2016 Community Report

educationmatters JOINT MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Mike Shaikh, Chair Education is the fundamental ingredient for a successful society. Nancy Close, Vice Chair Mark E. Saar, Treasurer Education improves the quality of life and With every program and every student that David McKinnon, Secretary you are contributing to a better life for you support, there is a common theme. Every Liana Appelt thousands of publicly educated children by student matters. That is why we are called Dr. Aleem Bharwani supporting educational enhancements and EducationMatters. Joy Bowen-Eyre student awards through EducationMatters. Dr. Gene Edworthy On behalf of the Board of Governors, and our Lynn Ferguson Your gifts are revolutionizing classrooms, staff, we commit to you that we will continue Gregory Francis Rod Garossino and making way for learners with varied to work hard to provide important enhance- Dr. Judy Hehr challenges, so that they may fully participate ments for Board of Education’s K-12 Hanif Ladha in their educational opportunities. students, and continue to work quickly and Enza Rosi efficiently with you, our valued donors. Dr. Richard Sigurdson You are providing food for Fuel for School Dr. Charles Webber programs, and helping teenagers stay in Please continue to support students in school through alternative choice programs. Calgary, and thank you for investing in HONOURARY AMBASSADORS You are helping our most vulnerable futures. Join us on Facebook, Twitter and on Joanne Cuthbertson children. our website to hear more about the possibil- David Pickersgill ities you are helping to create for Calgary’s This report celebrates what we have made students. possible together. continues to rise above economic challenges, and we are happy to say that EducationMatters surpassed our fundraising target, allowing us to grant funds of over $2 million to support student success – the most we have ever provided in a single year!

Mike Shaikh Marilyn Field Chair, Board of Governors Executive Director Endowment Fund Market Value educationmatters $5,000,000

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$3,000,000 2016 Year in Review $2,000,000 $1,000,000 With the tremendous support of people like you, we have been able to have a meaningful impact for K-12 students. 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Since 2003, we: • received over $15 million in gifts Grants by Distribution • granted over $11 million in student awards and program grants Total: $2,000,438 • grew our endowment portfolio to over $4.8 million

In 2016: $1,441,648 Specific Initiatives

$434,909 Student Awards

$123,881 220 Other Grants student awards were claimed

ranging from $100 - $25,000 Gifts by Type

84 $1,461,915 Flow Through schools received funding through our grants program $200,398 Endowment

Gifts by Fund Type $2 million Total: $1,636,949 distributed to support $1,136,502 Calgary’s students! Specific Initiatives $430,162 Student Awards

For a full list of our amazing donors, and to view our 2016 Audited Financial Statements, please visit educationmatters.ca $70,285 Other Grants Front cover image courtesy of artist Tracy Franks. Back cover image courtesy Ghost River Rediscovery. PROGRAM GRANTS In 2016, we distributed over $1.56 million to 84 schools! Included in this is: $330,000 that was distributed to ten schools for Library to Learning Commons transformations; $160,000 that was distributed to eight schools for a Studio Artists in Schools initiative; and $159,250 for Maker Education in eleven schools.

NORTHWEST Dr. Gordon Higgins School: SOUTHWEST Bowcroft School: Maker Education $14,500 Central Memorial High School: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Maker Space Supplies $1,660 Athletics Program $410 : Lester B. Pearson High School: Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School: Athletics Program $250 Finance Club $621 Athletics Program $75 Crescent Heights High School: Nelson Mandela High School: Ernest Manning High School: Athletics Program $1,450 Debate Club $2,000 FIRST Robotics Feeder $6,800 Hillhurst School: Storytelling for Resiliency $9,750 Ethel M. Johnson School: Nihijuna - To Bring Us All Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 JB Music Therapy $2,100 Together $6,000 Notre Dame High School: Glenbrook School: Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 Athletics Program $250 Maker Education $14,500 : O.S. Geiger School: Killarney School: Athletics Program $75 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Resources to Support Multiple John G. Diefenbaker High School: Pineridge School: Literacies $7,800 Dance Program $2,000 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Louis Riel School: : Ted Harrison School: Technology Learning Fund for Baby Tales $1,900 Maker Education $14,500 Tomorrow’s Leaders $6,833 Queen Elizabeth High School: Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 National Sport School: Athletics Program $600 Terry Fox School: Literacy Initiative $1,500 Royal Oak School: First Nations Connections $2,500 St. Mary’s High School: Literacy Luggage $2,500 Athletics Program $500 St. Francis High School: SOUTHEAST Western Canada High School: Athletics Program $400 Aboriginal Learning Centre $110,000 Athletics Program $500 Sunnyside School: Banting & Best School: Calgary Opera Residency $1,205 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 SYSTEM WIDE Terrace Road School: Centennial High School: Calgary Board of Education: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Athletics Program $400 Aboriginal Youth Leadership Maker Education $14,500 Douglasdale School: Program $8,877 West View School: Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 FASD Conference $4,387 Maker Education $14,250 Erin Woods School: Cinderella Project $2,853 William Aberhart High School: Maker Education $14,500 Dual Credit/Exploratory Athletics Program $180 Ernest Morrow School: Programs $405,311 Maker Education $14,500 Encore Program $2,375 NORTHEAST : Fuel for School $63,237 Abbeydale School: Maker Education $14,500 SPARK - AASCA Junior High Creating a Reading Movement $5,878 G.W. Skene School: Leadership Conference $1,793 Annie Foote School: Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 Leader in Me Program $40,128 Maker Education $14,500 Jack James High School: Professional Development Bishop McNally High School: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 for Maker Education $10,000 Athletics Program $1,105 James Short Memorial School: Outdoor Learning & Forest Bob Edwards School: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 School Pilot Program $11,690 Debate Club $830 Maker Space $950 Discovering Choices (Downtown): Literacy Matters $6,692 Lord Beaverbrook High School: Kaiti Perras Love of Dance Cecil Swanson School: Sport Development Initiative $3,800 Memorial Fund Grant $4,202 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 New Brighton School: Student Basic Needs $114,380 Chief Justice Milvain School: Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta: City Hall School/2School $2,500 Patrick Airlie School: Entrepreneurial Trades Program $47,500 Colonel J. Fred Scott School: Maker Education $14,500 Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Piitoayis Family School: Total Disbursed: $1,565,529 Maker Education $14,500 Indigenous Ways $2,500 Discovering Choices II Prince of Wales School: Marlborough: Food Hampers, Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 Clothing & Personal Items Sam Livington School: for Students in Need $950 Studio Artists in Schools $20,000 Douglas Harkness School: Sherwood School: Library to Learning Commons $33,000 Music Program $4,082 STUDENT AWARDS

In addition to supporting schools, in 2016 we distributed $434,909 between 220 students through 84 named student awards. These awards, ranging in value from $100 to $25,000, support education for students in a wide variety of fields.

Aboriginal Students Awards $1,000 Henry Wise Wood Warriors Legacy Maurice A. Spring Scholarships $750 Accomplished Angels Endowment Scholarships $1,000 McKillop Student Awards $1,000 Student Awards $21,250 Hopewell Scholarship $26,700 MW & JR Tebo Memorial Adrienne Goudie Hugh Robertson Science Award $500 Journalism Award $660 Memorial Bursary $400 Integro Legacy Post Secondary Naomi Johnson Award $550 Arrata Family Award for Scholarships $18,130 RBC Future Leaders New $2,300 International Science Olympiad Scholarship $1,000 Ataturk Peace Scholarships $6,000 Bursary $1,000 Richard D. Tingle Avis Hibbard Bursaries (Physical Ivy & Len Freeston Student Award $1,500 Education/Social Studies) $500 Student Award $2,000 Richard Dunn Music Benjamin (Ben) Albert Awards $10,000 James Fowler School Award $400 Scholarship $1,125 Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship $1,000 Jennifer Ellen Shepherd Ruth Ursula Leipziger Bob Clarke Memorial Memorial Award $4,500 Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship $175 Joan Ethier Women in Science Samaritan Club Scholarship $1,000 Bowness Historical Society Award $500 Scholarships $20,950 Singleton Family Bree Eriksen Memorial Keith Carswell Memorial Endowment Award $2,500 Dance Award $1,000 Scholarship $1,500 Southland Transportation Bruce Leitl Composition Award $500 Kermet Archibald & Jacoba Van den Brink Scholarship $2,000 Calgary Bridge Foundation for Entrance Bursaries at the Steven Irving Memorial Music Youth Student Awards $2,545 Calgary Foundation $100,000 Scholarships $1,500 Calgary Entrepreneur Lana Hanson Scholarship $729 Susy Devlin Memorial Awards $800 Organization Student Award $8,000 Lauber Student Awards $1,570 Tenaris Merit Awards $10,000 CBE Staff Association Awards $8,000 Margaret J. Cochlan Memorial Terry Allen Leadership Award $200 City of Calgary Award $1,000 Thomas Walter Morrish Degree Granting Scholarships $22,100 Marguerite Patricia P. Bannister Memorial Scholarship $600 Post Secondary Scholarships $5,100 Memorial Degree Awards Tom Inkster Memorial Claire McCormick Poppitt Award $1,500 at the Calgary Foundation $88,000 Scholarship $1,000 David E. Mitchell Award $2,000 Marjorie Taylor Memorial Trades Related Career Pathways David James Anderson Scholarships $2,250 Student Awards $3,000 Memorial Award $1,000 Marnie Whitehead Viscount Bennett Band Parents Discovering Choices Leader of Memorial Scholarship $225 Association Awards $100 Tomorrow Awards $1,000 Marofke Family Aberhart Music William Aberhart Alumni Doris Donald Memorial Bursary Scholarship $1,000 Scholarships $1,500 in Fine Arts $300 Maureen Langston Dr. Gordon Higgins Memorial Award $500 Total Disbursed: $434,909 Student Awards $600 Durkie Arts Award $1,000 Dustin Peers Memorial Visual Arts Award $6,300 Edith Berger Memorial Scholarship $750 EducationMatters Future Leaders Awards $3,000 ENMAX Environmental (Trades) Scholarships $3,000 Frank Whipple Memorial Bursary $500 Gary Weimann Award for Community Service $1,000 George Morley Memorial Scholarship $250 Green & Gold Awards $15,000 Hal Winlaw Health & Nutrition Legacy Award $2,000 Haworth & Heritage Business Interiors Architecture/Interior Design Scholarships $1,000 Henry Wise Wood Class of 1970 Scholarships $600 Students are our priority. Community supporters are our foundation.

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Thank you for your generosity in 2016! You are helping to create new opportunities for Calgary’s students

EducationMatters is delighted to recognize the following individuals, corporations and foundations that made a gift in 2016, and are helping us to create new opportunities for Calgary’s students.

DONORS Anonymous The Calgary Minerva Helen Fielding Allan & Wendy Johnson Gerald R. Albert Fundraising Foundation Jon Fisher JVT Foundation Kevin Algar Calgary Northeast Eyeopener Chris & Mary Fong Ryan Kemp Lois M. Alger Lions Club John Fowlis Donna & Larry Kennedy Terry & Sharon Allen Canada Gives William & Leslie Fowlis Kermet Archibald & Jacoba Patricia Anderson Don Cawley Beverley Foy Van den Brink Memorial Liana Appelt CBE Staff Association Greg Francis Scholarship Fund at the Corine Armstrong Cenovus Employee Foundation Fraternal Order of Eagles - Calgary Foundation Joe & Evelyn Askin Centre for Sleep & Human Calgary Brian Kielly Ryan Atkinson Performance Caroline French Barbara Kimmitt Edwin Aun Justin Charbonneau Brenda Gatey Marilyn Klotz Sherry Austin Michele Chiasson-Suart & Lisa George Yvette Kroeker Chanel Avarello Glenn Suart Crystal Gibson & Lyle Kerr Sergey Kryuchkov Diane & Sam Aylesworth Karen Chown Ross Glen Gail Ksienski Harper (Suzy) Badry-Tricebock Susan Church Glenbriar Technologies Inc. Hanif Ladha Bailey Pearman Family Cidel Trust Company Siobhan Goguen Brenda Lang Foundation City of Calgary Chad Goll Ken & Pat Langston Maeve Barry Mavis Clark Marilyn Gossett & Tricia Stiles Kerry Leckie Edward Beattie & Anita Zarn Rob & Nancy Close Roland & Trish Guennette Penny Leckie Gwen Becker Helen Cochlan Dr. Gerald Hankins William LeClair Bradley Beebe Michael & Kathy Collins Harj & Marilyn Hari Rogers & Joann Lehew Meryl & Melvin Belich William & Dianne Conroy Haworth, Ltd. and Family The Benevity Community Ken Copithorne Dr. Yvonne M. Hebert Eileen MacDonald Impact Fund Melanie & Gordon Copp Ryan Hegholz Russell MacKay Chris Berti Jean & George Creagh Dr. Judy Hehr Jeffrey Mackie Calgary Area City Council Dr. Brendan Croskery Patti Heinricks Gerald & Anna Maier of Beta Sigma Phi Jody Culic Henry Wise Wood Parents & Marguerite Patricia P. Bannister Monica Blakely Kathy Demorest Alumni Association Scholarship Fund at the Lori Bokenfohr Rita M. Dickson Bert Hettinga Calgary Foundation Bowness Historical Society Ann Donald Dr. Gordon & Edna Higgins Joanne & Gregory Martin Bowness Lions Club Eda Consulting Inc. Estate of Kenneth Sian Matthews Connie & Lyle Brandt Dr. Gene & Marion Edworthy Robert Hilderman Mawer Investment Bree Eriksen Memorial Dance EnCana Corporation Brenda & Alan Hocking Management Ltd. Award Fund at the Ada Englot James & Nora Isobel Holmberg Mandy McCabe Calgary Foundation Debbie Ermel Hopewell Group of Companies James & Amber McCreath Briar Hill School Foundation Estate Planning Council of Calgary Hazel Hopper Dennis A. McDermott Anne Britton Evamy Family Fund Earl Huson Garth McIntosh Monica & Doug Bryan at the Calgary Foundation Maureen Hutchens Michael McIntosh Peter Burke Rodney & Donna Evans Nadja Ibrahim David & Katie McKinnon Calgary Board of Education Susan Ferner Integro Legacy Fund Sheila McLeod Calgary Heritage Lions Club Marilyn Field Donna Jakubec Mary McPhee Calgary Hitmen Foundation Bridget Fielding Cheryl & Sean James Luna Mei DONORS (con’t) Dereck Thibault BENEFACTORS Burns Memorial Fund Kathlyn Mercier Patricia Thurgood Lifetime Donations Cadmus Foundation Mary Mitchell TransCanada Pipeline Limited Calgary Flames Foundation Robert & Dale Moi John & Victoria Tremayne TRANSFORMATIONAL DONORS Calgary Health Region Dr. Vettivelu & Uma Trisura Guarantee Insurance $500,000+ CIBC Nallainayagam Company Anonymous CBE Staff Association Nessler Physical Therapy Ltd. Tammy Truman Calgary Foundation Susan Church Karen Nixon Marguerite Trussler N. Murray & Heather Edwards Pat & Joel Cochrane Norrep Foundation Herbert Tu Kermet Archibald & Jacoba Bryce Code Northern Blizzard Resources Inc. Turkish Canadian Cultural Van den Brink Memorial Joanne Cuthbertson & Nulli - Identity Solution Architects Association of Calgary Scholarship Fund at the Charlie Fischer George & Sharron Nyhoff United Way of Calgary and Area Calgary Foundation Enbridge Inc. John O’Sullivan United Way of Greater Marguerite Patricia P. Bannister ENMAX Energy Corporation Allison Orpe Valley Ridge Golf Club Society Scholarship Fund at the Helen Fielding P. Leckie Professional Corporation Eric Wakley Calgary Foundation First Student Canada/Cardinal Bena Patel Charmaine Warne Allan Markin Coach Lines (Stan Weber) Nicky & Chris Paul Bruce Waterman Chris & Mary Fong Robert Penner Luanne Whitmarsh PACESETTER DONORS Glenbriar Technologies Galen Perras Peter & Carol Ann Williams $250,000 - 499,999 Richard & Lois Haskayne Gregg Perras & Kam Laraway Carey Williamson AMP Financial Inc. Haworth & Heritage Thomas & Carissa Lee Plumridge James K. Wilson & Joanne Wallace Canadian Association of Business Interiors Bob Pusch Stephen & Tina Wilson Petroleum Producers Henry Wise Wood Parents & Pyke Family Fund at the Estate of H.W. Winlaw Cenovus Energy Alumni Association Calgary Foundation Tracey Wood City of Calgary Dr. Gordon Higgins RBC Foundation Lora & Terry Wyman ConocoPhillips Canada Estate of Kenneth Robert Kathy Reich Dan Yauck Resources Corp. Hilderman Norma Reimer Melanie Zens Joan Ethier Imperial Oil Foundation Paul Reynolds The Explorers and Producers Kahanoff Foundation Jeanette & Glen Richardson GIFTS MADE IN MEMORIAL Association of Canada Rogers & Joann Lehew Don Robart Ron Allbright Hopewell Group of Companies and Family Dr. Brock Robertson David James Anderson Integro Legacy Fund Manfred & Linda Marofke Dawn & Murry Robinson Benjamin (Ben) Albert N. Murray Edwards Charitable Duncan & Barbara McKillop Hope & Steve Rubin Margaret Cochlan Foundation Doris Mitchell Mark E. Saar Christine M. Fielding RBC Foundation The Newall Family Samaritan Club of Calgary Lana Hanson Foundation Trust Adwoa Savage Pamela Jane Hardy LEADERSHIP DONORS Nickle Family Foundation Kathryn Schilman Anne Henderson $100,000 - 249,999 Gail & David O’Brien Stephanie Schmidt Steven Irving Gerald R. Albert P. Leckie Professional Corp. Sue & OJ Scott John Kubik BP Canada Energy Company Penn West Energy Trust Erin Sellers Maureen Langston Chevron Products Company Petro-Canada Delan Sharpe William Keir MacGougan Children’s Hospital Aid Society David & Pam Pickersgill Linda Shaw Gordon Mack Rob & Nancy Close Pyke Family Fund Singleton Family Endowment Dustin Peers Festo Inc. at the Calgary Foundation Fund at the Calgary Kaiti Perras The Flanagan Foundation Queen Elizabeth High School Foundation Carol Short Government of Alberta - Alberta RGO Office Products Joyce Smith Shirley Simpson Culture and Community Spirit Rotary Club of Calgary Peggy Smith Rosalie Szuch Program Mark E. Saar Tom & Brenda Sorge Rick Theriault Mawer Investment Mike & Linda Shaikh Margaret Southern Ratnam Vettivelu Management Ltd. Jim & Marilyn Shepherd Southland Transportation Ltd. Nexen Inc. Southland Transportation Ltd. Spartan Controls Ltd. GIFTS MADE IN TRIBUTE Margaret & Ron Southern Terry Sparks Family St. Vincent De Paul School George Brookman Spartan Controls Ltd. Wayne Staggs Dr. Oakley School MAJOR GIFTS Berna Stewart & Ian Wilson Mike Stillwell O.S. Geiger School $20,000 - 99,999 The Stoney-Tundra Limited Debbie & Dale Struksnes Dr. Gerald Hankins Anonymous Doris Thompson Ella Stuart Kaillie Humphries Said Arrata Gloria Toole William Sumner Nadja Ibraham Sam & Diane Aylesworth Turkish Canadian Cultural Katherine Sutherland Rogers Lehew Barbara R. Beaton Association of Calgary Marilyn Sutton Louis Riel School David & Leslie Bissett United Way of Calgary and Area Charles Szuch Eve McGuire Boris Rochman Fund Stan Weber TELUS Corporation Benjamin Moncrieff at the Calgary Foundation Bill & Margaret Whelan Tenaris Global Services/ Bow Valley Music Club William Aberhart 50th Anniversary Prudential Steel ULC Bowness Lions Club Reunion Committee Briar Hill School Foundation Williams Family Fund Barbara Burggraf & Brian Freeston at the Calgary Foundation FOUNDING VOLUNTEERS STAFF SUPPORTERS Board of Governors Student Award Selection Monica Bryan Anonymous Mike Shaikh, Chair Joy Bowen-Eyre Michele Chiasson-Suart Diane & Sam Aylesworth Nancy Close, Vice Chair Gerry Burger-Martindale Marilyn Field Barbara R. Beaton Mark E. Saar, Treasurer Nancy Close Chris Huestis Ash & Kanchan Bhasin David McKinnon, Secretary Louise Fernandes Karen Lamola David & Leslie Bissett Liana Appelt Shannon Giroux-Wong Evelyn Martinez Brett Wilson Family Legacy Fund Dr. Aleem Bharwani Amanda Field Kathryn Schilman at the Calgary Foundation Joy Bowen-Eyre Ken Lima-Coelho Dale Turri Barbara Burggraf & Brian Freeston Dr. Gene Edworthy Leslie Newton Pat & Joel Cochrane Lynn Ferguson Glen Ong Joanne Cuthbertson & Gregory Francis Liz Ripak Charlie Fischer Rod Garossino Gloria Toole Patti D’Arcy Dr. Judy Hehr Linh Tran Phil & Susan Evans Hanif Ladha Annie Wong Donna & Larry Fan Enza Rosi Louise Fernandes Dr. Richard Sigurdson Claudia & Randy Findlay Dr. Charles Webber Event Volunteers First Student Canada/Cardinal Ted Harrison School Students Coach Lines Limited Honourary Ambassadors and Staff (Stan Weber) Joanne Cuthbertson CBE Maker Education Team Chris & Mary Fong David Pickersgill CBE Learning Commons Team Richard & Lois Haskayne Penny Leckie The Kahanoff Foundation Audit & Finance Committee Gina Cherkowski Sanders D.H. Lee Dr. Gene Edworthy Rogers & Joann Lehew Mark Saar and Family Mike Shaikh Stephen J. Letwin Brian & Brenda MacNeill Fund Development & Don & Anne McCaffrey Communications Committee McLean Holdings Corp. Ivan Alcoforado (Gerry Wood) Liana Appelt Darcy & Lori Moch Kelly Christopher Mount Royal University Judy Duncan Dennis L. Nerland & Dr. Gene Edworthy Jennifer Pollock Rod Garossino Ted & Margaret Newall Dr. Judy Hehr Nickle Family Foundation Robert Paxton David & Gail O’Brien Katherine Piquette Petro-Canada Enza Rosi David Pickersgill Mike Shaikh Pam Pickersgill Dale Skinner RBC Financial Group through Kyra Still RBC Foundation Michael R. Rempel Governance & Leadership RGO Office Products Committee Vera Ross Dr. Gene Edworthy SAIT Polytechnic Greg Francis Bill & Toshimi Sembo David McKinnon Kathy & Richard Sendall Mike Shaikh Mike & Linda Shaikh Jane & Pat Shouldice Grants Committee Silverwing Energy Inc. Lisa Bergerman Margaret & Ron Southern Lindsay Bryant Southland Transportation Ltd. Gerry Burger-Martindale Terry Sparks Family Nancy Close Swan Group Inc. Shiv Ganesh Michael J. Tims Hanif Ladha University of Calgary Dr. Vettivelu Nallainayagam Mac & Susan Van Wielingen Anu Nijhawan Bill & Margaret Whelan Sydney Smith Dr. Norman Wong Dr. Charles Webber Terry Wright Join the conversation!

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