{"id":223654,"date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/foundation-funds-needed-programs-at-grossmont\/"},"modified":"2016-07-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T07:00:00","slug":"foundation-funds-needed-programs-at-grossmont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/foundation-funds-needed-programs-at-grossmont\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation funds needed programs at Grossmont"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Connie y Lynn Baer<\/p>\n

In 2008, a dynamic group of parents, staff, alumni, and community members committed themselves to improving Grossmont High School through the GHS Educational Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 entity.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the foundation is to enhance the overall educational experience of the students by raising funds to support the needs of the school. The GHS Educational Foundation encourages parents, students, and alumni to \u201cTake your memories\u2026Leave your footprints.\u201d Appropriately, footprints are the foundation\u2019s logo.<\/p>\n

During the 2014\u20132015 school year, the foundation funded Girls Rock, a female empowerment seminar for young female students in the school district; a new curtain and short throw projector for the drama department; much-needed training equipment for the track team; modernization of campus signs; as well as partial funding for a new balance beam for the girls gymnastic team.<\/p>\n

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The 2016 GHS Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients are (l to r) Daniel Valoria, Jacob Niskey, Jazmin Morales, Nadeen Allah Werdi. Not pictured are Ashlyn Jimmerson and Jake Harr. (Courtesy of GHS Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yearly, the foundation funds teacher appreciation luncheons and coffees as well as monthly departmental star students with movie tickets \u2014 this year rewarding 160 students.<\/p>\n

In 2010, the foundation challenged itself to create a $100,000 endowment fund. Since then, donors have commemorated their years at Grossmont High School, their families, their graduating classes, school programs, and staff members through the purchase of a gray tile located on campus. This historic campaign currently has 270 donors: Foothiller Founders whose 8-by-8-inch tiles are located on the 1937 Old Gym steps, and Foothiller Friends whose 4-by-4-inch tiles are located in the Humanities Building walkway.<\/p>\n

The $70,000 (as of June 2015) is invested with the San Diego Foundation. The yearly interest from the fund is used to improve the classroom experience for students. This year\u2019s interest funded four teacher mini grants totaling over $4,000: Jeff Lee\u2019s augmented reality sandbox to duplicate the Earth\u2019s dynamic crust for chemistry students; a bus for Mike Lopez\u2019s and Mike Holcomb\u2019s AP students\u2019 field trip to the zoo; Ross Bartell\u2019s cross-country and distance runners\u2019 training equipment; and Jeremy Cooke\u2019s purchase of Yamaha classical guitars for the guitar students.<\/p>\n

An annual GHS Educational Foundation-sponsored fundraising event is the spring Rock and Roll Dance, held in conjunction with campus athletic teams. Also, for several years, the foundation has produced a twice-a-year newsletter which shares current Foothiller campus news and GHS Educational Foundation news mingled with articles reminding readers of Grossmont\u2019s historic 95-year-old past.<\/p>\n

Another annual event is the awarding of senior scholarships of $500 at Senior Awards Night. The six recipients of this year\u2019s scholarships are:<\/p>\n