teaching and learning, what we do at Trinity, leads to societal change through leadership, and that is the true legacy of Trinity School. Our students are the next leaders in society, and we need to do everything possible for them to lead in an informed, compassionate, empathetic, and deliberative manner.
Your generosity enables the faculty, staff, students, and leadership to plan ambitiously for our students and execute strategically. In 2021–2022, the generosity of our community brought in $635,270.92 through the Annual Fund and Faculty Venture Grants, and our overall fundraising total was $1,032,270. This generosity is not supplemental; it’s essential, as giving at Trinity accounts for 15% of our operating budget. Furthermore, your contributions fuel our resolve and confidence to dream big, plan diligently, and help students realize their individual and collective potential in making our world a better place.
Thank you for all your contributions to Trinity School in 2021–2022.
See you around campus!
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2021/2022 Board of Trustees
Christina Alataris, Vice Chair
Matt Allio, Head of School
Matthew Burt
Joel Conkling, Secretary
Patrick Fu, Treasurer
Tiffany Griego
Kathy Hansen Sweeney
Phil Lacroute
Margaret Perrone
Jon Poe
Dan Spors
Michelle Swenson, Chair
Monique VanderMarck
Amy Voedisch
Robert Voyle
Michelle Swenson
A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees
Thank you, Trinity School Community, for everything we collectively accomplished during the 2021–22 school year.
Although Covid protocols were still with us, the year, hopefully, felt more delightfully normal to all of us. Matt, Faculty and Staff, and Board drafted the new Strategic Plan in June. This will become available in September, and we hope you will be as pleased with the result as we are. In addition, work in support of the California Association of Independent Schools accreditation process has begun and will be completed in early 2023.
Once again, we exceeded our fundraising goal, raising over $1 million thanks to the generosity of parents, grandparents, alums, administration, faculty, and others who so generously supported the school. As a result of our strong fundraising and sound fiscal management, Trinity remains financially stable and vibrant. Trinity School could only offer exemplary education and retain our fantastic faculty with this critical fundraising support.
Under the strong leadership of Matt and his team, Trinity continues to innovate and make our programs stronger, always within the spirit of Trinity School’s mission. We are fortunate to have talented and dedicated administrators and teachers working with us. I would also thank the other Trinity Trustees, who volunteer significant time to the school and care deeply about its future. I hope everyone has had a great summer, and I look forward to a successful 2022–2023 school year.
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This was yet another transitional year, in which many of our beloved TPA programs once again had to be adapted due to COVID protocols. Nevertheless, a strong TPA board and countless amazing volunteers ensured that we were able to offer many successful events, partnering with the wonderful Trinity faculty and staff.
We also made several changes to our offerings, motivated by the desire for simplification and to better reflect our DEI goals. We replaced historically gendered parent mixers with no-cost outdoor parent parties, hosted by parent volunteers. And we devised a new mechanism for collecting funds for teacher gift that both anonymized contributions and removed the need for parents to collect cash from their peers.
It was a wonderful conclusion to the year to be able to hold the Spring benefit in person once again—and it was a tremendous success thanks to Ivonne King, chair, Trinity staff, and numerous parent volunteers.
Trinity School Parent Association 2021/2022
Parent involvement at Trinity School is significant, and we are proud of our parent volunteers’ role in strengthening the ties between parents, teachers, and students. Whether you gave an hour per year or took a leadership position, we welcome and appreciate your involvement.
2021/2022 TPA BOARD
Matthew Burt, President
Tiffany Griego, Vice President
Christina Alvarado, Secretary
Aneesh Venkat, Treasurer
Johanna Mahal, Past President
Tom Lee, Admissions/New Family Liaison
Amy Voedisch, Room Parent Liaison
Maria Kalinina, LC Events
Salina Sung, UC Events
Ivonne King, Trinity Giving Coordinator
Matthew Burt
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A Message from the Trinity Parent Association President
TRINITY PARENT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT
The Diamond Benefit: Trinity Celebrates 60
The Trinity School community gathered for a funfilled evening celebrating Trinity School’s annual benefit, The Diamond Benefit: Trinity Celebrates 60, held on April 23, 2022. Thanks to the generosity of our community, the benefit raised over $397,000. We extend a sincere thank you to benefit chairs Ivonne King, Johanna Mahal, and Alison McKee for making it an amazing, unforgettable night!
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR SPONSORS AND BENEFIT UNDERWRITERS:
Diamond Benefit Co-Chairs
Ivonne King
Johanna Mahal
Alison McKee
Diamond Benefit Committee
Danielle Conkling
Kaitlyn DePristo
Tiffany Griego-Crowe
Alice Li
Vanessa and Mike Maffia
Johanna Mahal
Monique VanderMarck
Sarah-Lindsay Wong
Rare Red Diamond Sponsors
2021-2022 Trinity School Board of Trustees
Alice Li and Gary Guo
Reema and Haroon Khan
Ivonne and Leif King
Hope Blue Diamond Sponsors
First Republic Bank
Lingyuan Ping and Yanlin Li
The Village Doctor
Sarah and Merrett Wong
BrightYellow Diamond Sponsors
YoyoYe and Tom Chen
Danielle and Joel Conkling
Tiffany Griego-Crowe and Jed Crowe
Lori and Matthew Eichner
Tina and Patrick Fu
Lu Shu and Hang Li
Jennie Kim and Thomas Lee
Sindhu Chandran and Ravi
Mohanavelu
Pooja and Trevor Mottl
Jessy Rivest
Alice Chen and Jason Tsai
Corporate Donors and Sponsors
Black Bull
Canyon Ranch
dreamexoticrentals
Duncan Taylor
First Republic Bank
Galaxy Building Maintenance
Gleim the Jeweler
Hood & Strong, LLP
Nagi Palle
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2021/2022 FINANCIAL STATEMENT
REVENUE: $6,045,395
Tuition = 81.5%
Contributions = 13.8%
Auxiliary Programs = 3%
Investments = 1.7%
EXPENSES: $5,876,131
Personnel = 70.7%
Management & General = 23.1%
Fundraising = 6.3%
Each year, dedicated volunteers reach out to the parent community to ask parents to support the Trinity School Annual Fund campaign. We are deeply grateful to the 2021-2022 Class Captains for their ongoing commitment to Trinity School. We give special thanks to our Annual Fund Chair Ivonne King, and the excellent Development Committee for all their hard work throughout the year!
Annual Fund Chair
Ivonne King
Pine Room Captain
Maria Kalinina
Laurel Room Captain
Haichen Liu
Tierra Room Captain
Ilana Morady
Kindergarten Class Captain
Heidi and Paul Buttery
Grade One Class Captain
Daisy Shi He
Grade Two Class Captain
Sudha Varadarajan
Grade Three Class Captain
Alice Li
Grade Four Class Captain
Jennie Kim
Grade Five Class Captain
Kai Tse
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THANK YOU 2021/2022 ANNUAL FUND DONORS!
Your gifts enrich the daily lives of Trinity students!
CURRENT PARENTS
Anonymous (6)
Pine Room
Priyanka Rajagoplan and Anand Subramanian
Shannon Delahaye and David Armstrong
Quynh and Jason Cline
Grace and Kit Ellis
Japneet and Ross Giglio
Lauren and Gianluca Milano
Dominique Ng and Jonathan Jew-Lim
Kanu Gulati and Gaurav Shah
Maria Kalinina and Vasily Shikin
Ilana Morady and Matthew Stevenson
Garima Singh and Rahul Thathoo
Nandhini Santhanam and Ravi Tiruvury
Liting Shen and Shidan Wu
Yifei Mao and Dan Zhang
Zicong Zhou and Biyun Shao
Laurel Room
Jyotika Prasad and Mohnish
Bahl
Xin Jian and Luyao Cheng
Maggie Guo and Tim Ding
Niall and Ayaan Ferguson
Qiaoyan Zhao and Feng Gao
Jing Li and Yifang Liu
Danhong Wang and Haichen Liu
Qi Yan and Jiawei Lv
Zhe Xiong and Wensheng Mao
Mirelly and Antonio Moraes
Poorva Malviya and Sushant
Narsale
Anna and Davis White
Genevieve Yu and Raymond Win
Yiting and Zhicheng Xu
Xiufang Xu and Yi Zhang
Ya Yu and Xinyu Zhang
Tierra Room
Funie and Takahiro Baba
Patrick Chung and Matthew Burt
Jennifer Burns and Nick Cizek
Venice Asuncion and Warren Garperio
Alice Li and Gary Guo
Dr. Nina Hansra
Phil Lacroute and Salina Sung
Lin Xu and Yuan Lin
Gang Liu and Jing Wang
Jordan and Christine Lustig
Vy and Anuj Mathur
Lifeng Miao and Qian Xu
Margo and Chris Nguyen
Shawna and Brook Reeder
Ilana Morady and Matthew Stevenson
Alisha and Brian Swinteck
Alice Chen and Jason Tsai
Rohini and Aneesh Venkat
Zicong Zhou and Biyun Shao
Kindergarten
Martha and Alejandro Andrade
Afreen Ali and Syed Arij
Paul and Heidi Buttery
Jennifer and Jae Cho
Mark and Kaitlyn DePristo
Jamal and Britt Eason
William Lee and Patricia Lin
Yanlin Li and Lingjuan Peng
Weimin Ma and Xu Ding
Teresa Mota and Diogo Almeida
Amy Voedisch and Nader
Mousavi
Chris and Jessy Rivest
Maria Kalinina and Vasily Shikin
Sophie Boutelegier and Wim
Sohier
Aitofi and Jack Ueligitone
Heidi Gonzalez and Angel
Vazquez Ortega
Kate and Nathaniel Voorhies
Lauren Ralph and Erik
Wolsheimer
Tom Chen and Yoyo Ye
Ao Peng and Zibo Zhao
Grade 1
Alice Li and Gary Guo
Fei Guo and Yan Luo
Delee Har and Melissa Mavers
Hang Li and Lu Shu
Daisy Shi He and Mingyu Liu
Lopuch Family
Mike and Vanessa Maffia
Vy and Anuj Mathur
Sowmiya Narayanan and Prabhu
Babu
Maryan Panahiazar and Christopher Thomas
Nandhini Santhanam and Ravi
Tiruvury
Alice Chen and Jason Tsai
Ting Li and John Wang
Tom Chen and Yoyo Ye
Jie Yu and Jingping Yuan
Xiufang Xu and Yi Zhang
Grade 2
Sudha Varadarajan and Arish Ali
Vidula Shinde and Sandeep
Bhonsle
Jennifer and Kyle Burkett
Patrick Chung and Matthew Burt
Mark and Kaitlyn DePristo
Grace and Kit Ellis
Dani and JP Ferri
Gizem Ozbay and Ahmet Burak Ozbay
Jackie and Rafik Ward
Jen and Rob Weedn
Jiena Li and Qi Zhong
Grade 3
Padmaja Mummaneni and Srujan Akula
Afreen Ali and Syed Arij
Grace Yu and Daniel Bernstein
Jasper Chan and Constance (Connie) Wang
Jennifer Burns and Nick Cizek
Danielle and Joel Conkling
Lori and Matthew Eichner
Alice Li and Gary Guo
Sanaz Hariri, MD
Sandra and Andy Huang
Ivonne and Leif King
Phil Lacroute and Salina Sung
Monique VanderMarck and Richard Long
Anna Quijano and Jonathan Jenkins
Sandesh and Sharmila Raikar
Sindhu Chandran and Ravi Mohanavelu
Chris and Jessy Rivest
Xianjing Cao and Yong Wang
Alexander Williams and Sheena Hung
Lauren Ralph and Erik Wolsheimer
Grade 4
Jennifer and Kyle Burkett
Antoine Colaco and Nicky Jackson Colaco
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THANK YOU 2021/2022 ANNUAL FUND DONORS! Your gifts enrich the daily lives of Trinity students!
Arzu Ozkan and Eric Evans
Niall and Ayaan Ferguson
Dani and JP Ferri
Tina and Patrick Fu
Reema and Haroon Khan
Thomas Lee and Jennie Kim
Mike and Vanessa Maffia
Gricel Huitron and Sergio Moreno
Amy Voedisch and Nader Mousavi
Sophie Boutelegier and Wim Sohier
Po Szeto and Kai Tse
Aitofi and Jack Ueligitone
Sandra Molina and Victor Vargas
Kate and Nathaniel Voorhies
Grade 5
Anthony and Christina Alvarado
Olivia Bryant and Stacey Ward
Emelie Cheung
Antoine Colaco and Nicky Jackson Colaco
Kristine and Paul Collins
Tiffany Griego-Crowe and Jed Crowe
Mark and Kaitlyn DePristo
Ana and Glen Ford
Marton and Christine Jojarth
Jennifer and Jim Kunihiro
Monique VanderMarck and Richard Long
Johanna and David Mahal
Lady Reyes
Prerana Sangani and Vivek
Shenoy
Po Szeto and Kai Tse
GRANDPARENTS
Anonymous
Dr. Julie Bryant
Donna and Robert Conkling
Jack and Kathy Crowe
Bob Griego
Azadeh and Farzam Hariri
Ernst Hirt
Young-Jae and Sook-Ja Kim
Bernard Lacroute
Ronni Lacroute
PARENTS OF ALUMNI
Christina and Konstantinos Alataris
Michelle Swenson and Stan Drobac
Suzanne and Raj Jain
Rebecca Lyman
Kathy and Edward Sweeney
Shelley Willig
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Christina Alataris
Matt Allio
Matthew Burt
Joel Conkling
Patrick Fu
Tiffany Griego
Phil Lacroute
Margaret Perrone
Jonathan Poe
Dan Spors
Kathy Hansen Sweeney
Michelle Swenson
Monique VanderMarck
Amy Voedisch
Robert Voyle
FACULTY AND STAFF
Ralph Ackermann
Amber Aguirre
Matt Allio
Anna Bykov
Brenda Cano
Xianjing Cao
Bim Cleland
Michelle Day
Stephanie De La Rocha
Amy Della Maggiora
Jasmine Eubanks
Ivy Gates
Heidi Gonzalez
Denise Jison
Yonas Kameda
Sue Krishna
Heather Maxwell
Alison McKee
Colette McWilliams
David Mutunga
Jenny Nakagawa
Krystin Neuenfeldt
Lesle Olmos Vera
Kristine Petermeier
Caitlin Polini
Anna Quijano
Linda Rutherford
Cody Schaffner
Rebecca Schoenstein
Ali Steele
Nathan Taylor
Kim Thacker
Palaniappan Thinnappan
Alex Williams
Emily Wong
FRIENDS
Rebecca Crowe
Tawnie Crowe
Kelly Griego
Matching Gift Companies
We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations for partnering with our donors to support Trinity School.
Abbott Labs
Amazon Smile Foundation
Apple eBay
Genentech Google
LabelDaddy
LinkedIn
Okta Oracle
Prudential
Roblox
Tibco Software
VMWare, Inc.
Wiliams-Sonoma, Inc.
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE CLASS OF 2022!
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CONGRATULATIONS to the class of 2022 and all their accomplishments, including excellent middle school placement, during this extraordinary year. The Grade 5 matriculation process at Trinity is a seminal experience for Grade 5 students—now celebrated as graduates. The results for our Grade 5 students are excellent, and they will proudly attend a wide range of middle schools for 2021–2022. The following list represents the accomplishments of Grade 5 students over their entire tenure at Trinity for 2021–2022. .
Our 2022 graduates are attending the following schools this year:
Woodside Priory School—5
Sacred Heart School—1
Hope Technology School—1
Los Altos Christian School—1
Waldorf School—1
St. Raymond—1
North Country School (boarding)—1
Hillview Middle School—1
Garfield School—1
Bayside Academy—1
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TRINITY SCHOOL 2650 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 THANK YOU 2021/2022 ANNUAL FUND DONORS! ANNUAL REPORT 2021/2022
