On the agenda:

1. Financial Update (Denise)
2. Fundraising, who and how?
3. Revised budget and clarification (Kathy and Joyce)

Monthly board meetings are open. Parents and interested parties are welcome to attend.

Dear Supporters of St. Basil Academy

We are thankful to write to you with good news!  A local company, Northwest Wheat, has granted to St. Basil’s a generous donation, of up to $18,000.  The final amount is contingent on matching funds which we raise.  For however much St. Basil Academy can raise, up to $9,000, Northwest Wheat will match and double the donation, up to  $18,000.  A portion of the money raised is designated to be used for two student scholarships for families unable to afford the tuition.  This is an exciting opportunity for us as we are facing a year with unknown financial hardships.

If we successfully raise the $9,000, matched with the $18,000, our teachers will be able to receive a salary getting closer to what they deserve and our school can carry on more confidently as we look ahead not only to the coming year but to the years ahead.  Please consider this a timely opportunity to contribute to the ongoing success of St. Basil Academy.

Our students and families have benefited from and valued the education and environment St. Basil’s has provided.  We pray it will continue to flourish for the current and future students of St. Basil Academy.  Thank you for your ongoing prayers and support.

St Basil’s Academy of Classical Studies is looking forward to its third year of providing quality academics with an Orthodox Christian foundation to elementary and middle school age children. We are so thankful to begin this year in our permanent school building which has proven to be a great improvement over our previous rented space.

This year will also bring some staff changes as Headmaster Matthew Barnett will move to a non-teaching role. Katherine Thompson will be head teacher, and Sue Zwang will be the teacher’s aide.

In addition we are fortunate to have Elizabeth Philo teaching history for the younger students,Theodora Chantel helping with keyboarding and Phys.Ed., Jason Laiblin helping with Phys. Ed. and Matthew Harrington teaching Literature. As always, without our many other volunteers teaching art, music, science, supplementary history projects, lunch duty helpers, math tutors and cleaners, St Basil’s could not provide the education we do.

We are so grateful for the dedication and prayers of all of you in support of the children and staff of Saint Basil’s.