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Filled with a desire to make life a little easier for teachers and staff members, the Foundation Board voted to remove the formal three rounds of deadlines for Bear Grant Applications. The board will now review Bear Grants with administrative approval as they are turned into the Bear Grant Chair, Wayne deGennaro. Funds will be … Read more
Summerville High School Foundation has a need for volunteers several times during the school year. In August we visit the school with our big tent at the New Student BBQ, and at Back to School Night in September. We also do an annual fundraiser called the “Feed the Bears” dinner/auction. The event is usually held … Read more
The Foundation receives funds from members of the community and those requests are almost always donated for a specific purpose. Sometimes they are donated on behalf of a loved one or family members as a memoriam. These endowment funds are another way the Foundation is able to support education at Summerville High School. Endowment funds … Read more
Summerville High School Foundation is proud to have recently awarded checks for Bear Grants from Round I of the 2020 grant funding year. Funds for these grants were donated through local businesses in the Foundation’s annual Sponsorship program. The mission of the SHS Foundation is to enhance education for students in arts, academics and athletics. … Read more
Summerville High School Foundation is proud to have recently awarded checks for Bear Grants from Round I of the 2020 grant funding year. Funds for these grants were donated through local businesses in the Foundation’s annual Sponsorship program. The mission of the SHS Foundation is to enhance education for students in arts, academics and athletics. … Read more
In July 2010 the Foundation contributed $40,000 towards the new seating in the Summerville High School theater which cost a total of $145,000 for 324 padded theater seats that fold away on telescoping risers. The Foundation continues to support improvements to the theater complex filling Bear Grants for new lighting, improved sound equipment, on other … Read more
The sports complex was our major long-term project. The cost for an all-weather track, stadium seating and lighting was approximately $3 Million. The project was built with the support of the taxpayers of our district, donations from local individual donors, grants and partnerships with local businesses. The Foundation supported the efforts to pass the bond … Read more
To thine own self be true. Shakespeare’s adage holds true: success is something we each must define for ourselves based on our own unique gifts and how we imagine contributing them to the world. First we must begin to know ourselves, and school can provide just the environment to nurture this experience. Summerville provided a … Read more