Thank you to the more than 200 golfers who joined us for the 27th annual Knowledge Open on Friday, July 18. We are grateful to all of our sponsors, golfers, and volunteers who made 2025 the best yet!
In the Knowledge Open all golf teams play to support an Appleton Area School District school. This year 19 schools were represented. More than $18,000 will be awarded as unrestricted grants.
Congratulations to these schools! The list below will be updated with grant purposes.
- Appleton West……..………………………….$2,000…………annual student Wellness Fair, known as “Terror Tough”
- Foster Elementary………………….……..…$1,750………..tutoring/mentorship program and musical production
- Valley New School…………………..……….$1,750………..students projects and programming (via the Valley New School Fund within AEF)
- Appleton Community 4K………………….$1,675……….professional development focused on classroom behavior management
- Jefferson Elementary………………….……$1,350……….to enhance educational opportunities (via the Jefferson Elementary School Fund within AEF)
- Appleton East………………………………..…$1,200……….dishwashers needed for building projects
- Berry Elementary………………..….………..$1,150……….to enhance a sensory space
- Richmond Elementary……………………..$1,125………..PBIS incentives
- A-TECH…………………………………..……..…$1,000………..consumables like sheet steel, welding shield gas, and filler metals
- Kaleidoscope Academy……………………$800……………new volleyball uniforms
- Odyssey Magnet School…………..………$800…………..mural/painting projects
- Einstein Middle………….…………………….$700…………..incentives for Eagle Time, advisory time
- McKinley Elementary……………..…….….$700………….furniture for the LMC
- Wisconsin Connections Academy…….$600………….math manipulative kits
- Wilson Middle……………………………….….$500………….Raider Room Service supplies for staff
- Dunlap Elementary…………………………..$250…………enhance organization and storage in the LMC
- Edison Elementary…………………………..$250………….Charger Circuit – a place for students to reset and recharge
- Highlands Elementary………………….….$250…………..mural/painting projects
- Houdini Elementary…………………………$250………….support for Kindness Day and Culutre Day
The Knowledge Open is more than a golf outing. Teams’ scramble scores are lessened 1/2 a stroke for each correct Masters Knowledge Challenge quiz answer. That’s right… the outing is also educational! Quiz questions highlight interesting facts about the Foundation, school district, and other topics important to sponsors.
Here are this year’s quizzes:
*18-hole Masters Knowledge Challenge quiz and answers
*9-hole Masters Knowledge Challenge quiz and answers
Team photos are in this album.
Intersested in joining us in 2026? Save the date – July 17 – and check back here. Registration will open in January. The event will sell out. (In 2025, we reached capacity in February!) Register early!
