2011|2012 Annual Report

Investing in our CHILDREN. . . Investing in our FUTURE.

HOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION Our MissionAcquire and utilize resources to enrich educational experiences within the Hopkins School District.

2011-2012 Board of DirectorsPatrick Jacobwith, PresidentMichael Pink, Vice PresidentDanny Kaplan, Past PresidentAmy Roberts, TreasurerLinda Sedgwick, SecretaryJelan Heidelberg, At LargeTrisha BellAutumn BoosKim CampbellEllen CousinsRod DummerMichael GloverBetsy HinckLaToshia JacksonMark Jansa

Dan JohnsonMark JonesJim MartinEric MintalarTodd PaulsonDave ShannonJennifer St. ClairBeth TimmEllen Ziegler

Ex-OfficiO MEMbErsNik LightfootJohn Schultz

2011-2012 Highlights• $2 million total grant milestone was achieved thanks to

wonderful community support.

• AsuccessfulRoyalBash2011washeldattheGoldenValleyCountry Club. The sold out crowd generously supported the special appeal—expansion of the iPad pilot for all schools. A special thank you to co-chairs Jelan Heidelberg, Betty Johnson and Kate Lang.

• HEF hosted the first annual Board Breakfast–past and present.

• HEF leveraged partnerships to expand the impact of grants: the Gary S. Stevens Foundation (Be Your Dream) and Tanglen PTO (Lexia Reading).

GOLD spOnsOrsTankenoff Family Foundation/Hillcrest Development

siLVEr spOnsOrsBest Buy StoresColdwell Banker BurnetDalco Enterprises, Inci:SPACE Furniture Inc.Knock, Inc

Deborah and David KrekelbergMaterials Processing CorporationDiane and Mike McDonnellMosquito, IncCaryl and Ernest PiersonPreferred OneVardePartnersInc.

brOnZE spOnsOrsBortonVolvoBremer Bank - Minnetonka

CBIZ Benefits and Insurance ServicesCathy and Dale FesteFirstTech ComputerFortress Medical SystemsFresh Seasons MarketJocelyn and Jed GorlinJane and Patrick JacobwithLauren and Danny KaplanAnn and Dave KoppeLake Minnetonka OrthodonticsSally and Ted Levens

Minneapolis Rag Stock CompanyMarilou and Eric MintalarRJ Ahmann CompanyAmy and Charles RobertsSue and Alan SadowskyLinda and Richard SedgwickMartha and Dave ShannonBeth and Greg Timm

THANK YOU to Our Bash Sponsors

rOLL ‘EM: ViDEO caMEras fOr LanGuaGE assEssMEntsHopkins High School – Stephanie Owens-Lyons

Small groups of world language students can now easily record their conversations with Flip cameras. Students are more comfortable and the teachers can more efficiently assess the oral activities outside of class time with the video recording.

MakinG aLL Of us pubLishED authOrsOff-Campus Pavilion – Deb Ludwig and Val Honey

Students create, illustrate and publish their own book in Language Arts class. The project helps students develop writing, illustrating, editing and technology skills.

bE YOur DrEaM acaDEMic cOachinG Hopkins High School – Stephanie Owens Lyons

Be Your Dream connects daily actions with students’ life goals and dreams to help students be more engaged in school. In addition to workshops for teachers, staff, parents and peer tutors, professional life coaches will provide one-on-one coaching for students. This multi-year grant is matched by a grant from the Gary S. Stevens Foundation.

MakinG cOLLEGE a rEaLitY fOr EnGLish LanGuaGE LEarnErsHopkins District – Scott Endo

College readiness is an important part of the district strategic plan. An innovative parent involvement program works with families of English Language Learners to explain the college process and help families better prepare their students.

unLEash thE pOwEr Of thE ipaDAll Schools

With relevant content that is usually more up to date than textbooks, our students use iPads to span the world without ever leaving their desks. One of the many benefits is that students can easily practice reading and math at their own personalizedlevel.OurspecialappealatRoyalBash2012raisednearly$30,000forthisimportanttechnologyinitiative.

bOOks On hanD - ExpanDinG cLassrOOM LibrariEs All Elementary Schools – Bonnie Hild

Third and fourth grade classroom libraries will receive expanded book options to build literacy skills. In the past, teachers often furnished classroom libraries at their own expense. Each student will have a rotating group of books that are balanced for fiction and non-fiction and skill levels.

DaiLY fiVE ListEninG cEntErsGlen Lake – Cindy Anderson

Listening to Reading, Reading to Self, Reading to Someone, Working on Writing and Working with Words are all components of the Daily Five literacy program. This grant provides resources for the listening learning stage.

iMprOVinG stuDEnt achiEVEMEnt thrOuGh stEM Glen Lake – Mary Jo Merickel, Darlene Lines, Julie Burke, Julie Schlecht, Robb Trenda, Lynda Seitz, Anne Kuffel, Elizabeth Nemec and Chris Ohotto

Students learn best in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs when they can engage in real world problem solving. “Explore Lab” project-based learning kits will be used school wide for engineering experiences.

LExia rEaDinG prOGraMTanglen – Bonnie Hild

Lexia software provides reading assessment, lesson plans and teaching tools that adjust to students’ progress and individual needs. Students at home can also access the web-based technology. Grant matched by Tanglen PTO grant.

wEb – whErE EVErYOnE bELOnGs WJH – Dana Baker and Sarah Coffey

Expanding the successful, HEF funded WEB pilot at North Jr. High, this grant funds a year-long orientation and transition program at West Jr. High. It links 7th grade students with 9th grade students who are trained as mentors.

HEF AWARDED $137,000 in Grants for 2011-2012

IN APPRECIATION

MatchinG DOnatiOnsAdobe Employee Payroll Deduction Donations ProgramAlliant Techsystems Operations LLCCovidienFortress Medical SystemsGraco FoundationDiane& Mike McDonnellMedtronic FoundationPrudential Foundation Match-ing Gifts ProgramThrivent Financial For Lutherans FoundationToro FoundationWells Fargo Foundation

GratituDE GiftsStaff Members Honored with a Donation in Their Name

Carolyn AndersonGreg BartzEric BealLisa BeckerDavid BeckmanWilliam BellTimothy BerryAbby BrackePhilip BrownAngie BrueskeKim CampbellCOACHES (girls hockey): Hailey Field Steve Knaus Tom Maeckelbergh Vin Paolucci Jon Smart Sean WesenbergDouglas DartJean DavidsonJohn DenHartogJanet EckhoffApril FeltTom FrankeSara GarciaMarissa GrodnickJamey GuilleLinda HansonJill HeathLindy HeusinkveldRyan HoganDenise IngramJan JodockRolf JohnsonMatt KappelSteve KnausJeff KocurRobert KrebsbachChuck Kreitzer

Mary LaBelleTeri LarsonMarit Lee-DohseDavid LordArden LovagniniShannon LubratovichKim MachStephanie MagelkyMichelle MagyJodi MarkusonJeff MatchetteCarleen MattsKatherine MommsenCecelia MorrisDenise MummaMary Kay MyrmelEric NaessTimothy NefzgerWendy NelsonDan NelsonBethany OcarAnthony PadrnosDonna PhilippotJeremy ReichelRick RexrothTodd RoudabushSarah SampsonAndrea SebenalerSarah ShaferKirk ShogerAllegra SmisekPam SoltisBeth SpechtSpecial Ed/Paras– West Jr. HighSpecial Services Staff – West Jr. HighJill SwansonErik ThompsonKathy ToenjesJohn Unruh-FriesenAngela WilcoxDavid Williams

in hOnOr Gifts(tributes/special events)

Tamara GebhardtSara HeegaardRick RexrothMichael SteinBarb Westmoreland Judith Yesnes

tributE/in MEMOrY Gifts A James Buck Anderson Donald Coppins Patrick Mohlin Chuck Mykleby Leonard & Yvonne Nelson & RelativesJim SievertTracy Wright-Sperling

VOLuntEErsDonna AdamsSarah AhlquistJackie AkinJulie AndersonKristin AndersonDebra ArnesonGreta Becker-EvansLynn BialickChristie BoederChantele BurgessErin BurggraffJulia CarlstromNaomi ChinnTiphanie DirnbergerJulie DosdallDale EngquistJoyce FiedlerAmy FischerLinda FlynnVicki FreemanLinda GanJeff GanKaren GoldfarbKatie GonzalezPhil GonzalezChristine Halvorsen-HargerJean HanleyEilat HarelJonathon HatchDarla HinesBetty JohnsonBeth JonesLisa KlassLori KomotoKate LangTed LangMichelle LewisLinda LoomisJulie MagneyJennifer MartinDan MordMichael MoschogianisElizabeth Nirenstein Elizabeth OgrenMichele PaskoGail PerelsteinHeidi PetersonEmily SalterMartha ShannonJulie SilvermanTess StenderDianne ThorpeCarolyn Vander VeldenSid VossEmily Wallace JacksonSteve WarnerMachel WhitmoreJami WinterKacey Zaztoupil

STATEMENT of Activities

chanGEs in unrEstrictED nEt assEts Support and Revenue Special Events: Revenue $161,854 CostofSpecialEvent (29,645) NETSpecialEventsRevenue 132,209

PublicSupport 65,948 InvestmentIncome 3,165 TOTALUnrestrictedSupport&Revenue201,322

Functional Expenses ProgramServices* 137,246 ManagementandGeneral 27,884 Fundraising 49,506 TOTALFunctionalExpenses 214,636

ChangesinUnrestrictedNetAssets (13,314)

chanGEs in tEMpOrariLY rEstrictED nEt assEts Contributions 150 CHANGEinNetAssets (13,164)

nEt assEts BeginningofYear 290,979 End of Year $277,815 *GrantsPayableBalance $131,453 AdministrationrelatedtoFunctionalExpense$5,793

IN APPRECIATION of Our Generous Donors | July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

prEsiDEnt $5000 – $9,999i:SPACE Furniture Inc., Jennifer

& Joel PetersonDiane & Mike McDonnellTankenoff Family Foundation,

Hindy & Scott Tankenoff

bEnEfactOr $1,000 – 4,999Tim & Sue Anderson

Family FundDebra & James ArnesonTrisha & Dennis BellBest Buy Children’s FoundationBest Buy StoresIris & Steven BorowskyJennifer & Douglas BrownColdwell Banker Burnet,

Dan JohnsonDalco, Rod DummerDeb Davenport &

Stewart StenderLinda GardnerJocelyn Bessette Gorlin &

Jed Gorlin MDMary Dee & George HicksElizabeth & John HinckJane & Patrick JacobwithBeth & Mark JonesDebbie, Jed, Sophie, Sam &

Gigi StillmanLauren & Danny KaplanKNOCK inc.Ann & Dave KoppeDeborah & David KrekelbergSally & Ted LevensLing LaRoy Family Charitable

Fund, James LaRoyGrace Malilay & Jim ChaseMardie & Robert MarshallMaterials Processing Corp, Todd

SchachtmanMarilou & Eric MintalarMosquito, Amy Arias &

Michael PinkCaryl & Ernest PiersonPreferred One, Paul GeiwitzNancy & Kevin RheinJoan & Rick AhmannAmy & Charles RobertsSusan & David RobertsonSue & Alan Sadowsky

Cathy & Randy SchwichtenbergLinda & Richard SedgwickMartha & Dave ShannonMary & Steve ThompsonBeth & Greg TimmVarde PartnersWells Fargo Foundation

aMbassaDOr $500 – $999Sharon & Scott AndersonBest Buy Blue Ridge Dental, Dr. Jim

StrampeBorton Volvo, Pat & Anne SutterBremer Bank, Ronald ZweberCBIZ Benefits & Insurance

Services, Tanya KaronDuane ComportValerie & Dennis DahlmanCathy & Dale FesteMichael FinnFirstTech Computer,

Bob GoerneFresh Seasons, Dale &

Janet RileyGold Nugget Tavern & GrilleJudith GrytdahlGinger & Keith GuggenbergerJelan & James HeidelbergLaura & Harrison HunterJulie & Dan JohnsonDottie Jung & Craig HedbergMolly Kinney Leonhardt &

Ron LeonhardtLake Minnetonka Orthodontics,

Steve NelsonKate & Ted LangAnn C. LowryJennifer & Tom MatsonSharon & Robert MattisonJeninne McGeeSuzanne Merideth &

James BernardMinneapolis Rag Stock

Company, Michael FinnElizabeth & Cameron OligPam & Jonathan PassmanKim & Mike RiesJudie Schumacher &

Craig FobesTori & Michael ShowalterJulie Silverman & Bard BorkonAngela & William SundellSid VossNancy & Larry WigleySusan & Michael WoottenRobert & Rhonda ZakheimEllen & Kristopher Ziegler

patrOn $250 - $499Adams, Donna & StevenADonna & Steven AdamsAlliant Techsystems Operations LLCKate Amendt & Irv Hershkovitz

Anonymous-TargetKaren & Reade BaileyJo & Ross BartzNancy & Daniel BauerGordon BaxterBEI DOU ZING PTOEllen & Bruno BittnerTerri Bonoff & Matthew KnopfAutumn & Brett BoosKaty & Michael BraggTracy & Greg CarsonRandy & Naomi ChinnConnie & Michael CohenEllen & David CousinsMargaret & W Todd CrandellKaren & Rod DummerEisenhower PTOMary & Dave ElmeerJudith & Jay FriedmanLaurie & Terry GoemanMiriam & Michael GoodmanCarol Grabowski &

Joel GreenwaldKarlene & Donald HutsonKen IsaacsonKris NewcomerLiz & Andre L’HeureuxNik LightfootLinda & Terry MaagRoberta Mancina & James ClaySandy & David ForsterCarolyn & David OlsonBeth PotterBonnie & James RoedDana & James RothSheva & Tom SandersAmy & Charles SegelbaumMary & James ShirleyJaye Snyder & Kenneth

BrimmerJennifer & Paul St ClairSonia & Ron UngermanSandra & Jim Whisler

cOntributOr $100 – $249Adobe Employee Payroll

Deduction Donations Program

Sara & Erik AhlquistAllina Health SystemLeslie & Frank AltmanAnne & Adam AmatoMarilyn AndersonSusan AndersonNancy Ballsrud & James NelsonLaura & Tim BatesMindy & Steve BentonDebbie & Mark BergmanNeil Borenstein &

Susan FreemanSusan & Tim BransonShea & Carey BrendalenPatty BrennanErin & Eric BurggraffJoan C. BursackGrace Butler & John Richard

SheelyValdo & Deb CalvertKim CampbellTakYuen CaouetteJulie & Barry CarlsonKaren & David CarlsonBrenda & Melvin ClarkMargaret CoppinsSharon & Thomas CowheyNancy CudahyMarcia & John DiraclesTiphanie & Mark DirnbergerWendy DonovanJill & Jonathan EisenbergRobert EstrineGreta Evans-BeckerCynthia Evon-Anderson & Rick

AndersonKaren & Eric FeaglerSheri Fine & Dale EngquistFirst Minetonka City Bank,

Del SmithAmy & Jack FitermanLinda & Charlie FlynnJoan & William GardnerDiane GatesTamara & Mark GebhardtAllison & Michael GelfmanKim & Clifford GreeneBarbara GrundmanPamela Haiden & Edward

HathawayJudy & Bud HamiltonEllen & James HancockEilat & Noam HarelVirginia & Thomas HarnSally & Jerry HaugenLucy & Kip HeegaardJulie & Jeffrey HoRuth HopperstadJuliana & Randy HughesKim & Roger HunwardsenMolly & Jason JacobsSandy JelmAnn & Thomas JennyIris JohnsonTamra JordahlMarti & James JustusSuzanne & Harvey Kaplan

KaplanQuinn & Daon KarpanAndrea & Craig KomschliesSaskia Korink Romani & Renato

RomaniRosemary & George KreutzerLabel Innovations LLC,

Jim StinchfieldMary LaBelleMiket Elizabeth LaukkaKristin LeeStephanie & Steven LeervigJoyce & Robert LeibmanWilliam LipschultzNancy & Jeff LitvackKimberly & Daniel MakeyLiz & James MartinMedtronic FoundationMarie Menick

Mary & Tim MileyGerald MillerLeah & Robert MooreCynthia & Michael MuzetrasKris NewcomerElizabeth & David NirensteinSarah Norsted Cohen &

Bob CohenPatricia & Thomas O’ReillyMichele & Paul PaskoLindsay & David PolyakJulie & Mike PrattPrudential Foundation

Matching Gifts ProgramSusan & Kevin PurseyCathy & Robert QuartermanLisa Ragozzino & Mark HadleyCurt ConradMary SanderlinCari & Daniel SandstromBetsy Scheurer Anderson &

Jeffrey AndersonJane & John SchultzTamra & James SegalYvonne & Charles SelcerVickie & Chad ShawMelissa & Clayton ShermanKathy & Tom SkalitzkyElizabeth Soderberg &

Andrew ChollarNancy SpangrudBeth & James SpechtPete SperlingJamie Stang & David KusnerLindsay & Michael StrandBarbara Swaiman &

Mark FranklinKari & Kevin SwanSusan & Dan SwansonChaya & Scott SwensonCharity & Babak TahmasebGregory & Helga ThielenJudson McNeilKaren & Daniel TotallSara TurmanJoelle & Paul ValentiniShelly & Alan Van DellenMarie & Robert VersenEmily & David Wallace-JacksonErin & Jeff WarshawLori & Doug WeissmanCatherine Welch &

Donald GiestingJane Welch & Dan SchowengerdtJames WilsonTerry WolfsonJill & Brian ZimmerJackie & Steve Zimmerman

friEnDs up tO $99Anne Marie AandenChristopher & Ann AanestadJen & Jeff AllenJoseph Alley &

Casandra AndersonDana & Jon Anderson

Julie & John AndersonKaren AndersonKari & Eric AndersonKathryn Anderson & Jim FedjeKelly & Scott AndersonKristin & John AndersonMary AndersonNancy AndersonDeloitte United WayAmy & Richard AnselGail & William AubechtDavid & Stephanie BankRon & Shari BarryDeanna & Robert BassettKelly & Vince BegginCarol BergenstalMarc BjorklundRoberta Stephen BonfilioRoberta & Barry BonoffCarol & Jim BrackeShari & Jerry BremerLaura & Mark BrillStanley BrownAnn Brusseau &

Andrew DoedenCathy & Jon BuggyKim & John BurmeisterMary & RickBurntonAnne CampbellHelen Kae CarlsonSarah ChamberlainChai Vang ChangJane ChristensenElizabeth ClearyCynthia & John CochranKristen & Chad CollinsCovidienLydia & Dan CrouserJody De St. HubertRita & Michael DewanePat & Mark DoumaAnn Drew Yu & Raymond YuColleen & Timothy EvonRobert FanChristine FehstAnne FinnAmy & John FischerAlex FisherJulie & Steve FreieAmy & Lee FriedmanBecky FritzAnn & Jerrold GershoneJane & Rick GiovannettiMichael GloverWarren GoodroadThe Graco FoundationNancy & Rick GreenfieldDr. Shirley GregoireMarissa & Harrison GrodnickTheresa & Brian GubrudDebra Hahn-FisherKelly & Erik HalvorsenAle & Granville HarlowLayne H. Harris-RosenJessi & Jeffrey HeidelbergJane & Larry HeimerlMarty & John HesselrothRobin & Charles Horowitz

THANK YOU for Your Support

Tina & Garry HouskerApril & Thomas JacksonLouise & Don JacobsonBetty JohnsonButch Johnson, Music BarnCraig R. JohnsonPatty JohnsonLaura & Rick KakachKathleen KaysingerChristopher KingCindy & David KistDeb & Bruce KittJoseph Klein & Holly PikeGenny KofskiJoey KristalThomas KvaleLani LaBelle & Peter LavangerAnne & Jeff LangaardCristin & Tim LarsenWendy LazearKathryn & Theodore LeeAudrey & Nick LeicherKate & Neil LernerDana & Daniel LevinsonGail Lewis-MillerVicki Luxton & Charles BurnettLiz & Simon McAllisterDaniel & Melanie McGieKatherine Meehan &

Emmett CarpelLynn MelcherRebecca & Jeff MelvilleJinjer & Mark MengeSandy MerryGina & Greg MeyerLynn & Steve MillerDeanna MinnochJennifer & Jeff MischkePaul MohlinSharon MohlinJoyce & Andy MundahlKathleen & Scott NagelSue & Tim NefzgerScott NeimanBecky & Mark NelsonMarti & Tim NelsonRonald NelsonCarol & David Nordli

Shauna & Ken NovakJean NusbaumChristine OhottoLori & Robert O’NeilJoyce & Martin OrbuchTerri & Aaron OslandCarol & Craig PaschkeDebbie & Andrew PavelkaLaura PedersonJayme PelerineGail PerelsteinKellie & Ryan PerryJennifer & Joel PetersonKatie Pierson & Jonathan KahleMary Frances & Brain PriceColleen & James RadtkeMelanie & Robert RandallJane RanumJeremy ReichelJeannine & Blake RenslowKatie & John ReuderRandi & Rick RexrothJoel RhodeCarolyn & Charles RinghoferSheryl & Jay RosenbergMary Kay & Tim RummelRichard & Laura SalitermanJennifer & Andy SaxonDorothy & John ScanlanKelly & Michael SchechterTully & Mark SchenkelbergGretchen Scherer-Luebke &

Jamin LuebkeDiane SchimelpfenigCharles SchlegelJudy SchlichtingMeg & Randy SchneiderBrenda & Todd SchwartzbergLinda & Kent SchwitzerCarol & Richard SeabergLeonard SegalLynda SeitzSheri SellMarlene Senechal &

Robert MoilanenEllen & Wilson SilvaJennifer SkramstadAllegra Smisek

Linnea SodergrenMichelle SolomonRobert St. ClairKaren SteinertSharron & Oren SteinfeldtMuriel SterneElizabeth & Ross StettnerSusan & Scott StillmanAnna & Steve StoeszJack (John) StroessnerSunrise Ridge, Wendy

SteinmetzBarbara & Richard SwansonElizabeth SwedbergKim & Scott TeplinskyLorraine TeslowElizabeth ThompsonKimberley & Randall ThompsonDiane & Tim ThorpeThrivent Financial for Lutherans

FoundationKathy ToenjesJoey TownsendSher Unruh-FriesenAnn & Richard Van SickleSandra & Mark Vanden EindeAnne & Tad Vander VorstePaula & Jason VarinLinda WarehamPatrice & Jeff WehnerBarbara & Daniel WestmorelandJohn WetterJohn WetzelDebra Whalen & Thomas HansenJeffrey & Machel WhitmoreMolly WielandKathleen WilliamsVictoria & John WilsonJami & William WinterDeborah & Brent WolfeJulie & Paul WoolfreyMichelle & Carl YancyAndrea & Howard YesnesDaniel & Linda YesnesCheryl & Jacques YouakimKathy & Howard Zack

IN APPRECIATION of Our Generous Donors

THANK YOU for Your Support

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MARCH 1995Hopkins Education Foundation Established

FEBRUARY 1996First Grant Awarded to Life Labs

FEBRUARY 2000First Gala Event

MARCH 2006$1 Million Total Grants Awarded

SCHOOL YEAR 2005-06Elementary School Amplification

HOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FEBRUARY 2010Expanded Auction Fundraiser to Entire District with Online Auction

APRIL 2012$2 MILLIONTOTAL GRANTSAWARDED

SCHOOL YEAR 2006-07Smartboards Pilot

HEF Milestones Through the Years