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Our Missionrule

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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