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OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE
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KDS offers a wide range of interests to its students
as well as its supporters. If you are interested in
making a contribution to the school, you may choose
the area you feel most strongly about. It takes all
of us to insure the continued success of our
programs. What part would you like to play?
Monetary donations in any amount are most needed.
DAR members may make their contributions through
their state treasurer designated to KDS. Alumni,
community members, friends or other organizations
may send their donations directly to the school.
Remember that when money is given designated for a
specific fund, it must be spent for that purpose.
Read on to see the many opportunities to enhance the
programs in place at Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.
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Educational Projects- KDS has many projects
directly related to enhancing the education of our
students. For example, the Art Department, Band,
Choir, Drama Club, Family and Consumer Sciences
Department, Agri-Science Department, Science Labs,
Libraries and Computer Labs are always in need of
new teaching equipment and supplies.
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Character and Encouragement-
Teaching character and encouraging students to
strive for excellence may be supported through our
Awards Program or Junior American Citizens Club.
There are awards given for all academic subjects,
performing arts, visual arts, citizenship, and many
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Christmas and Student Health Funds
- You may have a desire to
help a child celebrate Christmas through a gift to
the Christmas Fund. Or you may be interested in
helping with medical and dental needs of students
through contributions to the Helen Pouch Memorial
Fund or the Alabama Children's Fund.
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Endowment Fund- Investing in the future of
KDS may be your goal. You may help insure income to
KDS for years to come by making a contribution to
the Endowment Fund. Interest from this fund is used
in the General Operating Fund and the principal is
never spent. |
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Annual
Fund- There is always a great need for donations
to the Annual Fund. This fund pays expenses such as
salaries and payroll taxes, utilities, accounting
fees, travel expenses, insurance for vehicles and
buildings, maintenance and repair, office supplies
and postage, professional development, promotional
expense, technology upgrades, vehicle expenses, and
new equipment. This fund also picks up the expense
for anything our students need if specific funds
have not been donated.
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Campus Restoration- Your interest may be in
the restoration and beautification of campus
buildings and grounds. Funds are needed to replace
overgrown shrubbery with new plantings that are
indigenous to the mountain. Funds are also needed
to replace existing rock pathways and sidewalks. You
can help by making a gift to the KDS Land
Restoration Fund that will be used for the upkeep
and beautification of the campus.
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College Scholarship Funds- If you are
enthusiastic about helping deserving students
continue their education after high school, you may
want to consider providing a college scholarship.
Read below for details of scholarship funds.
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Work Scholarship Fund- Students hold after
school and summer jobs on campus helping with
maintenance, tutoring and clerical duties. Often
this money is used by the students to subsidize
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Kate Duncan Smith DAR School College Scholarship
Program
The college scholarship program at KDS is an
instrumental part of the total school program.
Scholarships are sponsored by individuals, DAR
chapters, DAR state organizations, and the NSDAR.
These scholarships provide needy and deserving
students with financial aid for tuition and books
so they may attend college.
Many
of our children graduate from KDS with exemplary
GPA's, outstanding ACT scores, and the knowledge and
determination it takes to obtain a college degree,
but without the means to pursue it. Because of the
outstanding academic training they receive at KDS,
those students who seek a college degree are highly
successful. The College Scholarship Program enables
many of our students to realize their dream of a
college diploma.
Naming a Scholarship
Each scholarship is named by the sponsor. You
may wish to name your scholarship in honor or in
memory of someone, yourself, or your chapter or
group.
How to Establish a College Scholarship at KDS
College scholarships are established in two
ways, endowments and annual giving. Endowments
are sent to the school and invested in the KDS
College Scholarship Endowment Fund. The principal
endowed is never touched, but the interest earned is
used to fund the scholarship. The amount of the
scholarship would vary each year as to the amount of
interest earned. Endowment Scholarships ensure that
the gift will be available for perpetuity.
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Annual Giving Program is the second way to
establish a scholarship at KDS. Funds for the
scholarship are sent to KDS prior to April of each
year and awarded in May at Awards Day. Due to the
increased cost of a college education, a $500.00
minimum scholarship is recommended. The disadvantage
to this program is that the school does not know if
the scholarship will continue from year to year, and
once the sponsor stops sending money, the
scholarship is discontinued.
The
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School has a DAR
Scholarship Committee which meets three times
yearly to consider scholarship applications. Members
of the committee include the DAR Board Chairman, the
Executive Director, the High School Principal, and
the High School Guidance Counselor. The committee is
governed by a set of guidelines. In establishing a
scholarship, the sponsor may add other guidelines if
they desire. All sponsors are notified of the
recipient and forwarded a picture of the student
receiving the award.
You
may also help provide college scholarships with
gifts of less than $500.00 by giving to our DAR
Scholarship Fund. This fund is named in honor of
the many Daughters who so unselfishly continue to
provide for this wonderful college scholarship
program.
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