It is increasingly challenging for schools to attract and retain the best teachers, to provide excellent academic and extracurricular programs, and to equip and maintain state-of-the-art facilities. The school board and the administration are aware of the impact of rising costs on our families and their companies who support the school through tuition and fees. As an independent, non-profit school, school fees and fundraising are SAS's only sources of funding. Gifts help to offset the increases in school fees needed to provide the excellence in programming that is the hallmark of an SAS education.