Participation is Key!
Why Give to the
Alumni Annual Fund?
Now more than ever the Alumni Annual Fund is vitally important to your alma mater. In addition, increased giving and participation helps maintain an ever stronger Alumni Relations program. Your tax-deductible contributions improve the educational experience of future Alumni and provide the excellent educational programs and experiences to our students. Over the years, more and more Alumni contributions help keep us competitive and even more successful than our crosstown rivals.
You can give by with an online gift or contact Valerie Blattner, Coordinator of Alumni Relations at (305) 969-4285. Your support of the school is truly appreciated on or before the end of our fiscal year, June 30th. We hope we can count on your participation.
March Madness
Alumni Giving Challenge
Each decade of Palmer Trinity grads is a "team", and during the NCAA tournament they are competing against each other in a three-week March Madness Alumni Giving Challenge. There is also a "top ten" leaderboard to track the individual grad years who have accumulated the most points. Points are awarded for various reasons, which are outlined below.
Many Alumni choose to donate in honor of their favorite teacher/coach, and every donation goes right back to the very programs that make PTS so special. Champions will be crowned on the Tuesday after the Final Four. So please consider supporting Palmer Trinity and help lead your graduating class to a March Madness victory!
How can I help spread the word?
If you would like to help spread the word about the importance of the Alumni Annual Fund at Palmer Trinity School, you can become a volunteer and help with phone calls to your peers during phone-a-thons or you can become an Alumni Annual Fund Ambassador and join a group of enthusiastic Alumni who want to make a difference. Either way, your help is key in continuing to keep our school competitive with other local schools when it come to giving participation.
Your Annual Fund Dollars at Work
Palmer Trinity School’s Annual Fund dollars support an incredible range of programs and projects for our community, including these and many more:
- Increased our professional development budget, and continue to support competitive faculty salaries.
- Supported The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (C.E.L.T), which aspires to promote a faculty culture of life-long learning and a dedication to enhancing our teaching practices.
- Bolstered the budget for each of the academic departments, as well as the arts and athletics.
- Assisted with the funding for need-based financial aid for deserving students.
- Expansion of the IB Program.
- Complete renovation of the gymnasium lobby, as well as installing impact resistant doors around the entire gymnasium.
- Created a new, dynamic website platform that better reflects the Palmer Trinity experience and enhances communication with our community.
- Integrated a new school-wide database system that simplifies access and improves service for students, parents, and faculty.
- Complete renovation to both the Main and Private Dining Room, providing inviting spaces where students, faculty, and guests come together daily.
- Invested in AI professional development, establishing Palmer Trinity as a leader in the AI education space.
- Installed an 18-hole putting green and a 4,000 sq. ft. synthetic turf training area behind Building 8, which is supporting skill development and outdoor recreation.
- Added a new custom awning over the grandstands in Montana field, improving the spectator experience during events and games.
- State of the Art LED Lights for the performing arts program.
