Annual Fund
In 1925, the Adrian Dominican Sisters stepped forward to fill a need in this community for a school steeped in spiritual values, strong academics and extracurricular activities. Their personal conviction and their financial commitment to an ideal produced what we value today as Rosarian Academy.
l Every student, every day, benefits from this heritage
l Every student, every day, benefits from the continued goodwill and annual financial support of hundreds of Rosarian's parents, past-parents, grandparents, friends and alumni through gifts to the Annual Fund.
Why is there an Annual Fund?
Gifts to the Annual Fund are spent during the school year to meet annual operating needs.
All independent schools rely on funds produced by annual giving programs to help close the budget gap between tuition income and the true cost of operating the school each year.
Tuition and fees alone do not cover the full cost of a Rosarian Academy education and every year, approximately $1,200 of the total cost of educating each RA student comes from the Annual Fund , and other financial gifts to the Academy.
How does every student benefit every day?
Monies contributed to Rosarian through the Annual Fund provide the extra dimension to an independent school education that is so meaningful to students and their families. These funds affect all students and every inch of our campus - classroom equipment, the library acquisitions, faculty support, labs, technology, athletics, arts...and much much more.
Why should I give to the Annual Fund?
l Because every Rosarian Academy student deserves the
best available education.
l Because we all benefit from educated children.
l Because the total cost of providing a student with an RA
education is considerably greater than the amount
families actually pay - and it should stay that way.
l Because tuition increases should not be the only way for
Rosarian to meet rising costs.
l Because your gift will combine with hundreds of others
to make a real difference.
l Because your gift can help make a great school,
even better.
l Because there is a tradition that each succeeding
generation turns around and helps the one behind it.
You benefited from that tradition, perhaps without even
knowing it, now it is your turn.
Making a Gift to the Annual Fund
Every gift makes a difference! Unless requested otherwise, each person who contributes to the Annual Fund will be recognized in the Academy's Annual Report.
Contributions to the Annual Fund can be made by:
l Delivering your "Pledge Card" to your student's teacher
or Rosarian's Development Office
l Calling in a credit card gift to
561-832-5131 ext. 239
l Sending a check to The Annual Fund, Development
Office, Rosarian Academy, 807 N. Flagler Drive, West
Palm Beach, Fl 33401-3799
For further information, please contact Peg Martorella, Director of Development, at561-832-5131 ext 240 or peg@rosarian.org. To make a gift to the Annual Fund, please visit our online giving page.
What's the difference between the Annual Fund
& the Capital Campaign?
Annual Fund helps us GO. 
Capital Fund helps us GROW. 
The Annual Fund makes it possible for our children to benefit from advanced and updated technology, continuous upgrading of our Media Center resources, enrichment of our excellent curriculum with timely programs, upkeep and improvement of our facilities and so much more. Simply put, the Annual Fund keeps our outstanding school thriving!
The Capitol Campaign (R.A.C.E.) builds, remodels and renovates the Rosarian Campus. The land purchase and building of the Pre-Kindergarten classrooms IS the Capitol Campaign. The fourth floor of the Mary Alice Fortin Building IS the Capitol Campaign. The Picotte Center for Athletics and Fine Arts IS the Capitol Campaign. Simply put, the Capitol Campaign keeps our outstanding school growing!
