March 2026
Waverly Community Members,
Every year we have the opportunity to be in support of Waverly through many options. On the surface, the 2024-2025 annual report is a simple document reporting on the financial realities of the school. Look below the surface, and you can see the superorganism – the interdependent, socially organized group of individuals acting together as a single, unified entity – that is Waverly. Like the coral reefs and insect colonies more often associated with superorganisms, a school like Waverly is not able to survive long on its own. Parents, guardians, grandparents, teachers, staff members, alumni and their families, foundations, friends, businesses, and, most of all, students, occupy and support this thriving, evolving community through a deep commitment of thought, aspiration, professional skill, volunteerism, imagination, and, not least, philanthropy.
The importance of interconnection was and continues to be demonstrated by last year’s tragic Los Angeles fires. The Waverly community was called upon and responded with all the grace and care we hold as a community. In-kind and cash contributions were just two of a host of ways in which we have cared and are caring for the many members of our community affected by the fires. In addition to gifts to the Waverly Fund, this annual report acknowledges contributions made to the Waverly Disaster Relief Fund, which totaled more than $180,000.
The generosity of spirit and the commitment to our work reinforces and helps realize the goals that we have expressed and are actively pursuing in Waverly’s new strategic plan, Flight Plan 2030. Chief among our goals is strengthening our academic program and making sure that Waverly students are having experiences inside and outside the school that allow students to flourish and ensure our programs are transformative every day and year over year. In Year 1 of the plan, we are well on our way, with new learning and teaching tools, expanded student experiences, and new projects for students and teachers.
Another pillar of Flight Plan 2030, financing the future, was able to launch in 2025-2026 on a higher basis – Waverly Fund contributions reported in 2024-2025 (totaling $445,000 through gifts acknowledged on these pages) were 26% greater than the prior year and reflect expanded giving to the school as well as greater engagement from a broader range of participants. (This year’s Waverly Fund continues through June; contributions can be made here.)
We are deeply grateful for this effort and humbled by the work and your responsiveness to it.
In community,
Clarke Weatherspoon
Head of School
