What is the Country Day Fund?
LJCDS families are asked to make an annual gift to support the school’s top priorities, which allows leadership to address the school’s immediate needs. These funds bridge the delta between the operational costs and what tuition covers. The difference is $3,500 per student. CDF funds are allocated for the next academic year and therefore must be renewed yearly.
What is the impact of my CDF gift?
CDF dollars are greatest need dollars. As such, they are budget-relieving and therefore critical to executing LJCDS’ expert blend of traditional and progressive curriculum and instruction in the most timely and relevant way. This attribute of LJCDS’ financial model is shared by all independent schools.
In the truest sense of the word, greatest need gifts empower school leadership to be flexible in their decision-making. What these dollars fund can change from year to year. What does not change, however, is the process by which they are allocated. They flow into the school’s budgeting process to uplift all programs, benefiting every student from age three through Grade 12.