The Hawthorn School Inc

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b - the hawthorn school trustees and board of directors are provided with the complete form 990 and related schedules for review and approval via email.”

“Officers, trustees, and directors are required annually to disclose interests that could give rise to conflicts. Due to the relatively small current membership, conflicts are self disclosed and confirmed by trustee members via the quarterly meetings.”

“The search for a head of school included a review of comparable compensation figures for similar roles from non-profit preparatory schools public tax documents. The trustees considered the qualifications, skills, and experience of dr. Mccleary in relation to the profiles of other heads of school in the new york metro-area, and bench marked his compensation to those amounts. The trustees also consulted with legal counsel to finalize an employment contract.”

“The hawthorn school governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request to any administrator of the hawthorn school.”

“The mission of the hawthorn school is to assist parents in the holistic education of their children so that they become daring men and women who imbue society with virtue and an optimistic attitude towards life's challenges.”

“Form 990, part vi, section a, line 2 - in his capacity as a cpa, mr. Finnegan provides limited accounting and tax advisory services to mr. Perez-benzo and his related business entities.”

“In 2024, hawthorn's enrollment grew to 100 students. The school continued to realize its mission by forming boys and girls into virtuous, hard- working, and daring young men and women who promise to imbue society with virtue. Also in 2024, we opened a montessori primary classroom, which boasted a waitlist at the end of just its first academic year. The school's faculty grew to over twenty educators, including: an association montessori international casa dei bambini certified preschool lead teacher; a juilliard- and princeton-trained music specialist; an alumna of the prestigious savannah college of art & design to teach studio art; and an economist with an mba from boston college with a penchant for art history. The academic offerings expanded to include, for the first time, preschool, a ninth grade class for boys, and spanish for early elementary students. Clubs grew to include soccer, chess, computer programming, tennis, rugby, basketball, crafts, math, cross country, and chorus. The school took trips to: keeler tavern museum; the bruce museum; the stamford courthouse; brewster ice arena; the bedford courthouse & museum, and more. Hawthorn grew in its community connections, with the successful formation of an active parent-school association known as the hawthorn parents guild.”