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The Schools Foundation Profile |
Impacting more than 50,000 students every day.
OUR VISION
The Schools Foundation’s vision is to be the driving force for educational excellence.
OUR MISSION
The Schools Foundation’s mission is to create higher expectations and widespread community support for Madison County schools, leading to world-class performance of principals, teachers and students.
The Schools Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting the school systems in Madison County, Alabama. The foundation serves as a vehicle for individuals and businesses that want to support local public education.
OUR PROGRAMS
Sign Up to Roundup – a partnership with Huntsville Utilities that provides a simple way for individuals to turn pocket change into a powerful mechanism to support education by rounding up monthly utility bills to the next highest dollar. www.theschoolsfoundation.org/roundup/
- The Great Teacher Conference – An annual three-day teacher training activity featuring nationally-known speakers and other subject matter experts providing information to area teachers to help them excel in the classroom.
- Principally Speaking – Twice yearly lunch meetings designed for education administrators that provide an exchange of ideas among the leaders of our schools and school systems.
- Powerful Conversations – An initiative developed by the Alabama Best Practices Center and the A+ Education Foundation to identify and maximize opportunities to make teachers and administrators the best they can be.
- Excellence in Education Teacher Grants – A competitive grant process for teachers in all three systems that puts money directly into the classroom for special programs. Superintendents, school board members, and Schools Foundation board members travel by bus to surprise teachers and their students with the awards.
- A+ College Ready- A national initiative to increase student achievement in math, science, and English; in partnership with The College Board, Dell, Exxon, and the Gates Foundation, and A+ Education Foundation of Alabama
The current board of directors:Debbie Beaupre
Executive Director
Blue, Carolyn
Community Volunteer
Blair, David
Miltec Systems
Brazeal, Mark
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Dotts, Phil
Public Finance Associates
Durboraw, Mike
Dynetics
Hargrove, David -
Immediate past president
AT&T Alabama
Howell, Jon
Treasurer
Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Incorporated (HEMSI)
Jacobson, Marc
SAIC
McLain, D. Scott
Board President
Coldwell Banker Commercial McLain Real Estate
Barbara Nash, APR
President, Barbara Nash & Associates
Pitts, Frank
Quantum Research International, Inc.
Quinlivan, Evans
First American Bank
Reynolds, Dianne
Educator
Roth, Volker
Boeing Company, Retired
Sanderson, William W. (Woody)
Past President
Lanier, Ford, Shaver & Payne
Savage, Donna
Secretary
Regions Morgan Keegan Trust
Singleton, Tim
First American Bank
Winters, George
Winters & Associates
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History of the Schools Foundation |
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In the Fall of 2000, there were two organizations with the same basic charter: the Huntsville City Schools Foundation and the Madison-Madison County Schools Foundation.
Both groups recognized that a united Schools Foundation could more effectively support the needs of public schools in Huntsville, Madison County and the City of Madison. A merger was simply a win-win proposition, for both the schools served and the community at large.
A united Schools Foundation identified new partners, eager to contribute toward the enhancement of public education at all area schools without singling out one system over another.
The Schools Foundation now has a community-wide vision - enhancement of public education in all public schools in Huntsville, Madison County and the City of Madison.
With your support and the support of the community, this vision can be realized. That is a win-win for everyone. Better educational opportunity not only benefits the students who receive it. It promotes economic development and improves the quality of life enjoyed by everyone in our community.
Quality public education is the key to our future.The Schools Foundation is committed to improving our schools and contributing to the prosperity of our community.
Help us make that mission a reality.
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Dynetics provides full-service research, development, and engineering services and products to Government and industry customers. Founded in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1974, Dynetics has more than 800 employees in seven states who generated sales revenue of more than $140 million in 2004.
Dynetics’ areas of expertise include Weapon Systems Research & Development; Systems Engineering & Analysis; Acquisition, Logistics, & Program Support; Intelligence; Information Assurance & Information Operations; Test, Evaluation & Experimentation; Vehicle Diagnostics & Prognostics; and Rapid Prototyping, Short-Run Tool-Building & Injection Molding.
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The Boeing Corporation is a regular donor to The Schools Foundation. Its support of The Schools Foundation and its predecessor foundations over the years has enabled many direct contributions to excellence in education by teachers in all three constituent systems. Most recently, Boeing contributed significantly to The Schools Foundation's initiative to professionally furnish each of the seventeen classrooms in the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System.
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Lockheed Martin Corporation, an advanced technology company, was formed in March 1995 with the merger of two of the world's premier technology companies, Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 135,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services.
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Toyota Motor Corporation's generous donation of $500,000 to The Schools Foundation in June 2001 provided the principle funding for the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System. For the first time ever, new courses will be available in high schools throughout Huntsville, Madison County and the City of Madison, taught from remote sites in each system. College courses (both to students and teachers), virtual field trips, and inter-campus group meetings will all be available at each school's own campus. The coordination of the system's seventeen separate sites, among three participating systems, is unique in Alabama
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Huntsville Utilities provides electric power to customers throughout Madison County and gas and water services to customers in the City of Huntsville. Huntsville Utilities has generously agreed to partner with The Schools Foundation in the innovative "Sign Up to Round Up" program. This simple yet incredibly important program has great potential for positive change in the public schools serving Huntsville, Madison County and the City of Madison. For more information, click on the Sign Up to Round Up icon on this page.
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Regions Bank is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast because our relationships with our customers are at the heart of everything we do. That's why we're known as "the relationship people." We're committed to a relationship that is unparalleled. Regions Bank's relationships with its communities reflect our simple yet powerful commitment to service. We believe in the power of the relationship. This dedication benefits not only our customers, but also the communities we serve.
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Quantum Technologies, Inc. is a local Huntsville corporation with expertise in teleconferencing, audio and video systems. Its in-kind contribution of time, project management expertise, design services, installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System saved the Foundation tens of thousands of dollars that would otherwise have been required to deploy the system. As a result of Quantum Technologies' in-kind and additional cash contributions, The Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System is significantly more state-of-the-art and sophisticated than would otherwise have been possible.
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The Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA), an agency of the State of Alabama, virtually eliminated start-up communications costs and ongoing operations costs of the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System by providing Fiber optic and T-1 connectivity, broadband internet access, scheduling and all equipment and services necessary to provide a network operation center (hub) for the system.
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The Madison County Commission provided substantial support toward installation of professional furnishings in each of the seventeen classrooms of the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System.
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Jane K. Lowe Lowe Foundation
The Lowe Foundation was created by the estate of Jane Lowe to support non-profit organizations in Madison County and North Alabama. In 2006, the Jane K. Lowe Foundation awarded The Schools Foundation a grant to be used in support of Powerful Conversations.
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The Huntsville Times has provided consistent support toThe Schools Foundation's projects over the years. The Times recently made a generous contribution to The Schools Foundation initiative to furnish classrooms in the Toyota Interactive Distance Learning System.
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In a business that shrinks the globe, Pratt
& Whitney is truly worldwide. We have representatives in 76 cities
in 47 nations. Our partnerships and joint ventures in Asia and Europe
extend our reach and keep us at the forefront of flight.
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First American Bank is committed to providing you with the banking products and services you need to better meet your immediate and long-term goals. Please take a look at what we have to offer and feel free to give us a call or stop by any First American Bank where one of our friendly, knowledgeable customer service representatives will be happy to help you.
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AT&T contributes annually to fund projects for The Schools Foundation.
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USA manages and conducts space operations work involving the operation and maintenance of multi-purpose space systems, including systems associated with NASA's human space flight program, Space Shuttle applications beyond those of NASA, and other reusable launch and orbital systems beyond the Space Shuttle and Space Station. As the prime contractor for NASA's Space Shuttle Program, United Space Alliance is responsible for the day-to-day operation and management of the U.S. Space Shuttle fleet.
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Redstone Federal Credit Union, where members are our #1 priority.
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Fountain, Parker, Harbarger and Associates is an independent insurance agency that can assemble the best solutions to fit your personal or business insurance situation. We represent dozens of insurance carriers, and we consider it our responsibility to know which are the best for you.
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Miltec Corporation is a veteran owned small business with headquarters located in Huntsville, Alabama and two other Huntsville locations, an office located in Iuka, Mississippi, a satellite office located in Anchorage, Alaska, and Miltec Research and Technology located in Oxford, Mississippi. Miltec was founded in April 1997, with the strategic vision of conducting missile and aerospace system design, development, integration, and test. The company proactively leverages the knowledge base, capabilities, talent, and technologies of this focused market into NASA and commercial ventures.
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Diverse markets. Diverse customers. Diverse products. All from a single focus on surface and materials science. No other company in the world possesses Engelhard's unique combination of capabilities. Fundamentally, we manipulate basic materials — typically minerals — to alter their structure and surface characteristics. We manipulate them mechanically and chemically, altering their size, shape, porosity and chemical characteristics to produce a wide range of functionality with important business uses.
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Venturi, Inc., founded in January 2006, is a rapidly growing
engineering services company providing our customers the highest level of
professional and comprehensive technical, programmatic and logistics support.
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Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne, a Huntsville law firm, is proud to support the schools in our community.
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North Alabama Educators Credit Union was established in 1955 to serve employees of the local educational community. |
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Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services. We offer full-spectrum support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets. |
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A.B. Stephens Music Inc. opened in 1977 as a local
music store in Huntsville AL., founded by Steve Koslow and his father
Martin
Koslow, Since
then we have grown with locations in Huntsville and Decatur. A.B.Stephens
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The
Schools Foundation is here to invest in education for our children,
for their teachers and for this community. We're a united non-profit
organization with one very important goal: to support Huntsville
City Schools, Madison County Schools and Madison City Schools of
Alabama.