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Partners in Education Newsletter “A community giving back ”

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2011-2012

Board of

Directors

Betty Anderson,

Hickman Mills Patron

Emmerson Brown,

Vice-President

Retired Honeywell

Lisa Montgomery

(Doston)

Hickman Mills C-1

School District

Charles Farris

Hickman Mills Patron

Cheryl Farris

Hickman Mills Patron

Itasha Goodwin,

Secretary

Hickman Mills C-1

School District Cassandra Heard,

Treasurer

Retired Honeywell

Rene Purtee, President

Union Bank

Kerri Reed-Rue,

Hickman Mills C-1

School District

Regina Hill Taylor,

Executive Director

Hickman Mills C-1

School District

Gail White

Hickman Mills C-1

School District

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We appreciate our families, community and sponsors.

The Hickman Mills Educational Foundation is a vital conduit in providing financial support to student pro-grams and classroom enhancements. Our mission is to ensure quality education by enlisting businesses and the public to help provide educational opportunities for students and staff.

The Foundation distributes approximately $40,000 annually in grants for teachers and staff of the Hickman Mills C-1 School District and scholarships for seniors from Ruskin High School (approximately $20,000 each is awarded to each group). The grants and scholarships have the possibilities of benefitting almost all students and well over 200 teachers and staff of the district.

The donations from business and individuals to the foundation provide our children the support needed in the educational process. Thanks to each and all of you for providing funding to the foundation.

For your convenience, you can now go to our website http://www.hickmanmills.org and link to the Hickman Mills Educational Foundation page to make your donation online. Please do so.

The Hickman Mills Educational Foundation is gearing up for one of our favorite time’s of the year, taking applications for Scholarships and Grants.

This is what we work hard all year raising money for so we can reward our Educators and Students. Once Students and Teachers have applied the Foundation Board has special committee’s that review and score each application to determine who will be awarded funds. We have recently heard from two of our Scholar-ship recipients Jonathan and Donathan Morgan who are attending Iowa State. They are doing very well and are grateful for the scholarships they received from The Hickman Mills Educational Foundation. We encourage Graduating Senior and Teachers to apply, deadline is March 2nd.

Words from the President & Executive Director

Remember These Dates and Events Derrick Thomas/Neil Smith Third And Long & HMEF Annual Celebrity Golf Classic

On June 4

The Derrick Thomas Third and Long & Hickman Mills Educational Foundation Golf Tournament is sched-uled for June 4, 2012. The kick off is 10:30am at Blue Hills Country Club 777 W. Burning Tree Dr. KC Mo 64145. Visit www.hickmanmills.org for registration & sponsorship information.

Applications For 2012-2013 Scholarships & Grants Are Due By March 2.

HMEF applications for 2012-2013 scholarships and grants are due March 2, 2012. Remember, scholar-ship applicants (graduating seniors) will submit an application that includes a resume, an essay, two let-ters of recommendations and a transcript. Don’t wait, get started now.

For more information, go to the District website http://www.hickmanmills.org and open the Hickman Mills Educational Foundation link. At this link, interested students & teachers can find Policies & Procedures concerning Grants & Scholarships as well as Guidelines & Applications for both.

Thank You District Partners

The HMEF wishes to thank those businesses, organizations and individuals for their generous donation of silent auction items and/or financial contributions in support of the November 13, 2011 Silent Auction Trivia, Gala and Dance fundraising event.

The HMEF apologizes in advance for any omission(s) below.

Silent Auction Sponsorships

Gold ($1000 or greater): • Dean Machinery

Silver ($500): • DeVry University • Concord Fortress of Hope • Potter Gahagan Bologna & Blair LLC

Bronze ($250):

• Midwest Restoration Technologies • Cretcher-Heartland • Dr. Marjorie Williams • Derrick Thomas Third And Long Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Otis Taylor • Konrath • John Sharp, 6th District Councilman

How Can District Employees Help?

If you have not already done so, then we are asking that you would consider contributing to the Foundation through the payroll deduction process.

You can get a Payroll Deduction Authorization form from your school Principal, the C-1 Admin Center, or at the District web-site www.hickmanmills.org. The not-for-profit Educational Foundation not only provides scholarships and grants for C-1 students and staff, it also provides a monetary award to the Teacher of the Year and the Employee of the Year at the beginning of each school year.

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Hickman Mills Educational Foundation

Derrick Thomas/Neil Smith Third and Long Foundation & Hickman Mills

Educational Foundation

June 4, 2012

4 Man Scramble 9:30a.m. Check-In

10:30a.m. Shotgun Start

Title Sponsor- $3,000 Includes 4-member team, each golfer receives a gift bag, company recognition at

a tee box or green and a celebrity player

Putting Green Sponsor- $2,000 Includes 4-member team, each golfer receives a gift bag and company recognition on putting green

Team Entry Fee- $1,000 Includes 4-member team, each golfer receives a gift bag

Beverage Cart Sponsorship- $500 Company Recognition

Cart Sponsorship- $50 Company Recognition

Hole Sponsorship- $250 Company Recognition

Single Entry Fee- $250 Includes 1-single entry and a gift bag

Meals Included

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other celebrities!other celebrities!other celebrities!other celebrities!

For more information call: Third and Long Foundation Doreen Mundy doreen@thirdandlong.org Office: (816)931-5855 Fax: (816)931-7758

Hickman Mills Educational Foundation Danielle Rath danieller@hickmanmills.org Office: (816)316-7040 Fax: (816)316-7012

The proceeds from this tournament will benefit the Derrick Thomas/Neil Smith Third and Long and Hick-man Mills Educational Foundations, a 501 c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Blue Hills Country Club 777 W. Burning Tree Dr. Kansas City, MO 64145

(816)942-1683 www.bluehillsgolfshop.com

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Hickman Mills Educational Foundation

HMEF Hosts Silent Auction Trivia, Gala & Dance Dr. Marjorie Williams Delivers Last “State of the District” Address

By Emmerson Brown, HMEF

On Sunday evening (November 13), about 90 guests participated in a fun-filled fundraiser at the Holiday Inn Kansas City Ballroom of CoCo Key Water Resort (across from the Truman Sports Com-plex).

The event’s emcee was C-1 Public Information Coordinator John Baccala and the guest emcee was HMHS Graduate & KMBC-TV 9 Reporter Justin Robinson. Some of the elected officials in attendance were KC City Council-man John Sharp, C-1 School Board President Bonnaye Mims & School Board Directors Darrell Curls, Breman Anderson, Dan Os-man and J.T. Brown.

Hosted by the not-for-profit (501c3) Hickman Mills Educational Foundation (HMEF) in partnership with the C-1 School District, this annual fundraising event also featured a “State of the District” ad-dress by retiring C-1 Superintendent Dr. Marjorie (Marge) Williams. During a nine-minute speech, Dr. Williams enumerated numerous successes for 2011 including, but not limited to, Back-to-School Rally & Parade with State Representative Kiki Curls, Opening Day with motivational speaker Wes Moore, Project Shine school make-overs, Parent Engagement projects, Academy of Engineering and Walk To School Day. Guests were also reminded that the C-1 school district had im-proved its progress in meeting the 14 standards on the state’s an-nual report card known as the Annual Performance Report (APR) from seven in 2010 to nine in 2011.

Dr. Williams concluded her address by announcing an APR goal for the current school year of “12 in 2012”. While acknowledging that “reshaping (infrastructures) was successful”, the district must re-main strong in the face of economically driven changes and refocus on getting the best outcome in student achievement. The C-1 school district theme this year of “Excite, Engage, Em-power & Excel” promotes the district’s commitment. After a brief intermission, the evening’s focus returned to the fund-raising effort with active bidding on the many donated Silent Auc-tion items including flat screen TVs, gift packages, jewelry, sports memorabilia and a last “Dance with Doc”. Dr. Williams help put the “fun” back into fundraising and raised additional money by line-dancing with guests.

Two days after the event, HMEF Executive Director Regina Hill Taylor expressed her thanks to participants and contributors by messaging “Thank you so much for attending and making this event a wonderful fundraiser. Your participation was appreciated and so were your ‘Dancing with Doc’ dollars. To date, we have raised $5000 with more money still coming in.” All Silent Auction Trivia, Gala and Dance proceeds will benefit the Hickman Mills Educational Foundation (HMEF) with its mission to raise, manage and distribute funds for educational programs that benefit students and staff of the Hickman Mills C-1 School District. Since its inception during the 2000-2001 school year, the HMEF has awarded over one-half million dollars ($562,500) in student scholarships and classroom grants.

Public Information Coor-dinator Courtenay Wills Greets Hickman Mills HS Graduate & Guest Emcee KMBC-TV 9

Reporter Justin Robin-son. (Photo by John

Baccala)

C-1 Board of Educa-tion President Bon-naye Mims (standing)

Visits With (L-R) HMEF BoD Cheryl

Farris & HMEF Presi-dent Rene Purtee

(Photo by John Bac-cala)

Superintendent Dr. Marjorie Williams

Shares Pre-Program Moment w/(L-R) School Board Directors Darrell Curls and Dan Osman with Wife Lindsey Quinn Osman (Photo by John

Baccala)

Dr. Williams (2nd from left) Poses With HMEF Board Members (L-R) Gail White, Cheryl Far-ris, Regina Hill Taylor, Betty Anderson, Itasha Goodwin & Rene Pur-tee. On back row is Cassandra Heard &

Kerri Reed-Rue. (Photo by John Baccala)

If you wish to make a donation, contact HMEF Secretary Itasha Goodwin at (816) 316-7025.

Inside The HMEF Board Of Directors By Emmerson Brown, HMEF

Lisa Montgomery (Doston) may be new to the Educational Foundation but she is not new to community outreach & ser-vice. Employed by C-1 as the Assistant to the Superinten-dent/Board Secretary, she also has her own cancer-related foundation to assist cancer patients. The foundation’s motto is “We Survived. So Can You.” Last year, her foundation incorporated scholarships and fi-nancial assistance for families-in-need. Chosen as the first recipient for 2012, Lisa Montgomery (Doston) was recently recognized with the Community Changer Award. This award from The U Church is given to outstanding Com-munity Changers in the Kansas City area who have made a positive difference in the city. Congrats to Lisa Montgomery (Doston).

HMEF Explores Partnering With K.C.

Swingers Golf Association By Emmerson Brown, HMEF

On January 17, HMEF BoDs hosted a meeting with mem-bers of the 501c3 KCSGA to discuss the benefits of being Partners In Education with a focus on awarding more stu-dent scholarships

The first opportunity to partner with the KCSGA was iden-tified as the upcoming Spring 2012 Annual Loch Lloyd Invitational Golf Tournament scheduled for April 17. Currently, an exploratory team of HMEF Itasha Goodwin & Charles Farris and KCSGA Charlie Jackson & Frank Jef-ferson are assessing specific tournament needs & possi-ble in-kind services, distribution of proceeds & scholar-ships, as well as other partnering opportunities.

Lisa Montgomery (Doston) Holds “Community

Changer Award” Outside Her

C-1 Office (Photo by Danielle Rath)

KCSGA members (L-R) President Ron Davis, Frank Jefferson, Charlie Jackson, Jerry King & Al Donahue Visit Hickman Mills

C-1 Administration Center (Photo by E. Brown)

HMEF grant recipient Cynthia Welsh & nine teams of 4th & 5th Grade students at Ingels Elementary have been busy after-school with science. The Ingels Science Fair is a continuing partnership between Ingels & volunteers from the HMEF/YouthFriends organizations and the community. The 25 Ingels youth scientists have been reading, researching, & experimenting in preparation for their 5th Annual Ingels Science Fair on February 7. Projects judged as Grand Winners will advance to the Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Science Fair to be held March 21-23.

A Classroom Grant At Work By Emmerson Brown, HMEF BoD