Endowed and Designated Gifts Endowed funds are established through major gifts to provide long-term resources for students, faculty, and programming. When a gift is made to the endowment, the principal gift is never spent and is instead invested, enabling the gift to generate income in perpetuity. Donors have created restricted endowment funds at RCS to support some of the following priorities.
NINTH GRADE PARENTS GIFT FUND This fund was established by the Class of 2005 to support new learning opportunities for ninth graders while fostering an appreciation and continued love of learning at RCS. MASTER TEACHING FUND This fund is an initiative created by the Alumni Association Board to recognize faculty and staff at their milestone years of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and beyond for their service to the community. This grant was set up to encourage the pursuit of interests and invite fresh insights back into our school. THE STARR FOUNDATION This designated gift was established in 1998 to help ensure that RCS is more accessible to families with financial needs - especially children who otherwise would not be able to afford an RCS education. THE STEPHEN SANGER MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND This fund was established by the family in honor of Stephen Sanger '60, who died at the age of 19 serving his country in the Vietnam War. In his honor, his brother Alexander '61 worked together with his family and RCS in the fall of 2012 to establish a lecture program. Through the generosity of the Sanger family, one of the school's Foundations of Education Series (FES) lectures bears the Stephen Sanger name each year. The purpose of the FES lectures is to invite outside experts to speak with members of our community about parenting, child development, and lifelong learning.
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Lower School Psychologist Emily Gifford, Vanessa Kroll Bennett, Upper School Counselor Holly O'Neil l M - elville, and Alexander Sanger '60 at our spring FES discussion on conversations around puberty.