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www.spencerschoolfoundation.com 2012 Spring Newsletter Grow Where You Go Project (p. 6) IN THIS NEWSLETTER: Foundation awards $48,000 in scholarships to 73 SHS seniors The Spencer Community School Foundation was proud to present $48,000 in scholarships to 73 deserving seniors on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Since 2000, $581,000 has been awarded to more than 726 students due to generous benefac- tors as well as annual contributions from those choosing to make a dif- ference for students, the school and our community as a whole. It was a great honor to have several benefactors and/or family members attending the event to share their stories and reasoning as to why their scholarships were es- tablished. Benefactors Lorraine Conley, Ruth Ann Whittenburg and Nate Schmidt, Kathy Ellis Penkert, and Mark & Becky Schmid were all present to award the selected re- cipients their scholarships as well as personally connecting with the students and parents. This year the Thayer Family generously increased their schol- arship to $10,000, the family of Thomas A. Conley increased the memorial scholarship in his name to $500, and the estate of Michael E. Tangney, a 1955 SHS graduate and standout track athlete, estab- lished a $500 dollar scholarship in his memory. Prior to the presentation of scholarships, Dick Montgomery, President of the Foundation, pro- vided the welcome followed by a reflection from Jason Salton, a 2005 SHS graduate, and a remem- brance from Jayden Naber, the 2011 Thayer Scholarship recipient and SHS graduate. With the costs of college sky- rocketing, more SHS students will be able to pursue post-secondary education because of these schol- arships funded by your generous gifts to the Foundation. We hope you can “see” the joy that your gifts brought to the recipi- ents in the photos on the following two pages. (Continued on page 2) Your gifts provided so much this year . . . Imagine the squeals of delight from Spencer Community School 2nd graders as they interacted with hissing cockroaches from Madagas- car and other exotic insects from around the world, or the challenge of planning an international space community at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with other high school students in the U.S. Your generosity also funded Anita Chen’s violin and piano con- certs and workshops given to all elementary students, and a trip to the Grotto in West Bend, Iowa, for all first graders. Junior U.S. history and literature students were able to spend a day at Lakeside Lab inter- acting with Bruce Hopkins, writer and historian, and all freshman stu- dents attended the Shakespeare on the Lake interdisciplinary unit. Six students will be attending academ- ic or leadership camps at UNI and U of I. See pictures of these and other Foundation-funded projects in this newsletter. Jason Salton, 2005 SHS gradu- ate, was keynote speaker for the 2012 Scholarship Award Ceremony. 2nd grade students examine a Madagascar hissing cockroach from the ISU Insect Zoo. Scholarship Award Ceremony Photos (p. 2–3) Tiger Pa’s Foundation Fun Night (p. 5) NASA Space Station Project (p. 5)
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An 8-page mailer for the Spencer Community School Foundation.
Transcript of 2012 Spring Newsletter
www.spencerschoolfoundation.com 2012 Spring Newsletter
Grow Where You Go Project (p. 6)
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
Foundation awards $48,000 in scholarships to 73 SHS seniors The Spencer Community School Foundation was proud to present $48,000 in scholarships to 73 deserving seniors on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Since 2000, $581,000 has been awarded to more than 726 students due to generous benefac-tors as well as annual contributions from those choosing to make a dif-ference for students, the school and our community as a whole. It was a great honor to have several benefactors and/or family members attending the event to share their stories and reasoning as to why their scholarships were es-tablished. Benefactors Lorraine Conley, Ruth Ann Whittenburg and Nate Schmidt, Kathy Ellis Penkert, and Mark & Becky Schmid were all present to award the selected re-cipients their scholarships as well as personally connecting with the
students and parents. This year the Thayer Family generously increased their schol-arship to $10,000, the family of Thomas A. Conley increased the
memorial scholarship in his name to $500, and the estate of Michael E. Tangney, a 1955 SHS graduate and standout track athlete, estab-lished a $500 dollar scholarship in his memory. Prior to the presentation of scholarships, Dick Montgomery, President of the Foundation, pro-vided the welcome followed by a reflection from Jason Salton, a 2005 SHS graduate, and a remem-brance from Jayden Naber, the 2011 Thayer Scholarship recipient and SHS graduate. With the costs of college sky-rocketing, more SHS students will be able to pursue post-secondary education because of these schol-arships funded by your generous gifts to the Foundation. We hope you can “see” the joy that your gifts brought to the recipi-ents in the photos on the following two pages. (Continued on page 2)
Your gifts provided so much this year . . . Imagine the squeals of delight from Spencer Community School 2nd graders as they interacted with hissing cockroaches from Madagas-car and other exotic insects from around the world, or the challenge of planning an international space community at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, with other high school students in the U.S. Your generosity also funded Anita Chen’s violin and piano con-certs and workshops given to all
elementary students, and a trip to the Grotto in West Bend, Iowa, for all first graders. Junior U.S. history and literature students were able to spend a day at Lakeside Lab inter-acting with Bruce Hopkins, writer and historian, and all freshman stu-dents attended the Shakespeare on the Lake interdisciplinary unit. Six students will be attending academ-ic or leadership camps at UNI and U of I. See pictures of these and other Foundation-funded projects in this newsletter.
Jason Salton, 2005 SHS gradu-ate, was keynote speaker for the 2012 Scholarship Award Ceremony.
2nd grade students examine a Madagascar hissing cockroach from the ISU Insect Zoo.
Scholarship Award Ceremony Photos (p. 2–3)
Tiger Pa’s Foundation Fun Night (p. 5)
NASA Space Station Project (p. 5)
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2012 scholarship awards (continued from page 1)The following scholarships were presented to seniors on March 25:
• The Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships
• Anna H. Schmid Memorial Scholarships
• Adolph & Esther Vestergaard Scholarships
• Howard & Velma Gannon Memorial Scholarships
• Kenneth Randall Memorial Scholarships
• Alisa Schwarz White Memorial Scholarship
• David Wagner Memorial Scholarship
• Ellis Family Scholarship
• Agnes Goeke Memorial Scholarships
• Thayer Family Scholarship
• Michael E. Tangney Memorial Scholarship
• Ron Meyer Memorial Scholarship
• Milton O. Warner Scholarships
• Dvergsten Memorial Scholarships
• Gilbert & Lillian Pullen Scholarship
• Frank & Nelda Thomas Scholarships
• Hazel Barringer Hoeppner Scholarships
• Thomas A. Conley Memorial Scholarship
• Yvonne Randall Memorial Scholarships
• Sharon Howe Hitchcock Memorial Scholarship
• Charles T. & Ruth Ann Whittenburg Family Scholarships
For more 2012 Scholarship Award Ceremony pictures, visit: facebook.com/SpencerSchoolFoundation
I am so excited to receive this scholarship! Th is community really helps students. I am grateful that so many people give the Foundation mon ey to be used for scholarships.” — SHS Senior 2012“
Thayer Family Scholarship 2012 recipient Ann Magnuson
with Jayden Naber, 2011 recipient
2012 Spencer Community School Foundation Scholarship Recipients (too many to fit in one photo!)
Scholarship ceremony photos provided by Chris Baker, f8focus.com
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I am so excited to receive this scholarship! Th is community really helps students. I am grateful that so many people give the Foundation mon ey to be used for scholarships.” — SHS Senior 2012
Ellis Family Memorial Scholarship recipient
Kyle Winterboer with Kathy Ellis Penkert
Miles Fletcher, Thomas A. Conley Memorial Scholarship recipient, with Lorraine Conley
The Charles T. and Ruth Ann Whittenburg Scholarship recipients: (L to R) Charles Rettey, Ruth Ann Whittenburg, Max Rasmussen, Jenessa Helm, and Nate Schmidt (grandson-in-law of Charles and Ruth Ann Whittenburg)
The Anna Schmid Memorial Scholarship recipients: (L to R) Brayden
Hawley, Alyssa Simpson, Mark and Becky Schmid, and Maddie Gould
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We are so grateful for our donors! Thanks for enhancing and enriching the education of Spencer students this year.
Acre CompanyAgriland, Inc.Chris & Stephanie AndersonAnderson-Erickson DairyAvera Spencer Family CareBarbara Avery MemorialBasin Electric Power CooperativeRon & Marlyce BauermeisterBarb BeschBjornstad’s Advanced ComfortBarbara BloomMary Ann BohnenkampSteve & Marti K. BomgaarsPat BrieseDel & Charin BrockshusBud’s ServiceCampbell, Higgins & Mummert, PCCannon, Moss, Brygger & AssociatesKristie and Stein CarlsonCarroll’s Bakery & DeliCartridge ConnectionKent ChristophersonSiri and Phil ChristyLisa ClarkClay Mutual InsuranceCommunity State BankDoug & Sondra ConardLorraine ConleyConsumers Lumber of Spirit LakeConsumers Lumber of SpencerBill & Vivian CookCorn Belt Power CoopJohn & Carolea CottonMrs. Francis X. Cretzmeyer, Jr.Clark & Kathy CunninghamCustom Cut GuttersPhil & Peg DefferDenison Drywall Contracting, Inc.Brian & Michele DirkxDon Pierson FordArvin & Kathy DruvengaEmagine Internet MarketingFarmers Trust & Savings BankFarner Bocken Co.Linda FoersterFour Seasons TravelFox & Boyd Dental AssociatesTim and Mary FrankJohn & Donna FransHeidi GalerRobert and Cindy GannonTracy GathmanCurt & Sam GeyerGoal Kick Sporting Goods & Indoor CenterGold’s Custom GradingMolly GraettingerDan & Treva GravesLynette GrossH & N Chevrolet Buick Co., Inc.Peggy Halverson
Bill & Bobbie HansenEllen HartDoug & Sandy HartJeffre & Shelly HelminkTerry & Tessa HemannKen & Cheryl HesseniusJim & Tammy HigginsTom & Yvonne HinrichsenDon & Donna HrubesKen & Karen HunzikerIowa Lakes Electric CoopDean & Marla JacobsenLance & Laurie JanssenJCL SolutionsJudy JohnsonRyan & Ann JohnsonRoger & Kathy JohnsonJohnston AutostoresKari’s, Inc.Paul & Julie KasselLanette KilpatrickKruse, Cate & NelsonMark & Kathy LawsonSteve & Shari LensingGrant & DeLinda LeuGlen & Ann LohmanJim & Jennifer LorenzenDale & Beth MagnusonPeter & Diane MaisenbachRoger & Jackie MannTeresa MartindaleBrad & Kay MaurerKelly & Barb McCartyAndy & Marilyn McGaffinFern McKinnonMaurer ManufacturingMetal Works, Inc.Midstates Builders, Inc.Dick & Mary Jean MontgomeryMontgomery, Barry, Bovee & BarryDon & Sylvia MooreJoe & Karen MuetingJohn Mugge Farms, Inc.Corrine MuskeLuana NairPolly NelsonNelson JewelryGary NessChris & Sandi NielsenNolin MillingNorthwest Iowa Bone, Joint & Sports SurgeonsNorthwest Iowa SurgeonsSue NothwehrRon & Carol OlberdingMark & Brenda OlsonChris OponskiDan & Kathy PenkertLaVonne PetersonKory PetzenhauserDon Pfaffenbach
Dr. Bill & Sally PhelpsLou & Mary Lou ReedMarilyn RehnstromJennifer ReisLoren & Denise ReitPaul Rekow & Dr. Stephanie JohnsonDavid & Shelly RobisonDiane RohanTom & Kae RotiRaymond E RussellDiane SaltonH and Joanne ScharPeggy SchimmerChuck & Pat SchmidtJulie Schmidt and Lee VogelNathan & Bridgette SchmidtStan SchoelermanDon & Sylvia SchoerSue SelzerEvaughn ShafferJim & Nancy SiehSieh Farm DrainageScott & Alison SimpsonWes & Amy SimpsonSolutionsDave & Gay SparkSpencer Ready MixDennis & Diane SpoonerStanley Family ChiropracticState BankSteffen FurnitureDave & Tory StormJ StrohbehnSharon SwenningJohn B Synhorst II DDSThayer FamilyLu Ann ThomsenThrivent Financial/ Troy & Anne RosendahlTom & Nyla ThrockmortonJohn & Heidi ToaleKris ToayGary & Denise TolzmannTroy & Kim UpahDan & Kris Van BerkumPaul & Deona Vande BergTom & Wendy Van TassellAlice WagnerClare C. WheelerMatthew & Ann WhiteBob & Heather WhittenburgNancy Whittenburg & Gary NelsenRick & Barb WilkersonVicki WilliamsonMerlyn & Sonna WintherDave & Debbie WoodcockOnalee WrightLindsey ZinnelJohn & Susan Zulk
Thank you to our many donors who chose to give anonymously and establish scholarships to benefit students.
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Tiger Pa’s raise over $6,000 to impact students The annual Foundation Fun Night held February 7 this year featured the Tiger Pa’s, fathers of juniors and seniors at SHS, danc-ing at the halftime of the girls’ and boys’ basketball games with Spirit Lake. Together with corporate spon-sors Farmers Trust and Savings, Community State Bank and In-surance, State Bank of Spencer, Johnston Autostores, Consumers
Lumber of Spencer & Spirit Lake, Midstates Builders, and Nolin Mill-ing, Inc., over $6000 was raised to fund Spencer Community School Foundation projects.
SHS students attend space competition at NASA Nine Spencer High School stu-dents and two teachers attended the 2012 Space Settlement Design Competition at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, March 15-19, 2012. The Foundation funded the transportation, meals, and lodging for this project.
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SHS American Experience class interacts with author These high school students gathered at Lakeside Lab on West Lake Okoboji for a day of learning
and writing with author and his-torian Bruce Hopkins on October 21, 2011. Mr. Hopkins presented
historical perspectives of literature and the influence the 1800s had on writing and our society.
Grow Where You Go workshop for SHS students Using a grant from the Foun-dation, the entire sophomore class traveled to the Lakes Corridor to attend workshops at the Pearson
Lakes Art Center, the Dickinson County Conservation Nature Cen-ter, Lakeside Lab, and the Muse-ums of Arnold’s Park, with the fo-
cus on developing a sense of self. Some of the student art work from this experience is hanging in the Board Room of Central Office.
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Reasons and ways donors chose to give . . .Our donors gave this year because they:
• Have the spirit of sharing and assisting our present and future students at Spencer Com-munity Schools that will enhance communi-ty growth
• Want to impact multiple areas of students and education at Spencer Community Schools
• Keep Spencer Community School educa-tional foundation strong for those who fol-low you
• Endowed a scholarship, equipment, or an unrestricted fund in your name or in honor or memory of a person who touched your life
This is how our donors chose to give:
• Made a cash gift
• Turned in stock certificates or securities
• Made a planned gift through a will or other instrument that will provide long-term as-sistance, while not affecting your current spendable income, such as retirement plan shares to create a legacy that will live forever and touch the lives of many.
• Made a gift to the Foundation general en-dowment fund, or created a named fund through the Foundation at a designated level.
TheSpencerCommunitySchoolFoundationisa501(c)(3)non-profitorganizationfunded by donations, bequests, and annual giving programs. (No operating funds are received from the State of Iowa or the Spencer Community Schools budget.)
The goal of the Foundation is to enhance and enrich educational opportunities for students and teachers, partner with businesses to meet educational and vocational needs, and expand horizons thatwill impact the entire community.Annual contributions andpartnershipsfromandbetweenschoolemployees,businesses,citizens,alumni,andfriendsimpact our school and our community. Scholarships are a direct result of the heart-felt gifts presented to the Foundation as well.
@ We’d love to keep you updated on Foundation projects! Would you kindly send your email address to [email protected]? (We’ll take good care of it.) Thanks for all your support this year!
2011-2012 Board of Directors:Dick Montgomery, President; Sally Phelps, Vice President; Bob Whittenburg, Secretary; Dave Woodcock, Treasurer; Terry Hemann, SCS Superintendent; Chris Baker; Steve Bomgaars; Ross Brockshus; Jennifer Feldmann; Treva Graves; Anne Johnson; Mark Schmid; Brea Schmidt; Gay Spark
Staff:Tammy HigginsExecutive [email protected]
Mary FrankAssistant [email protected]
Contact us at:[email protected]: (712) 262-8950spencerschoolfoundation.com
Mailing address:Spencer Community School FoundationP.O. Box 200Spencer, IA 51301
23 West 7th StreetP.O. Box 200Spencer, IA 51301Phone: (712) [email protected]
Spencer Community School Foundation is on Facebook! We’d love to have you as a Facebook friend. Visit our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/SpencerSchoolFoundation
We thank you for your generosity this year. This newslet-ter highlights just a few of the many ways your dollars are enhancing and enriching education in Spencer.
