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Class of 1969 Scholarship Fund

Lifelong Teacher. Lifelong Role Model.

The Class of 1969 Fund grew 6% during the last fiscal year thanks to donors who gave generously to benefit future students. This effort continues to support the needs of current and future Panthers.

The Class of 1969 Scholarship Fund was established in September 2020, with a gift made in loving memory of graduate Anthony Joseph “Tony” Scioly ’69. Seattle Prep played a key role in shaping Tony into the person he was, and the Scioly family wanted others to benefit from a Seattle Prep education in similar ways.

Tony’s interest in math was sparked by an influential Seattle Prep teacher, John Goodwin. Goodwin told Tony he was good at math and should pursue it, and this is exactly what Tony did. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science Degree, Master of Science, and PhD. before committing over 30 years of his life to educating students. Tony taught for 30 years as the head of chemistry at Sienna Heights University and spent 14 years chairing the Computing, Mathematics and Science department. When interviewed for Panther Tracks Magazine in 2013, Tony said of his role as a science educator: “I really have a chance to have an effect on my students. I remember the impact Mr. Goodwin had on me and I try to encourage my students in the same way.”

With current contributions to date, the Class of 1969 Endowment is 46% of the way to being fully funded. This is thanks in part to the Scioly family’s leadership gift made in 2020 and gifts from other classmates who helped kickstart this pay-it-forward endeavor.

Until it is fully funded at $50,000, interest generated from existing gifts to this fund will be recombined with interest from similarly sized endowments. Together, these interests are pooled and re-invested in the Seattle Prep Endowment, which provides approximately $2,000 in interest payments for need-based tuition assistance each year.

Seattle Prep challenges the Class of 1969 to reach full funding of their class endowment so that it generates interest of its own, providing tuition assistance to an additional Prep student. The more endowments that can independently generate interest means more families can attend Seattle Prep who need assistance. These investments represent the accessibility of Prep education to families who choose a Jesuit education for their student.

Seattle Prep invites the Class of 1969 to join the Scioly family in striving for full funding of the scholarship. Annual giving by several classmates to this fund will eventually provide students with the assistance needed to make a Seattle Prep education possible. Your support is significant in providing that formative experience which inspired Tony's loved ones to establish the Class of 1969 Endowment Fund.

 

 

Seattle Prep taught me to be accountable and responsible, and to help others. Service is not optional (for me). It’s an awareness of who is in need. Service is about focusing your lens on the broader world and not yourself.Anthony Scioly ’69