IMPACT REPORT 2019

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Hopeless. Frustrated. Misunderstood.Too often, these are the words that families use to describe what it is like for their child who learns differently. Nearly one in five people struggle with some form of learning or attention challenge, but far too few receive the instruction they need to be successful. Over time, these students start to believe they are not capable, not trying hard enough, or not smart enough. The negative impact of feeling like a failure at school is enormous. Without support, students with learning and attention challenges are more likely to drop out, less likely to pursue college, less likely to have stable employment, experience higher rates of depression, and have smaller social networks. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Everyone learns differently. We understand.

For 23 years, we have been creating a pathway to learning for everyone. We don’t try to make students learn in a way that wasn’t designed for them. We help them find their unique path to become independent, resilient, self-regulated learners.

In these pages we’ve shared with you all the ways in which together, we are changing lives. Your support creates the opportunities for students to reach their full potential, and for that we are deeply grateful. Thank you.

Dr. Evelyn Johnson Greg PeskyChief Executive Officer Board Chair

VISIONWe create pathways to learning for everyone.

MISSIONWe work together with families, schools, and communities to understand and overcome obstacles to learning.

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES» Create a pathway to learning

for everyone.» Advance research in the field

of learning disabilities.

» Empower educators who work in service of students.

» Train the next generation of practitioners.

Self-regulated learners are connected, self-aware, self-determined, strategic, and resilient.

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We begin by understanding the whole child. Our psychologists, counselors and education specialists work to discover each student’s unique learning fingerprint. Then, we design an individualized plan to meet that student’s needs. Whether it’s counseling, reading, math or coaching support, our goal is to help every student become a resilient, self-regulated learner.

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I’m more confident in class to ask questions and participate. I feel better about myself, and am self-aware of what my learning needs are and how to manage them.

Niko, LPLC student

170 Students found their pathways to learning

1,039 Hours of counseling and academic coaching

90% Of learners met academic goals

$83k In financial assistance awarded

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When students who learn differently are provided early intervention, they are more likely to achieve success. Unfortunately, students with learning and attention challenges are often not identified until the third grade, and many students even later than that. When intervention is delayed, it has to be much more intense, and progress can be much slower. This means students may struggle for years. Students may start to feel hopeless and give up.

We can do better. We are developing tools to identify students who learn differently early.

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I wish we had come to Lee Pesky sooner. Lee Pesky gave Samantha something we couldn’t — a bright future. She believes she is capable, takes accelerated classes, and is thriving.

Melanie and Christopher Lawler LPLC Alumni Parents

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Students with learning and attention challenges spend more than 85% of their school day in the classroom. Too few teachers have the training they need to deliver instruction that meets the needs of these learners. Our professional development team works side-by-side with teachers to empower them to reach more students.

This year, through the Idaho Early Literacy Project, we have worked with hundreds of teachers to improve reading instruction for young children. Together, we are helping students become strong readers.

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Lee Pesky’s coaching was unlike any support we were able to find in our community and was instrumental in the success of our students this school year.

Susie Luckey, PrincipalIdaho Hill Elementary, Priest River, ID

Idaho Early Literacy Project ImpactGrowth in the percentage of kindergarten students

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Did you know that nationally, there are critical shortages of psychologists, counselors, special educators and researchers? Yet there has been an increase in the number of students who need special instruction or counseling support. We need dedicated, highly trained professionals for all students to succeed.

Graduate students in the field of special education, social work, school counseling, and psychology intern with our experts. We give them the hands-on training in our self-regulated learner approach and how it supports the best practices they learn in their programs.

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15,000 Shortage of school psychologists in the United States by 2020.

As a school psychology intern, I am now stronger at giving a range of assessments that help me better understand each student’s learning needs.

Karen, LPLC School Psychology Intern

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We work carefully to make the best use of every fundraising dollar. Your investment in our work is what allows us to serve so many students, families, schools and communities. Together, we are making a difference.

The financials shown represent pre-audited numbers for the 2019 fiscal year. Audited financials will be available in November 2019 upon request.

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REVENUETotal Revenue: $2,107,365

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

EXPENSES Total Expenses: $1,801,485

THE PATHWAY SOCIETY

PARTNER CIRCLE (gifts of $100,000 or more)

Cambia Health FoundationThe Hearst Foundation, Inc. Pesky Family Foundation (Alan and Wendy Pesky)Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation (Bernice Stern)

LEADER CIRCLE (gifts of $25,000 - $99,999)

CapEd Federal Credit UnionThe Lois E. and Neil J. Gagnon FoundationIdaho Community FoundationIdaho Future Fund in the Idaho Community FoundationM.J. Murdock Charitable TrustAndy and Elaine Pesky

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE(gifts of $10,000 - $24,999)

Lesley AndrusAnn DownThe Marshall Frankel FoundationRoy A. Hunt FoundationIdaho First BankDon and Marcia LiebichDecker and Jessica RolphSteele-Reese FoundationBuzz Woolley, Jr

DIRECTOR CIRCLE(gifts of $5,000 - $9,999)

Anne Ford FoundationDeeds Foundation (Diane Nixon)Mike and Patty FeryHare Family Foundation (Dick Hare and Pattie Duetting)The Lehman Foundation Kurt and Treacy LiebichEdward F. and Vickie S. O’Gara Family FoundationJim and Joan PeckJean ReginsterPaul and Peggy StreetThomas W. Smith Foundation Emily Hall Tremaine FoundationMatthew Weatherley-WhiteThe Whittenberger FoundationWood River Women’s Charitable Foundation Fund in the Idaho

Community Foundation

ASSOCIATE CIRCLE(gifts of $2,500 - $4,999)

An Anonymous Family FoundationBoise State University, College of EducationGreg and Cindi ByronThe Caprock Group Inc. Gene and Elsie Cheston, Jr.Joe ChuBuzz and Penny CoeEide Bailly LLPThe Selma and Irving Ettenberg Foundation (Marc

Tanner)Mimi HalpernChris and Jessica JonesJR Simplot Company FoundationKerry OrentPeco Foundation (Peter and Quin Curran)Spur Community FoundationThe Swig Foundation (Roselyne Swig)Lisa Witomski

CONTRIBUTOR CIRCLE(gifts of $1,000 - $2,499)

AmazonSmileB.A. Harris, LLPRyan and Lisa BeymerMichael and Janae BloodBoise State University Foundations, Inc.Boise State University, University AdvancementThomas BondurJack CallahanChris and Elise CoylePatrick CunninghamAngela DuckworthAnna EberlinElaine EhrlichSuzy ElliottBill FeldmanJulie FirestoneDiana FrazierPeggy Elliott GoldwynSam & Peggy Grossman Family Foundation in the Arizona Community Foundation Kay Hardy and Gregory KasloNicholas HippensteelDavid HoffmanHolland & Hart LLPJeffrey & Susan Goldenberg

FoundationHayden JenningsEvelyn and Andy JohnsonShawn and Karen KalksteinBill and Celeste KellerLangan Barber FoundationBrooke LinvilleTeresa Beahen and David LipmanAllan and Kay LipmanAnna MaderisMort and Suzanne MarvinPhilippe Masser and Kathleen SutherlandWilson and Lisa McElhinnyThe Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Foundation, Inc. (Gene

and Carolyn Mercy)Cynthia and Kingsley MurphyPeter and Barrie O’NeillMarc and Sally OnettoAlex and Sue OrbMarcia Pereira-LemonKaren and Scott PetersonPeter and Bitty RapaportLois RosenRichard and Sheila SchlesingerJulia ShawSirius Fund (Peter and Ginny Foreman)The Hampton Foundaation (Robert Stern)The San Francisco Foundation (Barry Traub)United Way of North Idaho, Inc.Mallory and Diana WalkerJohn and Ellen WallaceHenry WallachTheodore & Renee Weiler Foundation (Alan and Joan Safir)The Worcester Family

SUPPORTER CIRCLE (gifts up to $1,000)

Anonymous (4)AAD Insepction Corp.Nancy Abraham and Colin BrownMahkameh Adnani-RofougaranScott AllenThe Morris and Bessie Altman Foundation (Peter Stern)Don AltmanJennie, Dave, and Nate AndersonWilliam AndreaAndrus Center for Public PolicyDavid AnshenJan Aronson

Claudia Aulum and Ralph PavoneThe Cosmas FamilyLydia BairdThalia BakerMartin BalbenThe Ballard FamilyCynthia D. BambicRoslyn Banish and Paul EpsteinKristine BarneyMark BarneyJudi BartocciniNoelle BastardiMorris and Elaine BastianWright BatesSherri BattazzoDonna and Daniel BattazzoDiana BauerleJoyce BeahenNina BeattieJody and Joel BeckKevin BelewJessica and James Benjamin, Jr. Egon and Marge BergAnthony BerlenbachJolene BernalMichael and Roxanne BernsteinAdam BernsteinBrittany BethCharlie BeyerVikram BhardwajEd BianchiThe Big Wood Foundation (Michael and Marjorie Stern)Michael Bigesby, Jr. Shauna BinghamMatt and Becca BishopMathew and Alison BlandfordMeredith BloxhamScott and Joanne BlumSarah BlumensteinBoon Philanthropy, Inc.Erin BorelBen BornszteinBruno BornszteinGrisha BornszteinGaynor BourgeoisJill BradburnJen BradleyMatthew and Hillary BrillThe Brill FamilyLaura BrillBob and Marilyn BrooksTed BrownPete and Nancy BuckSharon Burke Karen CallawayBob and Laurel CarignanMichael CarneyThe Caron Family

Mark and Liz CarrisonDeborah and John CarterLTC (Ret.) John CaseyJay Cassell and Gay WeakeIsrael CatzMichael CaughlinFreda CenarrusaPragnyaa and Murali Ranganathan ChakravarthyRachel Chang and Michael BreakironMaggie Chase and Bruce RobbinsTodd ChristensenDrew ChristieTed ChuDr. Linda ClarkKim and Cindy ClarkAnne ClohessyRebecca and Bill CoffinRachel CoffinJackson CoffinBob and Lynn CoffinDan Cogan and Liz GarbusStephen CohenChris ColeDoug and Ronda CollierCharles Collins-ChasePhil Coltoff and Lynn HarmanMichelle CongerCherie and Jack CoonceCharla and Jamie CooperAmanda CorddryKate CordsenKelly CorroonH. Justin CosellDestin CoxElizabeth and Brendan CoyneAngie CrawfordBob CulvinerLynn CunninghamTerry and Nancy CurranDon and Susan CurtisBecky CushmanAimee CustisCustomers BankPatty and Gary DarmanAndra DavidJan DavisRoger and Janet DeBardKate DennisMitchell DiazChris DiBiancoDave and Maureen DickeyNicole DiNonnoSandra DionMatt DowlingThe Draizin Foundation, Inc. The Dratch GangDriftwood Auto Body

42%Fees & Contracts

79%Research &Services

30%Donations

65%AcademicIntervention

24%Evaluation

11%Counseling & Coaching

13%Operations

28%Grants

8%Advancement

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Sara DriscollShannon DunstanJim and Jamie DutcherGreg, Kathy, and Darby DutterMike and Jan EadyDorothy EarnerSteve EcklundCatherine Birdwell Edwards and Nicolas EdwardsEric and Bini EgertsonJon and Noa EhrlichThe Eikenberry FamilyThe Elfstrom FamilyMelanie and Jack ElizondoMallory ElizondoJackson ElizondoTodd EricksonJackie F.Sarah FairchildCriss and Bob Fallowfield Family Foundation (William

Bohrer)The Fawcett FamilyAshley FeaganesJohn Michael and Maryclaire FeryThe FinchesJadine Marks FinchKate Colmery FirestoneNicolas FloresEmily FlorioMae FlorioLarry FlynnKatelyn FoleyJim and Claudia FoltzPeter and Ginny ForemanMel and Susan FormanThe Forti FamilyLori and Jerry FrankCandice FrankBob FrankJane FrankeBarry and Nina FrankelJohn and Karen FreedCecilia FreilichWoody and Margery FriedlanderPaula and Scott FrishmanTeresa FritschMike GalganoTerrence GallagherDana and Eric GardunioSally GillespieKathleen GiltonJeffrey GinsbergDeb Glaser and Andrew RafkindAnne GlassMary and Dick GoffJoe and Christine GonencKathryn, Josh, Emory

and Barrett Jorge GonzalezMaddy GonzalezMissy GoodeRebecca Graham and Leif & Leo SimonsonGranite State GrippingPeter and Betty GrayStuart Greenspon and Camilla TrinchieriMatthew and Ellen GreerWilliam J. Griffin, IVLaura and Dave GrossAbby GrosvenorPatti GuicheteauJulie Guillemin and Vince EverySarah G. Gund FundMichael, Morgan and Miles GuthrieAl and Brenda HackelScott HaleBob and Jenna HallKim HammondVanessa HampdenKathi HancockGloria GudeRandy and Judy HanksDaniel and Karen HansenMildred HardinShelly and Randall HardinKim HardyBrad and Jolie HardyJames HardyKay Hardy and Gregory KasloSteven and David HardyTim and Lynne HarrisKim and Nick HastingsShawnda HastingsDrew HawkinsonHope Hayward and Walter EisankPam and Ted HealBen HemmelgarnCarolyn HengesWill and Dana HerrmanBrent HickmanHiggins & Rutledge InsuranceCarrie and Ted HillLarry and Randi HirschheimerJamie HirshKatie and Major HollisValerie HolstPam HoltkampDavid HsuMary and Ron HughesMary Kate HunterIdaho Central Credit UnionIdaho Technology Users GroupJed and Susan IsaacsAlexander Jaffe

Ken and Penny JamesonWendy and Jim JaquetThe JarasSuzanne JaworskiPage and Maureen JennerSarah JohnChris JohnsVeronica JohnsonThe Johnson Company Lori JohnstonCarrie and Stu JohnstonJustin JonesPaula and Joseph JonesJim JosephCora and CJ KaestnerAnne KalikKris KamannBill and Eileen KampaTodd and Jeannie KampaThe Kaplan FamilySkip and Nancy KaretskyElizabeth KarterCourtney KasuboskiKevin and Jennifer KearnyKiki KeatingDirk and Patricia KempthorneKelly KerriganKestrel WestSuzanne KimballKristen and Greg KoenigGreg KooserWilliam KorsenTerry KoshelAllen Kozin, DDSKelly KrystyniakBob and Kathy KustraTom LamplThe Landers-Nelson FamilyMartha Lynch LandryCristianne LaneNancy LaneKillian LarkinJames LattaBarbara LaValleeBob and Debby LawAlex LawsTim “Hersh” LeeElizabeth and Sean LeeConnie LenzChristopher LeonardJeff LessardMelissa LevengerHannah LevittRichard and Vivian LevittMark and Lindsay LevyLeslie LewisJack LiMark and Kim LiebichCarly LiebichLiz Lightfoot and

Nick ClementsLike Nu Car WashAndy LilienArthur and Susan LindenauerJosh Linder and Meryl Linder LedwitzPamela LipscombThe ListersClaire LiuJulia KirschenbaumDonna LlewllynJohn London and Erica BreeseGreg and Pam LovellLewis Lowe and Jessica KahanekMaria LucasElise Lufkin and Amos GalpinElise B. LufkinAshley and Michael LyerlyJodi and Jim LynchNina LynchMaria LynchJames LynchEllen MadereDon MadsenMike and Nancy MarkhoffMatt MarrTim and Debra MartensMary Claire Banks and Alex MartinSteve and Samantha MarvinJeff and Stephanie MarvinRobert and Ellen MassaSherry MaupinWill V. MaupinCari Maupin and Kathy WesterRon MaxfieldThe Maxfield FamilyThe McClure Center for Public Policy ResearchNancy McCollochThe McCoppsPeter and Jessica McDonaldRyan McDonnellGwynne McElhinney and Robert McAndrewDavid and Melody McIntyreArgus Heavy IndustryRob and Jill McMillinThe Dallas McSorleysJulie MeekDaryl and Patti MellardKate MenesesHeather MuelemanJeanne Meyers Micron Technology, Inc.Butch and Susie MillerLauren MillerVernon and Jennifer MillerSid and Davida Mitchell

Karen MitchellLouisa Moats and Steve MitchellWilliam MoltrupThe Monahan FamilyMarie MondeJohn MonteleoneJennifer MooreBarbara MorganMortensen FamilyThe Moslin FamilyAlex and Virginia MottLaura and Brent MoylanMRG ProductionsJeff MuhlstockLiz Munson and Bob von StadeThe Nalen Foundation Sophia NeffNancy NelsonCharity NelsonNetwork for GoodDr. Larry and Mrs. Shirley NeznanskiCarol NieKrista NiemczykMurphy OcchinoSandy and Bonnie OkunBing and Carolyn OlbumTami OlsenEmily and Zach OlsonNicholai, Hailey, Aria, and Bernie OlsonThe O’NeillsSkip and Esther OppenheimerBeth OppenheimerRob and Michelle OrlandoDavid and Lindsay OrmsbyDeborah Powell OsbornFaith OttenhoffMaggie Parker and Lloyd FalesMargaret ParkesPejmon PashaiAngelo and Traci PataccaMeagan PayneRhonda PaynterRidley and Marcelle PearsonShannon PedersonRoy PerskyLevi PeskyTalia PeskyCharles PetersonClaire and Pete PetittPetra IncorporatedRenee PhillipsLisa PinnellThe Pinto FamilyOwen and Katherine PipalMeredith and Travis PlainsKristin PooleAlex Poonai

Poster Construction (Brian Poster)Sam and Mariana QuirogaToni and Tim RameyAlbert and Rose MurrayMurali RanganathanJon and Laurie RapaportRay and Marie RaphaelRebecca RawlingsAlisa RawlinsonPhillip RayMike and Sonja ReddenMike and Katie ReineckLud and Bixie RenickLeila RennerThe Rexer ClanVictoria RexerFrancine RexerIvan and Madeline RiceCarlyn RingRobert HalfJulie Anne RobinsonDanny RobinsonLynne RodenAlan and Susan RodenKodi and Jared RomeroTim and Gini RosandickVicki and Gordon RosenbergThe Rosenhagens FamilyDick and Leslie RothBob and Robin RothenbergRoyal Farms (Michael Schreiber)Susan RubrinAmy Rubin and Kobi JaegerIra RubinfeldBob RudisChris RussellAnselme SadikiJordan SahmsMahmoud SamoriThe SandmannsMarcus, Kali, and Rome SantistevanMike SatzElizabeth SaverinoJanet Schiele and Clay RoscoeLissie and Jim SchifmanCaroline and John SchoeneckerHeather and Trevor SchulzeDiane and Jonathan SchwarzMatt ScottLisa ScottMartha and Stan SeayAmy SellersNatalie ServiceSevoy Furniture GalleryJay and Connie ShafranThe Shandro Group

Michael and Tricia ShaughnessyKatherine Shaughnessy and Tom MichaelFaisal ShawKyle SheaConnor Sheldon-ModrowJulie ShoemakerDavid and Linda Sicher Family FundHoward and Roberta SiegelSilicon Valley Community Foundation (Kristine Bretall)John and Stacy SlatteryCharles SledzIvy SlikeBrice SloanMarvin SlovesSlow River CoffeeLouise Rexer SmithDon and Paulette SmithChris and Kerry SmithStephanie D. SmithJennifer Snow-GeronoJohn SofroThe Somers FamilyBen SpanerFelica SparksMarion and Irwin SpirnDeborah and Dan SpirnSt. Francis Pet ClinicKaren StarlingAndy and Anne SteeleRicki Stern and Evan GuilleminThe Stern Family Trust (Mark and Betsy Stern)Scott and Amy StevensMichael and Lucy StewartBarry and Carol StoneNan StoneMike StraubBarney and Barbara StrautCarl and Frann StremmelEve StrickmanJulio SuazoMichelle Sullivan and Andrew RosenSummer LawnsAnnie and Rob SundbergMary Jo Surges-ProkopRoberta TavaresMargaret TaylorTamara TeleskoCarol and Joel TheaAnn and Ted ThompsonThornton Byron LLPKiki TidwellFrank TothMaggie and Amor TowlesPaul TownsendTRS Range Services, LLC

Lindsey TurnerSaul and Shirley TurteltaubMeredith and Sam TutterowJug TwittyScott and Sue UlbrichCharlotte UngerAana VannoyThe Vermont Community Foundation (John Vogel and Judith Music)Janet Von GillernWilly and Sheila WalkerLisa WalkerDebora WallaceDoryn and Ty WallachBrendan WalshMikel and John WardKatie Watkins and Nic SmallAnn WaxmanThe Webster FamilyJoel and Ann WeidmanDon Weisberg and Erin GathridAllison WestfallRachel and Kendall WhiteGil WilliamsMax WinklerHenry and Eydie WooSteven and Randi WoodJacob and Brenda WoodTeresa Wood-AdamsRobin WorcesterRon and Opal WrightLilian WuAnna and Nat WyethDebbie WynkoopGraham YostWill and Hannah YoungKaren YoungKeurig Dr. Pepper YourCause, LLCLynda YtzenSue and Jim YueJane YusenYuzhu ZhengBethAnn and Johnny ZiebarthRoberta and Gary ZipperJennifer Zonis

IN-KIND DONATIONS

Aspen Snowmass (Limelight Ketchum)Boise Spine CenterCapitol Copy and PrintAlan and Wendy PeskyPro Travel InternationalShu’s Idaho Running CompanySun Valley Company

RECOGNITION DONORS

In Honor of…

Alan and Wendy PeskyMort and Suzanne MarvinThe Hampton Foundation (Robert Stern)Jeanne Meyers Andy and Anne Steele

Alan PeskyLois RosenAndy PeskySusan RubrinEgon and Marge Berg

Arlene BennettHoward and Roberta Siegel

Chris & Larry LaRoccoMary and Ron Hughes

Dija BennettHoward and Roberta Siegel

Greg PeskyAndy and Anne Steele

Lee PeskySteve and Samantha Marvin

Nick GoodmanDebbie Wynkoop

Ricki Stern and Heidi WorcesterJennifer ZonisWinston LipmanJoyce Beahen

In Memory of…

Dr. Blossom TurkDeb Glaser and Andrew Rafkind

Janet ShafranJay and Connie Shafran

Lee PeskyMike and Nancy Markhoff

Matthew DashAndy and Elaine Pesky

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. If we have mistakenly misspelled, listed, or omitted your name, please accept our apologies and notify us at (208) 333-0008 or advancement@ lplearningcenter.org

Congratulations and thank you to our 2018 TCS New York City Marathon runners!

Rachel CoffinJames HardyEvelyn JohnsonKaela LynchEmily OlsonHeidi PeskyGreg PeskyWilliam RexerAntonio SaonaRicki Stern

BOARD OF DIRECTORSGreg Pesky, ChairDecker Rolph, Vice ChairGreg Byron, SecretaryBill Keller, TreasurerLesley AndrusAnna EberlinLori FrankBuck HarrisWill HughesKurt LiebichGreg LovellBarbara MorganCynthia MurphyAlan PeskyWendy PeskyKaren PetersonMike Shaughnessy, Jr. Matthew Weatherley-WhiteWill Young

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