An Enchanted Evening: IDEALS 2025 Raises Over $825,000!

What a night! On Saturday, March 1, more than 300 members of our community gathered in the Nave and Gymnasium & Performance Center—both beautifully transformed into an enchanted garden—for a magical evening of food, drink, music, dancing, and, most importantly, fundraising. We are so grateful to our Co-Chairs, Elaine del Cerro and Julia Ghafouri, and  all of you who helped make the 50th Anniversary IDEALS Fund-A-Scholar an unforgettable success.

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s IDEALS raised more than $825,000. Proceeds from IDEALS make St. Patrick’s education accessible to a wide range of families and increase socioeconomic diversity at our school. A special thanks goes to our incredible Fund-A-Scholar Co-Chairs, Jess Bieligk, Johanna Howe, and Wendy Ma, whose dedication and thoughtfulness in leading this vital portion of the evening that contributed $435,000 to our total.

Access photos from the event here. If you were unable to join us at IDEALS and would still like to make a gift to Fund-A-Scholar, please click here or contact Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement, Adelaide Barrett.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the incredible Wolfhounds who made this Enchanted Garden a reality! The event’s success was truly a team effort led by the passionate IDEALS Task Force volunteers who contributed their time, creativity, and care to craft an extraordinary evening. They were joined by numerous parents, faculty, and staff, the Board of Trustees and its Advancement Committee, and the Parents Association, all of whom played a vital role in making this year’s IDEALS one for the record books.

Grateful Salute to Our IDEALS Sponsors

Our deepest thanks to our incredible sponsors! Your generosity is the foundation of our thriving IDEALS Garden, nurturing opportunities for students to flourish.

 Student Benefactor
Amazon

 Diamond Level
Wendy & Charles Ma, MADECity
Occasions Caterers

 Platinum Level
Friend Real Estate
Lyon Bakery
Anna & James Melvin
M-R Custom Homes, Shelli & Matt Rzepkowski

Gold Level
Delaplane Cellars

Silver Level
DBM
Duane King
Fourthline Capital Management
Freshfields
Premium Distributors
Reid Rodell
Shannon & Andrew Taylor, Taylor Law DC  
Spring Valley Gardening Services
Williams & Connolly
Zantzinger Build
 
DESIGN SPONSORS

 Diamond Level
Extraordinary Events
 
Silver Level
Design Foundry
Lee’s Flowers