BOARD OF DIRECTORS2002-2003

PresidentJames N. KleinschmidtPresident ElectLinda D. PaulVice President/DevelopmentMary Susan DunlopVice President/GrantsJoseph ErneSecretaryElizabeth B. MaloneTreasurerSara C. LootensPast PresidentsJames L. LelandSarah W. McNaughtDirectorsRex M. BarrettDavid A. BermanGeorge CrawfordBruce CurryMurray DavidsonPatricia M. GoodmanAnne B. HairMichael HajostLuther E. HallThomas E. HermanKathleen B. McMurrayPeter J. PittsSteven L. PrattSusan M. RiskSteven G. SannerDiana C. ScheidDavid L. SternbergPattiann C. TehanEugene R. Tempel

Ex OfficioCarol S. BurnsLinda E. CantorMarilyn S. EvansJudith LibbyRoland S. Nail

School BoardAnn D. Schaefer

SuperintendentEugene G. White

Executive DirectorVirginia S. Hacker

Executive AssistantPatricia S. Cracraft

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GRADUATE MEMBERSMore than $5,000

Kent & Carolyn AgnessThe W. C. Griffith Foundation

Jim & Rita KleinschmidtJim & Diane Leland

Jeff SmulyanCaptain Carl Sputh

SENIOR MEMBERS$2,500 - $4,999

Rex & Cindy BarrettAlan & Anne Dinner

Greg & Caroline KrootSara & Jim LootensJohn & Susan RiskCharles Rubright

Andrew & Joanna Russell

JUNIOR MEMBERS$1,000 - $2,499Betley FoundationTim & Carol Burns

Dwight & Ann ChernishTerry & Kris CudahyBruce & Myra CurryJohn & Sue Dunlop

Tom & Cindee EsslingGinny & Bill Hacker

Katy & Sherm McMurraySarah & Mac McNaught

Steve & Jane PrattFred & Viola Risk

Clay & Amy RobbinsKevin & Diana Scheid

Judy SlocumJohn & Kimberly Swarbrick

Gene & Mary TempelGerry & Pat Wagner

SOPHOMORE MEMBERS$500 - $999

AnonymousTim & Jean BarnettDr. Scott Boswell

Pam ChristyJoe & Debbie DeGroff

Joe & Marcia ErneDan & Marilyn EvansSheila & David EwingKarol & Rick Farrell

Dr. and Mrs. Norman FogleMark & Judy Goldberg

Norm & Barbara GurwitzJulie & Mike HajostTim & Cheryl HardenSteve & Sandy KeithBill & Leslie Kleschick

Paul & Linda KoivuniemiSylvia Lane

Sandy & Kathy LevineKeith & Missy Logie

Ann R. MidkiffNelson Oil Company

Sean & Elizabeth O’Farrell

Steve & Jennifer SannerSharon Smith

Dave & Ann SternbergFrank & Cheryl Sullivan

Bruce & Patti TehanAce & Beth Yakey

FRESHMAN MEMBERS$250 - $499

AnonymousThomas E. Baker III

Mary BannerAmy Barnes

Nancy & Richard BellDavid & Bobbie BlachlyDiane & Rodney Black

Charles & Julie BookwalterAnn Wilhoite Brilley

Mr. & Mrs. Brian BuchananDr. & Mrs. Louis Cantor

James Caughlin & Leanne EllisMarie Anne Chorpenning

Mike & Pat CracraftAnne Crook

Murray & Paula DavidsonStacy & Mike Elkin

Sally GantzPeter & Nora Garrett

Gary & Patty GoodmanAnne B. Hair

Steven & Terri Lynn HarrisNora & Tom Hiatt

Don & Mary Beth HinkleCarol & Max Hittle

Joyce KarrmannDrew & Janet Kightlinger

Margaret LachSanford & Pam LangeDick & Lucinda Lautz

Steve & Pam LeeThomas & Norma Luerssen

Leah MannweilerMinds LLC

Tyler MitchellLew & Terry MumfordN & N Consultants

Robin & Michael NelsonRita & Ken ReeseMike & Mary RiceJose Raul Rivas

Bonnie & David RossCharles E. Russell

Mr. & Mrs. Tim RyanBill & Martha SandoChris & Jane Seigel

John & Barbara ShehornBrian J. Shuff & Therese A. Rooney

Suzanne SkooglundKandy SmithaGlenn Swisher

Rita & Rick WeinsteinBrian & Susan Welch

Dr. & Mrs. Eugene G. WhiteFrank & Mary Williams

Harry Wright & Debra HelperChad Wuertz

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Thank you! The Foundation gratefully recognizes donors who have made an annual unrestrictedgift of $250 or more during the annual campaign. These donors receive special benefits for theirexemplary support of the Foundation and commitment to the students of Washington Township.

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Designated Gifts Create LastingLegacies for Township Students

The Foundation offers many ways for generous donors to support projects in our schools – the Annual Fund, The Legacy Society (planned giving), Thank-a-Teacher, Buy-a-Brick and several special events. In recent months, friends of ourtownship have made visionary commitments that will have lasting impact onstudents and teachers.

The Christy and Karin Agness AwardKent and Carolyn Agness have given a one-time gift of

$20,000 to the Foundation in honor of the extraordinaryopportunities offered to their daughters on the North Centraltennis team. The gift will fund both an annual award and ayearly $1,000 grant to the athletic department.

The Christy and Karin Agness Award will be given to each year’s mostvaluable player on the North Central women’s varsity tennis team. As anyonewho has followed North Central women’s tennis lately knows, Christy (NC‘97)and Karin (NC‘02) represent the best of high school scholar-athletes and it ismore than fitting that the MVP award be renamed for them.

“North Central tennis has been a real big part of our lives and our kids’ livesand we wanted to do something to honor that. Our family has received so muchfrom the program and we wanted to give something back,” said Carolyn.

Recipients will be chosen based on playing ability, leadership, character,team-building and hard work. Each year, the winner’s name will be added to apermanent plaque that will hang in the Barbara Wynne Tennis House.

The Agness gift will also fund an annual grant to be used for specialprograms outside the women’s tennis program budget.

Update!Update!

EmmisCommunicationsMakes LargestGift in History of the Foundation

Jeffrey H. Smulyan, (NC’65), a localmedia mogul, has announced the biggestgrant EVER to the Foundation. Throughhis generosity, current and future NorthCentral students will have an extra-ordinary opportunity to learn about theexciting worlds of journalism, radio andtelevision in new and creative ways.

Jeff, CEO of Emmis Communications,has pledged $100,000 over the next fouryears, to support the convergence ofNorth Central’s and J. Everett LightCareer Center’s departments ofjournalism and radio/television.

The grant will:■ fund an in-depth strategic plan

to strengthen the collaborations between the departments.

■ underwrite the development of new curriculum and training programs.

■ provide two $3,000 scholarships in each of the next four years (2003-2006) for outstanding seniors in radio/television and journalism, and

■ support professional development for members of the North Central journalism and radio/television faculty.In addition, Emmis Communications

plans to set up internship programs forcurrent North Central students.

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Emmis Communications owns severalradio stations throughout the UnitedStates, as well as in Hungary andArgentina. The conglomerate alsooperates television stations in 14 citiesand publishes magazines in six markets.

The Barretts “Cultivate” Outdoor EducationLocal developer Rex Barrett and his wife Cindy have

contributed $2,500 to the Allisonville Conservation Area’sOutdoor Education program. The Area is a 14-acre tract on thesouthwest side of 82nd and Allisonville that serves as anoutdoor classroom for the township’s elementary students.

“Our gift to the Foundation provides Allisonville School with someresources they need to take full advantage of their conservation area,” saidRex. “They have wonderful things planned for the kids relating to science andthe environment, and the teachers are very enthusiastic about the newprogram.”

Last fall, the Foundation granted $2,000 to support outdoor math andthe science curriculum at the Area. That project, led by 5th grade teacherGary Snider, lets students get a little muddy as they study biology, earthsciences, ponds, water and soil sampling, wildflowers, weeds and meteorology,“up close and personal.”

The Conservation Area is available to all township schools. For moreinformation, please contact Gary Snider, gsnider@msdwt.k12.in.us or 845-9441.

The Barretts are parents of three Washington Township students.

Designated Gifts continued on page 2.

News from theWashington Township

Schools Foundation

Spring 2003

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PTO Challenge GrantIt’s not too late to apply for the PTO

Challenge Grant!The Foundation will make matching grants

of up to $5,000 to any Washington Townshipschool PTO that wants to set up anendowment fund.

This is a great opportunity to establish a$10,000 fund whose annual interest could beused to underwrite student programs thataren’t covered in the current PTO budget.This must be “new” money (rather than fundstransferred from another account), whichmay be raised during an 18-month period.

The goal of the grant is to offer anotherway for PTO’s to provide direct studentsupport, like covering field trip fees, after-school programs and other enrichmentopportunities. The endowment fund will bemanaged as a sub-fund of the Foundationendowment at the Central IndianaCommunity Foundation.

If you have questions about the challengegrant program, please call Ginny Hacker inthe Foundation office, 205-3332, x260.

Seafaring Scholarship, Year TwoAgain this year, Captain Carl Sputh (NC’93) is

offering an extraordinary opportunity for four townshipstudents.

Carl will cover the expenses for two students eachfrom Westlane and North Central to attend Seafaring Camp for a weekthis summer. Last year’s adventure took a group off the coast of Mainewhere they joined the crew and learned the basics of sailing, navigation,sea ecology and lore. Part of the application process requires students to write a one-page essay answering the question, “Why does this(opportunity) make you dream?” One of last year’s winners, Colby Tomlin,wrote, in part: “It would be a very rare opportunity to see animals thataren’t used to or afraid of humans. It would be an once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity to see Mother Nature unspoiled by technology and to see the nighttime sky unspoiled by light pollution.”

The seafaring scholarship covers all camp expenses as well as transportation costs and spending money.

The deadline for applications for the 2003 Camp is April 11. Studentsfrom Westlane and North Central are eligible. To apply, contact LindaLawrence at Westlane, 259-5412, or Jill Mathews at North Central, 259-5301, x5374.

Panther Pals pairs NorthCentral National HonorSociety seniors with 4th and5th grade at-risk studentsfrom all over the district.

Taking a break from ice skating are juniors Julie Cohen andHillary Friedman, Paris Monique Jones of Greenbriar, AshleyBragdon of Spring Mill, junior Ben Warnecke and BrandonBarrett of John Strange.

Amber Grossett of Spring Millskates with her pal, senior Laura Distel.

Anthony Langston of John Strange keeps his eye on the ball.

Newly-Elected Foundation Board of Directors 2003-2004

PresidentSteve Sanner

Past PresidentJim KleinschmidtPresident-ElectSara Lootens

Vice President/GrantsJoe Erne

Vice President/DevelopmentDave Sternberg

SecretaryBruce CurryTreasurer

Sara LootensAssistant Treasurer

Susan RiskDirectors

Ex-officioCarol BurnsLinda Cantor

Anne HairJudith Libby

Sarah McNaughtTack Nail

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Designated Gifts, continued from page 1

Carolyn Agness*Rex Barrett

David BermanGeorge CrawfordMurray Davidson

Judy Fraps*Patti Goodman

Tom HermanNora Hiatt*

Greg Kroot*Katy McMurray

Liz O’Farrell*Steve Pratt

Lori Schlabach*Alyson Smith*

Bob Taylor*Gerry Wagner*(*new to Board)

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Seventh Annual Dinner DanceIt may have been cold outside but the mood inside

was HOT on February 28 for the Annual Dinner Dance.This is the seventh year that supporters have

gathered in honor of the Foundation. Co-chairs PattyGoodman, Susan Risk and Katy McMurray made theevening one-of-a-kind.

Outgoing President Jim Kleinschmidt welcomed thegroup with his recollections of this busy and productiveterm in office. Then came one of the evening’s highlights– the drawing of a $10,000 scholarship. This year’slucky winners were Christine and Devon Moon. Theirchildren are Eric, a freshman at North Central, and Alex,a sixth grader at Westlane. The scholarship issponsored in part by The National Bank of Indianapolis.

For the first time, guests had a chance to bid on original artwork donated byNorth Central students and township faculty. More than 30 works, including jewelry,photography, paintings, sketches and sculpture were offered in the Silent Auction.Prices went as high as $500. The auction netted more than $4,200 to be shared by the North Central art department and the Foundation.

The Meatball Band (which includes John Scofield, NC’68) entertained the crowdand inspired Dr. White to get up and dance with his wife!

Fall Grants Run the Gamut from Puppets to Dogsleds to World Music

The Foundation awarded more than $71,000 in grants inthe fall of 2002, supporting an array of creative proposalssubmitted by teachers and staff from nearly every school inWashington Township.

Among the projects that have receivedFoundation funding are modest grants toprovide materials to study the AlaskanIditarod Trail, the dogsled race, larger awardsto support reading and math enrichmentprograms, a new outdoor sciencelaboratory (see Barrett designated gift,page 1), and a project that uses costumesand puppets to help children expand theirimaginations.

Approximately half of the total grantdollars support programs in elementaryschools. At Nora, a grant will fund a visit bymembers of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.One of Fox Hill’s grants will support a school-widestudy of African culture and music.

Students in the township’s three middle schools willbenefit from a program called “Body Talk,” which helpsadolescents make better decisions about fitness andnutrition. The Foundation also supports programs in math andreading.

The Foundation continues to support Pantherquest, theall-day orientation program that welcomes all incoming ninth-graders to North Central. Another grant subsidizes the costof Advanced Placement exams to encourage more students totake challenging AP courses that can result in college credit.

In addition to its long list of school-based grants, theFoundation matched Spring Mill’s $5,000 Endowment Fund aspart of the on-going Challenge Grant opportunity available to

all PTOs. (see PTO Challenge Grant, page 2.)Fulfilling its commitment to supportprofessional development, the Foundation

awarded grants to support teachers in theareas of teaching literacy, learning to bementors to new teachers and developingleadership skills.

“We are particularly delighted at thewide range of applications we receivedlast fall,” said Ginny Hacker, executivedirector. “It speaks volumes about the

creativity and commitment of theteachers in our district.”

Any teacher or parent in WashingtonTownship may apply for a grant benefitting our

students and/or teachers. If you would like to learnmore about applying or to review past projects funded by

the Foundation, visit our website www.wtsfoundation.orgor call Ginny Hacker, 205.3332, x260.

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Superintendent Eugene and JettiesWhite enjoyed dancing to the music of the Meatball Band.

Samar Srour and Sue Wood samplethe dessert table sponsored by Bose McKinney & Evans.

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SPRIMGGRANT DEADLINE

April 8, 2003Applications are available

on our websitewww.wtsfoundation.org

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