Dear Waverly Community Members, 

As a parent of two long-time Waverly students, Aaron ’29 and Riley ’28, I have had the pleasure of seeing the growth and development offered by Waverly’s unique brand of progressive education, one rooted in helping to build students’ curiosity, resourcefulness, confidence, and, important to these times, understanding of and commitment to social justice. This last is key. As alumnus George Doehne ’18 wrote, Waverly “ . . . builds better people by teaching them that it pays to be part of a community instead of an institution, and that relationships built on trust – student-to-student and student-to-teacher – are stronger than those built on authority.” 

Waverly is a place, a community, you can be proud to support, whether with your dollars, your gifts of time, or simply with your goodwill. In truth, all three are needed for Waverly to succeed as a school and as a community that helps guide and support good, resilient young people as they enter and contribute to a better world. 

Betterment also applies to us and close to home. If you haven’t yet, please take a look at Flight Plan 2030, our school’s roadmap for sustainability and improvement for the next five years. Your support of the Waverly Fund is fundamental to accomplishing the plan, as your gifts go toward making our budget whole, bridging the gap between tuition and the true cost of a Waverly education. Contributions to the Waverly Fund allow our class sizes to remain small, our exceptional teachers to be paid competitively, and the community as a whole to be served by a socio-economically diverse community made possible by a higher-than-average flexible tuition program.  

This annual report recognizes contributions made in the prior fiscal year (2024-2025). The current Waverly Fund campaign continues through the end of this school year, so there is still time to support this important cause. Please make a gift here if you have not yet contributed. It is needed and will be deeply appreciated. 

Also acknowledged here are the community members and their many friends and family members who responded quickly and generously to support Waverly’s Disaster Relief Fund and the Waverly families affected by the disastrous Los Angeles fires in January 2025. Many more Waverly community members responded with donations of food, clothing, water, household items, and medical supplies.

As Chair of the Board of Trustees, I am honored to help guide Waverly’s current and future path. Your support and care, in all forms, sustain our school and allow the children served to flourish. I hope you will take a moment to reflect on the families, faculty, and staff who make up this vibrant community and how well you have helped to support them. Thank you, on behalf of the Board. We recognize that the school’s achievements would have been impossible without your ongoing participation and generous financial support.

Serita Young
Chair, Board of Trustees