Grants/Disbursements
SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
ALUMNI
FOUNDATION
Mission Statement
To recognize and honor alumni, to support existing programs while developing innovative initiatives and to uphold the institutional mission of South High School.
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email: shsfoundation@comcast.net
Mail address: P.O. Box 1065, Pueblo, CO 81002
719.242.5620
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SHSAF Established: January 2006
Cash and In-Kind Spending Estimate since 2006: Nearing $709,420
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August 2022-July 2023
After Prom- $2,000
Girls Soccer Uniforms- $1,767
PE Equipment- $1,500
Letter Jackets for Students in Need -$975
Yearbooks for Students in Need -$750
Lawnmower for Sports Fields- $600
Backpacks- $500
Class Rep Meeting -$325
Powder Puff Jerseys -$300
YTD TOTAL = $8,717
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August 2021-July 2022
2 Courtyard Benches- $2,896
Principal's Discretionary Fund - $2,000
Pueblo South Girls Softball Field Improvements- $1,000
Pueblo South High Boys Basketball Pep Bus- $848
Dance Team- $700
Senior Jam (After Prom)- $1,500
Letter Jackets for Students in Need- $900
Yearbooks for Students in Need- $750
Standardized Testing Prizes- $500
Pueblo Levee Mural Project- $750
Backpack for Students During Holidays- $375
YTD TOTAL = $12,219
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August 2020-July 2021
Prom Dress In-kind Donation by Tom and Joie Mauro, $2,200
Volleyball Uniforms - $2,500
Football team sponsorship - $350
Basketball Uniforms - $2,000
Culture of Learning Scholarship - $5,000 ($1,000 over past 5 years)
Cannon Game Football T-shirts, $428
YTD TOTAL = $12,478
August 2019-July 2020
Additional funding for Chromebooks for cart and 6 additional Chromebooks, $2,927
New flags for Veteran’s Memorial
New projection screen for Auditorium, $3,149
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Speech and Debate Club plus, $1,250
After Prom, $2,000
Scoreboard Table, $3,520.50
Soccer Team Uniforms, $1,650
AVAR Electric for Rebuild Outbuilding, $5,000
Gift Cards for Testing Incentives, $500
20 Yearbooks for Needy Students, $1,500
Senior T-Shirts, $541.60
We Stand Together Graduation Ceremony for seniors, $1,500
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August 2018--July 2019
Teacher luncheon to start school year, $300
Refurbish portable cooler (parts, donated alumni labor) for gym, $130
Projects for Art, Science and Physical Education departments, $12,600
(kiln, supplies for students to restore white horse), electronic measuring scales, 10 PE uniforms
for needy students, mats for multipurpose exercise room)
Student buses to boys & girls state basketball tournaments, $400
Culture of Learning Award, $1,000
After Prom, $1,500
Rebuilt 1971 outbuilding cost donated (Rhonda & Jim Brunjak), $31,814
(for bad weather use by baseball, softball, B&G golf, cheer/dance teams (replaced siding, roofing, insulation, OSB board (paint by D60), heater, artificial turf)
Electric setup, lights installed in outbuilding, $8,000
Letter jackets for needy students (6), $1,800
Principal’s Discretionary Fund (t-shirts for perfect attendance, 8th Grade Parents Night), $2,000
Replace 2 worn euphoniums & missing or worn drumline components, $8,232
Recover 4 athletic trainer tables with new pads and covers, $450
South courtyard, new hoses, $104
Key Club district convention, $450
Math 107/108 class (20 students take through PCC for graduation requirement), $1,500
Gift cards to encourage student testing attendance, $500
Yearbook for freshman Colt who attended 8th Grade Parent Night (2018)
YTD TOTAL = $70,855
August 2017--July2018
Teachers’ luncheon to start school year, $450
T-shirts for 8th Grade Open House, $350
Speech and Debate Club support, $1,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund (buses to state football title game, etc.), $2,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund (buses to state basketball tourneys: $1,250
South High swimming pool lane lines, $1,275
Culture of Learning Award, $1,000
Gift cards to support student testing attendance, $500
After Prom support, $1,000
Letter jackets (athletics, 12), $3,600
Letter jackets (DECA Club, 3), $900
Sports Hall of Fame, 3 gym wall display cases, $2,550
South High basketball program ad: $300
South High football program (Kathy West family donation): $300
South High basketball program (Kathy West family donation): $300
South High Vocal Music: student fees (Christian Michael donation), $650
Disney trip, Jan/18, (Christian Michael donation), $1,500
Disney trip, Jan/18, (Angela McHardy Mazur donation), $500
South High Courtyard wall plates, sail shades, slag, trees fertilized, $4,530
Courtyard pavers, silica sand, $5,533
Courtyard sale shade poles w/Colt logo (Speken Iron & Metal), $518
Courtyard welding hooks on shade poles (Justin Hasenack), $250
Courtyard pavers dirt prep donated (Swerdfeger & Sons), $10,000
Courtyard donated labor to install pavers (Doug Stout), $10,000
Courtyard donated students, alumni labor (120 hours), $1,200
Courtyard donations (over 3 years, Sun State Equipment), $950
7 Project, Student Character Assembly, $1,000
3 racks of Apple Chromebooks (90 tablets), $26,000 (Rhonda & Jim Brunjak)
Veterans Court of Honor, new flags for each branch of service flagpole, $150
South Football Team Golf Tournament, $350
YTD TOTAL = $79,906
August 2016---July 2017
Teachers’ luncheon to start school year, $450
Culture of Learning Award scholarship, $1,000
South Football Team Golf Tournament, $350
South High Key Club, convention cost, $1,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
10 annuals for needy students, $750
Pixalot (gym camera system to broadcast games/matches), $2,000
Buses to boys and girls state basketball tournaments, $850
Gift cards to boost student testing attendance, $500
After-prom, $1,000
New gym sound system, $1,000
90 Chrome books with 3 carts (Rhonda & Jim Brunjak donation), $26,000
Girls swim team warmup parkas, $1,500
DECA, 2 letter jackets, $600
Letter jackets for academics, band, athletics (16), $4,800
Speech/debate team, $500
Popcorn machine, special education students fundraiser (matching grant), $700
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YTD TOTAL = $45,000
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August 2015-July 2016
Teacher lunch to begin school year, $500
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $1,000
Courtyard bricks (Summit Brick Co.), $3,828
Courtyard drain (labor/materials donated, (Swerdfeger & Sons), $10,000
Courtyard expenses (Neil Woodward), $500
Courtyard retention wall, $3,500
Courtyard survey & labor donated (Dan Holmes), $1,800
Courtyard walkway LED lights, Pueblo Electrics, $1,872
Freshman Success Parents Night, $300
Speech and Debate Club restart (seed money), $2,000
South Football Team Golf Tournament, $350
Letters for academic, band and athletic jackets, $1,000
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16), $4,800
After Prom (host site and prizes), $1,650
Gift cards to support student testing attendance, $500
2017 Prom support for sophomores, $300
Summer musical, $250
YTD TOTAL = $34,150
August 2014--July 2015
Teacher lunch to begin school year, $500
TI math calculators, $10,400
Courtyard laying bricks, “S” & prep work, DS Masonry, $3,500
Labor donated by DS (Doug Stout), $7,100
Dirt prep for bricks donated, (Swerdfeger, $15,000
CCI for courtyard (8 benches, 4 tables), $7,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Band fundraising, 50-50 drawings, $2,000
Prior band student donations, $9,300
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16), $4,800
Veterans Memorial flags (split cost with JROTC), $70
50-inch screen TV/monitor for football (Sharon & Keith Swerdfeger donation), $500
South musical, $2,500
Furniture for Media Center, $3,000
After Prom, $1,500
Summer musical, $250
PARC test incentives, $1,000
JROTC Raider team, $1,250
Pegasus printing, $450
Cannon Game pom-poms, $1,000
Football team shirts, shorts & golf tourney sponsorship, $2,100
School history video narrated by Dr. David Wilkerson, first principal, $750
YTD TOTAL = $75,970
August 2013--July 2014
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
Teacher lunch to begin school year, $400
Seed money for freshman class, $300
Open house for class representatives, $200
March band drumline uniforms, $150
Veterans Memorial flags (split cost with JROTC), $200
Letter jackets for academics, band, athletics (16 x $300), $4,800
Cheerleader uniform, $300
South musical, $2,500
After Prom, $1,500
TCAP incentives, $1,000
Special needs students dance, $250
TI math calculators (Dave Robb=$1,000, math class=$600), $1,600
TI calculators (Legacy Foundation donation), $10,000
TI math calculators, $16,250
Printing of Pegasus magazine, $1,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, (gold and silver cords for graduation), $1,000
Summer musical, $250
Ray Brunjak Counseling Center upgrade ($5,000 with family match), $10,000
YTD TOTAL = $52,200
August 2012--July 2013
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
Teacher lunch to begin school year, $550
Veterans Court flagpoles and flags, $3,000
Concrete, labor donated by Phil Cullin, $2,800
Final costs, $819
Plaque for Ray Brunjak Counseling Center, $400
50 iPads w/carts, 2 MacBooks donated (Rhonda & Jim Brunjak) $27,000
Hotel costs split, state band competition, $900
South vocal music program (Gershwin rights), $2,500
South marching band (music rights), $5,000
Letter jackets for academics, band, athletics (16), $4,000
After Prom, $1,500
Help restart girls’ soccer program, $2,500
TCAP incentives, $2,000
Larger state championship team photos, $250
30 iPads w/cart (Brunjaks donation), $21,400
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Replenish Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Buy 5-foot black colt to auction off at HOF banquet, $1,100
Cannon Game event in fall, $200
YTD TOTAL = $76,989
August 2011--July 2012
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
Teacher lunch to begin school year, $500
10 more iPads for teachers, $5,000
South mural on Arkansas River levee, $300
Principal’s Discretionary Fund for teacher copies, $3,000
iPad accessories, $2,500
Electronic upgrade to post Round-up newspaper online, $300
After Prom, $1,500
20 more iPads (w/cart), $7,980
Advanced Placement test fee waiver (37 students), $555
Colorado Grants Guide (all agencies), $185
App for teaching special needs students to grocery shop, $500
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16), $4,000
South Football Team Golf Tournament, $350
4 sections of metal bleachers & picnic tables (donated Lowry AFB), $100,000
2 mobile pro basketball standards (donated Lowry AFB), $2,000
2 trips to move bleachers, etc., from Lowry to South, and donated by Swerdfegers & Sons, $3,000
5 more iPads, $2,500
YTD TOTAL = $134,170
August 2010--July 2011
Teacher BBQ lunch to begin school year, $900
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
Wessely Conference Room (20 padded chairs), $2,985
(paint the room, sink, wall mural), $1,338
After Prom, $1,500
Career Fair, $500
Championship team banners for South gym, $1,000
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,500
Distance Learning Lab electronic equipment, $3,547
DLL clicker technology (40 units), $1,800
Cannon Game fireworks share, $750
South Hall of Fame banquet prep support, $1,500
10 iPads for teachers, $5,000
iMac for stage crew, $1,500
Glass basketball backboards, South gym, $4,496
Earth Day garden, $500
Veterans Memorial obelisk, $1,000
South Football Team Golf Tournament, $350
Foundation website update, $900
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16 x $250), $4,000
YTD TOTAL = $36,566
August 2009--July 2010
Career Fair, $500
Bought and donated 2 pieces of art for South, $700
Cannon repainted (DS Paints donated labor, paint), $2,000
CSAP testing incentives, $1,500
Buses for state basketball tournaments, $1,000
Website renewal fees, $170
Website upkeep (Jeff Shay), $100
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
After Prom, $1,800
Mounts for classroom TVs, $1,475
T-shirts for Colt Connections (replaces LINK program), $500
L. Oringdulph, help with Colt Connections, $50
Replace 13 outside benches, fix/repaint giant horseshoe, (2009 class donation), $2,000
Gift certificates for teachers meeting, $25 x 4 = $100
Cannon Game fireworks share, $750
5013{c} non-profit status costs, $750
Sicilian Choir performance @ Carnegie Hall (many donations), $4,600
Wrestling mat (donation by Sharon & Keith Swerdfeger), $7,000
South musical, headsets, CSAP support and lunch, $5,685
Folklorico costumes for Spanish Club, $800
Gym repainted and wall padding, $2,500
Football team golf tourney, $250
Digital Scanner, Journalism Department, $2,300
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16), $4,000
YTD TOTAL = $43,030
August 2008--July 2009
Career Fair, $500
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
Ray Miller scholarship, $500
Media Center art project, $500
Cannon Game fireworks, $750
Ads for Kids 1st bond initiative, $500
Holiday appetizers for retired teachers party, $150
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (16), $4,000
YTD TOTAL = $8,900
August 2007--July 2008
Principal’s Discretionary Fund, $2,000
After Prom (matching grant), $1,500
Class of 1988 reunion mixer, $150
Partners in Education (at-risk sophomores/juniors), $500
South alumni stickers, $100
South musical, $2,000
LINK program (matching grant), $1,400
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (14 x $250), $3,500
YTD TOTAL = $11,150
January 2006--July 2007
Band uniforms, $4,200
Tech Club donation, website, $300
DECA fashion show, $50
After Prom (food), $300
Letter jackets for academics, band, dance/cheer, athletics (10), $2,500
YTD TOTAL = $6,850
