Frequently Asked Questions

A sit-down breakfast is served at tables of 8-10 people during the program. There is plenty of coffee beginning at 7:30 am when registration opens.

The GMS staff assigns seating prior to the event. When you purchase your ticket through the RSVP form, you may request to sit with specific people, your child’s grade, or alum class. Most seating requests can be accommodated.

Everyone! The Bennett Scholars Breakfast is a community-wide event. We encourage you to invite family members, friends, colleagues – anyone who supports empowering girls and celebrating women leaders. 

GMS students are invited to attend with their families. You can purchase them a ticket and provide their name on the RSVP form. We seat children at the same table as their parents unless you specify otherwise. If you would like to set up a parents’ table and a students’ table, let us know and we will arrange tables nearby each other. Please bring your child back to GMS after the breakfast. GMS begins the academic school day at 10:00 am.

There are faculty members at GMS the morning of March 19 for study hall from 7:45-10:00am. If you prefer, you can bring your daughter to GMS by 10:00 am to begin the academic school day.

Every year we invite sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to apply to be Ambassadors at the Bennett Scholars Breakfast. If chosen, ambassadors attend the breakfast (no ticket required) as volunteers. Ambassadors sit at a table supervised by GMS staff and help throughout the morning both on-stage and off. Students generally are only able to act as an Ambassador one year. If you have already purchased a ticket for your child and she is selected to be an Ambassador, we can refund the ticket. If your child is an Ambassador, you must bring her to the Crowne Plaza by 7:30 am or to GMS by 7:00 am to get the shuttle to the hotel. Ambassadors ride the GMS van shuttle back to GMS by 10:00 am to start school.

Individual tickets cost $150. Of that price, $100 is a donation to the Bennett Scholars Program. The other $50 covers the entire cost of the event. We encourage you to consider donating a ticket for faculty and Bennett Scholars and their families to attend when you purchase your own. Additionally, if you are able, please consider sponsoring the breakfast at one of our sponsorship levels:  Start-ups $2,500, Pioneers $5,000, Founders $7,500. Sponsorships come with a 10-seat table and raise crucial funds for the Bennett Scholars Program.

GMS raises approximately $1.3 million every year to fully fund this comprehensive scholarship program. This is in addition to the approximately $750,000 we raise every year through The GMS Fund in support of our annual operating budget. Whether you attend the breakfast or are unable to, please consider making a gift to the Bennett Scholars Program. Our families support the Bennett Scholars Program at gifts ranging in size from $25 to $200,000. Every gift makes a difference in the lives of our extraordinary girls.