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“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving her (Ava,
pictured left) the chance to have an amazing education, and
for making it possible for Ava to be in a safe and loving
environment where she can thrive. I hope some day, the girls
you have helped will get to meet the both of you and you
can witness directly what you have helped make possible.”
– Kati Roth Johnson ‘91 (Class of 2024 parent – Ava Johnson)

Blind, because no one knew at the start We want Cor Jesu to be able to go to
just how big the number could grow. donors who have an interest in offsetting
inequity and say – look at this class!”
“We calculated a range of what we
thought it could be,” the donors Yes. Look at this class:
said. “And it did come out on the
higher end of that range.” 154 young women
representing 45 zip codes
But the fact that the tab was on the
higher side didn’t bother them. In and 66 sending schools,
fact, they found that to be exciting. 18 of them public. Eight
students from Illinois,
“Think about it,” they said. “As the
check got bigger – that means 31 daughters of alumnae,
the experiment worked!” and nearly 40 coming to

One stipulation on their gift was that Cor Jesu without knowing
it had to be anonymous, which goes anyone. But all 154 will
back to their own philosophy, “True graduate together as
giving is getting nothing in return, and
recognition is something in return.” Chargers, thanks to the
generosity of one family.
Though they do hope something more
does come of this “experiment.”
“Like any experiment, you see the results Katie Magee Thiemann ‘81 is actively
and see if, clinically, it’s been good or looking for donors who would like to
worth it. There’s a statistical difference contribute to a similar effort as the
between the Class of 2023 and 2024. Class of 2024 donors, for the next
That happened because more people incoming class, the Class of 2025. If
applied. So, we want this to be perpetual you are interested, please contact
through the community. We want others Katie at kthiemann@corjesu.org
to give so that this isn’t a one class thing. or call her at 314.300.6330.

“I am so excited to be “Your donation
part of a community really means a
that I know will lot in helping me
accept me with be able to go to
open arms. Thank the high school
you so much and of my dreams.”
Go Chargers!” – Anna Buehrig ‘24
– Lilly Martin ‘24

12 | FY 2019-20 DATES: JULY 1, 2019-JUNE 30, 2020