Foundation News
Evans High Class of 1983 Alumni Donation (Click Here)
Evans High School Class of 1983 Alumni Donation
September 26, 2023
The Evans High School Class of 1983 held their 40th class reunion in August, 2023. The Class of 1983 planning committee collected donations from members to host the event. Remaining funds after the reunion were donated by the class to the Columbia County School District Foundation. Members of the class' planning committee presented the donation to the Board of Education.
Members include: Tammy Shepherd, Doug Hemingway, Jan Wiggins, Jeff Dowdle, Alice Padgett, Phil Lee, Judy McLure, and Millie Kolinski (not pictured)
Thank you, alumni!
Foundation Trustees Recognized by Board of Education (Click Here)
Foundation Trustees Recognized by Board of Education
These six individuals represent a variety of backgrounds and work across many business sectors. All either have graduated from the Columbia County School District and/or have children who have graduated from the district. This is a group of people with many years of combined experience serving in similar capacities for other local organizations and nonprofits.
Trustees include the following:
- Foundation Chairman - Adam Williams, Partner with The Cleveland Group.
- Foundation Vice-Chairman Stan Shepherd, Regional Director with AT&T
- Foundation Secretary - Megan Moye, Chief Marketing Officer with Meybohm
- Jonathan Samuel, President of GIW Industries
- Steve Baxter, Vice President of Pollock Company
- Wendy Perry, Principal with Katalis
Additionally, several non-voting Trustees will help advise the Foundation regarding how to best support the district.
- Lee Ann Meyer, Columbia County School District Board of Education representative
- Dr. Steve Flynt, Columbia County School District Superintendent
- Ashley Whitaker, Columbia County School District Foundation Coordinator, will serve as Executive Director for the Foundation
- Alex Casado, Chief Financial Officer for the Columbia County School District, will serve as the Treasurer for the Foundation.
Thank you to our Trustees for the time and energy you have already spent and will spend, helping to support and grow the Foundation! For more information about the Foundation, or to make a tax-deductible donation, click here
Foundation awards Fine Arts Mini-Grants to 10 CCSD teachers with proceeds from Arts at the Plaza (Click Here)
Foundation awards Fine Arts Mini-Grants to 10 CCSD teachers with proceeds from Arts at the Plaza
November 21, 2024
The Columbia County School District Foundation has awarded $500 fine arts mini-grants to 10 teachers in the CCSD to enhance fine arts programs across the district.
The grants not only enhance student engagement in the fine arts, they also show our community’s support of the fine arts, which are alive and growing in the Columbia County School District (CCSD).
The grants are made possible due to the success of the CCSD’s inaugural Arts at the Plaza event held last spring. Through event ticket sales and the generosity of our business partners, the Foundation has been able to offer additional support for the arts districtwide all year long.
Fine Arts Mini-Grant Winners are as follows:
- Evans High School – Band, Mr. Patrick Williams, Assistant Band Director
- Greenbrier High School – Visual Arts, Ms. Carrie Brooks
- Greenbrier High School – Band, Mr. Rutledge Boykin, Assistant Band Director
- Grovetown High School – Visual Arts: Photography, Ms. Amanda Hamilton
- Columbia Virtual Academy – Music Technology, Ms. Angel Cleary
- Columbia Middle School – Band, Director Mr. Luke Yelton
- Columbia Middle School – Art, Ms. Nancy Morris
- Baker Place Elementary School – Music, Ms. Hannah Johnson
- North Harlem Elementary School – Music, Ms. Lauren Stitcher
- Grovetown Elementary School – Visual Arts, Ms. Danielle Marlow
With these funds, our teachers are planning to purchase and update equipment that will benefit students by providing more hands-on learning opportunities, improving fine motor skills and attention to detail, improving rhythmic understanding, learning creativity and improvisation, and so much more.
Congratulations, to all of our outstanding grant recipients and a special thanks to our community for making this possible. Mark your calendar for the second annual Arts at the Plaza, set for April 26, 2025, at the Columbia County Performing Arts Center. For more information about how to support Arts at the Plaza, please visit www.ccboe.net/sponsors.
Columbia County School District Foundation Sponsors Students for Christmas (Click Here)
Columbia County School District Foundation Sponsors Students for Christmas
