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Hinsdale South High School Foundation

DEDICATED TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE​

Grants Awarded

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The Hinsdale South Foundation awards educational grants to benefit the educational program of Hinsdale South High School.

Listed below are the grants that have been awarded to date.

The Hinsdale South Foundation awarded a grant to Samantha Hendrickson to help her to attend Discover Architecture Camp at the University of Illinois in Champaign during the Summer of 2016. Samantha visited the Foundation to tell us what she learned at the Camp. We are pleased to announce that Samantha has been accepted to University of Illinois' School of Architecture and she will start Fall of 2017! We are happy that we were able to help Samantha achieve her dream. 

Spring 2022

Staff
Illusions Magazine Ad
$300

Spring 2020

Staff
Senior Graduation Banners
​TOTAL


​$1,500

fall 2019

Staff
​Staff
Staff
​Staff
​Student

Improv Troupe learning opportunity with Comedy Sportz
Illusions Magazine Ad
Special Education sensory items
Recording session/concert hall rental with Richard Peck
USAFA Summer Seminar
​TOTAL





​$1,200

fall 2018

Student
Staff
Staff
Staff
Staff
​Staff

Rotary Youth Exchange
Illusions Magazine Ad
Frank Lloyd Wright Oak Park Tours - AP Art History
Sensory Cabinet
Reward for Interventions
Clinic With Composer Sam Hazo
TOTAL






$2,960

Fall 2017

Student Boy Scout Eagle Project
Student Northwestern Center for Talent Civic Week
Student Early College Program-CS Architecture
Student Choir Trip to New Orleans
Student EF Spain Immersion Tour
Student Abraham Lincoln Reader's Choice Competition
Student MIE Engineering Summer Camp
Staff Utility Cart for Job Training Class
Staff Reward System for Students with Behavior Plans
Staff Bounce Back Therapy Groups
Staff Autopsy Online Subscription
Staff Marvel/DC Collector Box Giveaway
Staff Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Tour
Staff Science Olympiad Supplies
Staff Illusions Magazine Ad
Staff Read Up a Swarm-National Library Week
Staff SAT Lunch Brunch Learning
Staff Future Healthcare Professionals Dissection Activity
Staff Guest Speaker for Future Healthcare Professionals Seminars
Staff No Hate Week all Sophomore Diversity Workshop
TOTAL $4,968.00

Fall 2016

Josh Caputo Marvel Collector Box Giveaway
Tracy McDonald Future Health Care Professionals
Jill Moldenhauer Raised Flower Bed
Janet Roller Schmidt Illusions Advertisement
Janet Roller Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Tour
Jenifer Cochran Special Education Reward System
Michelle Ciullo Coffee Cart Business
Nancy Betker Operation Snowball Retreat
Peter DeRousse Annual Illinois Junior Classical League Convention
Miranda Lowery and Nandini Sadagopan Abraham Lincoln Readers' Choice Award Contest
Paige Hollendonner Walk for Water
Sebastian Moreno Business Professionals of America National Delegation
Nishanth Sadagopan New York Band Trip
TOTAL $5,075.00

Fall 2015

Josh Caputo Marvel Collector Box Giveaway
Deb Kozlick Speaker for all Educational Support Professionals
Allison Bava Abraham Lincoln Readers' Choice Award Contest
Janet Roller Schmidt Illusions Advertisement
Janet Roller Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Tour
Sonali Patel Model UN Conference in Berkeley
Brianna Giese Model UN Conference in Berkeley
Erin Collins National Student Leadership Conference
Samantha Hendrickson Discover Architecture Camp
Marilyn Crutchfield Global Glimpse Program
Brian Rudolph US Naval Academy Summer Seminar
TOTAL $4,733.70

Fall 2014

Illusion Magazine
AP Art History
Abraham Lincoln
Operation Snowball
Microbusiness Card Sale
Bradley University Summer
Summer Speech
London to Lucerrn
National Student Leadership
Bradley University Speech Team
Bradley University Summer Forensic
TOTAL $3,207.00

Fall 2013

Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyed Wright Home & Unity Temple Tour
Janet Roller-Schmidt Illusions Magazine Ad
Megan Parker Fund One Stinger Magazine Issue
TOTAL $1,850.00

Spring 2013

Pat Potokar Photo Visiting Artists
Brogan/McDonald Solar Panel Project
Kate Melnyk Nevada Research Program
Destiny Lewis Service Learning and Language Program - Costa Rica
Alexis Ardovitch National Student Leadership Foundation Camp
Mary Krekelberg Preservation and Display of Hinsdale South Band Uniform
TOTAL $2,300.00

Fall 2012

Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Home/Studio Tour
Katie Aquino/Ellen Lawrence ISTE Annual Conference
Ayesha Truman African-American History Celebration
Megan Parker Stinger Magazine
Nancy Betker District 86 Snowball
Melanie Jane Lofgren Nicaragua Trip
Kellie Morrissey Camp McLean Leadership Training
Timothy Spencer ID Gaming Academy
TOTAL $3,628.00

Spring 2012

Kathy Craig Deaf Academic Bowl Regional Trip
Alanna Kerstein Volunteer Work for Habitat for Humanity
Monica Makar Africa Care in Action Trip
TOTAL $1,600.00

Fall 2011

Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Home/Studio Tour
Janet Roller-Schmidt Tour of Unity Temple
HS Library Information Literacy & Technology Skills for DHH
Sydney Wagner Ecuador Missions Trip
TOTAL $1,640.00

Fall 2010

Global Ozone Project AP Environmental Science course extension
DHH Science Purchase a new skeleton for science class
Foundation Student Group Purchase iPad for student learning
TOTAL $1,999.00

Spring 2010

Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright U of Chicago
Jim Bondi Chefs for a Day
Jake Novak Broadway Theater Project
TOTAL $1,000.00

Fall 2009

Courtney Mikulcik National French Day Celebration
Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Tour
Amy Garlinger Field trip to high ropes course
Cheryl Krauspe Indian Prairie Library cards
Megan Parker Stinger - Training
TOTAL $1,600.00

Spring 2009

Brian Thelen AP English
Niccole Gallen Creative Writing Workshops
Ellen Lawrence Digital Media, Visual Literacy
TOTAL $2,025.00

Fall 2008

Nancy Betker & Edmund Arroyo Hornet 101 Supplies
Jensine Fitzgibbons Photography, students w/disabilities
Courtney Mikulcik French Day 2008
Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Tour
TOTAL $1,258.00

No grants awarded 2007-2008 school year

Spring 2007

Brittany Novy-Mackey
Marcus Cole
Michael Guritz
Lisa Fan
Keith Langosh
Jim Pazanowiski
TOTAL $3,000.00

Fall 2006

Gail Kelly SRA Math Laboratory
Kathy Craig Deaf Academic Bowl, Austin, TX
Jan Blum Semiar for Support Staff
Janet Roller-Schmidt Frank Lloyd Wright Tour
TOTAL $3,593.86
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