Supporting the Future of AOSR

For nearly 80 years, AOSR has been shaped by the students, families, alumni, faculty, and friends who believe in the school. Giving to AOSR is a way to honor that shared history and support the students who are part of our community today. Every gift helps strengthen student learning, campus life, creativity, and the spaces where students grow.

Our Current Giving Priority

As we approach our 80th anniversary in 2027, AOSR is raising €100,000 to support the development of a new Student Learning Hub.

This new space will support collaborative learning, visual art exhibitions, student innovation, and focused academic work for IB and AP students.

It will be a place where students work together, build ideas, create, research, prepare, and share their work with the wider community.

Why Your Gift Matters

Your support helps AOSR invest in the student experience.

A gift to AOSR supports:

• Student learning and academic growth
• Collaboration and creativity
• IB and AP student success
• Student leadership and innovation
• Spaces that bring the community together

Every donation, at every level, helps move AOSR forward.

A Message to Alumni

If AOSR shaped part of your story, this is your opportunity to support the students writing the next one. Whether you attended for one year or many, you remain part of the AOSR community. Your gift helps keep that connection alive and supports the next generation of students.

I consider donations a way to acknowledge & honor what AOSR has made possible for me by means of classroom experiences, field trips & personal encounters. The school shaped a personal platform that enabled my getting into Yale for graduate work. 2 other schoolmates of my time in Rome also got Ivy League PhDs. I’ll bet they have similar testimonies. 

John G, 1950's

I am now an 82-year old college professor in retirement where I can indulge retrospections of the elements that have shaped me over the years. Chief among these were the years spent at (A)OSR from 1952 to 1954. I made real friendships with many other students. The spirit of the place is still very much like that of OSR in the 50s. So, you see, at OSR seeds were planted whose fruits no one could have then predicted. But I'm most grateful for how they have continued to nourish and sustain me. I hope my account captures a sense of what OSR did for me.

John, 1952-1954

1993-1995 Middle School - Madame Levine's trip to Paris, Mrs. Camosso's science classes (jumping jellybeans!), when Joe DiMagio visited our school... the Greek theater...

Carmen LG, 2 Years at AOSR

2010 European championship with the boys soccer team. The spirit and cohesion of the boys and girls teams was top. The coaching staff and all the players are special people. A season / experience that is very dear to me and all of the players

Anthony DeNicola

We’ll never forget the sweetness and professionalism of Ms. Kristen and still resonate in my mind some very deep caring thinking about my son. And Jane Rumsby, love at first sight! Her innovative method , the passion for her job can’t be never forgotten

Ms.Rossetti, 2 Children at AOSR

Make a Gift

You may make a secure online donation by credit card or PayPal. You may also give by bank transfer, check, or cash.

Bank Transfer, Check or Cash

If you'd like to make a donation via bank transfer, check or by cash please contact [email protected] and we will send you the necessary information to make a transfer. Please specify if you wish to send from a US bank account or European bank account, we are able to provide the bank details of either a bank in the United States or that of an Italian bank.

U.S. Tax-Deductible Giving

American Overseas School of Rome, Inc. is recognized as a non-profit organization by the IRS under Section 501(c)(3). Donations made through the U.S. non-profit are tax-deductible for eligible U.S. taxpayers.

Help Us Reach €100,000 by December 31, 2027

As AOSR approaches its 80th anniversary, we invite you to make a gift and help support the future of student learning.

Related Stories

More Stories