Our Mission
Investing in the future of Alachua County's students
is the primary mission of the Alachua County Public Schools Foundation,
a not-for-profit philanthropic organization comprised of community
leaders in partnership with our school system since 1986.
Letter From Our Director
Dear Friends,
Studies consistently show that a person’s earning potential is directly related to their education and training.
Many students thrive in the public school system and are able to pursue post-secondary schooling or training
on their own. There are, however, many students that need additional support in the form of mentoring,
tutoring and/or scholarships. That is where we come in. The primary goal of the Alachua County Public
Schools Foundation is to help the children we serve reach their full potential.
We want to share with you some of our achievements from the past year:
• We gave away more than $82,000 in classroom and school-wide grants to
help teachers and schools develop exciting and creative classroom projects
to increase student success.
• Twenty-five seventh grade students entered our Take Stock in Children
program, bringing our current enrollment of seventh through twelfth
graders to 130. We are proud to report that 109 students have successfully
completed the program and continued on to college or technical school.
• Senior Scholarships were awarded to115 graduating seniors continuing their education and training in
technical schools, community colleges and universities.
• Over 4,000 first and fourth graders participated in our Black Stallion Literacy Program.
• As part of Career Tech Teacher Trek, 25 eighth grade teachers and counselors toured Alachua County’s
thirteen Career Academy Magnet Programs.
• 112 dedicated teachers and staff members were rewarded with more than $34,000 in recognition awards
and staff development scholarships.
Our success rests in the hands of our community – individuals, businesses and foundations that recognize that
a strong community depends on every child having the opportunity to achieve success through education.
We couldn’t accomplish this without your support.
In addition to changing the lives of our students, we have recently undergone some changes within the
Foundation itself.
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Board
Members
Julie Todd, President
RBC Bank
Nona Jones, Vice President
GRU
Emilee MacDonald, Secretary
WIND WOGK
Ellen Gershow, Immediate Past President
Dell Graham, P.A.
Nicole Wagner , Interim Executive Director
Margaret Harris, Student Advocate
Rita Weichert, Finance Coordinator
Margaret Boonstra
Community Volunteer
W. Daniel Boyd, Jr. EdD
Alachua
County Public Schools
Chris Clore
Florida Credit
Union
Ryan Cooke
Wachovia
Jim Galloway
Community Volunteer
April Griffin
SBAC Board
Member
Jackie Johnson
Alachua
County
Public
Schools
Rick Nesbitt
Alta Systems
Donna Nicoll
Bank
of
America
April Schroeder
Marketing Mud
Andy Sherrard
O2b Kids
Debbie Sorgi
Home Magazine
Jon Visscher
Holloway Wealth Management
Emeritus Members
Scott Costello
Advantage Publishing
Jody Davis
Carr, Riggs and Ingram
Peg Nattress
Former
SBAC Board
Member
John Schroepfer
Community Volunteer
Melanie Shore
Mercantile Bank
Terry Van Norwick
Pro Ink
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