Saturday, July 31, 2010
WELCOME
The LEAD (Learning and Educating About Disabilities) Foundation was organized in 2002 by a handful of parents familiar with the frustrations and difficulties of putting students with learning disabilities and/or AD/HD through the public school system.

The Foundation supports and educates the entire Colorado Springs community on issues relating to learning disabilities and AD/HD by hosting free Community Forums to the public, often featuring nationally known speakers and experts on learning disabilities, sponsoring a Parent Support Group to parents in the junior high and elementary schools, funding scholarships to students with learning disabilities and providing a community Resource Center of materials on Learning Disabilities and AD/HD.

In addition, the Foundation supports the unique LEAD program in the Cheyenne Mountain School District in fulfilling their mission to educate others about learning disabilities. Started in 1997, The LEAD program has built a reputation throughout the nation, as an exemplary curriculum for "Learning and Educating about Disabilities".

Replication of programs similar to LEAD in other high schools, which teach students with learning disabilities the importance of self-knowledge and self-advocacy skills, is one of the primary goals of the LEAD Foundation.

LEAD Alumni 2009-2010 Scholarship

For the past eight years the LEAD Foundation has assisted the LEAD Program at Cheyenne Mountain High School in its mission to Learn & Educate About Disabilities.

The LEAD Foundation annually awards a $1000.00 scholarship to LEAD Alumni to use for post-secondary tuition and books. Adam Tucker, Stanton Kensinger, Katie Dunn, Michelle Plush, Aggie Poje, Hillary Howes and Zach Butler are past recipients of the LEAD Alumni Scholarship. The recipient of the 2009-2010 scholarship will be awarded $1,000 to the post-secondary institution of their choice which can be redeemed for Winter/Spring, Summer or Fall Semester of 2010.

If you wish to be considered for the scholarship this year, please complete the following questionnaire and return it to the LEAD Foundation, c/o Michelle Plush, 7479 Bentwater Drive, Fountain, CO 80817 or e-mail application to plush2thetouch@msn.com no later than December 1, 2009. If writing is not your style, please feel free to be creative in your mode of response (i.e. videotape or voice recording).

The winner of the scholarship will be posted on this website after December 1, 2009. They will also be receiving a congratulatory letter with instructions on how to redeem the scholarship after the December 1st date. Even if you are not interested in applying for the scholarship, please take a minute to email plush2thetouch@msn.com or annaughton@aol.com with your current contact information so that we can add your name to our database which will enable us to better communicate with you.

LEAD Alumni Scholarship Questionnaire:

1. Briefly, tell us what you have been doing since graduation from CMHS?

2. How has the LEAD Program played a part in your life, academically and/or socially since graduation from CMHS?

3. Please identify 1-3 LEAD experiences that you feel played a significant role in your post graduate endeavors.

4. Please identify any postgraduate activities that you are involved in that help you, or others to learn and educate about disabilities.

5. What advice would you provide to students, high school or younger, that have been diagnosed with a learning disability?

Class of 1998
  · Beth Kennedy
Class of 1999
  · Adam Tucker*
  · Bret Lohman
  · Katie Dunn
  · Kathryn Landuyt
  · Jason Mikita
  · Harvey Mitchell
Class of 2000
  · Andrew Hays
Class of 2001
  · Zack Barrett
  · Megan Bierley
  · Megan Massey
  · Stanton Kinsinger*
Class of 2002
  · Michelle Schultz*
  · Ted Wrobel
  · Charlie Higbie
  · Ashley Gieck
  · Todd Little
  · Todd Edens
Class of 2003
  · Drew Kinsinger
  · Amber Leusden
  · Rachel Miss
  · Aggie Poje*
  
Class of 2004
  · Kevin Bennett
  · Christine Beutel
  · Betsey Bloss
  · Brian Burris
  · Amanda Childs
  · Aimee Gravette
  · Robert Gregory
  · Martin Papp
  · Cale Quimby
  · Amanda Vogel
Class of 2005
  · Ian Doig
  · Mia Gagner
  · Richard Groat
  · Hillary Howes*
  · Adam Jinkins
  · Matthew Kenrick
  · Andrew Schierholz
  · Quinton Wilder
Class of 2006
  · Richard Blanco
  · Jacob Butita
  · Matthew Clark
  · Lindsay Cooper
  · Megan Doughty
  · David Frost
  · Thomas Kane
  · Robert Naughton
  · Lorin Smith
  · Lara White
  
Class of 2007
  · Zach Butler
  · Nick Campanero
  · Andrew Dude
  · Jessica LaForge
  · Savannah Lavenstein
  · Rebecca Rice
  · Kaitlin Teague
  · Spencer White
  · Adam Wojdyla
  · Lara White

 
LEAD Foundation is an affiliated fund of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity.
LEAD Foundation, 730 N. Nevada, Colorado Springs, CO 80903