BestPractices A blueprint for success
Anchorage School District/Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
School Business Partnerships
Volume XVIII
2016
BestPractices Table of Contents
Letter from the Executive Director
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Letter from the Superintendent
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A note from Jim Utter
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School Business Partnership Program Facts
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Board of Directors / SBP Coordinators/Teachers
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2016 Educator Spirit of Tomorrow Award Recipient
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2016 Student Spirit of Tomorrow Award Recipient
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2016 Elementary School/Business Partner Award Recipients
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2016 Middle School/Business Partner Award Recipients
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2016 High School/Business Partner Award Recipients
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2016 Executive Award
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2016 Board of Directors Award
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2016 Superintendent Award
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Benefits of School Business Partnerships
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Listing of 2015/16 Business Partners
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History of the Spirit of Tomorrow Award
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Letter from the Executive Director
In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, we dedicate this issue of Best Practices to Jim Utter, the first Executive Director and also the Founders of this organization. As a former teacher and principal, Jim had an understanding for the importance of business involvement in the schools and the knowledge and insight they could bring to the students to better prepare them for the world of work. Upon retirement, Jim was asked to research the possibility of starting a school business partnership program. From the beginning he had support from Superintendent Bob Crystal, Chamber of Commerce President Ernie Hall and a handful of dedicated and visionary business leaders. Together they developed the vision and groundwork for this program that over time has grown to be recognized as one of the strongest business partnership programs in the country. In this issue of Best Practices you will find many inspiring examples of exemplary partnerships. The partnerships are with small and large businesses, churches, a union and individuals who have dedicated their energy and resources to help prepare students for success and to support the school community. If you enjoy reading about these partnerships, you can find more examples in our quarterly newsletter, the Partnership Press. Both Best Practices and the Partnership Press can be found on the SBP website at www.asdk12.org/sbp. Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow awards and thank you to all of our partners who unselfishly share your time and expertise for the benefit of our students. I especially want to thank Jim Utter and our Founders and the many business and school leaders that have served on the Board of Directors, who have provided leadership and have kept us on track for 25 years. Respectfully, Cheri Spink Executive Director, School Business Partnerships
The Spirit of Tomorrow Awards were initiated in 1996 by the School Business Partnership (SBP) to recognize an outstanding school-business partnership within the Anchorage School District. At that time there were 190 partnerships. Today there are more than 600 partnerships and we will be honoring nine business partners, an educator and a student group. All recipients were nominated by Anchorage School District principals, SBP coordinators, teachers and community members. The Superintendent and Executive Awards were chosen by the Superintendent and SBP’s Executive Director. The selection committee is made up of SBP board members. Spirit of Tomorrow Award winners are judged by the following criteria: • History within the partnership, including dedication to the continuation and success of the program • Commitment and collaboration • Benefits and impacts to students and the community • Outstanding characteristics of the partnership, including excellence of activities or program. • Reciprocal benefits A list of previous winners since the award’s inception can be found at www.asdk12.org/sbp/spiritoftomorrowawards.
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Letter from the Superintendent
As the superintendent of the Anchorage School District, it is my distinct privilege to interact with students, parents, and members of the pubic across our more than 130 schools and programs. ASD alumni often tell me that they moved back to the Anchorage area because they wanted their kids to attend the same schools they were a part of; schools that are integrated into the fabric of the community and schools that have a long history of partnership with Anchorage area businesses. Longevity of commitment to schools within generations of families is only matched by the longevity of partnerships the district enjoys from our school business partners, many of which have been in place for decades. As we prepare to recognize outstanding school business partnerships at the 25th Anniversary Spirit of Tomorrow Awards on April 20, I reflect on the role that our more than 600 School Business Partners have played in making the Anchorage School District an excellent place to educate children and the special value partners hold in attracting our families back to district schools. Partners inspire kids to follow their passion wherever it may take them. Student entrepreneurship is flourishing at Eagle River High School where student Casey Conner, founder of 907Boards, is giving workshops, lessons, and demonstrations to his peers on skateboarding. Beyond promoting a sport he cares about, Casey is also learning about marketing concepts that include building credibility and fostering customer loyalty in his own business. Partners support our educators by taking the lead on programs that directly benefit the classroom. Chevron’s Fuel Your Schools Program, a collaboration between Chevron and DonorsChoose.org, provides supplies and materials for teachers. A delivery was made to a kindergarten class at Williwaw Elementary in October, with Alaska’s first lady Donna Walker in attendance. Last year, the program contributed more than $160,000 to Alaska classrooms and fulfilled the requests of more than 120 teachers across the state. Partners train the Alaska workforce of the future. Using district Career and Technical Education facilities at KCC and Chugiak High School, partners provide training in areas like tourism and culinary arts, provide advice to students operating school-based enterprises, host joint community service projects, and offer career success programs and guidance for student career exploration. Our School Business Partners have become an essential part of our district schools and have enriched the educational experience of students, invested in our teachers and staff and are an exceptional example to other districts in Alaska and across the nation what can be achieved when we work together. Other districts are taking notice and replicating our SBP program to bring the kind of success we enjoy to their school district. My deepest gratitude and thanks to all school business partners for your steadfast commitment to our schools and your outstanding engagement in our community. Sincerely,
Ed Graff Superintendent, Anchorage School District
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A note from Jim Utter, the Executive Director of the Anchorage School Business Partnership Program
When I retired from the Anchorage School District in 1990, I was asked by the School District and Chamber of Commerce to create a program that would bring the education and business community together in a positive, working relationship. I accepted the challenge and after attending the National Association of Partners in Education symposium in Washington DC I came back to Anchorage with a plan. From the very beginning of the program, there was a joint effort between the School District, the Chamber of Commerce and a small group of interested businesses. At first this group became my Advisory Board, then in 1997 developed into the Non-Profit Board of Directors you know today. In 1990, Anchorage did not have any formal School Business Partnerships (SBP). There were a few informal programs, usually when schools would ask for money to support some need. My plan was different. From symposium ideas, I developed a format that asked Principals of schools, other than money, what was it that was needed to improve overall education experience at their school. From the businesses, I asked if they would like to be involved and what they could contribute to assist. I never asked for money, my goal was to develop positive relationships. It was my belief, that from these positive relationships, if financial assistance was needed, the businesses would find a way to fill that need. Our goal was to have at least one partnership in every school in the District. We wishfully talked about having a program that could boast about 100 partnerships. During the school year 1993/94, we met that goal. Then we wished for 200 partnerships and this was achieved in 1995/96. The program continued to grow and be popular with both the business and education community. Our immediate goals were met, all schools had partnerships and many had multiples. From that point on, we were focused on maintaining existing partnerships and continuing to offer opportunities for growth. Today, it is obvious that the program is healthy and strong with over 600 partnerships, meeting educational needs of the community thru positive relationships. The beneficiaries of SBP are all of the Anchorage students and a stronger Anchorage community. Anchorage is truly very fortunate to have the SBP program to enhance the education of their most important resource – the students of your community. Jim Utter, First School Business Partnership Executive Director and author of the book: “School Business Partnerships”.
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School Business Partnerships Facts
Annual growth and economic worth (mostly in-kind): 1991/92 . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140,000 (28 Partnerships) 1992/93. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 270,000 (54 Partnerships) 1993/94 . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 350,000 (90 Partnerships) 1994/95. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000 (120 Partnerships) 1995/96. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 900,000 (190 Partnerships) 1996/97. . . . . . . . . . . $1,225,000 (260 Partnerships) 1997/98 . . . . . . . . . . . $1,750,000 (360 Partnerships) 1998/99 . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000 (400 Partnerships) 1999/00. . . . . . . . . . . $2,250,000 (450 Partnerships) 2000/01. . . . . . . . . . . $2,300,000 (475 Partnerships) 2004/05. . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000 (425 Partnerships) 2005/06. . . . . . . . . . . $2,250,000 (250 Partnerships) 2006/07. . . . . . . . . . . $2,500,000 (540 Partnerships) 2007/08 . . . . . . . . . . . $2,250,000 (450 Partnerships) 2008/09. . . . . . . . . . . $2,500,000 (500+ Partnerships) 2009/10. . . . . . . . . . . $2,500,000 (500+ Partnerships) 2010/11 . . . . . . . . . . . $2,600,000 (500+ Partnerships) 2011/12. . . . . . . . . . . . $2,650,000 (500+ Partnerships) 2012/13 . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000 (600+ Partnerships) 2013/14 . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000.000 (600+ Partnerships) 2014/15 . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000 (600+ Partnerships) 2015/16 . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000,000 (600+ Partnerships)
• Our Goals: Develop quality partnerships for the benefit of all Anchorage School District students and staff; foster positive working relationships with businesses; assist in employability and work force development; build bridges of understanding between educational institution and the community leading to better citizens and employees • Currently more than 600 partnerships including 550 businesses, and governmental agencies involved. • SBP started in 1991 as a department of the Anchorage School District. • Program became a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization in February 1997. • Board of Directors composed of ASD and business community reps. • Elections held in March with 3-year term. • Advisory Board and Honorary Board are non-voting representatives. • Supported by the Anchorage School District and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. • Financial support from ASD and business grants/sponsorships. • Chamber’s role is to encourage to its membership to participate, publish articles in newsletter, provide a liaison on the board of directors, arrange partnership presentations at “Make It Monday” forum luncheons and promote all programs. • All types of partnerships are in place, no parameters other than positive educational involvement. For profit, not-for profit, local, state and federal agencies, organizations, faith-based groups are involved. • Partnerships are made official with a simple online agreement . • Agreements are non-binding, should be reviewed annually and renewed biannually. • New partnerships formed each month. • Schools have partnerships are well as the districtwide ASD partnerships that work with all or many schools. • Secondary schools have SBP coordinators to create, maintain and nurture partnerships. Elementary principals handle partnerships at that level. • Many middle schools offer School Business Partnership classes under the umbrella of the Career and Technology Education department. • School Business Partnership classes follow an entrepreneurial model, a service learning model, a media literacy model or a combination of all. • 48,000+ students impacted. • Host of the 2001 National Partners in Education Symposium. • 2005-06 Winner of the Council for Corporate and School Partnerships “National School and Business Partnerships” award. • Featured on the US Chamber of Commerce’s national website as a “Promising Practice.” • Partnership Press newsletter distributed electronically in fall, winter, spring and summer. • Best Practices publication produced and printed annually for End of Year Recognition Luncheon. • Annual evaluation of partnerships done April–May.
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School Business Partnerships Board of Directors, Coordinators and Teachers Board of Directors
Jan Abbott, RurAL CAP David Alexander, Nine Star Education & Employment Services Leola Atkinson, Middle School Student Rep Jay Blury, Northrim Bank Adele Daniels, JBER Military Liaison Bettye Davis, Anchorage School Board Heidi Embley, ASD, Chief Communications Officer Carol Frasier, The Lake Front Anchorage Michael Graham, ASD Chief Academic Officer Phyllis Halverson, BMW of Anchorage JJ Harrier, Northern Air Cargo Leverette Hoover, Siemens Industry Inc. David Kennedy, Wells Fargo James Kirkland, Alaska VA Healthcare System Sheila Lomboy, Wells Fargo Kelly Lykins-Longlet, Northrim Bank Lily Morris, High School Student Representative Lisa Noland, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Karin Parker, SAVE High School Representative Laarni Power, Providence Health & Services AK Brian Singleton, Begich Middle School Representative June Sobocinski, United Way of Anchorage Anita Stevens, Chinook Elementary School, Principal Tara Stevens, BP Don Thompson, Aurora Vending Marla Thompson, Allstate Insurance Dale Tran, Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company Julie Vincek, King Career Center Joe Wahl, GCI Dora Wilson, NECA/IBEW
Advisory Board
Karen Allmann, Nana Management Services Sharon Chriss, GCI Judith Crotty, Wells Fargo Bank Bethany Fernandez, ASD CTE Lydia Garcia, National Education Association Nikki Giordano, Anchorage Home Builders Association Steve Halloran, Visit Anchorage Beki Kelly, Alaska Resource Education Lavoie Jessie, Credit Union 1 Diane Maples, ASD Director of Career & Technical Education Sabra Million, Southcentral Foundation Jann Mylet, United Way of Anchorage Kathleen Plunkett, Conoco Phillips Jeff San Juan, Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority Lynn Shaver, MoneyWorks, Inc. Susan Sonneborn, Jermaine, Dunnagain & Owens Tim Sullivan, Alaska Railroad Tracy Thomas, Key Bank Tim Thompson, Alaska Airlines
Honorary Board
Tam Agosti-Gisler, Anchorage School Board/ Former Executive Director James Blasingame, Alaska Railroad Corporation retired Bob Dickson, Atkinson, Conway and Gagnon Ernie Hall, Alaska Furniture Mfrs., Inc. Jeff Leonard, Leonard & Martens, LLC Rich Owens, Tastee Freez Mark Rhodes, Credit Union 1 Sharon Sellens, Kid Proof Barbara Stallone, The Human Resource Umbrella LLC Jim Utter, Past SBP Executive Director, Chris Wilson, Subway of Alaska, Inc.
Secondary SBP Coordinators/ SBPC Teachers* Middle Schools Begich – Jennifer Mickelson Benny Benson – Gabe O’Campo Central – Bret Clark* Clark – Candice Roberson Goldenview – Dave Avery Gruening – Michelle O’Leary Hanshew – Leah Dubber* Mears – Carole Johansen* Mirror Lake – Pete LaFrance Romig – Chris Fliss* Wendler – Piper Jones & Sarah Halseth* High Schools Bartlett – Vanessa Morris Chugiak – Valerie Ekberg-Brown Dimond – John Snead Eagle River – Greg Barta East – Angie Nishimura SAVE – Vicky Eastman Service – Lisa Wiley South – Shelly Cooper Steller – Victoria Weindel West – Chris Bernoski
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Mike Woods, King Career Center 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Educator Award Winner
Mike Woods Educator Award winner Contact: Lou Pondolfino, principal, King Career Center
For a quarter of a century, King Career Center teacher Mike Woods has forged effective partnerships with business and industry members throughout Alaska. While businesses and the district each have their own complexities, Mike knows how to get through it for the benefit of students. Mike teaches Natural Resource Management at KCC. He’s a national Milken Award winner and a runner up for state Teacher of the Year. He sits on several boards and is considered an all-around expert in public education as it pertains to work readiness. In fact, his supervisor said he’s received more commendation letters for Mike Woods than for any other educator.
Mike pairs up with the Alaska Railroad for the tour guide program, which trains students to become summer guides on the train. He partners with the Iron Dog organizers where students volunteer at the start as well as one of the village checkpoints on the trail. He helps hundreds of young children learn how to fish at the annual Sportsman Show. Mike also works to better our community by helping improve the trail system at our local parks.
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Over the past 25+ years the business community in Anchorage has been actively involved in the development of the Anchorage School Business Partnership program. Today it is recognized as one of the strongest in the nation. The following timeline mentions several milestones and partner activities. We are proud to share with you our snapshot of 25 years of success.
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Through the years with School Business Partnerships The Alaska Railroad and Providence Hospital set an early example for business involvement in the schools. The Alaska Railroad initiated a tour guide program with the King Career Center providing tourism training to students who then had an opportunity to work summers as rail guides. Providence Hospital provided ASD students with job shadowing and mentorship opportunities in hopes to cultivate an interest in the medical professions.
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Krista Richards, Steller Secondary School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Student Award Winner
Krista Richards Student Award winner Contact: Reed Whitmore, principal, Steller Secondary School Alaska Office of Boating Safety Contact: Kelli Toth, Kids Don’t Float, Education Specialist
Krista Richards is in her senior year of high school at Steller Secondary School. She has done an outstanding job in her work with the Department of Natural Resources to start a Kids Don’t Float program at the school. What Krista started as a self-directed learning opportunity has evolved into an educational program for students across the Anchorage School District. In less than a year, Krista has dedicated more than 70 hours of her time volunteering at community events to assist in fitting people with the correct size life jacket or talk to them about the importance of always wearing them while on the water. She also gets in the water at Kids Don’t Float pool sessions with ASD students to teach them cold water boating survival skills and build confidence in trusting a life jacket.
Nominator Kelly Toth from the Department of Natural Resources said Krista is an excellent representative of both the Kids Don’t Float education program and the Anchorage School District. Krista’s continued dedication to providing life-saving information to Alaska’s youth is honorable.
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Anchorage School District, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce and a handful of business leaders develop the idea for the Anchorage School Business Partnership program under the leadership of Jim Utter.
A middle school districtwide partnership was established with Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and their Wild About Anchorage/ Alaska Trivia Contest. Central Middle School Business Partnership class partners with ACVB in 1993 to help organize the contest. Cary Carrigan has been the volunteer Master of Ceremonies all 25 years.
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Northrim Bank and Fairview Elementary School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
Northrim Bank Contact: Kelly LykinsLonglet, VP Risk Manager Fairview Elementary School Contact: Julie Sery or Reta Boone, teachers
Northrim Bank and Fairview Elementary The 22-year partnership between Northrim Bank and Fairview Elementary School is more than a partnership – it’s a family. Bank members volunteer at school events, lead educational classes for students and parents, donates items to the school and have a vested interested in the success of students and the school. They also provide tee shirt to the school’s athletic program and Battle of the Books. Students wear the shirts with pride! School staff say Northrim’s willingness to support their events and help families shows their commitment to Fairview. School staff say bank members are positive role models for students, talking to kids about goals and building connections between children and adults. The school gives shout-outs to the bank whenever possible, student art is provided for display and the school choir traveled to several branches this winter. The school will certainly be an honored guest at the school’s upcoming volunteer luncheon.
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Alaska Fish and Game partnered with the school district and established the Coho Story, from spawning to releasing fry. This program continues to educate students about the lifecycle and importance of salmon.
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Through the years with School Business Partnerships The Alaska Railroad partners with Government Hill setting the highest standard for involvement and commitment to student success.
SBP receives a Gold Pan award presented by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce for Premier Service to Youth.
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Midtown Family Connection and Lake Otis Elementary School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
The School Business Partnership Board was established.
Lake Otis Elementary School has received more than 1,600 hours of volunteer service from Midtown Family Connection, a value of more than $38,000. The school partner gives back by providing art work for the churches and invites members to attend school events such as the volunteer appreciation breakfast and winter event. An unforeseen benefit of the partnership is two volunteers met at a school event and have since gotten married!
Economic worth of the School Business Partnerships is valued at $500,000 and includes 100 partners.
Tastee Freeze becomes a partner with multiple schools and has kept the partnerships for more than 20 years.
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The first School Business Partnership (SBP) class was held at Central Middle School of Science under the leadership of Sharon Sellens.
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Lake Otis Elementary School Contact: Jen Stoneburner, SBP Coordinator
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Midtown Family Connection Contact: Jeff Wiesinger, Pastor, Alliance Bible Church Jim Fourtner, Pastor, Skyline Foursquare Church
Midtown Family Connection and Lake Otis Elementary School While the formal school-business partnership has only been in place for two years, the relationship between Midtown Family Connection and Lake Otis Elementary School feels like they’ve always been together. This partnership started with a meeting between the two partners to see where they could collaborate to make the biggest impact for Lake Otis students and families. Now, Midtown Family Connection anticipates the school’s needs before staff can even ask for assistance. Midtown Family Connection helps with the weekend food program, donates school supplies and winter gear, collects Box Tops for the school, provide volunteers for school events like the annual bike rodeo and is now in charge of activities at the back-to-school event.
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Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt and Hanshew Middle School
2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt on Lake Otis Parkway approached Hanshew Middle School in the fall of 2013 with the idea of having an after-school homework club that met at their frozen yogurt shop. That initial meeting was the genesis a fruitful partnership between Menchie’s and Hanshew Middle School. Menchie’s owner, Casey Millar, and other employees have become a welcome sight at Hanshew. They hosted a table during Hanshew’s open house offering families frozen yogurt as they arrived, and even brought the Menchie’s mascot to an assembly, giving out t-shirts and frozen yogurt gift certificates to students. But perhaps of even greater value, Ms. Millar has come several times to speak to Hanshew students about how to become an entrepreneur, ways to prepare for a first job, how to dress for a job interview and general employability skills. She engaged students in the discussion through her personal stories and also by giving them frozen yogurt. Ms. Millar also joined other Hanshew business partners to interview
Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt Contact: Casey Millar Hanshew Middle School Contact: Leah Dubber, SBP Coordinator
students during mock job interview events. The mock job interviews significantly increased students’ confidence as they look forward to applying and interviewing for their first jobs. The students who participated felt more prepared for their future as an employee of a business in the Anchorage community. Hanshew eighth grader Mackenzie was significantly impacted by Ms. Millar, stating that since her mock interview:
“I have been more confident and I have been myself more. I’m really glad that Menchie’s was able to help me start being myself and more confident.” Hanshew Middle School shows its appreciation to Menchie’s through student-made thank you and holiday cards and a banner in the school lobby. Menchie’s is listed as a business partner on Hanshew’s school website and was featured in an article in the Winter 2016 School Business Partnership Press. They were also invited to host a table at Hanshew’s Family Fun Night in February and to an end-of-the-year event to thank business partners for their support of Hanshew. “We make you smile” is Menchie’s mission statement, and they certainly have made the students and families of Hanshew Middle School smile. Congratulations to Menchie’s and Hanshew Middle School.
The first SBP Star Awards were held and the Alaska Railroad took home the first award.
SBP became a 501 c(3) non-profit.
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By 1996, there were 250 established partnerships with a value of $1,000,000.
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The first Executive Exchange day was held to create more understanding between the worlds of business and education.
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Clear Water Church and Wendler Middle School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
Clear Water Church Contact: Sabrina Merriner, Worship Service Coordinator
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Big Brothers Big Sisters start their school based mentoring program.
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Wendler Middle School Contact: Piper Jones, SBP Coordinator
After utilizing Wendler Middle School’s cafeteria to host Sunday church services for several years, it was a natural transition for Clear Water Church to become the school’s business partner. And for three years, the church’s members have made a difference in the lives of Wendler families through their time and generosity. During Back to School Night, Clear Water Church hosts a carnival, offering food and children’s activities that allowed parents the chance to tour the school and meet with their child’s teachers and principals. Volunteers also helped with the school’s “Best Last Day Ever” event by serving food and providing activities for students. Clear Water Church went above and beyond during Wendler’s Christmas Giving program, helping to provide gifts, food, clothing and money to families in the Wendler community. They gave a memorable holiday to 11 families, some with as many as nine family members. At the beginning of each school year, they help provide school supplies for families that cannot afford it during the stressful back-to-school season. Every Spring Conference, they feed the staff and seek to connect with families that may be in need.
The economic worth of partnerships tops $2,000,000 with 400 partnerships.
A representative of Wendler Middle School states:
“As our business partner, Clear Water Church seeks every opportunity to foster relationships with our students and their families, as well as our staff. Their service to the community goes beyond the walls of Wendler Middle School.” To show their appreciation to Clear Water Church, Wendler displays a “Thank you” banner in the school’s cafeteria, so churchgoers can see it during Sunday services. During conferences and Wendler’s sixth grade open house, the church is invited to host a table to pass out water and fliers and connect with families. Clear Water Church has proven themselves more than just a good neighbor; they are a member of the Wendler Ram family. Congratulations to Clear Water Church and Wendler Middle School.
SBP wins a Seymour Award for Outstanding community Contribution to Youth and Connecting Business and Education.
The first Executive Exchange was held in the schools with 26 businesses participating.
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Alaska Botanical Gardens and Benson Secondary School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
Alaska Botanical Gardens Contact: Julianne McGuinness, Director Benson Secondary School Contact: Gabriel O’Campo, SBP Coordinator
Sharing a parking lot created a quickblooming partnership between Benny Benson Secondary School and Alaska Botanical Gardens. While the business partnership began officially in 2010, students of Benny Benson have been enjoying the Alaska Botanical Gardens for as long as anyone can remember. Along with brightening the school’s entry with fresh flowers each spring, the Gardens provide a living laboratory for Benny Benson’s diverse student body, presenting local flora that many students, particularly those from rural Alaska, have never seen outside of television and the Internet. Learning comes to life through nature walks to view the changing seasons, botany lessons explaining leaf patters on twigs and photography projects to capture fall foliage and late-blooming flowers. Students even help maintain small garden plots to grow salad greens or peppers, cherishing the day when they can harvest their own produce and enjoy lunch from the veggies they helped grow.
Being a working Botanical Garden, the partnership also offers opportunities for students to earn high school credit through employment. Students at Benny Benson show their appreciation to Alaska Botanical Gardens by lending a hand at cleaning the Gardens and picking up trash along the surrounding property. The Gardens are invited to the school’s annual Thanksgiving feast, allowing students and teachers to interact with the Garden staff and enjoy a wonderful meal together. By developing an appreciation for the Gardens, many students bring their families back on weekends to enjoy the beauty of this local attraction. Congratulations Benny Benson Secondary School and Alaska Botanical Gardens.
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The first publication of “Best Practices, a Blueprint for Success” was printed. By 1998, the banking community in Anchorage became important partners in the schools. Key Bank encourages employee Laarni Power to get involved. Power is still serving on the board. National Bank of Alaska partners with East to create a bank in the school run by students and chaperoned by bank personnel. Anchorage was one of eight schools in the nation to have this program.
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Through the years with School Business Partnerships 1999 A quote from one of the SBP newsletters: “The potential for Anchorage is to have more than 500 school business partners. Consider the positive affect that would have.” The School Business Partnership program reached 500 partners in 2006.
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Army-1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry and Eagle River High School 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Business Award Winner
Since their business partnership began in 2010, volunteers of the 501st Infantry led by Staff Sergeant Caleb Lloyd have donated hundreds of hours to Eagle River High School and the school’s Air Force JROTC program, supporting the large number of students, many who are military dependents. Each Friday, soldiers arrive to assist with the Eagle River High School Air Force JROTC physical fitness program, arriving before the first class of the day, and staying until school is over. Soldiers demonstrate and lead warm-up exercises, participate in drills and help supervise and mentor 120 cadets. During drill season from October through February, the 501st provides drill instructors who act as coaches for the 5-6 drill teams during the early-morning practices, Monday through Friday. The commitment to attend practices and competitions has contributed to the many championships the Eagle River teams have enjoyed during statewide competitions.
Army-1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Contact: SSG Caleb Lloyd Eagle River High School Contact: Greg Barta, SBP Coordinator
Each May, the 501st sends soldiers to assist students with the Citywide Cleanup event. Volunteers also attend newstudent registration and provide judges for the Student Government-run Wild and Crazy Kids Olympics each year. During the Cadet Leadership course last summer, SSG Lloyd served as a member of the camp cadre and provided instruction during morning physical fitness sessions as well as in orienteering and survival techniques. His mentorship during this 10-day camp changed lives and has given cadets an experience of a lifetime.
According to one cadet, “SSG Lloyd pushed us forward with the expectation that everyone would perform his or her absolute best under his guidance. We lived by the motto that ‘everyone gives their very best effort and failing is never an option.’”
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Subway of Alaska partnered with all elementary schools in the district to support academic achievement and positive citizenship.
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Congratulations to the 501st Infantry and Eagle River High School.
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce awards SBP a Gold Pan award for ten years of “Dedicated Service to Youth of Anchorage”
Anchorage hosted the National Symposium for the Association of Partners in Education. Central Middle School Business Partnership class coordinated the volunteer room.
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Superintendent Ed Graff, Anchorage School District 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Executive Award Winner
Superintendent Ed Graff, Anchorage School District Anchorage School District Contact: Cheri Spink, SBP Executive Director
Superintendent Ed Graff served as a member of the School Business Partnership board from 2009 through his current position as superintendent. He has been a strident supporter of the program and has taken every opportunity to encourage businesses and schools to be actively involved. Early in my career as the executive director of the program, he asked me with sincerity if I was happy in my job. I could tell that it was important to him that I was. While this was a simple question, it is one of many examples that demonstrate the support he has provided the SBP program from the beginning. He genuinely cares about our schools and he is committed to building lasting relationships between our business, military and school communities. It is an honor to be able to recognize him for his dedication and hard work. — Cheri Spink, Executive Director
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military or faith-based groups. He
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— Tam Agosti-Gisler, Former Executive Director of SBP and Anchorage School Board member.
strengthening services. To that end, he rarely misses an opportunity in his many appearances to promote our school business partnerships and the positive differences they are making for students, staff and the community”. — Michael Graham, ASD Chief Academic Officer and SBP Board member.
IBEW becomes a partner with Denali Elementary and later partners with Wendler Middle School, the King Career Center and the Children in Transition program
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Through the years with School Business Partnerships By 2006 there were 500 established partnerships.
Anchorage School Business Partnerships was one of six programs in the United States to be awarded a national recognition for being an exemplary program by the Council for Corporate & School Business Partnerships.
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Jim Utter, Founder and First SBP Executive Director 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Board of Directors Award Winner
As Anchorage School Business Partnerships celebrates its 25th Anniversary, we find it deserving to recognize the person who designed and developed the program. Without the vision of Jim Utter, the first executive director, Anchorage School Business Partnerships would not exist. As the current Board of Directors, we are proud to continue the work that he and the founders began 25 years ago and grateful for the opportunity to carry on his legacy. Anchorage School Business Partnerships Board of Directors
“The School Business Partnership Program has a foundation of inspiration, Jim Utter, Founder and First SBP Executive Director Anchorage School District Contact: Marla Thompson, Board Chair
commitment, leadership, and success. That foundation began with its first executive director, Jim Utter, in 1991. With the mutual support of the Anchorage School District and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Jim took the reins, and the work began. It is with gratitude that we celebrate the tireless efforts of Jim Utter as he established the foundation of the School Business Partnership Program that it is today.” —Sharon Sellens, KidProof and former SBP Interim Director
“Many of the early School Business Partners joined the organization because of the way Jim was able to explain the value of a partnership. The value worked both ways. Students learned from the experience that business brought to the table, but businesses could see how they could be more successful with an enhanced school/community relationship. Jim was unique in his ability to bring the two together, and he made it fun. We had some very tight times, and if it had not been for Jim’s devotion to the students, ASD, and the partners, we would have closed the doors many years ago. Thanks Jim.”
Siemens hosted the first Egg Drop competition at Rabbit Creek Elementary, exposing young students to engineering.
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—Rich Owens, SBP Founder, Owner Tastee Freez
Wells Fargo partners with Junior Achievement to provide financial literacy for students from kindergarten to high school and inspiring other business partners to get involved. They also launched their “Reading First” program.
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Jim Utter, Founder and First SBP Executive Director
“Jim’s role in initiating
“When I worked at the Alaska Railroad, Jim Utter guided me through the
the School Business
mechanics of setting up a partnership. Ours was one of the first School
Partnership program is
Business partnerships established and our partnership with Government Hill
like that of the gardener
Elementary was a resounding success then and is still going strong today. It
who sows tiny seeds
was Jim Utter who helped create that success. Jim convinced me to be one
that eventually bloom
of the original Board of Directors. Jim was always keeping our SBP Board
in one small area of
on task, meeting frequently and continuously celebrating the success of
the garden. Over time,
each new partnership that was developed. Jim volunteered endless hours.
however, those seeds
He was never discouraged by the ups and downs of the local economy
propagate and fill the
but continued to move ahead seeking new partnerships with optimism.
flowerbed with vibrant,
Our paths would probably have never crossed without my being involved
lush plants that flower
with SBP and I am glad that they did. I am grateful to call Jim Utter a friend.
annually. The Anchorage
Thank you Jim.” —Jim Blasingame, SBP Founding Board member, Retired Alaska Railroad.
School Business Program has grown to be the role
“As an educator Jim Utter understood business. He realized if he could
model ‘garden’ for many
match the right business with the right school; students, educators and the
districts around the state
business community all WIN. The business community was an untapped
and country.”
resource Jim had the vision to recruit into schools.
—Tam Agosti-Gisler, Anchorage School Board and former SBP Executive Director
Jim left an indelible imprint of making a truly positive difference in the lives of our students, educators and the business community. For me it was profoundly rewarding experience and great privilege to work with this great “architect” of School Business Partnerships. Congratulations Jim on your SBP Award, one you should accept with honor and dignity.” —Chris Wilson, Subway of Alaska
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The first official military partnerships were established with JBER in 2010. Currently there are 28 military partnerships.
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Through the years with School Business Partnerships In 2012, ASD and JBER was honored with the General Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award by the Military Child Education Coalition.
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NECA Alaska Chapter and IBEW Local 1547 2016 Spirit of Tomorrow Superintendent Award Winner
NECA/IBEW Contact: Dora Wilson Anchorage School District Contact: Superintendent Ed Graff
NECA Alaska Chapter and IBEW Local 1547 teamed up to become school business partners 15 years ago to support families at one elementary school. Since then, their partnership has grown to benefit multiple schools as well as students from across the district. Partnering with the district’s Child in Transition program, NECA/IBEW gives non-career related opportunities to students in need. IBEW sponsors an annual Fall Carnival in which all CIT students are invited to attend at no cost. The families are provided with food, games, inflatables, prizes and a DJ. During the holidays, NECA also provides food boxes and gift cards to families in need. At this event families also have an opportunity to learn about services that can give them additional support. Ten years ago, NECA/IBEW launched a partnership with the King Career Center in which two Construction Electricity students were given tuition free scholarships to enter the Electrical Apprenticeship
School following high school graduation. One of those students is now a wireman instructor at NECA/IBEW’s Apprenticeship School. Today, students with excellent attendance, dedication to school and a strong work ethic continue to receive these opportunities. Students of all ages learn about safety and career opportunities through volunteer work of the IBEW members and NECA/IBEW Apprenticeship school staff. IBEW understands the importance of students attending school. Seeing the connection between school attendance and future work readiness, IBEW has expanded its partnership with the Anchorage School District by giving special recognition to elementary students with excellent attendance. In the first year of the recognition efforts, attendance was up at nearly every grade level in the district. Congratulations and thank you NECA/ IBEW for your widespread support of Anchorage students.
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Lithia of South Anchorage, GCI and IBEW develop the “Drive for Perfect Attendance” and “Win a Trip to Disneyland” attendance programs. Now in it’s third year additional partners include Subway of Alaska, For Fun Alaska, Saltchuk Corporation, Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Railroad.
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Two KCC students sign paperwork to accept full admission to the NECA/IBEW Apprenticeship School.
In 2015 the economic worth of the School Business Partnership program is estimated at $3,000,000 and has more than 600 school partnerships.
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Benefits of School Business Partnerships What are the benefits of School Business Partnerships? Here’s what business people and educators report:
• Business partners become enlightened about the current school environment and are provided the ability to give input into the curriculum. • Business partners gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the current educational, social, economic and cultural demands of the contemporary school on students and their families. • Business partners witness how school partners responsibly use resources provided through tax dollars, state funding and bonds. • Students gain a mentor and/or see adults as positive role models and this builds Social and Emotional Learning assets for students that increase odds for success. • Business partners see youth in a positive light to counter mostly negative media exposure. • Business partners receive the intrinsic satisfaction of knowing they’ve made a positive and worthwhile difference in the lives of students. • Business partners provide students with real world expectations to support the schools, e.g. arrive to class on time; take math classes; respect others. • Students gain awareness of current workforce environments and of occupation and career opportunities. • Educators gain insight into the current workforce demands and needs that may be applicable to the curriculum they teach. • Business partners gain insight into today’s youth and the trends and motivations of the future workforce. • Business partners provide financial and staff support to the school to develop skills that are “above average” for entry-level employees. • Business partners receive volunteer/service credit that benefits the business, student and community • Business partners have the opportunity to network among their peers in business and schools. • Business partners gain community partnering opportunities as well as advertising and promotion possibilities.
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AlaskaFit Alaskan Make-up Queen Allen & Petersen Alliance Bible Church & Skyline Foursquare Church Allstate Insurance, Marla Thompson Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Ambers Olive Company American Institute of Graphic Artists American Landscaping & Ground Effects Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Anchorage Chapter of The Links Incorporated Anchorage Community Land Trust Anchorage Concert Association Anchorage Convention Centers/ SMG of Alaska Anchorage Downtown Partnership Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Anchorage Fire Department #1 Anchorage Fire Department #3 Anchorage Fire Department #4 “B” Shift Anchorage Fire Department #4 “Mad Dawgs” Anchorage Fire Department #8 Anchorage Fire Department #10 Anchorage Fire Department # 11 Anchorage Fire Department #14 Anchorage Fire Department #5 Anchorage Fire Department #6 Anchorage Fire Department #9 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Anchorage Golf Course Anchorage Hillside Rotary Anchorage Home Builders Association, Inc. Anchorage House of Hobbies Anchorage Lutheran Church Anchorage Moose Lodge 1534 Anchorage Museum Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center Anchorage Opera Anchorage Park Foundation Anchorage Sand & Gravel Anchorage Watershed Council Anchorage Waterways Council Anchorage Wesleyan Church Anchorage Youth Court Anchorage-Alaska 4-H Arctic Roadrunner ARCTiCOM ASVAB Career Exploration Program AT&T Alascom Aurora Insurance Service/ Horace Mann Companies Aurora Vending Avalanche Frozen Yogurt Axiom Armored Transport Babylon Language Institute of Alaska Bagoys Florist Barnes & Noble Booksellers BDS Bezek Durst Seiser Beacon Occupational Bear Tooth Theatre Pub and Grill Behavior Matters LLC Benihana Restaurant Better Business Bureau Bettisworth North Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska Big Brothers Big Sisters Pick Up Service Bird Treatment and Learning Center Blaine’s Art Blockbuster Video Blondies Espresso BLOOM Blythe Marston, Attorney Body Renew Alaska - Eagle River
Body Renew Alaska-Anchorage Boot Country Bounce Bouncin Bears Boy Scouts of America / Learning for Life Boys & Girls Club of America Boys and Girls Club, Mountain View BP Bridge Builders of Anchorage Brown’s Electrical Supply Company, Inc. Burger King Busy Beans Coffee Buzz Bizz Studios Cafe Amsterdam Caffé Darte California Closets Calvary Church Campbell Creek Science Center Career College Carlile Transportation Systems Carls Jr. Carpentry Carrs Safeway Abbott Carrs-Safeway Administrative Offices Carrs-Safeway Aurora Village Carrs-Safeway Eagle River Carrs-Safeway Eastgate Carrs-Safeway Muldoon Catholic Social Services CH2MHILL Chain Reaction Cycles Change Point Chapel of the Cross, Church of the Nazarene Childrens Lunch Box Chugach Electric Association, Inc. Chugiak Senior Center Chugiak United Methodist Church CIRI CITC Cisco Systems Clay Owen Studios Clear Water Church Color Art Printing Co., Inc. Commonwealth North Condor Flugdienst ConocoPhillips Consul of Mexico Consular Office of Japan Continuous Printing of Alaska Coombs Orthodontics Cornerstone Church Costco Covenant House Credit Union 1 Crossfire Alaska CRW Engineering Grp, LLC Custom CPU Custom Design Display Cyranos Theatre Company Dairy Queen David Green Master Furrier Davis Construction & Engineers Inc. Dechman & Gottstein Educational Consultants Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Alaska Alumnae Chapter Denali Federal Credit Union Denali Pediatric Dentistry Department of Corrections Department of Juvenile Justice Diana Farthing/Consultant Scentsy and Velata Different Strokes of Alaska Digication, Inc. Dimond Alumni Association Dimond Center Dimond Greenhouses Dinos Donuts
DiTomaso, Inc. Doggy Decadents Donna Henegar-Independent Scentsy Consultant Dooley’s Tuxedos and Costumes Downtown Soup Kitchen DQ Grill & Chill DWELL Realty E & S Diversified Svcs. & Mayfields Quality Clean Eagle River Bowl Eagle River Nature Center Early Head Start Kids Corps, Inc. Eastside Physical Therapy Elder Mentor Program Enterprise Engineering Inc ES World Espresso Blends + Repairs Esther Petrie To Russia With Love Program ExxonMobil FAA Alaska Region Faith Christian Community Fantastic Sams Farrar Photography FBI, Anchorage Division FedEx Fire Island Bakery Firetap Alehouse and Restaurant First National Bank Alaska Fitzgerald Photography Focus Alaska Photography for fun Alaska Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Fred Meyer Abbott Fred Meyer Muldoon Friends of Alaska PYLI Frontier Tutoring Frost Dental Full Circle Farm Full Curl Archery Gallos Gamma Alpha Alpha Foundation GCI Geno & Sals Grill Ginger Restaurant Girl Scouts of Alaska Glacier Sign and Lighting Gladys Wood Summer Soccer Program Glen Caren Mobile Home Park Gonzalez Marketing, LLC Great Alaska Council Great Alaska Pizza Company Great Harvest Bread Company Golden Wheel Amusements Grizzly Cub & Threadz H&R Block H2Oasis Halliburton Harry J. McDonald Memorial Center HHC,2D EN BDE Rear Detachment Hi-Res Graphics Hindman Family Chiropractic Hmong Alaska Community Inc. Holiday Companies Holland America Line Home Depot HomeWell Senior Care Horace Mann/Aurora Insurance Services Horace Mann/Capital Insurance Services Hotel Captain Cook House of Harley Davidson Hummels Flowers, Inc IBEW Local 1547 Immanuel Presbyterian Church institute of the North Jalapenos Japanese Society of Alaska JBER 673d Aerospace Medicine Squadron JBER 673d Medical Support Squadron
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2016 Business Partners JBER School Business Partnership 3-509th JBER School Business Program 673 Force Support Squadron JBER School Business Program 673d Security Forces Squadron Air Force JBER School Business Program 6th Engineer Battalion JBER School Business Program 725th BSB JBER School Business Program 732 AMS JBER School Business Program Army - 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion JBER School Business Program ArmyParachute Field Artillery Unit JBER School Business Program - Headquarters Detachment, US Army Detachment JBER School Business Program ARMY HHC 725 BSB JBER School Business Program Hospitals 673d Inpatient Squadron JBER School Business Program-1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry JBER School Partnership Program -Youth Services Center JBER School Partnership Program 1-40th JBER School Partnership Program 17th CSSB JBER School Partnership Program 2-377th JBER School Partnership Program 2d EN Brigade JBER School Partnership Program 381st Squadron JBER School Partnership Program 3rd Maintenance Squadron JBER School Partnership Program 425th BSTB JBER School Partnership Program 59th Signal Battalion JBER School Partnership Program 673d Communications Squad JBER School Partnership Program 673d Contracting Squadron JBER School Partnership Program 673d LRS Air Force JBER School Partnership Program 6th Eng Bn JBER School Partnership Program 773rd LRS JBER School Partnership Program HCC 4-25th ABCT JBER School Partnership Program HHC 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade JBER School Partnership Program793rd Military Police Battalion JCPenney Jitters Joann Fabric and Craft Store Judys Cafe Junior Achievement of Alaska Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company Kaladi Brothers, The Rustic Goat Kaleidoscape Play studio Keller Williams Realty - The Tolbert RE Group Kelly Ryan, Chiropractic Physician Kendall Automotive Group Key Bank Kids Kitchen Kindness for Kids Kiwanis Club Kodiak Kup KSKA & KAKM KTUU KTVA Channel 11
La Cabana Mexican Restaurant LaVie Imagery Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, WA/AK Chapter Lifetouch Studios Lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram of South Anchorage Lone Star Steakhouse Los Arcos Loussac Library Lowes LRK Studios Photography MA Gourmet Dogs Magic Bus Makar Eyecare Manuka Health Clinic, LLC. Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union McDonalds Abbott Menchies Frozen Yogurt Mens Wearhouse Michael Foster & Associates Midnight Sun Cafe Midnight Sun Service Dogs Military Family Life Consultant Millennium Alaskan Hotel Mooses Tooth Mountain View Diner-Chanlyut Mountain View Family Dentistry Mountain View Lions Club Mt McKinley Lions Club Muldoon Community Assembly of God Municipal Light & Power Municipality of Anchorage Information Technology Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Recreation Municipality of Anchorage Public Transportation Murray Othodontics Murrow Media, Inc. myHealth Clinic NANA Management Services (NMS) Native Village of Eklutna NCO Academy NECA/IBEW NeighborWorks Anchorage Nestle Toll House Café New York Life Insurance - Jesse Carpenter New York Life Insurance - Joseph Wald New York Life Insurance - Michelle Melgar Nine Star Education and Employment Services Nordstrom Northern Air Cargo Northern Powerline Constructors, Inc Northern Smiles Orthodontics Northrim Bank Eagle River Northrim Bank Midtown Financial Center Northway Mall Northwest Carpet Ohana Media Group Old Navy - Dimond Old Navy Tikahtnu Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Gamma Alpha Alpha Chapter One Hour Fireweed Dry Cleaning Oopsie Daisy Operating Engineers Local 302 Order Up Orthopedic Physicians Anchorage Pacific Islander Center PAMC - Cancer Center Papa Johns Eagle River Papa Murphys Pepes Turnagain House Picture This Art Gallery Pizza Man
Play It Again Sports Play N Trade Point MacKenzie Construction & Management Polynesian Association of Alaska Port of Anchorage Premier Alaska Tours Prestige Care Priebe Orthodontics Primrose Garden Preschool Princess Cruises Project Management Institute - Alaska Chapter Providence Alaska Medical Center Providence Extended Care Center Providence Health & Services Alaska Purnell Photography Putters Wild Qdoba Mexican Grill Quantum Spatial Quiznos Subs Rabbit Creek Community Association Raven Electric Raymond James Financial Services REAP (Renewable Energy Alaska Project) Red Apple Market - Mt. View Refrigeration and Food Equipment Reger Physical Therapy REI Anchorage Rescue Me Resonate Church Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Rodeway Inns/Anchorage Rotary Club - Anchorage Downtown Rotary Club - Anchorage East Rotary Club - Anchorage Gateway Rotary Club - Anchorage International Rotary Club - Anchorage South Rotary Club - Eagle River Rotary Club - Girdwood Rotary Club of Anchorage Royal Roller Rink Russian Educational Center “Oomnichka” Rusts Flying Service / K-2 Aviation Salon Nirvana Salvation Army Anchorage Corps Community Center Sam’s Club Scan Home Sears Sewards Folly Bar & Grill Shaman Traffic Control, LLC Shirts Up Shred Alaska SHRM-Workforce Readiness Chair Siemens Industry Inc Sisters In Crime Skinny Raven Sports Solid Waste Services Solstice Bombers Softball Team South Anchorage Church of Christ South Central Foundation Fireweed Behavioral Healt SoYo Yogurt Shoppe Spenard Lions Club Spirit of Youth Sport Clips Haircuts Stantec - formerly USKH Starbucks, Eagle River, Tudor, 100th Ave. Steam Dot Coffee Stellar Designs Step Up Stephan Fine Arts Studio FX Salon Subway of Alaska Sugar House Waffle House Sunset Hills Baptist Church
Swan Employer Services Sweet Adelines Sylvan Learning Center Table 6 Restaurant Tastee Freez - Jewel Lake TBA Theatre Team One, LLC Teen Underground Tew Chiropractic Health Care TEX R US LLC Texas Roadhouse The Alaska Botanical Garden The Alaska Club The Alaska Zoo The Bake Shop The Childrens Lunch Box The Ice Cream Shop The Mens Wearhouse The Trophy Shop Thread Tomo No Kai Total Reclaim Trinity Presbyterian Church TTT Environmental Turnagain United Methodist Church Twisted Branch Photography UAA Auto/Diesel - Defendorf UAA Confucius Institute UAA College of Business and Public Policy UAA College of Health UAA Department of Languages UAA Dept. of Journalism & Public Communications UAA GM ASEP UAA Health Physical Recreation Department UAA Montgomery Dickson Center UAA Nurse Practitioner Program UAA School of Allied Health UAA School of Engineering UAA, Auto/Diesel Program UAF Sea Grant Program UAF-School of Education UAF/CES Anchorage 4-H Program Uncle Joes Pizzeria United Way UNIVAR USA University Kiwanis UPS US Coast Guard V & W Tax Service Veterans of Foreign Wars Village Inn Pancake House - Spenard Village Inn Pancake House-Dimond Village Inn Pancake HouseNorthern Lights Visit Anchorage Volunteers of America Alaska Walmart, Eagler River, Midtown, Old Seward Wells Fargo, Eagle River, Huffman, Russian Jack, Sand Lake, Hands On Banking Wellspring Church Women’s, Children’s & Family Health, State of Alaska West Berlin Restaurant Wild Wings n Things Alaska William Fraser Advertising Wolfe House Coffee World Trade Center Alaska Wrighttime Dentistry Yarducopia YES Bistro YMCA YWCA Alaska
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History of the Spirit of Tomorrow Award Below is an alphabetical listing of all award winners since inception in 1996. Agosti-Gisler, Tam, Central MSOS, Educator Star Award, 2003 Alaska Airlines, Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 2004 Alaska Botanical Gardens, Benson Secondary, Business Award, 2016 Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Division and Mirror Lake MS, Business Star Award, 2013 Alaska Geographic, Mears MS, Business Star Award, 2011 Alaska Junior Theatre, Executive Star Award, 2013 Alaska Native Heritage Center, SAVE HS, Business Award, 2015 Alaska Native Medical Center, King Career Center, Business Award, 2015 Alaska Premier Dental, Romig MS, Business Award, 2009, 2015 Alaska Railroad Corporation, Government Hill ES, Business Star Award, 2004 Alaska Railroad Corporation & AKRR Tour Guide Training Program, Government Hill ES and King Career Center, Business Star Award, 1996 Alaska Regional Hospital, South Anchorage HS, Business Star Award, 2010 Alaska Resource Education, Central MSOS, Business Star Award, 2011 Alaska Rubber & Supply, Romig MS, Business Star Award, 2012 Alaska VA Healthcare System, Bartlett HS, Business Star Award, 2012 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Russian Jack ES, Business Star Award, 2003, 2014 Anchorage Aces, Tudor ES, Business Star Award, 2003 Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Executive Star Award, 2006 Anchorage Construction Academy, Anchorage School District, Superintendent Star Award, 2007 Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau, Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 2000 Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau, Central MSOS, Business Star Award, 2006 Anchorage Fire Department, Anchorage School District, Shining Star Award, 2009 Anchorage Fire Department Station 3, Clark MS, Business Award, 2014 Anchorage HS Auditorium at West Restoration Committee, Superintendent Star Award, 2008 Anchorage International Rotary Club, North Star ES, Business Star Award, 2012 Anchorage Police Department, Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 2003 Anchorage Sand & Gravel, Kincaid, Klatt, and Oceanview ES, Business Star Award, 2000 Anchorage Sand & Gravel, Oceanview ES, Business Star Award, 2000 Anchorage South Rotary, Chinook ES, Business Star Award, 2012 Anchorage Waterways Council, Polaris K-12, Business Star Award, 2007 Army-1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry, Eagle River HS, Business Award, 2016 AT&T Alaska, Anchorage School District, Superintendent Star Award, 2010 Badura, Brooke, Romig MS, Student Star Award, 2013 Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Alaska, Dimond HS, Business Star Award, 2005 Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Alaska, Wonder Park ES, Business Star Award, 2007 Blahous, Emily, Mirror Lake MS, Educator Star Award, 2005 BP, Anchorage School District, Shining Star Award, 2008 BP, West HS, Business Star, 2013 British Petroleum, Anchorage School District Gifted Mentorships, Business Star Award, 2001 Carlile Transportation, Mountain View ES, Business Star Award, 2008 Carter, Dorothy, Central MSOS, Student Star Award, 2005 Carter, Glynn, Credit Union 1, Executive Award, 2014 CH2M Hill, Lake Otis ES, Business Star Award, 2010 Citro, Marissa, Begich MS, Student Star Award, 2011 Clear Water Church, Wendler MS, Business Award, 2016 Comeau, Carol, Anchorage School District, Shining Star Award, 2004, 2012 Costco Dimond, Taku and Willowcrest ES, Business Star Award, 2005
Costco Dimond, Willow Crest ES, Business Star Award, 2001 Craft, Kayla, Dimond HS, Student Award, 2014 Credit Union 1, Lake Otis ES, Business Star Award, 2002 Credit Union 1, West HS, Business Star Award, 2010 Crotty, Judith, Wells Fargo, Executive Star Award, 2010 Cruz, Perla, Bartlett HS, Student Star Award, 2012 Denali Alaska Federal Credit Union, Wendler MS, Business Star Award, 2006, 2009 DiTomaso’s, SAVE HS, Business Award, 2014 Eagle River Rotary, Chugiak HS, Business Star Award, 2002 Ekberg-Brown, Valerie, Chugiak HS, Educator Star Award, 2012 Elmendorf 381st Air Force Division, Clark MS, Business Star Award, 2006 Enterprise Engineering, Dimond HS, Business Award, 2014 Esther Petrie’s To Russia with Love, Chugiak HS, Business Star Award, 2004 Exxon Mobil, ASD, Superintendent Award, 2015 FAA-Alaska Region, Begich MS, Business Star Award, 2011 Faith Christian Community, Muldoon ES, Business Star Award, 2003 FedEx, Anchorage School District, Superintendent Star Award, 2005 First Alaskans Institute, William Tyson ES, Business Star Award, 2005 Fort Richardson & Brian Griggs, YESS Director, Bartlett HS, Business Star Award, 2003 Frigid North Electronics, Polaris K-12, Business Star Award, 2000 Gardner, Rhonda, Anchorage School District, Executive Star Award, 2009 GCI, Anchorage School District, Shining Star Award, 2011 George, Andrew, Mirror Lake MS, Student Star Award, 2004 Graff, Ed, Anchorage School District, Executive Award, 2016 Griggs, Brian, Executive Star Award, 2008 Hawes, Dustin, Mears MS, Educator Star Award, 2004 Hickel, Joe, Hotel Captain Cook, Airport Heights ES, Superintendent Star Award, 2011 Hiebert, Augie, Mirror Lake MS, Business Star Award, 2003 Hodson, Keith, Central MS,Educator Award, 2015 Home Depot, North Star ES, Business Star Award, 2010 Hubbard, Dana, West HS, Student Star Award, 2005 IBEW, Denali ES, Business Star Award, 2004 Jewel Lake Tastee Freez, Chinook, Gladys Wood, Kincaid, Sand Lake ES, Business Star Award, 1999 Jewel Lake Tastee Freez, Kincaid ES & multiple partners, Business Star Award, 2006 Jitters, Chugiak HS, Business Award, 2015 Joint Base Elmendorf/Richardson School Partnership Program, ASD, Superintendent Star Award, 2012 Junior Achievement, Superintendent Award, 2014 Kaladi Brothers Coffee Company, Polaris K-12, Begich MS, Business Star Award, 2011 Keller, Trudy, East HS, Educator Star Award, 2008 Key Bank, Central MSOS, Business Star Award, 2000 KTVA-Channel 11, Mirror Lake MS, Business Star Award, 2008 Makar Eyecare, Creekside Park ES, Business Award, 2014 Marston, Blythe, Superintendent Star Award, 2013 Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union, Chugiak HS, Business Star Award, 2007 Media Literacy Team of Carrie Sumner, Mears MS, Student Star Award, 2003 Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Hanshew MS, Business Award, 2016 Midtown Family Connection, Lake Otis ES, Business Award, 2016 Miller, Lori, Gruening Middle School, Educator Star Award, 2011 Moore, Shauna, Chugiak HS, Student Star Award, 2006 Murray Orthodontics and Northern Lights ABC, Business Star Award, 2013 NANA Management Services, SAVE HS, Business Award, 2014 National Bank of Alaska, Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 1997 NECA/IBEW, Denali Montessori ES, Business Star Award, 2009 NECA/IBEW, Anchorage School District, Superintendent Award, 2016 NMS & DiTomaso’s Fruit & Vegetables, SAVE HS, Business Star Award, 2012 Northrim Bank, Fairview ES, Business Star Award, 1999 Northrim Bank, Fairview ES, Business Star Award, 2008
Northrim Bank, Fairview ES, Business Award, 2016 Northrim Bank, Huffman ES, Business Star Award, 2004 Ofiu, Lola, Central MSOS, Student Star Award, 2008 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Clark MS, Business Award, 2015 Orthopedic Physicians Anchorage and A.J. Dimond HS, Business Star Award, 2013 Out North Contemporary Theatre, McLaughlin SS, Business Star Award, 2010 Owens, Rich, ASD, Board of Directors Award, 2015 Peterburs, Mary, West HS, Educator Star Award, 2010 Phillips Alaska, Inc., Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 2002 Power, Laarni, Providence Health & Services Alaska, Executive Star Award, 2011 Providence Health & Services Alaska, Anchorage School District, Shining Star Award, 2010 Pulanco, Michaela, Romig MS, Student Star Award, 2010 Ray, Sydney, Central MSOS, Student Star Award, 2007 Richards, Krista, Steller Secondary, Student Award, 2016 Rios, Rick, Anchorage School District C&TE Department, Guding Star Award, 2012 Rufner, Dan, Wendler MS, Educator Star Award, 2006 Dr. Ryan, Kelly, Williwaw ES, Business Award, 2015 Sam’s Club, Wonder Park ES, Rookie of the Year Star Award, 2001 Sellens, Sharon, Kid Proof, Executive Star Award, 2007 Siemens Building Technologies, Dimond HS, Business Star Award, 2008 Siemens Industry, Inc., Rabbit Creek ES, Business Star, 2013 Small Engines Specialties, King Career Center - Small Engines Repair, Business Star Award, 2005 Snead, John, Dimond HS, Executive Director Award, 2015 Southcentral Foundation, ANCCS, 2014 Special Olympics, East HS, Business Star Award, 2009 State of Alaska, Department of Fish & Game & Fritz Kraus, Anchorage School District, Superintendent Star Award, 2006 State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Div. of Forestry, King Career Center - Natural Resources Mgt., Business Star Award, 1998 Subway of Alaska, Abbott Loop ES, Business Star Award, 2005 Subway of Alaska, Abbott Loop, Susitna ES, Business Star Award, 2011, 2015 The Alaska Zoo, Kasuun ES, Rookie of the Year Star Award, 2000 The Links, Inc., Anchorage Chapter, William Tyson ES, Business Star Award, 2007 The Northern Forum, West HS, Business Star Award, 2009 Total Reclaim, Chugach Optional ES, Business Star Award, 2009 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Kasuun ES, Business Star Award, 2001 UAA Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Romig MS, Business Star Award, 2010 UAA Tech Prep, King Career Center, Business Star Award, 2006 United Way, Guiding Star Award, 2013 UPS Store, McLaughlin HS, Business Star Award, 2007 USAF 673rd Civil Engineer Group, Central MSOS, Business Award, 2014 USKH, West HS, Business Star Award, 2009 Utter, Jim, ED, Anchorage School Business Partnership, Inc., Executive Star Award, 2006 Utter, Jim, ED, Anchorage School Business Partnership, Board of Directors Award, 2016 Vano, Rebecca, Bartlett HS, Educator Star Award, 2007 Vik, Kathy, Chugiak HS, Educator Star Award, 2003 Wal-Mart Dimond, Huffman ES, Business Star Award, 2001 Walker, Janna, Central MSOS, Educator Star Award, 2009 Weindel, Victoria, Educator Award, 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, Anchorage School District, Business Star Award, 2004 Wells Fargo Bank, East HS, Business Star Award, 2002 Wilder Construction, SAVE HS, Business Star Award, 2008 Wiley, Lisa, Gifted Mentorship Program, Educator Star Award, 2013 Wilson, Abby, Begich MS, Student Star Award, 2009 Wilson, Dora, NECA/IBEW, Executive Star Award, 2012 Woods, Mike, King Career Center, Educator Award, 2016 Zakrzewski, Curt, Aurora Vending/Odom Corp, Executive Star Award, 2009
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Thank you to our financial supporters!
Platinum sponsors
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsors
Marla Thompson
Bronze sponsors Phyllis Halverson
Ivory sponsors
Raffle Contributors:
Alaska Airlines, Alaska State Fair, BMW of Anchorage, BP, GCI, H2Oasis, NECA/IBEW, Northern Air Cargo, Northrim Bank, Providence Health and Services, Siemens Industry Inc., Tastee Freez, Visit Anchorage
For more information or to become a business partner contact: Anchorage School Business Partnerships, Inc. 5530 East Northern Lights Blvd. Anchorage, AK 99504-3135 907-339-7278 sbpartnerships@gmail.com www.asdk12.org/sbp www.facebook.com/AnchorageSBP