More than $13,000 was awarded during the final competitive grant cycle of the 2021-22 school year. Funding comes from four funds within the AEF: Appleton Education Foundation Endowment Fund, Gruner Family Community Mental Wellnes Fund, Vira and Alan Stoner Education … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation board of directors approved grants totaling more than $10,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Eight projects are receiving funding. Funding comes from four funds within … Read More
Question: What can $300 and a little creativity and teamwork do? Answer: For Appleton’s Badger Elementary School and its families, A LOT. Teachers Amanda Strupp and Jaynie Busche wanted to bring together Badger’s 370 students and their families while the … Read More
Eric Vanderloop, Fox River Academy 7th/8th grade teacher, and his students have directly benefited from two AEF grants over the last three years. He says the Appleton Education Foundation allows teachers to “chase dreams” and inspire next level teaching and … Read More
Earlier this year AEF turned 24 years old! To honor how AEF has grown, we are unveiling a new look to carry us into the future. The Look We’ve kept our purple and green and made them more vibrant – … Read More
Thank you to the more than 170 golfers who took to the greens last week Friday for the 23rd annual Knowledge Open. It was a successful day thanks to our sponsors, volunteers and staff of Winagamie Golf Course. The Knowledge … Read More
Donald Huth graduated from Appleton High School, daughter Linda graduated from Appleton East, and sons Tim and Steve graduated from Appleton West. Linda and Steve chose careers in education and Tim is a former owner of a popular Appleton eatery. … Read More
With a combined 69 years of teaching in Appleton, Alan and Vira Stoner contributed to the success of many hundreds of Appleton public school students. Alan taught, coached and advised at Appleton East High School and Wilson Middle School while … Read More
Students and staff at Appleton West High School have long benefited from alumni support. Alumni from the Class of 1941 formalized their commitment to their alma mater by endowing a fund within the Appleton Education Foundation. Led by William DeLong, the … Read More
Nancy is a retired Appleton Area School District (AASD) principal who has stayed involved with the district be coordinating a mentoring program for student teachers about to begin their careers in education. Tom is a businessman working in commercial real … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation (AEF) has awarded a $10,000 grant to support distance learning for Appleton Area School District (AASD) 4K students. “The AEF is honored to support distance learning for the district’s youngest learners,” said Julie Krause, executive director. … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation board of directors approved grants totaling nearly $23,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Twenty-six projects are receiving funding. Districtwide $1,500 from the Bob and Gerri … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling nearly $25,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Nineteen projects are receiving funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $18,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Eighteen projects are receiving funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling nearly $25,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Nineteen requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation Fund … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $42,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Thirty-nine requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $26,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Twenty requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More
The Appleton Education Foundation has approved grants totaling more than $30,000 to support creative programs and projects that enhance the education of Appleton Area School District students. Thirty requests received funding. All grants were awarded from the Appleton Education Foundation … Read More
Appleton Education Foundation board members were out and about the last few days delivering 13 grant awards. Following is a listing off all grants. Funds came from the Appleton Education Foundation Fund – an unrestricted endowment – unless otherwise noted. Appleton … Read More
Appleton Education Foundation board members and donors were out and about the last few days delivering grant awards – 32 of them to be exact. Board members (and in some cases donors/fund initiators) surprised grant applicants. There were tears, hugs, … Read More
