South St Paul Educational Foundation

The South St. Paul Educational Foundation (sspef) has provided funding for the following during the fiscal year 2023-24. On may 8th the sspef awarded scholarships totaling 477,250 to 140 South St. Paul graduating seniors. These scholarships covered a wide range of dollar amounts and were given to students attending 4-year, 2-year, and technical vocational schools. Sspef also provided program funding for classroom enrichment totaling 85,859. These programs included funding math ixl subscriptions, a ninja warrior course for phy-ed classes, youth frontier courage retreats, experiential learning opportunities for the community learning center, recess marathon, college and career software, one act play scripts, an all-school art project for kaposia's 30th anniversary, and nature, history and art-based field trips. The organization also funded all the international baccalaureate diploma program for the high school. The Foundation's annual walkathon was held in september with students, staff, and families in the community participating. The walkathon funds projects and activities in teacher's classrooms. These monies are critical in providing enhanced opportunities for the students of South St. Paul.