panhandle alliance for education - annual report 2012

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2012 President’s Letter

We have so much to be grateful for in the Lake Pend Oreille School District (LPOSD)!

Sandpoint High School has scored the top SAT test results in the state compared to other high

schools of its size. Huge! Clark Fork High School has, for the fifth consecutive year, gained

national recognition as one of the best public schools of its size in the nation. Really huge!

Our high schools had more students heading to higher education after graduation than

ever. Amazing! These results are particularly remarkable considering the statewide cuts in

education spending over the last several years.

Who is to thank for these accomplishments? We all are! We are blessed with an

exceptionally involved school board, an engaged administration, and bright and motivated

faculties. Our elementary and middle schools are doing a great job of preparing their

students for high school. Parents are committed to the education of our children. READY!

for Kindergarten continues to show growth and results, judging by improved

reading levels of children entering kindergarten and first grade. Teachers who

have received grants from Panhandle Alliance for Education (PAFE) are able

to become even more “entrepreneurial” in their teaching – a quality students

respond to in a positive manner. PAFE has spent more than $1 million over the

past 10 years on grants to our teachers and programs for our district.

This community support and involvement is critical to the success and

progress of the LPOSD, and we are very grateful for your support. Your PAFE

board of directors as well as staff and volunteers take this support very seriously.

We are constantly working with the district to identify projects and ideas where

PAFE can provide support. We are not just sustaining, we are growing.

Please remember PAFE with your valuable financial support!

Citizens, businesses and educators building an independent, community-based foundation for public schools.

Mission sTATEMEnTOur mission is to promote excellence in education and broad-based community support for the Lake Pend Oreille School District. As an independent organization, we will create and sustain an endowment to provide resources in support of effective teaching, learning and school management.

On the cover: Clark Fork entrepreneurship students, from left, Stillman Berkley, Melannie Wurm and Cassidy Smith pose with teacher Brian Powell and Marilyn Sabella of Eve’s Leaves; see story, page 5. Photo by Doug Marshall/El Photo Grande. Panhandle Alliance for Education appreciates the contributions to this annual report: Keokee for design and editing, and Doug Marshall/El Photo Grande and Paul Jacobson of Cutting Edge Images for photography.

Shakespearience

David Slaughter, President

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Betty Ann Diehl 1925-2010

In 2003, Betty Ann Diehl created an endowment with the Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) and designated Panhandle Alliance for Education as adviser to ICF on grant awards. She directed that projects support music and/or arts education in the Lake Pend Oreille School District. Betty Ann Diehl grew up in Sandpoint and graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1943. She left the area with her husband, Stan, while he ran the family lumber company. They returned in 1972.

Her gift is a lasting legacy to the students and teachers of the community she loved.

Deborah

McShane

LOVES

the theater and

wants students

to love it, too.

She has directed

many community

productions at the

Panida Theater,

most recently

“Music Man.” As a Sandpoint Middle School

English teacher, she knows that seventh- and

eighth-graders are prime for developing an ear for

Shakespeare and for appreciating the bard’s wit

and wisdom.

Why not bring Shakespearean Theater into

the school? The Idaho Shakespeare Festival has a

program to do just that. Using the Betty Ann Diehl

Award for the Arts from Panhandle Alliance for

Education, she invited the festival’s traveling troupe

to perform at the Sandpoint Middle School. It was

a perfect fit. Dynamic young performers are chosen

for the traveling troupe, and they know how to en-

gage students. At the close of each performance,

the actors host an Afterword, a time to field ques-

tions from students and staff.

Weeks before the troupe arrived in Sandpoint

eight language arts and social studies teachers

worked with 500 students to learn the culture, his-

tory and vocabulary of the Elizabethan era. They

also studied Shakespearean characters and drama.

But “the play is the thing.” When the troupe

arrived the students were ready for the antics, the

poetry, the history, the characters – The Play.

Shakespearience

Deborah McShane

A hundred ways to leave

a legacyAsk for the Donor Brochure if you want to

do more than just write a check.

Above left: Actors Riley McGinnis, Hayden Dil-worth, Cheyenne Nicholson, and Adeola Ogbeide pose with Deborah McShane Below: Brandon Hunter as King Henry

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Laurie and Dave Wall The Dave and Laurie Wall Award for math and science education was initiated in 2006, thanks to a legacy gift from the Sandpoint residents. The Walls funded an endowment managed by the Idaho Community Foundation (ICF). At their request it provides for an annual grant of approximately $5,000 to support math and science education in the Lake Pend Oreille School District. Panhandle Alliance is designated to select projects for ICF. The Dave and Laurie Wall Award for Math and Science funded “Hands-on Science.”

Who says

science is

boring? Not stu-

dents at North-

side Elementary.

“At North-

side, we have

a deep com-

mitment to the

development of

science-minded

students,” says Principal Perky Smith-Hagadone.

Hagadone, a former middle school science

teacher, used a PAFE grant to retool science

curriculum for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders. She

collaborated with teachers to develop the new

approach that has 90 students applying math, art

and literacy skills in hands-on science classes.

It’s a hit at Northside and soon may be used

throughout the district. Smith-Hagadone presented

the curriculum to the LPOSD Board of Trustees as a

first step in getting other schools involved.

Cut-outsHands-on Science

Perky Smith-Hagadone

Thank youMost of our programs have a few paid people and the rest powers on volun-

teers to participate and help.

Get involved.

Above left: Principal Perky Smith-Hagadone, and Isaac Bennett investigate metric scales Below: Students Danika Tomazich, Katelyn Wood-en, and Tanner Kohal experiment with fluid density


Community ConnectionsEngaging the community and local businesses in grants, education and teacher support is a winning combination for all. Marilyn Sabella, owner of Eve’s Leaves, used Bonner County Cut-Outs and said, “It is good for my business, and it is good for the students who learn from their fledgling business experience.”

But most of all, she said: “I want to support what the Panhandle Alliance for Education is doing for our schools and our community. It is important work, and I have been here long enough to really appreciate what a big difference PAFE is making.”

Entrepre-

neur-

ship is

alive and well at

Clark Fork High

School. With the

help of teacher

Brian Powell and

a PAFE grant, stu-

dents there have

a startup, school-

based, online business: Bonner County Cut-Outs.

Cut-Outs is an online coupon store serving

retail and service businesses in Bonner County.

Creation of the business required a wide range of

skills, including technology, sales, marketing, prod-

uct development, pricing strategies and manage-

ment. Students are responsible for all of it.

To understand how it works, go online to

www.bonnercountycut-outs.com. You’ll see many

familiar local businesses. Print the desired coupon,

or use a hand held digital device to copy it, and off

you go to the store.

Student entrepreneurs have attended confer-

ences to showcase this unique business, as well as

their newly acquired presentation skills.

Cut-outsHands-on Science

Brian Powell

Want to help?You can enlist in PAFE’s mission by volunteering or donating. Call 263-7040.

Get involved.

Clark Fork students, from left, Stillman Berkley, Melannie Wurm and Cassidy Smith are learning entrepreneurial skills from teacher Brian Powell and Bonner County Cut-Outs customer Marilyn Sabella

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Coldwater Creek Charity Golf Tournament This annual fundraiser has been a hallmark event for nearly a decade, raising money that has enabled PAFE to create an endowment to assure future funds for local public schools.

Going forward, a few changes will be incorporated, including a new name, Panhandle Alliance Golf Tournament, and an additional business partner. Sandpoint’s homegrown food producer, Litehouse Foods, will join Coldwater Creek as a sponsor, hosting the Friday events. Other businesses are invited to join the fun – and fundraising – by sponsoring teams and enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course.

Teacher Grants. These annual grants are award-ed district-wide to teachers and principals who seek support for educational projects, supplies or equipment not otherwise funded. Grant requests are judged for innovation, creativity, collaboration and impact on student learning.

RESULTS: Since 2003, 388 grants have been awarded, totaling a direct investment in our class-rooms of more than $1 million.

Reading. PAFE funds the CORE Reading Program, providing training for teachers of grades K-12 on state-of-the-art methodology to improve reading, writing and language arts instruction.

RESULTS: Through a cumulative investment of $435,000, the Lake Pend Oreille School District has dramatically improved reading scores, from the low 80 percent range to near universal proficiency. In 2009 the district achieved its goal of 98 percent proficiency on ISAT testing in eighth-grade reading.

READY! for Kindergarten. In our district and nationwide, 44 percent of children entering kinder-garten test below proficiency for learning readiness – and data verifies that children who start behind, stay behind. The READY! program provides parents of children up to 5 years old with instruction, books and educational toys to help their children achieve success at the very start.

RESULTS: After four years of the READY! for

Kindergarten program, 90 percent of children in the program now enter school testing at or above readiness levels.

Career and College Guidance. PAFE provides support for a district counselor to help high school seniors develop a career plan, with assistance in the college application process, SAT and ACT test-ing, financial aid, scholarships, and more.

RESULTS: A three-year investment of $168,000 has radically boosted post-secondary attendance by district graduates; in 2011, 78 percent were accepted to college or technical schools.

Professional Volunteer Coordinator. Through a partnership with the Equinox Foundation, PAFE helped provide a district volunteer coordinator to capitalize on community volunteer talent and man-power and offset staffing lost through budget cuts.

RESULTS: In the 2011-12 academic year, 52 volun-teers assisted 48 teachers on a regular basis, ac-counting for more than 8,400 hours of volunteer time in classrooms of all 12 district schools.

ProgrAM ovErviEw

READY! for Kindergarten

Team upChallenge your coworkers and have your company sponsor a team. Have fun sup-

porting education. Get involved.


If it’s the last Saturday in July, the Summer Sunset Gala is happening on the lake!Every year a generous friend of PAFE with a spacious lakefront setting offers to host the gala, an enchanted evening of food and fellowship, artists and educators. Attendees learn the PAFE story and give generously.

READY! for Kindergarten

Remember the date — last Saturday in July —

and join in the fun to support our kids and their teachers.

EndowmentThe PAFE Board of Directors is committed to helping future generations of Lake Pend Oreille School District students. We know the need for funding educational programs will continue long after our time here.

To address this commitment, PAFE funds endowments with two established independent community foundations. These endowments are expected to become large enough to produce cash flow that future PAFE leaders can use to meet educational needs.

Several Sandpoint area families who share our commitment to public education have funded family endowments naming PAFE as their distribution beneficiary. These families have created memorials to their family legacy while giving back to their community for generations to come.

How your contributions were invEsTED

Financials12 months ending June 30, 2012

ASSETS

Cash $738,830

Net fixed assets 4,867

TOTAL ASSETS 743,697

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS

Accounts payable and other liabilities 105,853

Net assets 637,844

ToTal lIaBIlITIES & NET aSSETS $743,697

REVENUES, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORT

Donations $608,203

Endowment revenue 94,812

Investment earnings 2,057

Total revenue 705,072

EXPENSES

Fundraising 273,237

Grants/Programs 212,586

Contributions to endowment 100,000

Administrative 54,965

Communications 8,514

Total Expense 649,302

Net Income $55,770Endowment 2,292,694

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Board of Directors and StaffFront row from left: David Slaughter, Kathleen Mulroy, Kathy McConnell, Vickie Pfeifer, Annie Reeves, Marcia Wilson, Naticia Litven, Erin ButlerSecond row from left: Chris Bessler, Roxie Lowther, Allison Gilmore, Bill Berg, Brad WilliamsThird row from left: Geraldine Lewis, Mel Dick, Tom Gibson, Chris Chambers, Wendy Dunn, Dick Cvitanich, Karl DyeMissing from photo: Mindy Cameron, Carol Deaner, Tracy Gibson, Travis Kaul, Don Robson

www.panhandlealliance.org

P.O. Box 1675 | Sandpoint ID 83864

208-263-7040

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• Steve’s Import Auto • Summit Insurance • Sun-nique International • Talon International • Trinity at City Beach • Tri-North Builders, Inc. • Williams & Parsons, PC • Women’s Health Care • Woodward Canyon Winery • Yee Tung Garment Co. Ltd. • Yellow River Inc.

INDIVIDUALBud Aaker • Beth Acker • Irene Adler • Nick and Natasha Albertson • Nita Allard • Shelley Allen • Tom and Cindy Albertson • Cheryl Allen • Catherine An-derson • Karen van Asch • Lawrence Blakey and Eileen Atkisson • Jean Babcock • Anne Bagby • Missi Baker • Alan Bartling • Jim and Lisa Bell • Dave and Tami Belzer-Gunter • Vicki Benner • Mindy Cameron and Bill Berg • Kathy Berget • Andrea Berliner • Laurie Berliner • Tammy Berning • Chris and Sandy Bessler • Jerry Binder, D.M.D. • Ray and Mary Bird • Donny and Lisa Blaese • Eileen E. Blake • Herman Bo • Michael and Dee Boeck • Mary Bonar • John and Patricia Bowman • Amy Bradetich • Dillard Bryce • Mike and Stephanie Brown • Sharon Burdick • Scott and Alison Burgstahler • Tom and Jennifer Burrell • Tiga Burright • Debi Butler • Trish Butler • Frank Cafferty • Natalie Cain • Bailey and Mary H. Campbell • Diane and Bill Carleton • Lisa Cessna • Chris and Kathy Chambers • Rob and Bonnie Chambers • Rae Charlton • Becky Charvoz • Rochelle Chatburn • Cynthia Chenault • Kimberly Clad • Janet Clark • Spencer and Carleen Clark • William Collier • Sandy Compton • Frank and Audrey Conklin • Debbie Conn • Diane

Copley • Tammy Costello • Melissa Couch • Barbara Crumb • Dick and Diane Cvitanich • Erik Daarstad • Marilyn Dalby • Bill D’Olier • Barbara Buchanan and Rick Dalessio • Nicole Dash • Dennis Dauble • Deborah Davis • Jayne Davis • Kevin and Mel Davis • Mike Davis • Jill Dean • Gary and Carol Deaner • Kevin and Kathleen Dearmin • Jack and Janice DeBaun • Purley Decker • Mackenzie Deibel • Cassie Dekker • Pauline Delamarter • Joyce DeLaVergne • Mike and Gina Deprez • Mel and Claudia Dick • Ryan Dignan • Zabrielle Dillon • Scott and Wendy Dunn • Marty and Moreau Durkin • Dave and Barbara Eacret • Dan and Jacqueline Henrion Earle • Krista Eberle • David and Jody Edwards • Bob and Chris Elliot • Ford and Jean Elsaesser • Larry Enright • Meghan Faulkenberry • Tim and Kim Feehan • Tim and Debbie Ferguson • Jerry and Vicki Ferrara • Colleen Filipowski • Jill Flanigan • Mel and MaryLee Fowler • Jim and Julie Frank • Chet and Shari French • Mark and Roxie Fuller • Thomas Gamel • Peggy Gaudet • Pat and Kathy Gavin • Billie Jean Gerke • Nancy Gerth • Su-san Gervais • Tom and Tracy Gibson • Shantelle Gillis • Leslie Goffinet • Liz Gollen • Christine Gooley • Dale and Lisa Greene • Sandi Greer-Gatlin • Dan and Cindy Griesemer • Jeremy and Nicole Grimm • Klaus and Gisela Groenke • Heather Guthrie • Donald Hagan • Pam Hagerman • Dann Hall • Joan Hamelmann • Natassia Hamer • Tim and Jackie Hanna • George and Deborah Hansen • C.J. and Deanna Harris • Tina Harvey • John Hastings • Stan and

Beverly Hatch • Sherri Hatley • Ed and Rebecca Hawkins • Mitzi Hawkins • Julie Heck • Dustin and Charity Hegel • Robin Helm • Judy Helton • Greg and Charlene Hitchcock • Buell and Donna Hollister • Rebecca Holland • Kathy Holm • Bob and Lesley Hoover • Janna Hull • Judy Hull • Deb Hunsicker and Phil Hough • Barb Hunt • Gail and Larry Jackson • Dan and Allison Gilmore Jacobson • Ronald and Nanci Jenkins • Jerome Jessup • Becky Johnson • Kevin and Carla Johnson • Diane Jones • Rich Jones • Debra Jordan • Dana and Sue Jordan • Nathan and Becky Kanning • Teresa Karr • Travis and Kim Kaul • Kim and Julie Keaton • Martha Kelley • Cary and Monica Kelly • Philip and Teresa Kemink • Kyle Kennedy • Nancy Kienholz • Connie Kimble • Eugene Kiver• Rick Kline • Sharon and Gus Kopriva • Lee Ann Kopsa • Paul and Teena Kusche • Fred and Tracey Lange • Sandy Lange • Alan Larsen • Buzz and Michele Larson • Steven and Susan Shaw Lazar • Doo Hyung Lee • Jane and Paula Lee • Brent and Barb Leedle • Glenn Lefevre • Michael Lefler • Jack and Karry Lensing • James and Geraldine Lewis • Jerry and Pat Lewis • Donald and Valrie Linane • Pam Lippi • Bob Klatt and Naticia Litven • Daniel and Carrie Logan • Dennis and Mila Harris Lopez • Bill and Mari-anne Love • Susan Edwards and Jim Lovell • Robert and Roxie Lowther • Diana Lucanto • Trista Lyman • Imogene Lyon • Leona Macleod • Lois MacLeod • John and Kari Manning • Cathleen Manusia • Ian Martin • Paula Marcinko •

Bobbie Marcy • Dan Martin • Mitch and Karen Martin • Tracey and Dan Mathews • Marshall and Mary Sue Mayer • Tim and Kathy McConnell • Michael McNelley • Betty McQuirk • Julie Menghini • Malia Meschko • Dan and Lori Meulenberg • Becky Meyer • Stephen and Julie Meyer • Dave and Sarah Miles • Steve Miller • Joe and Leigh Mire • Marty and Jeralyn Mire • Henry and Pauline Mire • Mike Mitchell • Don and Lori Morris • Jerry and Phyllis Morris • Terri Myers • Linda Navarre • Greg Nelson • Marcella Nelson• Cindy Newall • Leana Nitcy • Kevin and Julie Nye • Angela Oakes • Cheryl O’Donnell • Doug and Patsy Olin • Debbie Page-O’Connell • Tom Pagliasotti • Angela Palm • Elizabeth Palmer • Fred and Barbara Palmer • Jeffrey and Jennifer Parisian • Fred and Sally Park • Jack and Shirley Parker • Daren and Helen Parsons • Eric and Lisa Paull • Kendon and Judy Perry • Tom and Vickie Pfeifer • Dawn Mehra and Rob Pierce • Kyla Pincher • Angela Potts • Kathy Powell • Debby Price • Rick Price • Kelly and Diane Prior • Jon Proctor • Kathy Prummer • Kim Queen • Alice Rand • Stacia Reid • Peter and Joanne Renkert • Jan Riley • Nanci Rinaldi • Mark Rivers • Ken and Martha Rodenbush • Thomas Rodg-ers • Illene Rogensack • Mindy Roget • Barb Roisum • Mike and Erin Roos • Tim and Sandy Ross • James and Ruth Rowe • Craig and Paula Royer • Paul and Jan Rumore • Jody Russell • John and Patricia Russell • Tony and Laura Saulino • Dawn Schatz • Petja Scheele • Romey Stuckart and

Stephen Schultz • Brian and Tamara Scrimsher • John and Nachele Search • John and Bev Shaw • James and Sue Shelledy • Chris and Jenny Shelton • Don and Carol Sheridan • Howard and Georgia Simmons • Eric and Julina Skinner • Dave and Debbie Slaughter • Rick and Darcy Small • Debbie Smith • Julie Smith • Perky Smith-Hagadone • Rick and Melanie Snider • Claire Sodorff • Kim Sorensen • Karen Spade • Linda Spade • Dan and Starla Staglund • Ruthie Stevens • Sue Storaasli • Jayne Sturm • Rebecca Sturm • Rich and Sue Sugden • Jay Sullivan • Brad and Stacy Temple • Becky Thorton • Barbara Tibbs • Laurie Tibbs • Diana Tombleson • Wayne Townsend • Krystal Travers • Patrick Valliant • Clarence and Linda Van Dellen • Kim Vanhorn • Doug and Jan Vann • Jeffrey and Amy Voeller • Bruce and Sue Vogelsinger • Greg and Betsy Walker • Marcia Wanous • Chris Warren • Jan Wasserburger • Jeremy and Kara Waters • Lynn and Jim Watts • Pam Webb • Trudie Weiden • Ellen Weissman • Gary and Velma Wescott • Carolyn Whalen • Michael and Bo Whitley • Glory Whit-taker • Randy Wilhelm • Angela Wilson • Charles and Marcia Wilson • Brad and Carol Williams • Joe and Lori Williams • Nancy Williams • Ben and Courtney Wimmer • John and Jackie Windju • Carol Winget • Ted and Dianna Winget • Alex and Lara Wohllaib • Rudy and Karyn Wolf • Ken Wood • Jim and Brenda Woodward • Louise Zmuda • Judy Zugish • Justin Zugish

Donors 2012 CORPORATEAdrianna Papell • All Sea-sons Garden & Floral • ALSC Architects • AmericanWest Bank • Apparel Group Ltd. • AT&T • Avista Corp. • Bagatelle • Betty Ann Diehl Fund • Blossom Wealth Enterprises Intl. • Bonner General Hospital • Bonnie

& Norma • Boston Interna-tional, Inc. • Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services • Century 21 on the Lake • Century 21 RiverStone • Century Publishing • Checkpoint Systems, Inc. • Chevron Matching Gift Program • Cintas Corpora-tion • Coldwater Creek •

Commercial Apparel Co. LLC • Commercial Contractors, Inc. • Creative Retail Packag-ing • D.A. Davidson Inc. • Delta Global Sourcing Ltd. • Depeche Mode Clothing Co. LLC • Design Ideas • Eckinger Construction Co. • Equinox Foundation • Family Health Center


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