Immaculate High School In Danbury Kicks Off $4M Capital Campaign

DANBURY, CT — Friday night lights are coming to Immaculate High School in Danbury.

The game changing illumination is high on the list of facility, athletic field and infrastructure improvements to be enabled by a new and ambitious $4 million capital campaign.

Immaculate's Board isn't waiting for any checks to clear before digging into the upgrades. Work has already begun outside the building to improve the parking lot, and inside, where some windows have been replaced with more ecologically-friendly panes. A million dollars has already been pledged to the campaign before its official Oct. 1 launch, according to IHS marketing director Michael Macari.

As part of the $4M year-long campaign goal, the Mustangs will be creating the Robert E. Gerwien, Sr. Endowment Fund, named after a beloved former teacher and principal. The Gerwien scholarships will enable dozens of qualified students otherwise priced out of the school to enroll.

Tuition at Immaculate High School is $16,750, placing its cost $8,750 less than its Catholic high school peers and over $33,000 below the average area private high school. Currently, the school offers 48 percent of its families academic merit and financial scholarships and tuition aid, according to school president Mary Maloney.

"The Gerwien Scholarship will give students the opportunity to participate in a faith-based learning environment where opportunities are presented for each and every student to reach their full potential without the financial pressures that might have presented without," IHS principal Wendy Neil told Patch.

In 2022, Immaculate graduated 117 students from 23 towns in the Danbury area, 98 percent of whom were accepted at their first or second choices for college.