Dear GWA Families,
Thanksgiving holiday week is upon us. I am grateful for many things: the opportunity to break bread in fellowship with family and friends, a successful fall semester, and a values-driven school family committed to building character, leadership and curiosity in students. Our teachers and coaches are invested fully in the growth and development of your children.
I hope you get a chance to watch the first video of our new Financial Roundtable series. In this eight-part series of short videos we will share over the next two months, our goal is to be transparent, to educate our families on the economics of GWA. Charitable support is essential to our great school. As the charts below demonstrate, 15% of our annual resources come from two sources: the Annual Loyalty Fund and the Georgia GOAL Tax Credit program. On the expense side, almost 70% of expenses support our faculty and staff. Why give to GWA? Because you believe in the adults who love and develop your children.
November and December are when the lion's share of charitable giving in our great country takes place. It's game time. Go Bulldogs! Year's end is the time to make a tangible and generous statement that you believe in GWA, by supporting both the ALF and Georgia GOAL.
Godspeed to you and your family for a blessed Thanksgiving.
John D. Marshall
Head of School
