Thank You for Supporting the Gala!

The 2025 IDEAL School of Manhattan Gala
February 25 • Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers

It was wonderful to see so many of our friends at the Gala on Tuesday evening. With over 350 people in attendance, we netted nearly $200,000 to support IDEAL. Thank you to the Gala Committee, led by Christine Mickletz; the Advancement Committee of IDEAL's Board of Trustees, led by Dan Kesten; the Board of Trustees, led by Jay Eisenhofer; and to all of the families, faculty and staff members, and IDEAL students who volunteered, prepared and practiced, donated auction packages, recruited performers, sold raffle tickets, brought friends, promoted the evening, and set up and broke down the venue, all to raise money to benefit our students and community. Thank you also to Alexa Arata, Maggie Conklin, Joe Kemp, and Ryan Zaccaro for serving on this year’s Gala Committee, and to all of the other members of the administrative and facilities team who worked to make this event a great evening for all.

Photos from the event are on IDEAL's Facebook page.

The 2024-25 Gala Committee
Christine Mickletz, Event Chair
Lucy Guinness, Grace Kaynor, Cate LaFarge Summers, Auction Committee
Larissa Regala, Matt Sloan, Michelle Smawley, Fernando Torres, Communications Committee
Yolanda Wyns, Parents Association President
Dan Kesten, Advancement Committee Chair
Janet Wolfe, Head of School
Alexa Arata, Margaret Conklin, Joseph Kemp, Ryan Zaccaro, Administrative Liaisons​​​​​

The 2024-25 Honorary Gala Committee
Jay Eisenhofer
Dan & Stacy Kesten
Michael & Melot Lorch
Mitch Rubin & Audra Zuckerman
Michelle Smith
Janet Wolfe