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CELEBRATION of EXCELLENCEFayetteville Public Education Foundationth Anniversary

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CELEBRATION of EXCELLENCEFayetteville Public Education Foundationth Anniversary

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Thank You to our Sponsors!

Media Sponsors

3W Magazine

AEP SwepcoJames Burton Blair FoundationCentennial BankGarrison Asset Management, LLC

Hannah & Greg LeeNabholz Construction CorporationGina & Neal PendergraftBarbara & Doug Prichard

University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions

Founder Sponsors

Fayetteville Public Schools Mascot Media, LLC

In-Kind Sponsors

Cambre Horne-Brooks & John BrooksSara & Justin EichmannKatie & Ed Jackson

Lindly Storey Mikesch & John MikeschThe Point Financial Group, Inc. - Ted Sego

Megan Slocum & Wayne DuncanMegan & Keaton SmithPat & Bill Storey

Supporter Sponsors

Restaurant Partners

Fayetteville Education AssociationJean Ann & Joe FennelGenerations Bank

Shari & Andy HeinzelmannHight Jackson Associates, PATammy & Read Hudson

Faye & Brian JonesOzarks Electric CooperativeDr. Kenton A. Ross, DMD

Friend Sponsors

Education Sponsors

Presenting Media Sponsor

Patron Sponsor

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FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT

AEP Southwestern Electric

Agee Family Fund in Honor of Martha

Agee

Anne & Jack Butt

Barbara Prichard Gifted and Talented

Fund

Becky Knight Memorial

Betty Lighton

Bill Conrow

Blake Croxdale Writing Scholarship

Bob Gaddy (PACE)

Bobby New

Candy & Teddy Clarkwell

Class of 1952

Class of 1956 Taylor-Lackey

Class of 1957 John Lewis

David J. Butt Family

David Lashley

Denise & Hershey Garner

Dr. Benny A. Winborn Scholarship

E.J. Ball Economic Fund

Ellen & Malcolm Hayward

Feriba McNair - Keystone endowed

by Hannah & Greg Lee

First Federal Bank

Frank Broyles

Glen Conklin Foundation

Gable Sloan Academic Enrichment

for Vulnerable Students

George Spencer Memorial

Harry Vandergriff

Heather Spears Memorial Scholarship

Henrietta K. Holcomb Memorial

Holland & Bob Weaver

Hugh Kincaid Early Childhood

Education

Irma Boyer Gifted and Talented Fund

J.E. & Maurice McClelland

Jackie New

James T. Whitehead Memorial

Jean Pharr Memorial

Jerome & Sylvia McRoy,

Bob & Marilyn Gibson

Jim Blair Author Series

Josephine S. Clark

Katy B. Stout

Koenig Family Works

Marie & Clark McClinton

Martha Albright McCandless

Martha Audrain Memorial

Marty Thurlby Deweese Study

Abroad Program

Matthew J. Siebenmorgen

Scholarship

Matthew William Moore Memorial

Mendy & Brandon Atkisson Memorial

Mike Brunner

Nana & Julian Stewart

Nathan Altman Creative Writing

Scholarship

Neal R. Pendergraft

Paula Weaver

Pendergraft Technology Grant

R.W. Willis & Simkins Family

Robbie & Clyde Selle

Shannon & Terryl Ortego

Spark Foundation Fund

Spencer Albright

Susie and Phil Stewart

Tamara & Johnny Roberts Family

Tammy & Read Hudson Family

The Bank of Fayetteville in Honor of

John Lewis

Treva & Howard Hamilton

Treva Hamilton

Upchurch Electric

Walton Family Foundation

Warren Rosenaur Theatre Fund

Thank you to our newest endowment FundsBarnhart-Eichmann Family Fund

Mary Lou Miller Scholarship

Parents, alumni, community members, and businesses provide an educational legacy by establishing a Fund in the

Fayetteville Public Education Foundation’s endowment. A named Fund in the endowment is the engine that fuels the

Foundation’s support for our annual teacher grants and student scholarships, and ensures resources remain in place

for future generations.

We give thanks to the individuals, families, and businesses in our endowment.

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Teacher driven grants are awarded through the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation endowment to implement

innovative and pioneering programs that academically enrich our students’ educational experience. We are grateful

to the donors of our endowment who make this possible.

2019-2020 Grant Awards

STEM & Coding CarT for KidS

Happy Hollow Wendy Barnes $1,997.00

The STEM & Coding Cart will serve around 200 students in the 3rd and

4th grade at Happy Hollow Elementary School. The project will provide all

students, not simply the gifted and talented students, the opportunity to

engage in innovative coding and STEM activities. Students will gain skills for

computer programming and the confidence to be creative.


KidS, ChECK iT: CollEgE and CarEErS! Ramay Heather Bottoms $3,500.00

The Kids, Check it: College and Careers project is designed to help students

plan life goals, which is a district initiative. The project will serve all 8th

grade students at Ramay Junior High through a field trip to the University

of Arkansas to assist the building and creating a culture that identifies

postgraduate educational opportunities to enhance students’ planning

choices and future careers.

Bob Gaddy (PACE)

owl CrEEK prESEnTS “aladdin KidS”Owl Creek Sherri Buckner $2,200.00

Owl Creek Presents “Aladdin KIDS” will serve 990 students in grades PreK-6th

at Owl Creek School. The project will provide 6th grade students the oppor-

tunity to perform a professional musical theatre production for the other

students in their school as well as the community, helping to establish a

performance culture and arts enrichment program.

Matthew William Moore Memorial, Class of 1952

UpdaTing ClaSSrooM roboTiCS SySTEMS

Woodland Jon Bukont $4,560.00

Modernized and updated robotics equipment for 7th and 8th grade

students, to expand their knowledge and understanding of modern

automation processes.

Koenig Family Works

Sizziling SEriES addiTionS

Asbell Audrey Caldwell $2,690.00

Sizziling Series Additions will serve 386 Kindergarten to fourth grade students

as Asbell Elementary. The project will provide new library books and missing

books from popular series, with the intent on encouraging both students

who are not motivated to read on their own and those who may read below

their grade level.

Hugh Kincaid Early Childhood Education

gardEning wiTh roboTS

FHS Jade Cameron $5,045.00

FarmBot CNC farming machine for FHS agriculture students to learn about

programming, motors and drives, automation, and precision agriculture.

Matthew J. Siebenmorgen, Tammy & Read Hudson Family

friEndS: flUEnCy & rEading in ElEMEnTariES nUrTUring divErSiTy and SUCCESS

Leverett, Root, Holcomb, FHS Angela Clark $1,430.00

FRIENDS: Fluency & Reading in Elementaries Nurturing Diversity and Success

will serve 350+ students in grades K-2 at several elementary schools across

the district as well as 20 9th-11th graders at FHS. The program will provide

a multitude of opportunities for developing friendships with role models,

building literacy, and read-alouds with children’s books about diversity,

tolerance, and acceptance. The goal is to encourage and motivate young

readers and instill confidence.

Class of 1956 Taylor-Lackey

grab yoUr bag - gET rEady for invESTigaTion

Holt Cheri Desoto $1,811.00

Scientific equipment for all 5th-grade student groups to investigate their

world through hands-on learning, so they will begin generating questions

and possible solutions for problems they discover.

Jean Pharr Memorial, Upchurch Electric

ThE CalMing SpaCE

Holcomb Jami Dugger $1,700.00

Tools for multi-sensory room to provide sensory integration and self-

regulation skills to students in order to de-escalate behaviors, teach calming

strategies, and return to general education classroom for meaningful

participation.

Becky Knight Memorial*Project vignettes are provided by grant recipients

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pUrplE pridE band TrailEr

FHS FHS Band Booster Club $10,000.00

The Purple Pride Band Trailer will serve 235 students in the Fayetteville High

School Marching Band. The customized trailer will meet the needs of the

growing band program, by transporting musical instruments and equipment

to marching contests across the country and away football games.

Bill Conrow Memorial, Martha Audrain Memorial, Paula Weaver, Walton Family

Foundation, Nathan Altman Memorial

ChooSE lovE ThroUgh aCTion

Owl Creek Carri Finley $2,431.00

High-quality literature and resources to support teachers, students and

parents as they apply strategies from the four main components of the

Choose Love Social-Emotional Learning program: courage, gratitude,

forgiveness, and compassion in action.

Denise & Hershey Garner

gETTing KidS oUTSidE ThroUgh EngliSh CUrriCUlUM and ExpEriEnTial lEarning

ALLPS Shawn Flannigan $2,232.00

Getting Kids Outside Through English Curriculum and Experiential Learning

program will serve over 90 students in grades 9-12 at ALLPS School of

Innovation. The program will give students the opportunity to experience

the outdoors by providing necessary materials such as tents, sleeping bags,

and backpacks while connecting the experience to their classroom work on

a supervised, guided overnight trip. The materials will also be made available

to students to use outside of school.

David J. Butt Family, Marie & Clark McClinton

TrUE liT fESTival

FHS Willow Fitzgibbon $5,277.00

In partnership with the Fayetteville Public Library, FPEF introduces notable

author, Kwame Alexander, to all 9th grade students at Fayetteville High

School.

Jim Blair Author Series

raMay ClUbS: divErSifiEd ExpEriEnCES

Ramay Rebecca Gilmer $4,700.00

Building connectedness through student clubs focused on diverse skills and

interests to improve behavior and attendance, deepen a sense of self-worth,

and heighten cultural appreciation.

Gable Sloan Academic Enrichment for Vulnerable Students

nEw MUSiC for fhS band

FHS Barry Harper $2,500.00

Allows FHS Marching Band to commission exclusive new music for the year.

R. W. Willis Simkins Family

SqUEEzE plEaSE!McNair Kristy Harter $946.00

This project will provide students access to deep pressure therapy that will

help them cope with different forms of stress, anxieties and sensory needs

within school.

Glen Conklin Foundation

MallET Mania

Washington Christina Holt $6,000.00

Mallet Mania will serve 305 students in grades K-4 at Washington Elementary.

The project will give all students the opportunity to play an instrument

allowing each student to have more time with the instrument and less idle

time waiting for their turn. The new instruments will provide a quality music

experience to every student.

Shannon & Terryl Ortego, Katy B. Stout

SCiEnCE in ThE ozarKS

All Middle Schools Roslyn Imrie $4,500.00

Based at the Ozark Natural Science Center, all middle school students

participate in the 12-hours of hands on, inquiry-based environmental science

classes. Using observation, scientific method, and experimentation, students

are able to apply and model natural science data and to better understand

the ecological systems and natural history of the Ozark ecoregion. Fall 2019.

Josephine S. Clark

SCiEnCE in ThE ozarKS

All Middle Schools Roslyn Imrie $3,500.00

Based at the Ozark Natural Science Center, all middle school students

participate in the 12-hours of hands on, inquiry-based environmental science

classes. Using observation, scientific method, and experimentation, students

are able to apply and model natural science data and to better understand

the ecological systems and natural history of the Ozark ecoregion. Spring

2020.

George Spencer Memorial

brEaKing oUT of ThE norM

Woodland, Ramay Jane Keen $2,000.00

Breakout boxes for Junior High G.T. students to use in the creation of their

own Escape Rooms.

Barbara Prichard GT Fund

CrEaTivE CaTS Exploring arKanSaS in ThE SUMMEr

Washington Tara Lechtenberger $4,990.00

Enriching summer field trips to engage and enrich underserved students

from Washington Elementary.

Agee Family fund in Honor of Martha Agee, Jackie New

*Project vignettes are provided by grant recipients

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q-SEUMS: inSpiring qUESTionS ThroUgh arTifaCTS

Owl Creek Jessica McConnell $3,026.00

Q-Seums: Inspiring Questions through Artifacts is a project that will serve all

950 students at Owl Creek through lesson enrichment tools and hands-on

experiences. The project encourages inquiry by providing access to physical

artifacts, resources, and historical objects to inspect and handle along with

quality nonfiction text.

Susie & Phil Stewart

ipadS for JdC!Holt, McNair, Owl Creek, WJH, RJH, ALLPS, FHS

Josh Moody $5,000.00

iPads for JDC students to help them learn more effectively in a self-paced

environment regardless of ability.

Pendergraft Technology Fund, Holland & Bob Weaver

roadrUnnEr’S l.i.f.E. ClUb (lEarning inCrEdiblE SKillS for EvEryThing)

Asbell Kirsten Melvin, Pam Skelton,

Gail Hayden, Crystyal Hinrichs, Laura Amos,

Valerie Sisco, & Courtney Bailess $6,436.00

Roadrunner’s L.I.F.E Club will serve approximately 159 students in the 3rd

and 4th grade at Asbell Elementary. The project will provide unique and

engaging life opportunities through clubs that they would not otherwise

receive. There will be seven clubs implemented that the students will rotate

through according to their interests - cooking, economics, sewing, building

engineering, blogging/yearbook, culture, and community service.

E.J. Ball Economic Fund, Harry Vandergriff

lEarning To lovE: TEaChing SoCial EMoTional lEarning in ThE ClaSSrooM

Washington Tara Lechtenberger & Ruth Mobely $3,225.00

Learning to Love: Teaching Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom will

serve 360 students in grades K-4 at Washington Elementary. The project will

provide social emotional learning picture books for daily lessons provided

by classroom teachers. Having these read aloud resources for teachers will

allow them to provide essential, engaging lessons.

The Bank of Fayetteville in honor of John Lewis, Robbie & Clyde Selle

hip hop MaSKS, MovEMEnT, & MyThology

Washington, Holcomb, Holt, McNair, Owl Creek, Ramay

Martha Sandven $3,660.00

Hip hop art, movement, and music instruction by a professional hip hop

artist for 7th and 8th graders to explore themes of kindness, acceptance,

perseverance, and ambition.

The Spark Foundation

ThE brEaKfaST ClUb afTEr-SChool arTS inTEgraTion

Ramay Martha Sandven $5,000.00

The Breakfast Club serves 70 7th and 8th grade students through after-

school direct instruction and 630 students through presentations and

performances. The program includes diverse activities led by certified

professionals that teach skills for life, school, and work to at-risk and under-

served students through integration of drama, visual art, and technical art.

Betty Lighton, Mike Brunner

poTTEry whEEl aT woodland

Woodland Suzanne Sanford $2,100.00

The Pottery Wheel at Woodland will serve 360 students in 7th and 8th grade

at Woodland Jr. High. The project will enhance the quality of art instruction

and experience by providing the opportunity for students to become

familiar with a pottery wheel, who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity,

especially at risk, SPED, and lower income.

Class of 1957 John Lewis, Heather Spears Memorial

binoCUlarS arE for ThE birdS!Asbell, Holcomb, Leverett, Owl Creek, Washington, RJH, WJH, FHS

Mignonne Scarbrough $2,500.00

Binoculars are for the Birds will serve 110 gifted and talented second graders

at all nine elementary schools in the Fayetteville district, and will continue on

for years to come. The project provides child-sized binoculars and scopes

for the students to identify birds in natural settings, supporting their goal to

identify 50 local species.

Irma Boyer Gifted and Talended Fund

CarroTS, noT STiCKS

Asbell, Holcomb, Leverett, Washington, Holt, Owl Creek, RJH, WJH, FHS

Loom Shamsud-Din $4,000.00

Carrots, Not Sticks will serve 300 students at several schools across the

Fayetteville district. The project will focus on student achievement through

providing at-risk students with resources to incentivize and reinforce

behavior improvements, which will reduce suspension rates, preserve

instructional time for all students and teachers, and improve graduation

rates.

Tamara & Johnny Roberts Family

fabriC MoThS: lEarning To SEw and EMbroidEr

Owl Creek Holley Shinn $3,290.00

The Fabric Moths: Learning to Sew and Embroider project will serve 520

in Kindergarten through 4th grade at Owl Creek School. As part of an Art

and Nature unit, students will get the opportunity to sew fabric moths. The

students will obtain an entirely new art experience through learning how to

use a sewing machine, hand-sew, embroider, and other creative fiber arts

techniques.

AEP Southwestern Electric *Project vignettes are provided by grant recipients

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illUMinaTing ThE lighT bUlb lab aT bUTTErfiEld Trail ElEMEnTary SChool

Butterfield Becky Shofner & Tiffany Foster $4,244.00

The Illuminating the Light Bulb Lab project will serve 542 students grades

K-4 at Butterfield Trial Elementary School. The lab will provide all students

the opportunity to access hands-on STEAM resources weekly through high

quality and engaging lessons designed to spark curiosity, creativity and

innovation.

Feriba McNair Keystone endowed by Hannah & Greg Lee

igniTing yoUTh rESEarCh-a SCiEnCE SyMpoSiUM

ALLPS, FHS, FVA Cameron Simpkins $3,670.00

Lab equipment and professional research poster printing materials for

hosting the first annual Science Symposium where FHS students will display

their individual research endeavors.

Anne & Jack Butt

bridging ThE gap liTEraCy prograM

Butterfield, RJH, WJH, ALLPS, FHS, FVA, Adult & Community

Education Center Shannon Simpson $2,500.00

Increases community engagement and provides free and interesting

literature by designing, constructing, installing, and supplying free libraries

in each neighborhood in the Ramay Attendant Zone, known as Ramay

Readbox Project, and the Dog Days of Summer Reading Celebration which

highlights community organizations that help rescue animals and gives away

a free dog house made by FPS students.

Candy & Teddy Clarkwell

raTTlES, ShaKErS and drUMS, oh My!Happy Hollow Dixie Smith $5,750.00

Drums and handheld percussion instruments for elementary students to

learn more about diversity and to help develop cultural appreciation.

Ellen & Malcolm Hayward, Mendy & Brandon Atkisson Memorial

ThEaTriCal MaKEUp STUdio

FHS Sarah Sone $1,550.00

Equipment and storage items to enhance a standard high school classroom

for use as the Theatrical Makeup Studio.

Warren Rosenaur Theatre Fund

viTal SignS: a TEChnologiCal approaCh To looKing inSidE ThE body

FHS Linda Stocker $7,409.00

Vital Signs will serve 100 Anatomy and Physiology students from 10th-12th

grade at Fayetteville High School. The project will provide vocational

students entering the health care field or students planning to major in

medical-related fields, with equipment which allows them to measure and

analyze physiological variables to determine human body health.

First Federal Bank, Bobby New, Frank Broyles

invESTing in roboTiCS for oUr fUTUrE

Ramay Cody Strahan $5,900.00

Equipment upgrade for students to learn about robotics using updated

robotics electronics for programming.

J.E. & Maurice McClelland, Nana & Julian Stewart

SCiEnCE EqUipMEnT for faMily and ConSUMEr SCiEnCES

FHS Jordan Strayhorn & Richard Bell $6,500.00

Science equipment for Family and Consumer Science classes to investigate

food and nutrition.

David Lashley, Treva Hamilton

ConnoTaTionS

FHS Katie Stueart $2,500.00

The project will produce 150 copies of a high-quality literary magazine filled

with student work in art, photo, prose, and poetry. This project provides

every student at the high school with an outlet for creative work, and it

specifically impacts the 18 students who complete the magazine as the

end-of-year contest in our literary magazine course.

James T. Whitehead Memorial

ClaSSrooM library EnhanCEMEnT for naTivE and hEriTagE SpaniSh SpEaKErS

FHS Andy Williams $2,827.00

The Classroom Library Enhancement for Native and Heritage Spanish

Speakers project will serve 70+ students in grades 9-12 in the upcoming

school year at FHS. The project will create a series of classroom libraries

to support independent reading goals in Spanish for heritage and native

speaker classrooms to improve fluency and literacy in students’ native

language.

Henrietta K. Holcomb Memorial, Marty Thurlby Deweese Study Abroad Fund

problEM Solving, lEarning, and TinKEring wall (plTw)

McNair JoAnna Young $600.00

Hands-on activities to experiment, create and apply personalized learning

strategies in a highly engaged environment.

Jerome & Sylvia McRoy, Bob & Marilyn Gibson, Blake Croxdale Memorial Fund


The Pendergraft Grants are awarded from the Neal R. Pendergraft Endowment, funded by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

ExpEriEnTial lEarning: piloTing advEnTUrES ThroUgh vr ExpEdiTionS

Holt Sarah Jewell $11,029.00

A Google Expeditions Kit that will impact 515 Holt students this year alone,

to explore a plethora of interactive, virtual experiences needed to build

background knowledge in all subject areas taught.

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2019-2020 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Class of 1952 ScholarshipThis scholarship is intended for future education majors, with a preferred focus in math or science. Eligibility is for students enrolled at Fayetteville High School

who plan on attending the University of Arkansas.

Emmerie Bailey • Parker Evatt • Carter Smyers

Dr. Benny A. Winborn ScholarshipThe Benny A. Winborn Scholarship was established to honor Dr. Winborn and his 40-years of dedication to the Arkansas public-education system. He served

the Fayetteville public school system as coach, teacher, principal, counselor, and as assistant superintendent.

Emmerie Bailey

James Blake Croxdale Writing Award A creative writing scholarship intended for students currently enrolled at Fayetteville High School who plan to attend the University of Arkansas or an institute

of higher education.

Megan McCartney • Charlotte McCombs

Nathan Altman Scholarship for Creative WritingA creative writing scholarship intended for students currently enrolled at Fayetteville High School who plan to attend the University of Arkansas or an institute

of higher education.

Charlotte McCombs

Heather Spears Memorial ScholorshipThe Heather Spears Scholarship is intended to provide financial assistance to any qualified graduate of Fayetteville High School. The recipient will demonstrate

not only academic achievement, but also involvement in extra-curricular activities and the community at large.

Emmerie Bailey • Brooke Weber

Matthew J. Siebenmorgen Memorial ScholarshipThe Matthew J. Siebenmorgen Memorial Scholarship is intended for an outstanding Fayetteville High School senior who will be attending a college or university

upon graduation and will not likely receive other major scholarship awards.

Lyla Warren • Brooke Weber

Marty Thurlby Deweese Study Abroad ScholarshipThe Marty Thurlby Deweese Study Abroad Scholarship is based on merit and need and encourages: foreign travel, the study of foreign language, the explo-

ration of other cultures, and understanding of other peoples and an awareness of ourselves as world citizens.

Due to international travel restrictions during Covid-19, we will not award during this cycle.

Scholarships awarded to our students through the Fayetteville Public Education Foundation endowment provide

support for continued education at the post-secondary level or study abroad.

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Reaching New Heights Early Investors

Alice Ann Simkins

Amber & Ben Pinter

Ann & Morriss Henry

April & Craig Shy

Barbara & Doug Prichard

Barbara Roberts

Beth & Marshall Saviers

Block & House Family

Brenda & Hugh Kincaid

Bridgett & Brian Heil

Cambre Horne-Brooks &

John Brooks

Carl Collier

Caroline & Philip

Cameron

Catherine Hall

Cathy & Robert Fink

Christy & Terry Smith

Class of 1969

David Shipley

Diane & Steve Halbrook

Don Deweese

Donna Lyles Memorial

Fund - Baum

Foundation

Donnie Pendergraft

Ellen & Malcolm Hayward

Endeavor

Foundation-Jack and

Anne Butt Fund

Faye & Brian Jones

Fayetteville Junior Civic

League

Garrison Financial

Genevieve Pennington

Trust Endowment

Gina & Neal Pendergraft

Hannah & Greg Lee

Jane & David Gearhart

Janie & Kim Agee

Jennifer & Kenton Ross

Jim McClelland -

McClelland Consulting

Engineers

John L Colbert

Judy & Jay McDonald

Julie & Larry Shackelford

Karen & Bruce Armstrong

Kathy & Ted Wade

Katie & Ed Jackson

Katy Nelson Ginder &

Grant Ginder

Laura & Brandon Cate

Laura Fidel

Leigh & Tim Stidham

Leslie & Ted Belden

Lisa & Bill Mayer

Lisa & Jeff Gearhart

Marcia Vandergriff Morris

& Michael Morris

Margot & Duncan Martin

Maria O’Byrne

Stephenson & John

Stephenson

Matt Spencer

Megan & Brian Sorensen

Melissa & Randy Werner

Mike Thurow

Mildred Cunningham

Molly & Coy Puryear

Nancy & Larry Bittle

Nicole & Tom Olmstead

Nika & Bill Waitsman

Pack Rat Outdoor Center

Pamela & Charles Nickle

Pat Page

Rachelle & Smac

McConnell

Rhonda Moore

Romona & Hershell West

Roy and Christine Sturgis

Educational Charitable

Trust

Sally & Neil Shipley

Sara & Jeff Koenig

Sara & Justin Eichmann

Sarah Williamson

Shari & Andy

Heinzelmann

Sheri & Woody Bassett

Spark Foundation

Susan & Orville Hall

Suzanne & Brad Watson

Terri & Vincent Chadick

Tiffany & Tim Franklin

Traci & Bill Maxey


Wells Fargo Foundation

Educational Matching

Gifts Program

REACHINGNEW HEIGHTSTHE SKY IS THE LIMIT

Grants Gifted to Reaching New Heights

Fayetteville Affiliate - Arkansas Community Foundation $5,000.00

Program: Pre-Kindergarten

Happy Hollow Foundation $20,000.00

Program: Pre-Kindergarten

Community Supporters for Quality Early Childhood Care

and Education Fund initiated by the Hunt Family $124,525.00

Program: Pre-Kindergarten & Early Education

Endeavor Foundation $25,000.00

Program: Kindergarten Readiness

Roy and Christine Sturgis Educational Charitable Trust $24,728.00

Program: Career & Technical Education

Nabholz Construction $20,170.00

Program: Construction/skilled trades at FHS

The Foundation is taking the next steps to secure growth by embarking upon the Reaching New Heights campaign. This campaign will help teachers close the opportunity gap and provide programs to children from a wide range of racial, cultural, and under resourced circumstances to promote education equity. That includes initia-tives that create a pipeline to jobs and careers, college guidance, after-school programs, and early education.

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Grants Gifted through Businesses, Foundations, and Individuals

STUdEnT TElE2:10viSion nETworK 2020FHS Lesley Allen $3,439.00

The STN 2020 trip to Seattle, WA grant request will serve 28 students ranging

from 10th through 12th grade. The grant request will provide relief to students

and parents for registration fees and offset costs for hotel rooms at our

national conference.

Private Donation: C & C Services

lifE SKillS proJECT

FHS Cassy Barnhill $1,639.00

Life Skills Project, would help any FHS students that may need to have their

clothes washed while at school. A washer and dryer purchased will be

placed in our small learning center so the sped students can learn how to

use them and help others.

Private Donation: Anonymous

SUMMEr inTErnShip - rESoUrCE dEvElopMEnT

FPEF Sarah Brasche $3,200.00

United Way & Tyson Foods

TravEling TroUpE of draMa dawgS 2019/20FHS Trevor Cooperescue $3,000.00

Comprised of 30 students grades 10-12 from Fayetteville High School that

represent FHS on a statewide level. This program will allow the troupe to

attend the Arkansas State Festival to showcase their talent and participate in

workshops to enhance theatre skills. The three-day festival is full of learning

and community building for lovers of theatre.


brEaKfaST ClUb

Ramay Bridgette Davis $5,000.00

Bikes, Blues, & BBQ

TEaChing aT-riSK TEEnS inTrinSiC MoTivaTion

FHS Nicole DeBriyn $1,155.00

Tools and resources to build motivation for at-risk students through field

trips and tangible rewards.


ThErE’S a lizard in ThE library!Leverett Katie Dolan $665.00

The project will provide a habitat, equipment, and supplies for the Leverett

library mascot- the lizard Scout, along with related library books for student

checkout. Scout the library lizard provides an opportunity to build relation-

ships and connect students to literacy.


CoMforTablE and flExiblE lEarning STaTionS in ThE ESl ClaSSrooM

FHS Stephanie Flinn $600.00

This project will serve new English language learning high school students in

grades 9-12. The goal of the flexible classroom is to provide a calming, safe,

academic place for students who may feel overwhelmed. The project is to

build a flexible classroom, functional for both academic and social learning.


proJECT CElEbraTE SUCCESS!Washington Chad Lechtenberger $1,230.00

The project will provide affordable scholastic books as rewards for positive

behaviors in the classroom. The goal is for books used as rewards for positive

behavior to create a positive classroom culture and encourage the love of

reading.


40 booK ChallEngE for liTEraCy

McNair Hollie Lucchesi $1,769.00

Incentives for completing the 40 Book Challenge.


ThEaTrE MaTErialS

FHS Warren Rosenaur $1,000.00

Support for various theatre needs.

Private Donation: Andrew Gibbs

fpS oUTbaCK

All District Joy Shirley $3,286.00


*Project descriptions are provided by teacher grant recipients.

Funding from businesses, individuals, and charitable groups ensure thousands of Fayetteville students have the opportunity to be engaged in extraordinary programs in our public schools.

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The Fayetteville Public Education Foundation provides our students with extraordinary educational opportunities by fostering strategic partnerships and investing in innovative programs championed by our educators.

We deliver on this commitment through an endowment by providing grants to teachers and scholarships to students. This investment in education guarantees that vital programs will remain in place for future generations of Fayetteville students.

Fayetteville Public Education Board of Directors Staff

Ted Sego, President

Conner McNair, Vice-President

Tim Franklin, Secretary

Lisa Higgins, Treasurer

Vince Chadick, Past President

Jamie Banks

Michael Britt

Mary Elizabeth Eldridge

Jane Gearhart

Shari Heinzelmann

Christina Knight

Jeff Koenig

Katie Jackson

Lisa Meyer

Steve Rogers

Brian Sorensen

Kathy Wade

Romona West

Nika Waitsman,

Ex-Officio Board Member

Dr. John L Colbert,

Ex-Officio Board Member

Jack Butt,

Emeritus

Cambre Horne-Brooks, Executive Director

Emma Pierce, Development

Lindly Storey Mikesch, Events

Allie Lawson, Fundraising Assistant

ConSErvaTion in ThE ClaSSrooM--SavE ThE TroUT!!!

FHS Cameron Simpkins $572.00

The project gives students the opportunity to hatch, raise, and release

endangered trout into Arkansas waterways. FHS students will gain real-world

authentic conservation experience while addressing this regional environ-

mental issue in a way that will positively impact the future.


ThE CrEaTE proJECT

McNair, Ramay, ALLPS, FHS, FVA Jay Stoyanov $2,250.00

Industry professional mentors to provide curriculum and instruction for

at-risk students at Fayetteville Virtual Academy and more through live

streams and digital content to develop creative technological skills to

prepare them to meet the digital media workforce after graduation and to

develop the important social emotional skills needed to be successful.


MUlTiSEnSory lEarning for allRoot Sarah Sullivan $377.00

The project will provide equitable instruction and support to all students,

especially those who are reading and/or writing below grade level, through

multisensory materials to improve their quality of reading and writing.


girlS: lEadErS on ThE riSE – liTEraCy-baSEd MEnToring prograM

McNair Sophia Vincent $1,500.00

A five-week literacy-based mentoring program for 50 students at McNair

Middle School. The program is designed to cultivate confidence, improve

self-concept, and promote personal leadership skills. The students are

provided an application of skills through service learning that will empower

them to gain confidence and develop knowledge of being a strong leader.


UndErSTanding arKanSaS’ SlavEry paST by ConnECTing hiSTory, liTEraTUrE and foodwayS

McNair Christopher Young & Marjo Burk $706.00

The project pairs general history of slavery with literature and a hands-on

cooking experience, giving students a deeper, more personal understanding

of the impact of slavery on Arkansans.


CrEaTing ExCiTEMEnT in ThEaTrE froM MiddlE SChool - JUnior high

McNair, Woodland Christopher Young & Stephanie Mann $817.00

This program will serve approximately 1600 students at McNair and

Woodland. The project will provide students who value the performing arts

to have a continuation from middle school to high school through the play

Snow White. The goal is to have a place at both schools for students whose

hearts are on the stage to have a place for them to be more connected to

their school community.



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