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Wendy Correll
wcorrel@aapsef.org
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Unrestricted donation |
The AAPS Educational Foundation is committed to providing financial support for excellence and achievement for all students in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. Unrestricted contributions to the Educational Foundation enable us to apply funds where they are most needed. |
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| Teacher Grant Program |
Contributions for teacher grants will only be used to fund grants to teachers; amounts range from $500 to $1,000 annually. A grant review committee identifies grant winners based upon quality of applications submitted, number of students impacted, replication ability. For the 2009/2010 academic year we are allocating $25,000 for grants to teachers. |
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| Village Fund Initiative (VFI) |
The Village Fund Initiative has been created within the Educational Foundation to mitigate social inclusion across the Ann Arbor Public School District. Initially funds are used to assist with inclusion factors in the elementary schools such as school pictures, yearbooks, field trip fees, ice cream social, school traditions requiring fees, and transportation to school programs in the evening. When funding permits the program will be expanded to middle and high school and other inclusion issues. |
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| COMP Tutor Program |
Cooperative Outreach Music Program. The Cooperative Outreach Music Program (COMP) provides music tutors to talented, low-income, middle school students who cannot afford private instruction on their instrument. The program provides one, thirty minute, tutor assisted lesson weekly for students currently enrolled in our school’s band and orchestra classes, in grades 6 – 8. This project is a collaborative program between the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation. |
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| Disability Awareness Workshop |
The Disability Awareness Workshops have taken place in many Ann Arbor Public Schools fourth grade classrooms for the past few years as a result of the generosity of many volunteers, both individual and from other non-profit organizations. Contributions to this fund will allow AAPS to present the program in all fourth grade classrooms at times convenient for the schools and volunteers, not at the discretion of the rental program. The Educational Foundation is pleased to be able to support the development and growth of this fund and initiative. |
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| Pioneer High School Class of 1980 Fund |
The Pioneer High School Class of 1980 established this fund for teacher grants to special education classrooms and students at the time of their 30th class reunion. The first distributions from this fund will take place ini the fall of 2010. |
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| Rick Burgess Memorial Music Scholarship |
The Rick Burgess Music Scholarship Award was created in celebration of Rick Burgess who passed away on March 2, 2009. He left his mark on Ann Arbor’s culture as a jazz pianist and restaurant-club owner. Rick, a Chicago native, graduated from the University of Michigan School of Engineering in 1961, but decided to pursue other interests. His formal music education was with the great aficionado Lloyd Reese at his Conservatory in Los Angeles. Reese trained such greats as Charles Mingus, Harry Carney, Ben Webster and Art Tatum. Rick’s profound love of jazz was rooted in the creativity of each performance. He drew his greatest inspiration from the works of Bill Evans and the legendary Thelonious Monk. Jazz’s spontaneity provided the perfect medium for Rick’s creative mind. He gave each of his performances a life of its own. For decades, Rick successfully shared his passion with this community by creating a live stage for jazz musicians of any genre, including many young talents from local high school jazz programs. |
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| Women's Association of Ann Arbor Symphony Scholarship Fund |
Contributions to the Women's Association of Ann Arbor Symphony Scholarship Fund will be added to endowed funds providing scholarships to music camp for middle school students in the Ann Arbor Public Schools. |
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| Taylor Calhoun Memorial Scholarship Fund |
Funds are added to the endowed funds that dispense, on average, $1,000 per year in scholarships and assistance to students at Huron High School. |
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Madeleine Thompson Humanities Endowment Fund |
Contributions to the Madeleine Thompson Humanities Endowment Fund of the AAPSEF will be used to supplement funding for the Humanities classes in Ann Arbor High Schools - to help to preserve the rigor, depth and personal exploration of Humanities. |
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| Memorial Contribution |
Remember a special someone with a gift to the Educational Foundation in any amount.
A confirming e-mail will be sent inquiring about name of honoree so that they can be recognized. |
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| The Karen Thomas Memorial Fund |
The Karen Thomas Memorial Fund of the AAPSEF was established by her husband, Andy, in early 2008. The Fund honors Karen’s profound love of reading, and her belief that literacy is essential to a successful and fulfilling life. The Fund will sponsor literacy and academic retention programs for children at the elementary level with an emphasis on academically at risk students. Karen loved to read, and especially loved reading aloud to children. On just about any school morning, you could find her sitting on the bench outside the office at Burns Park Elementary, reading to her son Jonathan. She never missed an opportunity to volunteer as a reader during “March is Reading Month” -- even while undergoing chemotherapy. |
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Peter Stamos Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Peter S. Stamos was the Physical Education Teacher at Haisley School for thirty years. He was dedicated to his students, his family, and his community. He dedicated most of his professional career to the fun and fitness of Haisley School students, and it is in that spirit that these scholarships will be awarded. Two scholarships will be awarded annually to third or fourth grade boys or girls to attend KidSport at the University of Michigan. Contributions to this fund help to build the endowed funds for scholarships. |
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| Robin Wax Tribute Contribution |
This fund was established to honor retiring AAPS teacher, Robin Wax, in appreciation and honor of her many years of teaching in the AAPS and service to the AAPSEF. |
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