Thanks to everyone who donated to the Wish List. The generosity of our donors means we met the challenge, so the school received $30,000 in matching funds. Bell School programs received over $100,000 in funding!

Thanks again to those of families whose generous donations will help Bell School continue to provide our children an excellent education, despite CPS budget cuts. 

• 29% family participation
• 22 wishes in progress 
• 14 wishes fully funded!

We are truly grateful to all of the parents, staff and community members who helped make the Wish List campaign possible:

Wish List Team:

Co-chairs: Maggie Randolph & Grace Sawin

Committee: Jean Araujo, Amy Averbuch, Michelle Daut, Trisha DeMastri, Monica Drane, Maria Friedman, Val Hedge, Libby Harvey Hill, Julie Hobert, Judi Insley, Elizabeth Liebovitz, Anne Lokken, Leah Pawelko, Michele Robinson, Marnie Schwartz, Jan Stempel, Stacey Stern, Sandra Teran and Iris Waichler

Special thanks to Carol Lue for overseeing all of the data entry for the Wish List campaign and party RSVP’s and Jill Arena for the always exquisite design work and connecting all of our elements together.

Thanks to everyone who has donated to the Wish List, including the special group of parents whose extraordinary generosity created the challenge grant that doubled our donations.

We could not have connected our vision without the assistance of the Bell faculty and staff:

Thank you to Julie O’Sullivan, Kathy Caplis, Sharon Gierke and Maria Henger in the main office for their patience and cheerful attitude with the numerous tasks and requests they assisted with over the past several months.

Thank you to Alison Newberry for her hospitality, advice and assistance in the computer lab.

Special thanks to Bob Guercio, Sandra Caudill and Katie Miller for their constant support of Friends of Bell’s efforts to raise money for Bell programs and their unparalleled dedication and commitment to educating our children.