End of Year Appeal
Liberty is counting on significant contributions from the parent population over the next few years to sustain the school’s 2010-11 school-year expansion through a very unfavorable economic downturn.
In the latter months of 2009, Liberty asked all parents to make the school part of their year-end giving plans. The request was embraced by a very large number of households whose generosity helped make the first year of Liberty’s expansion possible.
Thanks to them, our high school is underway and we have added a third track at the elementary school.
Liberty will make another end-of-year appeal in 2010. The following letter from last year explains the need to ask parents to pitch in throughout the year.
Tuesday morning
Dear Parents and Friends of Liberty Common School,
Liberty Common School is proud to be at the top of student performance on a statewide basis in multiple grades and in multiple subjects. It’s a testament to hard-working teachers and support staff, efficient management, earnest students and engaged parents – all of us, working together in support of Liberty’s vision of high expectations.
Do you know what we’re up against?
Throughout America, too few public-school graduates are prepared for college. According to a recent ACT report, only about half of our nation’s ACT-tested high school graduates are ready for college-level reading. Even fewer are college-ready in math and science.
Our kids can and must do better – and at Liberty they will.
We’ve been concerned about these statistics for a long time and have vowed to do whatever it takes to ensure every Liberty student not only beats the national trends, but thrives in college and beyond regardless of an increasingly harsh economy.
Your continued partnership with the Liberty team is more crucial now than ever.
As you know, we’re expanding Liberty Common School. It’s part of the academic strategy to boost performance expectations for Liberty’s current students and for others who have been waiting to join us.
We’re adding more elementary classes – and we’re building a high school. Both schools will be the best in Colorado – just as our current program has become.
Taking on such a challenge is hard. Becoming better than “best” isn’t cheap and it isn’t simple. Complacency would be easier, but it wouldn’t be right for our kids – and it’s certainly not the Liberty way.
Expansion is crucial for Liberty’s long-term and short-term strength and stability. But in the immediate year, it will mightily stretch the school’s financial resources.
We’re nonetheless very optimistic about growing and simultaneously succeeding in our ongoing mission of academic excellence – because we know we’ve always been able to count on our parent population to pitch in when it really matters.
Liberty Common School’s generous parents have donated significant sums for other purposes in the past and we are most thankful. And we need another financial boost right now.
We’re now into the year-end giving season, and we’re counting on you to make Liberty Common School among your highest charitable priorities.
As per the Liberty Board of Directors’ policy about fundraising, we rarely formally solicit funds from parents. Whether your donation can be in the thousands or whether it can be $500, $250, $100, $50 or even $35, it really matters to the school right now.
Please be generous. Make out your check right now. Simply mail or drop it off at the front office and make it payable to Liberty Common School. Note “expansion fund” in the memo portion of your check. Your gift is fully tax deductible (Federal non-profit ID # 84-1404585).
Thank you for your continued support for Liberty Common School, for keeping our academic performance high and for helping make sure every Liberty graduate is fully prepared for college success.
Very truly yours,
Russ Spicer Bob Schaffer
Headmaster Project Manager
P.S. As you consider your year-end charitable giving, please make Liberty Common School’s expansion fund among your highest priorities. We really need it now. Your contribution now of whatever you can share – whether it’s thousands, $500, $250, $100, $50 or even $35 is tax deductible.
We can’t afford to be complacent. Contributing now will help us properly plan for school improvements earlier in the New Year. And remember, experts agree, the best financial hedge against a tough economy is an investment in your child’s education.
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