Friends of BHSEC: Giving to Bard High School Early College

To maintain the small classes and support the excellent faculty that make the Bard High School Early College program so outstanding costs money—more than the New York City Department of Education provides.

The college text books, library, science labs, tutoring and college transfer services available to our early college students costs even more. Indeed, Bard College and Bard High School Early College need to raise almost $1.8 million annually—or $3000 per early college student—to accomplish our mission of equipping our broadly diverse but highly motivated students for upper level college work by the time they graduate.

Our model works—our students are highly engaged with their studies and find that they are “more than prepared” for the rigors of advanced college work. We ask that you engage with us as well by contributing today to help sustain this successful educational enterprise that is preparing the leaders of tomorrow. 50% of your contribution will be earmarked for an endowment established for the specific purpose of hiring adjunct college faculty for the early college program.

This year, because of the decrease in foundation giving to BHSEC, ALL donations from current parents to the Friends of BHSEC will go to pay for current operating expenses, including all adjunct faculty (who this year teach economics, psychology, Spanish, visual arts, ethics, and dance), as well as for college texts and other necessary needs.