Dear Friends,
The full extent of the hardships created by the coronavirus pandemic are still unknown. What we do know is that this national crisis has hit hard close to home. It has created hardships for many of our families and disrupted the lives of each one of our students, their families and our teachers. It is true we are in this together, yet it is equally true that each of us is impacted on a deeply personal level.
In the midst of these challenging times, the Diocese of Bridgeport teachers continue to educate and our students continue to learn. We have much to be grateful for, especially the unanticipated but exceedingly beneficial readiness for the unexpected. Thanks to the fortuitous timing of Paula and Tom McInerney’s funding of the Transforming the Paradigm of Catholic Education (TPCE) initiative, we are ready. Coupled with the leadership of our Superintendent Dr. Steven Cheeseman and the implementation by his team, principals and teachers, this Diocesan initiative provided our schools the resources and training to successfully implement distance learning.
Al Barnicle, the Coordinator of Personalized Learning shared, “
As I am connecting with colleagues from Notre Dame University, NCEA, and other Dioceses, it is apparent that we are in a better position than most and that has a lot to do with TPCE and support
from Foundations in Education donors.”
A harsh reality is that we have been forced to postpone our annual gala, an event that raises $1,000,000 each year to support Foundations in Education and most especially the 1,400 students receiving Bishop's Scholarship Fund tuition assistance. In the absence of this relied upon revenue, we shall be reaching out over the coming weeks in an effort to raise funds so we may meet our commitment to our students and schools.
We need your help
in assuring tuition assistance is available especially for those hardest hit by the economic turmoil and in need of
emergency tuition assistance
.
If you are in a position to give, please do so today that we may continue to support our students, their families and our teachers. Most importantly we wish to see their Catholic education continue to provide stability in an otherwise uncertain time. Click
here
to give now.
Respectfully,
