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HOW IT WORKS

Helping make Bearden

the best it can be

Each semester, the Foundation’s Gift Committee meets to evaluate the variety of requests for financial assistance made by teachers, administrators and other stakeholders at Bearden High School. Factors in committee decisions include the number of students and teachers benefitted by the request, additional sources of possible funding, measurable educational objectives, and financial documentation.

The deadline for Applications for Fall Gift Requests is the end of August. The deadline for Applications for Spring Gift Requests is the end of January.

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How your money was invested at
Bearden High School in 2023-24

Total Amount Approved Funding for Fall: $21,765.56

The requests cover a wide range of needs at the school, including facility upgrades, furniture, classroom materials, extracurricular activities, and technology improvements.

Facilities:

- Drainage for front courtyard - $1,000

Technology:

- Colored Poster Printer for school use by all departments - $5,200

Math:

- Furniture for math/economics classroom - $3437.56 (

- Graphing calculators - $2101

Science:

- Chemistry model kits - $730

Art/Performing Arts/Band

- Art displays for Art Department - $705

- Cameras for Photography Class $798

- Chairs for performing arts - $3,604

- Clarinet ligatures for the band - $290

- Curriculum for entrepreneurship class -

Extracurriculars:

- Science Olympiad - $200

All Students/Outside Lunch tables

- Outdoor Picnic tables - $1,520

MORE WAYS YOUR MONEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

BHS Class Gifts

How your money was invested at
Bearden High School in 2022-23

We want to express our thanks and appreciation for our wonderful and supportive BHS Foundation for funding many requests that will benefit your children:

FALL 2022

Yamaha Mult-Application Xylophone case
(10) eight-foot tables, (25) six-foot tables, and (2) storage carts
How to Get Money for College handbook (250) copies
(5) 11.6” 2022 HP Chromebooks, (10) 45W/65W USB Chromebook Chargers
(9) strips of LED lights to be used for emergency communication purposes for each CTE classroom, workroom/common area and (8) 4-gang switches
TP-Link 16 Port Smart Managed Switch, (2) StarTech Wall Mount Racks, and (2) Patch Panels
To Kill A Mockingbird (35) copies graphic novel
Replaced broken cases, purchase bows for instruments, re-hair or replace bows, and funds to send the school basses to Wesley Rule
(2) Mini Electrophoresis kits for AP Biology and Biology I and (8) CSI Forensics Minilabs for Biology I
Registration fee for (2) teams to participate in the Science Olympiad competition
Support for participation in Community-Based Instruction for critical life-skills training
PowerPrep licenses from EKnowledge
Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR Cameras with 18-55mm Lens, Xerox VersaLink C400/DN Color Printer
Lingt Software to be used in the German, French, and Spanish classrooms

SPRING 2023

Document Camera and Standing Desk
2-iPad PRO 12.9” display , one for each of the band directors.
5 heavy duty dollies
Capital Funds
2-Apple: 13-inch MacBook Air
Perpetual Wall Plaques recognize students that pass CompTIA cybersecurity certification.
Components to build modern, capable PCs
Safety netting, Commercial Icemaker (therapeutic treatment),Cold immersion tub requirement TSSAA
New Surecut shapes and letters for bulletin boards, classroom displays, etc.
TI84 Plus CE Graphing Calculators and Charging Stations
50 Hercules band/music chairs
Electrophoresis Kit, CSI forensic mini labs, Foodborne outbreak kit
Conservation Science Content Curriculum online copy, 35 textbooks and license fee.
Laser jet printer
Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR Camera with 18055mm Lens
2-Apple: 13-inch MacBook Air