Tuition does not cover the full costs of educating your child and maintaining our entire campus, and it never has. Tuition dollars at all private schools only cover about 70% of the cost to educate each child and that is why schools around the world have annual funds yearly. EA is not an exception, historically we have received donations to help support our programs and our EAX program has also contributed.
Schools around the world have a yearly Annual Fund to raise money for things and programs that go beyond what is covered by tuition on their campuses. Some schools draw on large endowments, grants, government assistance, and others have healthy giving through fundraising to cover some of the difference.
The Excellence Annual Fund will be used to purchase fitness equipment for the Fitness Center in the Athletic Building (to be ready in the Fall of 2022) with top-of-the line equipment, benefitting ALL our children. The Fitness Center will also be open to us parents and alumni in the early mornings and evenings, so we will all be able to use our new fitness facilities.
Your donation will have a direct impact on your child as we will continue offering the best educational programs, co-curricular activities, and overall experiences that most other schools strive to do but often struggle to achieve without the support from their community.