The Schutz Connection!

By Ingy Fahmy and Moustafa Barakat


The Fundraising Committee is one of the many committees that we have here in Schutz run by the Board of Trustees. Justin Siberell, who is a parent of a first grader, is the head of the Fundraising Committee. Justin is really involved with all the school happenings and events. He attends the meetings of the Policy Committee and comes to school plays and other events. The Fundraising Committee cannot be run by anyone who is more interested and concerned about Schutz’s affairs. The goal of Fundraising Committee is to build a non-tuition established income, which means that the school shouldn’t gain its revenue only from the income of tuition paid by the families.

The 83rd staff met with Justin last week. He seemed to be very excited about school projects and eager to make a difference in this school. Justin is full of enthusiasm and passion to make Schutz a better place. We discussed his plans to establish this non-tuition income. One event held last year to accomplish this goal was the Gala Night. This event raised more than 127,357 Egyptian pounds and proved to be a great success and an immense step in achieving the goal.

Another achievement of the Committee is publishing “Connections” in the Spring of 2007. The name of the newsletter is pretty self-explanatory. The basic concept of this newsletter is to connect the new with the old.

“Connections” is a newsletter published for the Schutz alumni. The idea is to facilitate their continuous contact with the place where they spent a lot of their time and became very fond of.

Justin Siberell, the editor of “Connections”, explains, “We often say “Schutz is Family” and we want to see those family bonds strengthened across generations as well as time zones!”.

Lizzy Roland, a student from last year’s senior class, wrote about her experience in Schutz and what it feels like to be parting from the place where she grew up and considered as her place in the world.

“Connections” is published twice a year, once in the Fall and once in the Spring. Nine hundred copies of the first issue were sent out to alumni in the USA, Canada, Europe, and other countries around the world.

The Fundraising Committee also got in contact last year with the Schutz Alumni Association. The Committee asked the Association to send them their database in order to merge and share information. This effort aims at keeping accurate records about the Schutz alumni throughout the history of the school.

The Fundraising Committee meets once every month and welcomes anyone interested in attending. The Committee’s door is always open for any recommendations, suggestions, or ideas from any member of the Schutz family.