Framing Our Future

Convent of the Sacred Heart Today Our School is measured in extraordinary successes:

– An enrollment of more than 700 girls – International network of schools for exchange – Superior academics from preschool through Upper School – Commitment to the Goals and Criteria – 13 different sports offered – 2011 acquisition of the 118-acre campus – 6:1 student to faculty ratio.

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Your Daughter Can Go Anywhere Class of 2013 Acceptances The University of Alabama American University The American University of Paris Babson College Barnard College Baylor University Bentley University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University University of California at Berkeley University of California at Los Angeles The Catholic University of America Chapman University College of Charleston University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Clemson University Colby College Colgate University University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College Columbia University Concordia College, Bronxville Connecticut College University of Connecticut Cornell University University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver

Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emerson College Fairfield University Fordham University The George Washington University Georgetown University Gettysburg College Goucher College Hamilton College High Point University Hobart and William Smith College College of the Holy Cross Howard University The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Illinois Wesleyan University Indiana University at Bloomington Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola University of Chicago Loyola University of Maryland Marquette University University of Mary Washington University of Maryland, College Park Marymount Manhattan College McGill University Miami University, Oxford

University of Miami Michigan State University University of Michigan Middlebury College University of Mississippi Montana State University, Bozeman Muhlenberg College University of New Hampshire New York University The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Northeastern University Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Oklahoma City University The University of Oklahoma Pennsylvania State University, University Park University of Pennsylvania Pitzer College Providence College Quinnipiac University Rice University University of Richmond Roanoke College Roger Williams University Rollins College Saint Joseph’s University Saint Michael’s College Salve Regina University The University of San Diego

Santa Clara University The University of Scranton Skidmore College Smith College University of Southern California Southern Methodist University University of St. Andrews, Scotland St. Lawrence University Stanford University State University of New York at Albany Syracuse University Temple University Texas Christian University Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University Union College United World College of the Atlantic Vanderbilt University University of Vermont Villanova University University of Virginia Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wheaton College, IL Wheaton College, MA College of William and Mary University of Wisconsin, Madison Yale University

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Our Academic Innovations •

Cold Spring Harbor DNA Center charter membership, studying the fundamentals of DNA

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One of only 40 schools in the entire country, within the preschool to grade 12 level, to utilize a Humanoid NAO Robot

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First preschool to grade 12 institution in the region to purchase the Backbone Media Table

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Comprehensive World Language program, offering students from prekindergarten to grade 12 Spanish, French, Chinese, and Arabic (9 – 12)

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The David J. Bloom Broadcast Suite provides exposure to the vast field of broadcast journalism.

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Awards & Accolades •

17 National Merit Scholarship Commended Students

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4 Intel research report winners for well-written, college-level research and 5 Scholastic Award Winners

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20 Seniors participating in college-level research projects; THINK Award (CT First Tech Challenge Championship) recipient

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“Greenwich Magazine” photo competition 1st Prize

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“Voices” receives Columbia Press Association Gold Medal

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Acceptance into Yale University “Discovery to Cure” summer internship

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Presidential Scholar at the University of Notre Dame; “Westchester’s Best and Brightest Business Mind.”

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Girls, Studies, & Their Sports • 13 sports: basketball, crew, cross county, diving, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, volleyball • 54 teams, 779 athletes, 106 coaching positions, 507 competitions • 24 championships in 6 years • 8 National Letter of Intent recipients • 5 Recruited Division I Athletes • 39 alumnae currently playing college athletics at 27 Division I & III institutions in 11 sports • Studies prove the point that academic success and athletics are intimately connected. We owe it to our girls to give them the best of both.

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After Years of Planning • “Shaping Our Future” - 2011 Strategic Plan - This campaign is rooted in the vision of our strategic plan • Desire to frame a vibrant culture of philanthropy, as well as strengthen our mission • Opportunity to renew our campus community from parents to alumnae • Last major campaign in 2002 built the Library/Media Center and Middle School.

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Framing Our Future: Campaign Objectives Athletic Complex

$20,500,000

Expanded Dining Room

$ 2,800,000

Campus Commons

$ 2,200,000

Campaign Total

$25.5 million

Note that these include all soft costs as well as construction and furniture, fixtures and equipment.

“Framing our Future, Today, Tomorrow, Forever” - Building on the success on this phase of the campaign, “Today,” in our next phase, “Tomorrow,” we would like to recover the $9 million-purchase of the campus from the Society of the Sacred Heart, and the “Forever” phase would grow our endowment.

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A Place for Excellence: New Athletic Complex (20,770 sq. ft. total new space) • • •

Additional Basketball Courts (2) Squash Courts (6) Weight/Fitness Room, Dance Studio, Classroom and Training Room

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Separate Upper School, Middle School, Visitors, and Faculty Locker Rooms New Sound System and Air Conditioning Administrative Offices

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New Athletic Complex Benefits • Accommodates the demands of the School’s physical education program • Enriches the competitive experience for studentathletes • Brings squash to our campus • Provides space for allschool Masses and assemblies.

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A Place for Socializing and Relaxation: Expanded Dining Room • •

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331 seats total (exterior and interior) as compared to 212 today New food service line, salad bar and drink service area in the Student Dining Room Expanded dishwashing area New masonry fireplace and exterior terrace Expanded air conditioning

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Expanded Dining Room Benefits • Comfortable seating area around a hearth will allow for optimal scheduling of the academic day • Intimate sense of community, while providing more space to encourage nutritious meals and healthy eating habits • This attractive space, both inside and out, will create an enjoyable setting at this most social time of the day for our girls and young women.

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Outdoor Commons Area

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Commons Area Benefits • Improved safety of our students with current roads and parking lots relocated • Playgrounds relocated from the periphery to this central space • Amphitheater to more fully utilize our grounds and foster a greater sense of peace and community • Expanded parking for 50 additional cars.

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Campus Site Plan with Traffic Flow

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Fly-Through

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Today’s Opportunity • Raising $25.5 million through a transformational building campaign • Urgency of achieving $20 million in pledges by January 2014 • Importance of payments on a three-year schedule.

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Success Depends on Each of Us • Trustee Giving – A sign of commitment with 100% participation • Parents – Reinforcing the value of a Sacred Heart education • Alumnae – Paying forward and paying back the benefits of the Sacred Heart experience.

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Your Participation Is the Key We ask that each Sacred Heart family member consider a personally challenging and transformational gift that will lead us to a quick and successful result for our girls of today and those of tomorrow.

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Our Campaign Team Co-Chairs Neil Augustine P’22 Doug Mellert P’14, P’20 Committee Members Michael Baber Frank Carroll P’15, P’17 Tim and Johna Clear, 91st St. ’91 P’25, P’28 Lisa Fallon ’89, P’22 Tom Hamilton P’19, P’22 Pamela Juan Hayes ’64

Kim Huchro P’ 11, P’14 Dolly Mayer P’22 Mandy Murphy ’85, P’17, P’23 Paula Tennyson, Newton College ’75 Jim Thomas P’14, P’16 Cynthia van Eck P’26

Honorary Alumnae Chair Ann Mara PP’73, PP’79, PP’80, PP’82, PP’85, PP’89, PP’91, GP’01, GP’02, GP’08, GP’09, GP’11, GP’11, GP’17

Alumnae Co-Chairs Mandy Dawson Murphy ’85 P’17, P’23

Lisa Burke Fallon ’89, P’22

Alumnae Committee Members Cathleen Mendelson Daly ’85 Beth Coakley Dolce ’62 Margaret Feeney ’00 Lauren Clark Kenny ’82, PP’13

Susan Mara McDonnell ’73, PP’09 Elissa Forstmann Moran ’66 Mary Vouté Sutherland ’85, P’16 Maggie Heffernan Trimble ’83, PP’11

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