Thank You for Another Record-Breaking Year

“In my first year at Roxbury Latin, I have witnessed many wonderful things, and among those is the unparalleled generosity of this community,” Head of School Sam Schaffer wrote in an email to the RL community on July 22. His message was an expression of gratitude, thanking this past year’s donors for the more than $4,900,000 given in support of the Annual Fund in 2024-2025, setting a new fundraising record. The Annual Fund achieved 99% parent participation, 100% faculty participation, and over 50% alumni participation. The funds raised will continue to help cover the $32,240 gap between tuition and the cost of educating each boy, and will allow RL to continue to charge roughly $22,000 less per boy than other Boston-area schools. Ultimately, this support allows RL to democratically assemble the most capable, bright, aspiring group of boys, regardless of their families’ means, and to bring together and support the most talented, dedicated group of teachers to know and love those boys. “You may rest assured that we pass along this commitment to our current boys, who know that ‘from those to whom much is given, much is expected,’” Dr. Schaffer noted. “They, too, I am sure, will heed this call in the future.”