POWAY HIGH FOUNDATION – Investing in ExcellenceThe mission of the Poway High Foundation is to advance the ideals of the Poway High community through active involvement of students, staff, parents, alumni and friends. By inspiring and nurturing a culture of philanthropy, the Foundation serves as the school's primary fundraising organization. It facilitates raising, managing and allocating resources to support academic and co-curricular school programs, teaching innovation, athletics and student life initiatives.
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SUPPORTING THE MISSION – Giving Opportunities
Poway High Foundation advances the mission of our school community by creating involvement opportunities and leading fundraising campaigns to generate private support for the following core priorities.
 Academic ProgramsInvesting in the stellar reputation of Poway High
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 Co-curricular ProgramsStrengthening the character and competitiveness of our students
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 Innovations in TeachingProviding opportunities to foster the innovative spirit of our teachers
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Where your Donations Have Been Invested
Listed below is a sampling of your donations at work over the last few years.
2021-22
$ 4,900 Library Renovation Café Innovate Phase 1: includes Culinary Cart
$ 3,700 New Weights for PE Weight Room rebuild
$ 1,500 Auto Club Field Trip
$ 1,000 Traditional Outfits for Spanish Dance Club
$ 5,000 Fulfilling Multiple Staff Technology Requests
2020-21
$ 8,599 Technology Including Ring Lights And Cameras
$ 5,559 Student Services Including Teacher Salaries
$ 4,500 Athletics Including A New Pole Vault Pit
2019-20
$ 8,000 Student Services Including Teacher Salaries And The Sole Effects Programrvices
$ 1,000 Athletics for Playerships
2018-19
$ 17,000 Student Services Teachers Salaries
$ 3,671 Athletics Including Cross Country, Volleyball, & Others
$ 2,183 Directed Gifts
$ 2,024 Academic Classes: Apel, AP Calculus, AP ES, German, & Others
$ 853 Students Support Including Bus Passes
$ 535 Support For Team Spyder, Band, & Others
2017-18
$ 2,890 Microscopes
$ 5,161 Heart Rate monitors and fitness supplies for P.E. Dept.
$ 1,891 Microphones, sound equipment and food prep teaching
$12,000 Student Services Counseling and Peer Counseling
$ 7,665 Chromebooks & computers
$ 1,500 "Every 15 minutes" program
$ 470 Read Awards
$ 699 an electronic balance for science deptartment
$ 1,000 the Marching Band
$ 800 You School
$ 1,000 Peer Counselling
2016-17
$ 2,400 Fur teachers to attend a Response to Instruction Conference
$ 600 PrepOne™ Sapphire and Photo Hood for Biology Dept.
$ 7,112 Sousaphone (results is two being purchased due to a matching gifts program.)
$ 7,000 Forty-eight real time wireless heart rate monitors for the physical fitness program
$ 7,000 Student Services Counseling (2016)
$ 3,200 Ten Chromebooks computers
$ 1,145 SAT/ACT prep-books for AVID
$ 860 iPad to support remediation in the Spanish language program
$ 500 READ awards
2015-16
$ 7,000 Student Services Counseling (2015/2016)
$ 2,000 to support the "Every 15 Minutes" dramatization (2015)
$ 5,000 Classroom supplies support (2015)
$ 1,500 LCD projector bulbs (2015)
$ 1,500 Physics software (2015)
$ 7,190 Five HD camera sets for Digital Media equipment (2015)
$ 4,200 Five Photo class computers (2015)
$ 1,300+Teacher conferences and class room support (2015)
$ 1,000 Titan Museum (donor specified)
2014-15
$ 20,500 for Student Services Counseling (2014/2015)
$ 15,000 for 6 engineering & graphics program computers (2014)
$ 3,500 for BrainPop and Overdrive library software for student use (2014)
$ 2,500 for Teacher accounts (donor specified)
7 Laptops (Corporate donation)
$ 1,500 to reinstate 6.5 period classes (2014)
2013
$ 31,850 for Student Services Counseling (2013/2014)
$ 2,000 Golf Team (donor specified)
$ 700 for AVID (2013 fundraiser)
$ 500 for Art Department (2013 fundraiser)
$ 1,000 to the Golf Team (2013 donor specified)
$ 5,000 for Biology field trip (2013 donor specified)
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2013 donor specified grant)
$ 500 Biology department (2013 fundraiser)
$ 900 Foreign Language and English Departments (2013 donor specified)
2012-13
$ 25,000 for Student Services Counseling (2012/13)
$ 7,500 for 10 iPads for teacher classroom instruction (2012)
$ 850 for high speed printer serving the attendance office
$ 1,500 for student transportation support (2012/13 donor specified)
$ 25,000 to various booster clubs raised thru Team Saver Card program
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2012 donor specified grant)
2011-12
$ 20,000 for Student Services Counseling (2011/12)
$ 400 Grade Nite donation of 2 Apple iPod Touch (2011)
$ 2,000 to support Senior Project Day
$ 550 Art Department Banners
$ 6,000 support fine arts program (2011)
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2011 donor specified grant)
$ 4,000 for LCD bulbs and tech repairs (2011)
$ 2,500 for LCD bulb replacements (2011)
$ 1,000 for technology & printer maintenance (2011)
$ 12,000 for additional computers to accommodate larger class sizes (2011)
$ 14,000 for 18 additional Doc-u-cams (2011)
$ 8,000 for Apple iMacs and equipment for the Digital Media and Photo programs (2011)
$ 5,000 for pre-Engineering startup kits (donor specified)
$ 1,850 for Proquest online research database (2011)
2010-11
$ 38,900 for Student Services Counseling (2010/11)
$ 34,500 for teacher technology training (2010 donor specified)
$ 15,000 for the PLATO credit recovery software for students who need to make up credits
$ 2,000 for Senior Project Day support
$ 30,000 funding for the new dance floor for the Poway High Dance Team (2010 donor specified grant)
$ 7,000 for LCD projector Bulbs, new printers and printer maintenance (2010)
$ 2,600 ProQuest online research database (2010)
$ 15,000 for 25 Doc-u-cams (digitally project flat and three-dimensional objects on a screen via the LCD projector)
$ 14,500 for 28 LCD projectors for classrooms
$ 350 for the "Destinos" program for Spanish classes
$ 4,900 Library Renovation Café Innovate Phase 1: includes Culinary Cart
$ 3,700 New Weights for PE Weight Room rebuild
$ 1,500 Auto Club Field Trip
$ 1,000 Traditional Outfits for Spanish Dance Club
$ 5,000 Fulfilling Multiple Staff Technology Requests
2020-21
$ 8,599 Technology Including Ring Lights And Cameras
$ 5,559 Student Services Including Teacher Salaries
$ 4,500 Athletics Including A New Pole Vault Pit
2019-20
$ 8,000 Student Services Including Teacher Salaries And The Sole Effects Programrvices
$ 1,000 Athletics for Playerships
2018-19
$ 17,000 Student Services Teachers Salaries
$ 3,671 Athletics Including Cross Country, Volleyball, & Others
$ 2,183 Directed Gifts
$ 2,024 Academic Classes: Apel, AP Calculus, AP ES, German, & Others
$ 853 Students Support Including Bus Passes
$ 535 Support For Team Spyder, Band, & Others
2017-18
$ 2,890 Microscopes
$ 5,161 Heart Rate monitors and fitness supplies for P.E. Dept.
$ 1,891 Microphones, sound equipment and food prep teaching
$12,000 Student Services Counseling and Peer Counseling
$ 7,665 Chromebooks & computers
$ 1,500 "Every 15 minutes" program
$ 470 Read Awards
$ 699 an electronic balance for science deptartment
$ 1,000 the Marching Band
$ 800 You School
$ 1,000 Peer Counselling
2016-17
$ 2,400 Fur teachers to attend a Response to Instruction Conference
$ 600 PrepOne™ Sapphire and Photo Hood for Biology Dept.
$ 7,112 Sousaphone (results is two being purchased due to a matching gifts program.)
$ 7,000 Forty-eight real time wireless heart rate monitors for the physical fitness program
$ 7,000 Student Services Counseling (2016)
$ 3,200 Ten Chromebooks computers
$ 1,145 SAT/ACT prep-books for AVID
$ 860 iPad to support remediation in the Spanish language program
$ 500 READ awards
2015-16
$ 7,000 Student Services Counseling (2015/2016)
$ 2,000 to support the "Every 15 Minutes" dramatization (2015)
$ 5,000 Classroom supplies support (2015)
$ 1,500 LCD projector bulbs (2015)
$ 1,500 Physics software (2015)
$ 7,190 Five HD camera sets for Digital Media equipment (2015)
$ 4,200 Five Photo class computers (2015)
$ 1,300+Teacher conferences and class room support (2015)
$ 1,000 Titan Museum (donor specified)
2014-15
$ 20,500 for Student Services Counseling (2014/2015)
$ 15,000 for 6 engineering & graphics program computers (2014)
$ 3,500 for BrainPop and Overdrive library software for student use (2014)
$ 2,500 for Teacher accounts (donor specified)
7 Laptops (Corporate donation)
$ 1,500 to reinstate 6.5 period classes (2014)
2013
$ 31,850 for Student Services Counseling (2013/2014)
$ 2,000 Golf Team (donor specified)
$ 700 for AVID (2013 fundraiser)
$ 500 for Art Department (2013 fundraiser)
$ 1,000 to the Golf Team (2013 donor specified)
$ 5,000 for Biology field trip (2013 donor specified)
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2013 donor specified grant)
$ 500 Biology department (2013 fundraiser)
$ 900 Foreign Language and English Departments (2013 donor specified)
2012-13
$ 25,000 for Student Services Counseling (2012/13)
$ 7,500 for 10 iPads for teacher classroom instruction (2012)
$ 850 for high speed printer serving the attendance office
$ 1,500 for student transportation support (2012/13 donor specified)
$ 25,000 to various booster clubs raised thru Team Saver Card program
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2012 donor specified grant)
2011-12
$ 20,000 for Student Services Counseling (2011/12)
$ 400 Grade Nite donation of 2 Apple iPod Touch (2011)
$ 2,000 to support Senior Project Day
$ 550 Art Department Banners
$ 6,000 support fine arts program (2011)
$ 30,000 Agriculture Program (2011 donor specified grant)
$ 4,000 for LCD bulbs and tech repairs (2011)
$ 2,500 for LCD bulb replacements (2011)
$ 1,000 for technology & printer maintenance (2011)
$ 12,000 for additional computers to accommodate larger class sizes (2011)
$ 14,000 for 18 additional Doc-u-cams (2011)
$ 8,000 for Apple iMacs and equipment for the Digital Media and Photo programs (2011)
$ 5,000 for pre-Engineering startup kits (donor specified)
$ 1,850 for Proquest online research database (2011)
2010-11
$ 38,900 for Student Services Counseling (2010/11)
$ 34,500 for teacher technology training (2010 donor specified)
$ 15,000 for the PLATO credit recovery software for students who need to make up credits
$ 2,000 for Senior Project Day support
$ 30,000 funding for the new dance floor for the Poway High Dance Team (2010 donor specified grant)
$ 7,000 for LCD projector Bulbs, new printers and printer maintenance (2010)
$ 2,600 ProQuest online research database (2010)
$ 15,000 for 25 Doc-u-cams (digitally project flat and three-dimensional objects on a screen via the LCD projector)
$ 14,500 for 28 LCD projectors for classrooms
$ 350 for the "Destinos" program for Spanish classes
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
The Foundation is overseen by a board of volunteer trustees. These trustees are parents, alumni, students, school staff and the Principal of Poway High.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with a tax ID# of 33-0823876.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation with a tax ID# of 33-0823876.
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Executive Officers
Chair – Heather Skale Vice Chair – Kelly Mau Treasurer - Carol Lord-Heuschele Secretary – Molly LaRue Financial Secretary Directors Alumni President – Larry Ott '81 Webmaster – Dana Varga Communications – Mike Furlano Judith McAulay Shawna Fallon Paulina Gomberg Ex-Officio Members Principal – Richard Nash Vice Principal Teacher - Debbie Jefferson Student Rep Members Andrew Rosenberry April Rosenberry Mary Vivanco Wendy Hummel Steven Stone Angela Gavigan Gabrielle Slaughter-Fuentes |
Join our Board
We generally meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 6pm in the Poway High Museum (northwest corner of Building F). Please contact the Foundation Chair for more info. Please use our Self Nominating Form to tell us about your interests. Contact Us
Poway High Foundation 15500 Espola Road Poway, CA 92064 858-748-0245 |
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