Student grants

The Foundation proudly offers memorial scholarship grants for students in early childhood through seventh grade, which are funded, in part, through contributions received in honor of individuals who have passed away. This grant will be offered to the children of School District 54 to cultivate an academic, cultural or athletic interest to enrich student educational opportunities. Memorial grants will be limited to a maximum of $100 per recipient. The grants are intended for children from families facing extenuating financial circumstances.

Click here to support the student grants program.

Applications and timeline

Applications are available from each District 54 school in the spring. They must be completed by the student, signed by a parent or guardian and submitted to the child’s school social worker. Applicants will be notified by letter whether they will receive a grant, so that the grants can be used to fund programs occurring in late spring or during the summer. In spring 2017 the Foundation was pleased to award more than $30,000 in grants to 330 students.

Our honorees

We thank those of you who have honored your family and friends with a donation in their name to the District 54 Foundation Memorial Grant Fund. A list of individuals who has been honored is below.

2002

Stacey Colgrove
Maria Diaz
Bryon Drennan
Martha Drennan
Marion Eisenmann
Roland Eisenmann
Sibyl Elliott
Mary L. Haack
William Harper
Charles Heck
Richard Heneghan
Helen Polach
Alan J. Quinn
Gilbert B. Stewart
Marjory O. Stewart
Kathleen Thomassen
Mary Whelihan
Marilyn Yetter

2003

Helen Cull
Murle E. Dolen
Bernard Fimoff
Mark Franck
Annette Garnick
Norma Genovese
Rose A. Hayes
Hildegard Jenota
Jan Jenota
Barbara Patterson
Lorraine Ryder
Ruth Sutton
Faye Ayers Taenzer
Ted Tenbusch
Betty White

2004

Josephine Colosky
Gul M. Dada
Carol Sandilla
Susan T. Thomas

2005

Ernie Callaghan
Cleon Doty
Margaret J. Dwyer
Dinh Ngoc Nguyen
Janet Stewart
Vivian Wislow

2006

Mary Crovetti-Nizzi
Rae Delman
Theodore Erbach
Adolph J. Gaska
Geraldine Johnson
Ellen Kilbridge
Mary Kilbridge
William J. Rogers
Lauro Schwengber
Estella Seaton
Alvin Wisniewski

2007

Perle J. Dumse
Samuel J. Grassa
Marilyn Hengels
John Hermansen
Kimberly Hoffman
Aurelia Kramer
Jerome Krupa
Royann Morley
Elizabeth Null
Rose Rolence
Phillip C. Stewart
George Weinzierl
Archie Wilson
Stanley Zielinski

2008

Louis Both
Patrick Botterman
Ethel Briza
Roger Keith Chase
Kenneth Hageman
Connor Hollingsworth
Charles Keesee
Thomas S. Morley
Refugio J. Romo
Carole Schmitt
Jeff Small
Carl Speckman
Sol Wernick
Charlotte Whitaker
Mary Ann Wisniewski

2009

Maryl C. Anderson
Stephen Cieslak
Gary Clements
Marian Meeks
Lester Overright

2010

Verna Anderson
Detlef “Pete” Dierks
Peter Diestl
Mary Felten
Jean Helsper
Janet Jedlowski
Shirley Prentice
Imelda Resner
Lillian Stachula

2011

Rich Ancona
Virginia Hindman
Thomas Kein
Terry Knox
Michael J. Mostacci
Ron Ruble
Mirta Valdes
Thomas E. Williams
Eileen Marie Wilms

2012

Sam Bongiorno
Frances Herman
John Rauch

2013

Dean L. Armstrong
Carlton Chase
Eileen Clifford
Sylvia Ericksen
Grant Freeding
Leonard F. Govednik, Sr.
Carol Higgins
Alexander N. Petropoulos
Jerome Remien
Joan Saunders
William Frank Taylor
Annette Wisniewski

2014

William Buchmiller
John Brugos
Yonghi Chun
Marvin Essex
Robert J. Glod, Sr.
Nancy Gluff
Barbara Hefferin
Michael Huck
Sylvia Kessaris
Darlene Kessling
Janet Law
Irving J. Mandley
Charlene Mondul
Louis Perez
Dennis P. Quinn
Daniel Rodriguez
Jenny Rogers
Patricia K. Smith
Marlene Swig
Vern Winklehake
John Zydlo

2015

Ruth Boehmer
Shirley Bouchard
Stuart B. Brosh, Sr.
Eugene Galka
Charlotte Gluff
William Higgins II
Nancy Kirchner
Bea Landers
Richard Littfin
Jacqueline Mostacci
Roman Prokopij
Mark F. Rork
Angeline Samp
Dee Dee Terry
Dale Wicherts

2016

Patrick Costello
George Erickson
Stephanie Twardy
Dorothy Schmidt
Sushila Tulsidas Bavisi
Mary F. Pauley
Irving Garnick
Jean Morris
Brett Blecha

2017

Joyce Callaghan