Foundation For Orange County Public Schools Inc

TO IDENTIFY, DEVELOP, AND FOCUS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT & INVESTMENTS TO LEAD OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCESS.

CHILLTHE CHILL (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND INTERVENTION IN LIFE'S LESSONS) PROGRAM PROVIDED A LICENSED OR LICENSED-ELIGIBLE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR TO THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT FEED INTO WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL. DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS, THE CHILL COUNSELORS LIMITED THEIR COUNSELING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS ONLY.- 328 STUDENTS WERE REFERRED CHILL SERVICES.- 156 STUDENTS WERE SEEN, ALL IN INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS.- CHILL COUNSELORS HELD APPROXIMATELY 1,865 INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS. THE MOST COMMON REASONS FOR SEEKING CHILL SERVICES DURING THE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR WERE:- ANXIETY- DEPRESSED MOOD- ANGER ISSUES- SOCIAL CONCERNS- LACK OF CONNECTION WITH PEERS

CITY YEAR ORLANDOCITY YEAR AMERICORPS MEMBERS PROVIDED ACADEMIC SUPPORT, ATTENDANCE MONITORING AND ACTIVITIES LIKE ASSEMBLIES AND CELEBRATIONS THAT IMPROVE THE OVERALL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AT EIGHT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT: CATALINA AND ECCLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; MEADOWBROOK, MEMORIAL AND WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOLS; AND EVANS, JONES AND OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLS. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM AT WALKER.THROUGHOUT FY2022, CITY YEAR TUTORED, MENTORED AND COACHED 175 STUDENTS (32 ATTENDANCE, 33 BEHAVIOR, 56 MATH PANDEMIC AND ITS SUBSEQUENT QUARANTINES AS WELL AS STUDENT AND AMERICORPS MEMBER ABSENCES DISRUPTED CITY YEAR'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES CONSTANTLY TO STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND LOWERED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR WHOM THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE A PERSONAL POSITIVE IMPACT. IT'S HARD TO KEEP CITY YEAR DOWN; THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS' POSITIVE MORNINGS GREETINGS, BEFORE- AND AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVES, AND ACADEMIC, ATTENDANCE AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION PROJECTS PROVIDED A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CULTURE FOR ALL 912 WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.FLEET FARMINGIN COLLABORATION WITH IDEAS FOR US AND SUPPORT FROM VOLO FOUNDATION AS WELL AS MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED FLEET FARMING PROJECTS AT BOTH JONES AND EVANS HIGH SCHOOLS. FLEET FARMING AIMS TO SHIFT THE WAY PEOPLE EAT BY CONVERTING UNDERUTILIZED RESIDENTIAL LAWNS OR SCHOOL PROPERTY INTO ORGANIC MICRO-FARMS CALLED "FARMLETTES", WHILE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY HOW TO GROW FOOD FOR FREE THROUGH MONTHLY EVENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL SITES EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT FARMING AND TEACH THEM REAL-WORLD SKILLS ON FOOD HANDLING, FOOD SAFETY, AND ORGANIC FARMING.HEALTH CARE SERVICESA PART-TIME PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER HOUSED AT EDGEWATER HIGH SCHOOL SERVES THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY PROVIDING SCHOOL ENTRY AND SPORTS PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF THE COMMON CONDITIONS OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENTS INCLUDING THE WRITING OF PRESCRIPTIONS WHEN INDICATED. IN ADDITION TO STUDENTS AT EDGEWATER, THOSE FROM SEVEN OTHER SCHOOLS IN EDGEWATERS FEEDER PATTERN ALSO RECEIVE SERVICES.COACH PENNINGTON SCHOLARSHIPTHIS ENDOWED FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY EVANS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI IN HONOR OF COACH FRED PENNINGTON FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT HE HAD ON STUDENTS BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT DURING HIS TENURE AT MAYNARD EVANS HIGH SCHOOL. IT CONTINUES COACH PENNINGTON'S LEGACY OF CREATING POSITIVE IMPACT FOR GRADUATING SENIORS AS FOLLOWS:SIX SENIORS FROM THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021 BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND CHEERLEADERS FROM LOW INCOMEFAMILIES - WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $6,000.ABOVE AND BEYOND SCHOLARSHIPTHIS ENDOWED FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS FROM THE CLASS OF 1967 TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING SENIORS FROM OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WHO SEEK A CERTIFICATE OR A TWO- OR FOUR-YEAR POSTSECONDARY DEGREE AT A TECHNICAL OR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, COLLEGE, OR UNIVERSITY. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE RENEWABLE ON AN ACADEMIC YEAR-BY-YEAR BASIS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS.SEVEN SENIORS FROM THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2021 WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $21,000.TWELVE WINNERS FROM THE CLASS OF 2020 RECEIVED RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $30,000.TEN WINNERS FROM THE CLASS OF 2019 RECEIVED RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $27,000.SEVEN WINNERS FORM THE CLASS OF 2018 RECEIVED RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $21,000.FIVE WINNERS FROM THE CLASS OF 2017 RECEIVED RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $13,500.TWO WINNERS FROM THE CLASS OF 2016 RECEIVED RENEWAL SCHOLARSHIPS, TOTALING $6,000.THE FUND FOR MAITLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLSTHIS ENDOWED FUND WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF MAITLAND IN FY2017 TO SUPPORT BEFORE- AND AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATIONAL AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS AT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MAITLAND, FLORIDA. EXISTING SCHOOLS ARE DOMMERICH AND LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MAITLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE THIRD ANNUAL DISBURSEMENT TO SCHOOLS WAS MADE IN JULY 2020. THE ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS RECEIVED $12,000, DISTRIBUTED PROPORTIONALLY ON A PER-STUDENT BASIS.NEW SCHOLARSHIPSTWO NEW SCHOLARSHIPS WERE ESTABLISHED IN FY2021 AND FOUR MORE ARE BEING DEVELOPED. PLEASE NOTE THAT SEVERAL LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE RECEIVED AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, RESULTING IN AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CASH BALANCE AT FISCAL YEAR END. DETAILS OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:- THE TOM E. HALLEY AND CARL W. PARKS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IS A $1,000 AWARD FOR A STUDENT WHO QUALIFIES FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE LUNCH AND HAS OVERCOME AN OBSTACLE. THE FIRST RECIPIENT WAS SELECTED IN MAY 2021.- THE SHOULTZ EVANS SCHOLARSHIP IS FOR ONE OR MORE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM EVANS HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENT. THE INTENTION OF THE AWARDS IS TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN SCHOLARSHIPS AND AID ALREADY SECURED AND THE TOTAL COST OF TUITION AND WILL VARY DEPENDING ON RECIPIENT. THE FIRST THREE RECIPIENTS WERE SELECTED IN MAY 2021.- A NEW SCHOLARSHIP (NOT YET NAMED) WILL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF $500 EACH FOR TWO STUDENTS, OR $1,000 FOR ONE STUDENT, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS OR QUALIFIES FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE LUNCH. THE FIRST RECIPIENT(S) WILL BE SELECTED IN SPRING 2022.- THE SOROSIS WOMAN'S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND WAS ESTABLISHED WITH A CORPUS OF $500,000. CRITERIA FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS TO BE USED ARE UNDER DISCUSSION. INCOME AND INTEREST EARNED BY THE CORPUS WILL BE USED TO FUND MULTIPLE SCHOLARSHIPS. THE FIRST RECIPIENTS WILL BE SELECTED IN SPRING 2022.- DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO ESTABLISH THE 4RIVERS BLACK YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS. CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 4R RESTAURANT GROUP. THE NEW SCHOLARSHIPS WERE ANNOUNCED AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2021, AND THE FIRST RECIPIENTS WILL BE SELECTED IN SPRING 2022.- THE MIKEY STROZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS BEING ESTABLISHED USING A PORTION OF THE MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS GIVEN TO THE STROZ FAMILY FUND (SEE MEMORIAL FUNDS SECTION BELOW) AND UTILIZING A NEW EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND, OR ETF, PORTFOLIO WITH THE FOUNDATIONS INVESTMENT FIRM. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW ETF PORTFOLIOS IS PROVIDED BELOW. CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS AND THE SELECTION PROCESS ARE BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE STROZ FAMILY.MEMORIAL FUNDSSTARTING IN AUGUST AND UTILIZING ONLINE GIVING TOOLS, THE FOUNDATION HELPED RAISE MORE THAN $258,000 IN MEMORIAL AND SUPPORT FUNDS FOR STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED TRAGEDIES THIS YEAR. THESE INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO): THE SAVEY FAMILY FUND (WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL); THE HOPPER FAMILY FUND (VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ODYSSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL); THE SETZER FAMILY FUND (BAY MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL); THE STROZ FAMILY FUND (TIMBER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL); AND THE FRONCZEK FAMILY FUND (AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TIMBER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL). WHILE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED CHARITABLE GIFTS AND NO TAX RECEIPTS WERE PROVIDED, THE CONTRIBUTIONS GAVE GREAT COMFORT TO THE FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED THEM.COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUETHE FOUNDATION TEAM CONTINUED TO COORDINATE COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MORE THAN $215,000 IN GRANT FUNDS WERE SECURED, PROVIDING HEADPHONES, HOTSPOTS, LAPTOP "LENDING LIBRARIES", AND SUPPORT FOR MEAL PROGRAMS TO ENSURE STUDENTS HAD HIGH-QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THE TEAM COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED: APPROXIMATELY 10,000 REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLES FROM UNIVERSAL, MICROSOFT, AND DISNEY; 100 PALLETS OF REUSABLE BAGS FROM DISNEY FOR THE GRAB AND GO MEAL PROGRAM; TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REUSABLE MASKS FROM FAITH-BASED PARTNERS AND THE ORLANDO REGIONAL REALTORS ASSOCIATION; AND COMPUTER AND DEVICE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR STUDENTS WAITING FOR A REPAIRED DISTRICT DEVICE.IN ADDITION, AS A RESULT OF THE NBA BUBBLE TAKING PLACE IN ORLANDO AND OUR ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEORLANDO MAGIC AND DISNEY, THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED MORE THAN 48 PALLETS OF ITEMS VALUED AT NEARLY $53,000 THAT WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR INCENTIVES FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, EMPLOYEES, AND COORDINATORS.OTHER ACCOMLISHMENTS:DISTRICT 5 STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUNDANGEL TREE PROJECT AND HOMELESS EDUCATIONCHARITY RECYCLING SERVICESTOP TALENT 2021ADDITIONS VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS CELEBRATE MILESTONESCOMMUNITY OUTREACHMULTI-YEAR PLEDGE AND APPRECIATED STOCK GIFTSSCHOOL AND DISTRICT FUNDS

READ2SUCCEEDSTUDENTS RETURNED TO THE CLASSROOM FULL-TIME FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR. MANY EXPERIENCED LEARNING LOSS AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, AND OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS DID NOT BENEFIT FROM THE OPTIMAL IMPACT OF FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION AND LEARNING. READ2SUCCEED HELPED BRIDGE THIS GAP FOR DEVELOPING READERS, PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED READING INSTRUCTION TO 529 KINDERGARTEN, 513 FIRST-GRADE, AND 434 SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS IN 89 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. OF THE STUDENTS FOR WHOM DATA WERE AVAILABLE, 1,217 PARTICIPANTS OVERALL HAD COMPARABLE MEASURES ON THE YEAR-OPENING AND YEAR-END IREADY ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS. THESE STUDENTS IMPROVED AS FOLLOWS: 94.3% OF PARTICIPANTS SHOWED GROWTH FROM THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT TO THE END-OF-YEAR ASSESSMENT. KINDERGARTENERS: 97.1% OF PARTICIPANTS SHOWED GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE YEAR. FIRST GRADERS: 95.9% OF PARTICIPANTS SHOWED GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SECOND GRADERS: 97.0% OF PARTICIPANTS SHOWED GROWTH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF THE YEAR.ANOTHER KEY METRIC FOR ALL THREE GRADES IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO INCREASED THEIR SCHOOL BY 25POINTS OR MORE FROM THE BEGINNING-OF-YEAR TO THE END-OF-YEAR DIAGNOSTIC, INDICATING A YEAR'S WORTH OF GROWTH:KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS INCREASED THEIR SCORE BY 25 POINTS OR HIGHER AS FOLLOWS:- 73.2% ON THE IREADY PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS ASSESSMENT;- 79.0% ON THE IREADY PHONICS ASSESSMENT; AND- 78.9% ON THE IREADY HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS ASSESSMENTFIRST-GRADE STUDENTS INCREASED THEIR SCORE BY 25 POINTS OR HIGHER AS FOLLOWS:- 67.0% ON THE IREADY VOCABULARY ASSESSMENT; AND- 89.2% ON THE IREADY PRE- AND POST-TEST ASSESSMENTSECOND-GRADE STUDENTS INCREASED THEIR SCORE BY 25 POINTS OR HIGHER AS FOLLOWS:- 77.7% ON THE IREADY READING ASSESSMENT; AND- 67.2% ON THE IREADY PRE- AND POST-ASSESSMENT FOR FLUENCY.

TEACHER GRANTSTHIS YEAR, TEACHERS SUBMITTED MORE THAN 275 APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS IN THE AREAS OF ARTS EDUCATION SUPPORT, NONFICTION CLASSROOM LIBRARIES, MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK CLUBS, AND STEM PROJECTS. THE PROGRAM AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $236,000 IN CLASSROOM GRANTS FOR STEM, CIVICS, FINE ARTS, CLASSROOM LIBRARIES, MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK CLUBS, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO 194 TEACHERS FOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT CLASSROOM LEARNING. IN TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY 28,500 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THESE GRANTS. GRANT CHECK DISTRIBUTION TO WINNERS WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, WITH HIGHLIGHTS POSTED ON THE FOUNDATION FOR OCPS WEBSITE. ALL GRANT WINNERS PROVIDED THEIR YEAR-END REPORTING VIRTUALLY IN APRIL, AND THE PORTAL OPENED FOR 2022-23 PROPOSALS IN JUNE.- CLASSROOM LIBRARY GRANTS PUT NONFICTION BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF 4,237 STUDENTS IN 43 SCHOOLS; 82% CULTIVATED A GROWING INTEREST IN READING AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS PROGRAM; 76% IMPROVED THEIR READING SKILLS; AND 73% OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED IMPROVEMENT IN WRITING SKILLS.- MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOK CLUB GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO CLUBS IN 10 SCHOOLS. THESE CLUBS HELPED 210 RELUCTANT READERS STRENGTHEN THEIR LITERACY SKILLS WHILE ENCOURAGING READING FOR ENJOYMENT.- MATH, SCIENCE, ENERGY EDUCATION AND STEM GRANTS PROVIDE FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT AND/OR MATERIALS FOR HANDS-ON, EXPERIENTIAL PROJECTS. OF THE 17,523 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THESE PROJECTS, 78% INCREASED THEIR INTEREST IN STEM TOPICS; 72% INCREASED THEIR INTEREST IN PURSUING STEM CAREERS; AND 70% IMPROVED THEIR GRADES IN MATH, SCIENCE, OR OTHER STEM SUBJECTS. ARTS EDUCATION GRANTS TOTALING $15,000 SUPPORTED VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS IN 32 SCHOOLS, BENEFITING 6,626 STUDENTS AND 26 TEACHERS.