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1999 MINNESOTA ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION ANNuAL REpORT

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This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp

To all who have improved as a result of working with MAEF, we salute yourcourage and hard work. To our partners who have donated their resources, time andtalents to helping MAEF help schools improve, students learn in better ways andrecognize and celebrate positive change, we thank you for your commitment.

MAEF's work continues to be made possible by its hundreds of volunteers anddozens of business, education and government partners. MAEF funding is providedthrough:

• Gifts and grants from individuals and foundations in the private sector.• Interest from endowment funds housed in community foundations

throughout the state.• Grants and appropriations from government.• Fees for services delivered to students, schools, communities, government

agencies and business organizations.

Dear Friends,The Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation (MAEF) was founded in

1983, co-supported by the public and private sectors through community-basedpartnerships. It was created in response to the report, A Nation at Risk, and wasconceived as an innovative use of business, government and education resources toaddress the issues of student achievement and school performance.

The MAEF organization has a challenging and important mission: to be theprimary advocate for promoting and recognizing the importance of academic excellence inall Minnesota elementary and secondary students, schools and communities. And in1999, the MAEF Board and staff and its many partners worked to advance thismission through MAEF's three strategic goals:

• As the primary advocate for students, MAEF will provide leadership to designand implement programs and initiatives which increase student learning andensure a voice for students in managing their own learning.

• Families, communities, districts and schools will use MAEF services to recognizeand facilitate accountability for increasing levels of learning by all young peopleand for improving the performances of their local schools.

• MAEF will investigate and implement partnerships and cost-effective revenuestreams, which are consistent with and contribute to MAEF's charter andmission to support its programs and operations.

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Executive DirectorMAEF Board Vice Chair

~~~GJ~ ~Ullerie Halversoll Pace

IBM MAEF

MAEF...BRINGING A VOICE AND

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO EDUCATION

CUSTOMERS - STATEWIDE.

g0t1~Jim Bartholomew

Mimlesola Business Parlllership

MAEF Board Chair

"We saw MAEF as such a worthwhileorganization, we wanted to get involved."

- Ted Koenecke, Corporate Vp, Administration, LiJetouch

(Lifetouch printed the 1999 Reach for the Stars)

ITHE PROGRAMS... I

School Improvement and Accountability:• Partners for Quality• Classroom Quality Program• Quality Leadership Academy• Baldrige Bonus Program• District QualityTraining Centers• Business Volunteer Training

Community Organization and StudentEngagement:• Academic League• Academic Booster Clubs• What Works? Ask the Parents!• Minnesota Governor's Scholars• The Road to Academic Excellence• Urban Outreach Initiative

Incentives, Awards and Recognitions:• Ethics in Education

Milken Educator Awards• Lettering for Excellence• Gathering of Champions• Academic Coach .of the Year• Teacher Achievement Awards• Senate Youth Scholarship Award

lAND RESULTS ... IDid you know...• More than 300 sites in Minnesota are using

Partners for Quality to improve school performanceand increase student achievement.

• Five districts are now established as Partners forQuality Training Centers: Minneapolis, Robbins­dale, Rochester, South Washington County andWorthington.

• Twelve sites completed Baldrige organizationalassessments. And about 16,000 young people wereserved by the Classroom Quality Program.

• In Fiscal Year 1999, Academic League membershipreached a ten-year high of 260 school districts.

• Academic League student participation grew to40% of Minnesota's elementary and secondarypopulation.

• Eighty-five students were selected to serve as 1999Governor's Scholars.

• Awards to educators totaled $160,000 in 1999.

• 12,000 young people were recognized at the 1999Gathering of Champions.

17lrough business,

government and educatiun

partnerships students are

provided oppOrtllnilics to

truly "Reach for the Sial'S."

Ever Renewing P01'lnership 3

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND

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NATIONALLY-VALIDATEDPERFORMANCE CRITERIA FUELS'PARTNERS FOR QUALITY' SUCCESS

In 1990, the Minnesota Legislature chargedMAEF to develop a "schools of excellence"program that would establish "state standards,criteria and a process for showing improvement inacademic performance among Minnesota schools."

MAEF went to work organizing task forces,researching and evaluating criteria for a programthat could measure and promote quality ineducation. And now, following planning, research,several pilot tests and six years of deployment, aprogram known as Partners for Quality is doingjust that.

Partllers for QualityEducation LeadershipAcademy matchedsuperintendents andbusiness CEOs.

The program came with a set of pilot criteria.And, just this year, the Malcolm Baldrige NationalEducation Criteria for Pelfo1'lnance Excellence wasformally enacted by Congress to serve as tl1ebackbone of Partners for Quality.

The nationally-validated criteria addresseducation performance in seven categories:Leadership, Strategy Planning, Student andStakeholder Focus, Information Systems, HumanResource Development, Process and PerformanceResults. Thus far, MAEF and Partners for Qualityusers have been pleased.

"We feel the Partners for Quality program istruly a testament to the commitment to qualityeducation in the state of Minnesota," saysRepresentative Barb Sykora (R) - Excelsior, whohelped renew legislative funding for Partners forQuality. Representative Len Biernat (D) ­Minneapolis, agrees.

"We've been very pleased with the progressPartners for Quality has made thus far and we lookforward to its continued success." Business leaders

have also been quick to recognize the program."We wanted to see if the same quality tools

that have worked well in business could be used inclassroom settings," says Honeywell's Andre Lewis,a funder of the Partners for Quality program.Others echoed his views.

"As business leaders, we have a vested interestin what is coming out of our schools," says DeanAschman, manager of International TechnicalSupport, IBM. "These are going to be the leadersof tomorrow; it's important that quality educationmeasures be implemented early in the educationprocess." And educators couldn't agree more.

Just ask Gary Brandt, principal of CentralElementary School in Worthington what he'slearned in five years of trying to bring qualityprinciples and practices into the schoolhouse.

"The key is to show teachers how this canimpact their classroom. If you can do that, youhave a chance of getting their attention," saysBrandt. Many educators agree with Brandt, buteven more program supporters say it's inlportantfor all public entities to be involved in the process.

"MAEF and the Partners for Quality programserve as an excellent catalyst that pulls all ofacademia, businesses and institutions together forthe betterment of education," says Aschman. That'sexactly MAEF's intention says Jim Bartholomew ofMinnesota Business Partnership and board chair ofMAEF.

"Our goal is to be a voice jor and bringinnovative solutions to education customers:students, schools, community, businesses and theState of Minnesota."

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

ACADEMIC LEAGUE CELEBRATES10TH ANNIVERSARY AT STATE CAPITOL

The Academic League initiative celebrated its10th anniversary this year with a rally at tl,e StateCapitol. Currently, about 100 academic challengesand recognitions are endorsed by the AcademicLeague Council for use by elementary andsecondary students in Minnesota. What's more,40% of Minnesota's student population - or about300,000 students, participate in at least oneAcademic League activity.

Schools learn about these activities through anannual catalog, Reach jo'/' the Stars, which iscompiled by MAEF, printed by LifeTouch anddistributed to aU teachers in Mllmesota at no cost.But according to Greg Vandal, superintendent ofschools, Sauk Rapids-Rice school district, it takesmore than a commitment at the local level for theseactivities to be successful.

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Academic Challenge Coach

of the rear Awankes ((rom

left to right) Laura Cavelldar

(Minneapolis Public chools)

and Chel)" Retrlllll

(MACCRAY) each received a

10,000 glfl.

"As the Academic League continues to growand mature it's important that it garners supportand commitment across the state," says Vandal.

Kay Miles, gifted programs coordinator, Mid­State Education District - Little Falls, agrees,adding that statewide funding is crucial toAcademic League programming.

"Some districts can support the programsbecause of how large they are," says Miles. "Butwhen you get into the rural areas and outstateMinnesota districts, the funds are very limited.Equitable statewide funding is imperative tocontinue providing Academic League opportunitiesfor Minnesota's students."

So far, there's been nothing but ringingendorsements and support for the AcademicLeague; just ask Whitney MacMillan, chairmanEmeritus, Cargill, Inc.

MacMillan and his wife, who had organizedtheir own foundation (Whitney E. MacMillanFoundation), were looking to bring their ideas toan entity that could deliver quality educationprograms and activities. Having been longtimesupporters of academic excellence, they sought torecognize those teachers who exemplified academicexcellence best.

"We were looking to an organization that wasbroad, yet focused enough on delivering qualityeducation programs and recognition to teachers,"says MacMillan. "We evaluated many, but therearen't a lot of organizations out there thatrecognize like MAEF does. I was amazed at thecapacity of what they did," says MacMillan. It wasthrough the marriage of WEM Foundation andMAEF that the Academic Coach Award, one of threenew awards programs, was born to recognizeexcellence in academic coaching.

So it comes as no surprise that the AcademicLeague has enjoyed 10 years of helpingcommunities support academia.

Ever Renewing Partnership

MAEF would like to thank the dedicated academiccoaches, academic booster clubs, staff andvolunteers who continue to provide for a brighterfuture in education.

IINCENTlVES, AWARDS AND I

MAEF deploys a variety of awards torecognize outstanding performance. Teachers andprincipals are recognized for improving studentlearning in a number of awards programs,including the prestigious Milken Educator Award.The award provides the four outstanding educatorswith a $25,000 cash award.

MAEF also provides a number of awards forstudents who achieve academically. The Gatheringof Champions, held at the Minnesota State Fair,annually recognizes elementary and secondarystudents in three categories: students who areconsistent academic achievers; students who arestate-level champions in Academic Leaguechallenges; and students who make a turnaround in

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1998 - 1999 Milkell

Educators frolll left 10 right:

Brad Board, Jana Larsoll,

Sheila milh amd I'v[att

Naugle.

Dave Dahl and lhe KSTP

team were on hand

broadcastirtf.! live from Ihe

"Gatherillg of ChWI/PIOflS"

at the tate Fail'.

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July 1,1998 to June 30,1999 (As of August 31,1999)

rl

15,342

40,00029,00034,398

397,245

126,00060,60428,76232,75246,38041,88811,0839,000

$ 98,738

$ 972,075**

17,500

40,000*25,00029,611

403,000

168,00040,00032,50036,00053,00046,00030,00028,000

BUDGET ACTUAL$ 656,611 $ 683,468

321,000 321,000

15,000 15,000

113,000 114,338* *

$1,105,611 $1,133,806

$ 99,000

$1,047,611

UMMARY REpo

Program deliveryPartners for QualityAwards and recognitionsEvents and public outreachGovernor's ScholarsAcademic LeagueGathering of ChampionsCommunity organization/urban oUb.-eachResearch and development

Program support(Staff, contractors, field offices,travel, materials storage, etc.)

EXPENDITURESAdministration

(Staff, Board, volunteers, office)

TOTAL

Fees-program services and membershipInkind donations-goods and services

Interest income

INCOMEGovernment grants, contracts

Friends for MAEF-gifts(Foundations, corporations, individuals)

Fund development

Support to students, schools and educatorsAwards to teachersMilken technology conferenceParb1ers for Quality District Training Grants

Inkind donations include computers, advertising, printing and collaborations with Department ofChildren, Families and Learning, Milken Family Foundation and others.

** $100,000 in gift revenue was carried forward to FY20QO budget for programs in First Quarter.

, TOTAL

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IACTIONS OF THE BGAR:D OF DIRECTORS 1999 I

their academic careers or who achieve-despitesignificant barriers.

This year, KSTP-TV News Team signed on asemcees and broadcast live from the MAEFPavilion at the State Fair. Apart from their lives intelevision, the KSTP team shares concerns asparents, too.

"As a father of three, you tend to pay moreattention to education and organizations likeMAEF," says Joe Schmit, KSTP's sports anchor.Gathering of Champions is an outstandingprogram and we're very happy to be a part of it.

• Approved program proposals for Governor'sbudget bill: MAEF funding, School EnrichmentPartnership Program, Partners for QualityDistrictTraining Centers Program, AcademicLeague Booster Clubs and "Use your head to getahead" student achievement program.

• Clarified that the MAEF Advocacy Stancesupports "high standards, accountability andmeasurement for student achievement."

o Authorized the design and implementation bythe Personnel Sub-Committee and theLeadership Team of a tactical plan, staffing planand budget for the FY2000-2001 biennium.

o Charged Board to develop an aggressive revenueplan to leverage some self-sufficiency based onrevenue mix to be achieved by 2003-2004.

• Approved a contract with Cincinnatus to validatethe strategic alignment of the MAEF StrategicPlan, MAEF programs, resources, staff positionsand talent pool and to help with hiring staff forthe new positions.

• Approved Program Priorities developed by theProgram Committee for FY2000-200 1 to alignwith MAEF functions and major cost centers.

• Approved the selections for the 1998 MAEFHero Awards.

o Adopted criteria for tl1e new educator awardsprograms: Ethics in Education, Academic Coachand Lettering for Excellence TeacherAchievement Awards.

o Endorsed the e-schools program as presented bytl1e Minnesota Office ofTechnology.

o Approved the agenda and format for the firsttechnology conference to be co-sponsored withthe Mill<en Family Foundation and theDepartment of Children, Families and Learning.

• Enacted mandates for the performance of the1999 Gathering of Champions.

• Approved revised criteria for the MAEFHero Award.

Ever Renewing Pm·tnership

It's a great time and more importantly, it's for agreat cause," says Schmit.

In addition, Lt. Governor Mae Schunk was onhand to recognize students and greet families.

• Charged the Academic League Council to alignits work and agenda to the MAEF Strategic Planand tl1e Academic League Vision Statement.

o Adopted a new Vision Statement for theAcademic League to advance the involvement ofcommunity voltmteers who are not educatorsand autl10rized tl1e alignment of tl1e AcademicLeague Council membership and structure tothe new vision.

o Authorized staff and the Program Committee towork with tl1e Academic League Council tocreate new membership and affiliation optionswitl1 accompanying fee structures to support thedelivery of new and continuing products andserVIces.

• Renewed the Partners for Quality VisionStatement.

o Renewed the three-tiered fee structure forPartners for Quality and authorized tl1e increaseof fees to cover the delivery of customized andmore complex services.

o Renewed the Vision Statement for Governor'sScholars Program and authorized a fee structureto cover costs.

• Approved sophomore eligibility for application toGovernor's Scholars and participation during tl1ejunior year of high school.

o Approved fee-for-service language to be used inpromotional materials for the Governor'sScholar's Program.

o Approved a budget and format for tl1e 1999MAEF annual meeting.

• Reviewed and approved current funddevelopment policies and plans.

• Endorsed tl1e "Leave A Legacy" campaign.• Unanimously commended Board member

Marcia Love for her work during two terms onthe MAEF Board and Owen Heiberg for his 10years of service to MAEF as a Board memberand tl1e MAEF Program Director.

• Approved the 1998 Annual Report.

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HELPING MAEF MAKE A DIFFERENCE

1999 Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundatioll Annual Report

The Minnesota Governor's Scholars program wascreated in 1984 to respond to and prevent urgentproblems in our communities by tapping the positive potential of Minnesota's youth. Many ofthese problems have been endangered by the breakdown of shared community values; othersare the result of the factions that emerge when we cease to value all members of society.

Former Governor AI Quie, who keynoted this year's Summer Institute, said, "It startswith the family, and more specifically, the extent to which families get involved with theirchildren's education. I was struck with the eagerness and desire for learning that these youngscholars exhibit."

The 1999 Governor's Scholars posted their most significant learning gains of 30-50percent in the following areas:

• Determining a project that will impact the community in a measureable way.• Learning and using the Baldrige Continuous Quality Improvement Process as well as

practicing strategic quality planning, visioning and benchmarking.• Learning to prepare a leadership project proposal and quarterly reports on project

progress.The projects vary from student to student. For instance, Sara Holte of International Falls

High School, designed a project to address "the digital divide" - to increase the availability ofcomputer hardware in the school district, with top priority given to the youngest students.Another student, Mir Khalid Ali, Minneapolis Edison, designed a project to create greaterunderstanding between young people and the elderly. These are just two examples of thelevel of commitment and talent these students lend to their schools and communities.

ONORSI

SILVER BOOSTERSCaldwell Banker BurnetJerome CarlsonEdward & Sherry DaytonTeresa EggeBuford GordonGuidant CorporationStephen HuhMark KennedyGreg LeaEducation MinnesotaJohn MitchamValerie Halverson PaceOttertail PowerBill SweasyTREND enterprises, inc.

PARTNERSADCArcadia Financial Ltd.Beim FoundationDepartment 56, Inc.Ford Motor CompanyGeneral Mills FoundationHoneywell FoundationIBMLifetouch, Inc.Marbrook FoundationMilken Family FoundationMinnesota Business

PartnershipMinnesota LifeNorthern States PowerPiper Jaffray Companies, Inc.Red Wing Shoe Company

FoundationReliaStarThe Hubbard FoundationThe Jostens Foundation, Inc.The Musser FundU S West FoundationWEM FoundationWilliam Randolph Hearst

Foundation

MAE GOSSETTMEMORIALPhyllis D. BaileyZona and Jeff BurkBuford Gordon

UNDERWRITERSJudith O'DonnellUnited Way of Minneapolis

INVESTORSThe Burdick Family

Charitable FoundationFord Motor Company

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SUSTAINERSVictoria BoydMargaret ConnollyMark GleasonOwen HeibergLorraine KruseRep. Don OstromZona Sharp-BurkMary Trowbridge

SUPPORTERSEllis BullockJeanne M. EikumJudy HealeyJohn & Midge HolahanAndrew Humphrey

Pamela]. KonvickaElin Malmquist SkinnerDonald SwansonStephen & Melinda UrionJoann WardFrederic WendtSusan Wunderlich

FRIENDSDenice M. AthrnanPhyllis D. BaileyLisa S. BakkenJames BartholomewSteve BartholomewColleen M. BauerKathleen M. BehneSheila Beiswenger

Dolores BerglundCynthia C. BhimaniJacquelyn M. BillingsleyStephen BogerKathleen BoulkaWayne BrandsJudy K BrandtSheri]. BrinkerLois BrownMarilyn BryantCynthia B. BurtonAllen A. CalubayanLynn CarlsonSandra CarltonJulie CarriveauBonnie D. Christensen

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Virginia ClarkCynthia Nyman CoonJean Marie CostelloSheila R. CunninghamRachel E. CurtisKaren A. DahlgrenCathy Dangers JonesAllan DeBoerJackie DekkerChristine DepenthalRandal DietrichMyrna DoranRachel M. DrakeJanet M. DubinskyCarol DurmRobin H. EggertC. Jeffrey ErdmannDarrell L. EricksonCheryl R. EvenmoRachel A. Flogstad-HeiseFabienne FoxRobert M. FrenchKay F FreundBetsy FuhrmanJane 1. GavinBarbara A. GecasBerniece L. Gernes-MeyerKathy L. GodlewskiDebbie A. GoryckiSusan R. GraffKimberly A. GrandpreyMichele M. GreigPaul & Paula GrimmerJulie R. GronauJulie A. GruberShayne HamannAbdelsalam B. HamidRuth HamiltonRaNaye L. HansenCynthia M. HaugenGrace HendersonThomas D. HendersonBrigitte W. HenneRobert P HerrboldtJan I-livelyDarla Hoaglund-McCannPeggy S. HolmCassandra]. HolstromKeith A. Howard IIRhonda IngebritsonAngela K. JacksonDebra L. JacobsonEllen L. JandaJanis M. Johnson & Mark

SchelskeKenneth JohnsonJune K. KahlstorfPraveena and Rajani KanthDebra S. KampaDonna M. KellerJoyce E. Kimball

Ever Renewing Partnership

Gary KirschmanSue & Shawn KrayPatty A. KruseBrian A. KuphalPaul C. LarsenGeorge E. LarsonJudi L. LaurenceFrances LesickoKim LindnerAlexander L. LoMarjorie]. LongMaryF LundSharon K. LundDaniel P ManuelJoi MartinDuane MattheisRuth K. MattisonLinda S. McCombSue &Daniel McGlenoLaurie McGooganIrma McIntosh ColemanKarla McKenzieMalcolm McLeanLisa MeachamMary Ann MeadStephen L. MenartCraig & Mary MeyerLori MeyerMichelle M. MeyerPaul S. & Barbara MickelsonJoey MiatechLecil L. MillerTimothy MillerMNYMCA Youth In

GovernmentJulie Ann NaceSusan NelsonTammy R. NelsonShelli A. NessEva Janet NeubeckJames K. NielandJohn M. NillesAlan NortonVictor OgbuehiDawn L. OhmannLesly D. Olejniczak

BornmannJoni L. OlsonKelli OlsonAnne E. OrvedahlGregg & Laverne OrwollDaniel & Diane OsterburJanet PartaJudy H. PayneKathryn B. PearsonJames PehlerJelmy PetersLaura]. PetersonGayle A. PetrilliPeggy PluimerKathryn E. Polson

Nancy E. PorterStephanie A. Powers

LindekugelCarolyn A. PrattAmy RabeLinda RairnannMark & Renae RaimannPamela S. RarnnarainCheryl K RetrumLaurence RisserJanet L. RobbJudy RohdeMyrna RoosdettJudy RowleyKelly]. RuohoVicky SampleMelody L. SchakeBecky SchellingerWanda SchemppMelinda M. SchenckRuby SchenkelHeather M. SchmidAnn Schneider-BoltonRenee L. ScholzPam SchoonJane SchuckEileen M. SchwakeDawn A. SchwartzDr. Wendy ShannonFrank SharbroughKarla ShepardReine A. ShiffmanSamantha ShmiganowskyDarcy SiemJo Ann SikkinkJoanne E. SiroisLidy A. Sloot FlomLynnM. SoltMary M. SpringerLeslie A. StanawayFrank StarkeGeorge SteinerMaribel A. StoleeLana]. StoneElizabeth StrandeBeverly SullivanLinda M. SwansonJennifer Sweetser-PuckettTrudy R. TassoniBarbara S. TeweyNatalie ThalerAudrey & Ryan ThompsonMichele A. TindalGail E. TrygstadMary TurnquistMary E. UrbanJody Van NormanDeanna Vander VegtLuAnn A. VargasJohn Michael VaughtSusan Voegele

Lisa A.B. WagnerCheryl WargaKelly JoWebbRenee WensmannDonald R. WestJohn Westerheide IIITimothy & Lisa WhitcombLinda L. WhiteTonya S. WidemanRon WieberMichelle A. WilliamsAlex & Marguerite WilsonRobert W WokaschLori WolfCharmaine R. WolfgramLynda F WukmirJane KYorekCandy K. Zabel

IN KINDAmerican Express FinancialAugsburg CollegeBest BuyBethel CollegeBrother International Inc.Budget BleacherCarleton CollegeChanhassen Dinner TheatreChildren's Home SocietyChippewa WaterCollege of St. ScholasticaCUB FoodsDairy QueenErskine ECHOBruce GoodmanGreat Harvest Bread

CompanyHoneywell IncorporatedIBMKSTP-TVLifetouchMagnetic PoetryMinnesota TwinsOlson ThielenSt. Olaf CollegeStarTribuneState FairTracy 1 StopUSWESTWalker Art CenterWDIOTV

ENDOWMENTPARTNERSThe Central Minnesota

Community FoundationDuluth-Superior Area

Community FoundationFargo-Moorhead Area

FoundationMankato Area FoundationThe Minneapolis Foundation

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Rochester AreaFoundation

The Saint PaulFoundation

ENDOWMENTDONORSJudy O'DonnellMary TrowbridgeMark KennedyGeorge LarsonJohn & Nedra Wicks

COLLABORATORSAlexandria Technical

CollegeGovernment Training

ServiceHoneywell

IncroporatedJuran Center for

Quality Leadership,Carlson School

MedtronicMilken Family

FoundationMinnesota State Board

of EducationMinnesota Business

ParmershipMinnesota Council for

QualityMinnesota Chamber of

Commerce. Minnesota Department

of Children, Familiesand Learning

Minnesota Dollars forScholars

Minnesota ElementarySchool PrincipalsAssociation

Minnesota Associationof Secondary SchoolPrincipals

Minnesota OfficeTechnology

Minnesota State FairNational Alliance of

BusinessNational Insitute of

Standards andTechnology

Quality Academy,Pinellas County,Florida

IVOLUNTEERS IRep. Jim AbelerMaureen AcostaKhalid AliJulio AmanzaJennifer AndersonDean AschemanVal BaertleinLurline Baker-KentDonald BargenJim BartelsTodd BartholamayJim BartholomewCarol BeaverCarol BenderBrian BennettCheryl BennettDuane BensonJoAnn BensonSenator Linda BerglinSheree BeyerRep. Len BiernatPat BillingsChristopher BinehamMike BinkleyErin BirkKevin BjorkGeorge BlackwellThomas BlairKelli Jo BloomBeth BlumeBrad BoardDr. Thomas BolinBill BookKatina BoosalisMary BoranianDon BostromLinda BottcherDebra BowersVictoria BoydBill BoytJoan BradachGary BrandtSteven BrehmerChris BremerRobert BrownJim BuckmanSteve BuettnerRobert C. BuhrmasterEllis BullockJeff BurkHarold BurkeArlene BushJolene CalvinBarb CapistrantJanet CardleJohn Cardle

Dennis CarlblomArne CarlsonE. Jerome CarlsonRep. Lyndon CarlsonPam CarrollCarol CarryerAnthony CaryTim CaseRep. George CassellDr. Rob CavannaBetsy ChaseRep. Satveer

ChaudharyAngel ChenLeo ChristensonMark ChronisterAdele CiracyJohn CirilliDiane CirksenaBrenda ClarkVirginia ClarkLiam ClarkNell CollierCharles Collins-ChaseFrancis ConnollySharon CowmanJamie CrannellNina CurrentDave DahlAI DaherlysMary DahlbattenApril DahlstromAdrienne DamianiMike DanielsenAmanda DavisJim DawsonBrenda DeMarsPat DeschaineDayna DeutschJohn DezeeuwCheryl DicksonBev DietrichAmanda DouvierDavid Downs-ReidLee Drolet-CookYiDuKelly DudekDavid DudychaMike DuncanJudi DutcherScott EckertTerry EggeDallas EggersRick EllingworthDan EllisonNancy EngravRep. Matt EntenzaLil EragerBill Erager

Bob ErdmanEmery EricksonHeatl1er EricksonRuby EricksonAngie EricksonRichard EriksrudSusan EyestoneDave FergusonShirley FergusonMary FinnertyJason FitzloffGary FlossRon FolkeringaRose FondellFrank FondellBrenda ForcieaMike FreemanAmele FunkDoree GambleRebecca Garay-HeelanRep. Edwina GarciaRusty GatenbyDave GenglerDoug GentileLisa GeschwillKen GianniniMark GleasonRuth GodfreyTrixie Ann GolbergBruce GoodmanDee GrandtMark GrandtMike GrandtDoug GrayToni GreenLes GreenRep. Mindy GreilingGretchen GreweJackie GriffithJanice GrizzellMarsha GronsethDavid Grotl1Donna GroverBruce GrubePaul GustafsonPam HaackWayne HaapojaElaine HagenStan HahnHanna HailuBrooks HallodayDr. Valerie Halverson

PaceElsa HaneyJohn HarpMichael HartoonianJoyce HaskinsDr. Ken HasledalenKay Hay

Juditl1 HealeyOwen HeibergDave HeistadCynthia HeitmanMandy HelvigDan HendersonRay HerkenhoffBarb HerkenhoffJohn HernandezArt HigginsPaul HillyerJan HivelyDan HokeStan HopperGail HolcombSusie HoldernessJim HolteDr. Paul HolvorsonKaren HommerdingTim HooglandKathryn HouseKathy HoweTom HubertyMichael Huertl1Stephan HuhAndrew HumphreyElsiee HusomLen InskipDr. Kay InslyDan JacobsSenator Jerry JanezichDr. Christine JaxJerry JensenGeorge JernbergBob JohnsonDr. Carol JohnsonEllen JohnsonJerry JohnsonKay JohnsonLori JohnsonSyl JonesDick JulianBetty JulianAli KalilidEril< KaiserBrian KalisKaren KarboCarol KaryerNancy KatzmarckGeorgia KedroskiJim KellerCyntl1ia KellyJim KellyLorraine KellyMark KennedySue KincadeKalley KingJeanne KlingTerry Knop

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Joann KnuthSenator David KnutsonNorm KnuttilaElmer KochMark R. KoenigMark KoenigKorey KohlMolly KoivumakiJohn KostourosSandra KovatchHeidi KraemerKarissa KramerSenator Jane KrentzRick KruegerBruce KruseArdis KykerJanelle LaCoursiereJennifer LarsenGeorge LarsonJana LarsonCindy LavoratoEric LazarichWill LazarichGreg LeaKent LevineAndre LewisThomas LindquestBob LiteckyXiong LorMarcia LoveDuane LowenBarbara LucasJim LuomaAnthony LusvardiBonnie LutzMary MackbeeLois MackinWendell MaddoxRenee MallonSusan ManikowskiMark ManningMichelle MarkowitzKate MartensElizabeth MartinMichele MartinPaul MarquartGary MarsdenDr. Lester MartiskoAlicia MatthewsSally MaysMary Lynne McAlonieJohn McCarthyMarilyn McGowanJim McGowanKindra McGraneSarah McGuireIrma McIntosh

ColemanJanet Meier

Randy MeierHelen MerchantRichard MesenburgKaren MetcalfRon MicucciKay MilesTheresa MischeJohn MitchamFran MitcbalisPat MitchalisAlexandria MorrisDonna MosesGeorge MoskalikAlice MoskalikMatt NaugleRandy NelsonDr. Mary Ann NelsonCharley NelsonJulie NelsonJerelyne NemanichPeter NewlandBeth NewlandLoan NgugenMiuNgugenHong NgugenNhi NgugenHang NgugenPatricia NguyenSylvia NicoraDr. Jack NoenningPat O'BoyleJudy O'DonnellSkip OlsenDavid OlsonDick OlsonJo OlsonSenator Gen OlsonLuke OsterhausPatricia OtisJustin PalmerBecky PapikeBruce PappasAndrew ParkerClaudia ParliamentStephanie ParsonsLinda PartridgeMary PatnodeJames PatterTom PeacockToby PearsonMerna PeasJim PehlerCarmen PetersBob PetersonDoug PetersonJoy PetersonNancy PetersonSandra PetersonCatherine Pflueger

Dr. Mary ThortonPhillips

Evelyn PianoJanet PladsonRichard PooleyPaula PrahlGary PrestKristi ProbstChristian QuieAlbert QuieDenise QuillianSusan RaasbachJeff RaisonMelissa RappQuendy RaymondSharon ReeceSenator Ember

Reichgott JungeJonathon ReppeRollie Ring-JarviLiz RisloveLinda RitchieJanet RobbBruce RobbCarmen RoblesDale RogersJan RohdeSylvia RolfsJeff RonnebergDavid RuggJohn RyanFrank SachsPhiengtavanh SavatdyRosie Marie SawyerBen SealCarol SealKelly SchaskyJudy SchaubachSenator Kenric J.

ScheevelKyle SchiefelbeinClaudia SchillerBarb SchlaferPeg SchmidJoe SchmitRobert SchmidtSandy ScholesCathy SchreiberThomas SchroederSondra Schroeder-

DavisDr, Steve Schroeder-

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Schucl,Tracy Schuster

Rep. Alice SeagrenDr. Newell SearleJessica SeeleyAnn SeifertJudy SemlerChirag ShahJim ShannonGeorge ShapiroZona Sharp-BurkRick ShomionRobby SikkaPau'ic SimonRam SinghSheilah SmithJim SolemBernadette SorensonMargo SorensonJim SowlesLois SowlesEvon SpanglerRick SpicuzzaDave SteadTom StinardJoanne StoffelBeverly StofferahnJoe StratherLes StolteJulie StroinskiNancy StuckyBeverly SullivanWendy SullivanLouise SundinDavid SusagTom SutliffCharles H. SwansonWilliam SweasyJosh SyrjamakiHank TaxisSophanaTeLee Torn.linsonShirley TomlinsonBruce ThomasPatty ThompsonJanis ThompsonNhungTranKate TrewickMary TrowbridgeClyde TurnerHeather TurnerJohn G. TurnerGreg VandalSheryl Ramstad VassColleen VollmersTorioVotoNounyVuBernadette WalbergDouglas WallaceEric WatsonEllie Webster

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DR MISSION IThe Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation was

created in 1983 to be the primary advocate for recognizingand promoting academic excellence in Minnesota'selementary and secondary students, schools andcommunities. Its Partners for Quality Initiative andClassroom Quality Program are nationally recognized forimproving education delivery and fostering innovativepractices. MAEF is governed by a Board of Directorsappointed by the Governor to represent government,business and education. The Board focuses on threestrategic goals:

• student learning and engagement.• school performance and accountability for learning.• value-added pa1'lner'ships to support MAEF and

its mission.

The Friends for MAEF was incorporated by businessleaders in 1990 as a private nonprofit entity with its own501(c)(3) status. Its mission is to support the goals andprograms of MAEF through fundraising, public outreachand management of the MAEF endowment funds.

IMAEF BOARD OF IRECTORSI

FRIENDS FOR MAEFIBOARD MEMBERS

Jennifer AndersonJim BartholomewLurline Baker-KentVirginia ClarkFrancis J. ConnollyDayna DeutschScott EckertTerry EggeMark GleasonStephan HuhAndrew S. HumphreyDr. Christine JaxMark Kennedy

Greg LeaJim LuomaMary MackbeeKindra McGraneJudy O'DonnellDr. Valerie Halverson PaceJim PeWerPaula PrahlBeverly SullivanMary Trowbridge

Zona Sharp-Burk, Executive DirectorDr. Newell Searle, Program Director

Luke OsterhausTrixie Ann GoldbergMichele MartinLes MartiskoAndrew ParkerJames PehIerThomas SchroederWendy Sullivan

Marcie Beeman, Administrator

Many thanks to Bruce Goodman, Honeywell Incorporated and Zona Shmp-Burk for donated photography.

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MINNESOTA ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATIONA Public - Private Partnership1500 Highway 36 West· Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone: 651/582-8476 • Fax: 651/582-8875

E-mail: maef@state.rnn.us

Ms. Zona DeWittLeg. Ref. Libranr6th FIr. State Office BIgSt. Paul. MN 55155