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Foundation funds needed programs at Grossmont

July 22, 2016
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Foundation funds needed programs at Grossmont

The 2016 GHS Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients are (l to r) Daniel Valoria, Jacob Niskey, Jazmin Morales, Nadeen Allah Werdi. Not pictured are Ashlyn Jimmerson and Jake Harr. (Courtesy of GHS Museum)

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By Connie and Lynn Baer

In 2008, a dynamic group of parents, staff, alumni, and community members committed themselves to improving Grossmont High School through the GHS Educational Foundation, a nonprofit 501c3 entity.

The purpose of the foundation is to enhance the overall educational experience of the students by raising funds to support the needs of the school. The GHS Educational Foundation encourages parents, students, and alumni to “Take your memories…Leave your footprints.” Appropriately, footprints are the foundation’s logo.

During the 2014–2015 school year, the foundation funded Girls Rock, a female empowerment seminar for young female students in the school district; a new curtain and short throw projector for the drama department; much-needed training equipment for the track team; modernization of campus signs; as well as partial funding for a new balance beam for the girls gymnastic team.

The 2016 GHS Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients are (l to r) Daniel Valoria, Jacob Niskey, Jazmin Morales, Nadeen Allah Werdi. Not pictured are Ashlyn Jimmerson and Jake Harr. (Courtesy of GHS Museum)
The 2016 GHS Educational Foundation Scholarship recipients are (l to r) Daniel Valoria, Jacob Niskey, Jazmin Morales, Nadeen Allah Werdi. Not pictured are Ashlyn Jimmerson and Jake Harr. (Courtesy of GHS Museum)

Yearly, the foundation funds teacher appreciation luncheons and coffees as well as monthly departmental star students with movie tickets — this year rewarding 160 students.

In 2010, the foundation challenged itself to create a $100,000 endowment fund. Since then, donors have commemorated their years at Grossmont High School, their families, their graduating classes, school programs, and staff members through the purchase of a gray tile located on campus. This historic campaign currently has 270 donors: Foothiller Founders whose 8-by-8-inch tiles are located on the 1937 Old Gym steps, and Foothiller Friends whose 4-by-4-inch tiles are located in the Humanities Building walkway.

The $70,000 (as of June 2015) is invested with the San Diego Foundation. The yearly interest from the fund is used to improve the classroom experience for students. This year’s interest funded four teacher mini grants totaling over $4,000: Jeff Lee’s augmented reality sandbox to duplicate the Earth’s dynamic crust for chemistry students; a bus for Mike Lopez’s and Mike Holcomb’s AP students’ field trip to the zoo; Ross Bartell’s cross-country and distance runners’ training equipment; and Jeremy Cooke’s purchase of Yamaha classical guitars for the guitar students.

An annual GHS Educational Foundation-sponsored fundraising event is the spring Rock and Roll Dance, held in conjunction with campus athletic teams. Also, for several years, the foundation has produced a twice-a-year newsletter which shares current Foothiller campus news and GHS Educational Foundation news mingled with articles reminding readers of Grossmont’s historic 95-year-old past.

Another annual event is the awarding of senior scholarships of $500 at Senior Awards Night. The six recipients of this year’s scholarships are:

  • Community Service: Jazmin Morales
  • Alumni: Jacob Niskey
  • Athletic Challenge Overcome: Daniel Valoria and Ashlynn Jimmerson
  • Academic Improvement: Nadeen Allah Werdi.

“We need your help to do more,” urged GHS Educational Foundation president Tony Lawrence. “We want to give more scholarships, more teacher grants, more everything. Get involved. Donate money or time so we can continue providing an exceptional Foothiller experience for our kids. It is great for the kids and rewarding to know you helped this generation of Foothillers.”

If you have questions about the GHS Educational Foundation or would like to become an active part of it, please email foothillerfoundation@gmail.com and visit their website at foothillerfoundation.com. To order a tile for your family, student, alumni or favorite teacher, or to make a donation of any amount, go online at grossmont.donationtiles.com

To learn more, visit the GHS Museum noon – 4 p.m. on Aug. 3 or phone 619-668-6140 for an appointment.

—Connie and Lynn Baer write on behalf of the Grossmont High School Museum.

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An Economy and a Future That Includes All Our Citizens!

As much as we might hate it the 2020 election season started the second the mid-terms were over. Many old hats on the left were surprised that many of the young Democratic candidates won while espousing progressive policies and goals. If this is any indication then to win in 2020 Democrats need to offer the poor and middle class a new, 'New Deal'.
Damaged and disheartened, lied to and taken advantage of by the wealthy and those determined to hold power at any cost, they are yearning for relief and someone to actually do something to better their circumstances, and give them hope for a better future for them and their children. Healthcare for all, Free tuition at public colleges, Social Security at age 50 and some form of a limited Universal Basic Income to lift all our citizens out of abject poverty and give all our children a financial platform with which to begin their lives as productive adults in a thriving economy.
I watched an episode of the business program ‘On the Money’ on Sunday July 30, 2017. The first and main topic was something called Universal Income. The idea that instead of all the poverty programs and such, the Government should just give everybody a check every month for $1000 dollars. When one considers the gap between rich and poor, the rate of automation and the fact that there will never be enough jobs to go around it might be a better way of keeping our folks out of abject poverty. The drawback was the cost. One of the commentators said it would cost upwards of 3 trillion dollars. However there is a way to reach the goal of a Universal Income, eliminating abject poverty, and at a much lower cost. Here’s how.
Start by expanding Social Security. Eliminate the cap on taxable income and raise the tax to 8% from the current rate of 6.2%. Then lower the age of eligibility to 50 years.
Create a stipend that will give a check to all adults and High School Grads of $1000 a month. Those who do not finish High School should have to wait till they are 20 to encourage them to finish school. They can use this fund to support them if they go to college or to help them in getting started in life. Our wealthy students are able to go to college and do well precisely because they have a financial platform to support them. This would give all our students the same support. Every child we shepherd thru College is possibly the guy who will cure cancer or invent star drive or save the planet. Investing in our children is like buying a lottery ticket for humanity! To pay for it, go to the Stock Market and place a tax of 3% on all trades to fund the stipend. The market in 2016 did, according to the World Bank, over 42 trillion in trades and a 3% tax won’t break the bank. The payments should be set up so one gradually loses the stipend as they move up the economic ladder in a way that will encourage advancement, for example one would lose $100 of the stipend for every $10,000 in reported income so that when one is making $100,000 a year they lose the stipend entirely. A basic stipend would allow us to eliminate all those poverty programs conservatives always complain about. Currently we spend a trillion dollars on some 126 anti-poverty programs and their elimination would certainly offset the cost of the stipend.
Imagine the country with no one in abject poverty. Imagine the numbers of kids now being able to go to college because they have the financial support to do so. The economic force of all that spending would drive the economy to new heights and would certainly close the income gap between the rich and poor that is hurting our economy and country.
A basic stipend would free workers from starving or being held in economic servitude, making only enough to pay for enough food to be able to work another 40 hours. Business would have to bid for one’s labor instead of workers begging for a job! We can take back the dignity and value our labor should produce. We can boost the spending power of the poor and middle class and leave behind the failed and greedy policy of ‘trickle down’ economics which has damaged our economy and brought about the latest version of the Great Recession! Employers would benefit too. Not having to spend on unemployment or health insurance would save them money and allow them to pay better wages.
Yep, we can do this if we only have the will. We can make this country live up to the promises articulated by President Roosevelt in his famous ‘Four Freedoms” speech, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Fear and the last which always seems to be forgotten, Freedom from want! We have the power and wealth to accomplish the last of these. The mechanics are in place. The tools are available to us. Let us make a better country and thereby a better world by finishing the work set out for us by President Roosevelt some 76 years ago.
Democrats can win but not with the same old mid-center or center-left policies and platform. They must offer us an economy and a vision that really works for us all, brings us together and moves the Country and its people forward to a bright future that includes all our citizens!
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