Together We Strengthen

Our Schools!

10Years of PiE!

Celebrating

2014–2015 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

To our supporters in the Palo Alto schools community,This year we hope you will join us in celebrating an important milestone: PiE is ten years old!

As we look back on our first decade, we are so proud of all that we have accomplished together. We have

raised funds to be distributed to at all eighteen Palo Alto Unified (PAUSD) school sites. And, we have

worked hard to develop a common vision of support and enrichment for all our students.

Most importantly, we have gone from raising $1.7 million in our first year to giving over $5.3 million

to Palo Alto schools this year. In fact, with your help we have raised nearly $35 million over the past

decade. And, we have done it together. In the past ten years we have tripled the number of donors, to

more than 4,500 this year.

We are incredibly proud of the impact that you, our donors, have had on our schools. With your help,

we have made dramatic increases in school staffing and the number of classes offered. Many important

teachers, counselors, and caring adults have been present in our children’s lives for the past ten years

because our community has come together through PiE.

That is why our new message is: Join us! Together we strengthen our schools. Whether you grew up in

Palo Alto or just moved in from overseas, you have an important role in helping make your student’s life

better at school. After all, our kids only grow up once. So let’s make it the best it can be.

Thank you for all that you have helped us accomplish in our first ten years for our students, and please

continue to support us in the next decade—together we can continue to strengthen our schools.

Warmly,

Asha Guha and Missy Reller P A R T N E R S I N E D U C A T I O N

* Unaudited results.The Board decided to use excess unrestricted funds

from prior years to make a larger gift exceeding revenue from current

year donations.

2 0 1 4 - 1 5 R E V E N U E S

PAUSD Families, including

Foundations, Donor Advised Funds $ 4,905,081

Corporate Matching Gifts $ 732,629

Community Campaign $ 105,023

PiE Business Partners $ 77,826

Other Income (interest, escrip) $ 8,264

TOTAL REVENUE $ 5,828,823

2 0 1 4 - 1 5 E X P E N S E S

Program Expenses

PiE Donations to Schools $ 5,300,000

Teacher Grants $ 180,060

Total Program Expenses $ 5,480,060

Operating Expenses

Development (includes staff) $ 200,991

Marketing & Communications $ 36,738

Events $ 2,119

Administrative $ 182,596

Total Operating Expenses $ 422,444

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 5,902,504

Results*

200+

>$1M in teacher grants over 10 years

volunteers

actively

supported

PiE this year.PiE has given >$35M to PAUSD over 10 years.

744 new donors this year

250+ Caring Adultsfunded in full or in part

by PiE this year

donors have contributed every year for 10 years.

427

4,531

$732,629

generous donors contributed $5.8 million dollars this year.

in corporate matching funds arranged by our donors this year

PiE is the

largest source

of discretionary

funding for

principals at

all levels.

Elementary 64%

Middle 67%

High 73%

years of PiE building great schools in Palo Alto!

10

The Numbers

1 in 4 secondary school counselors are funded by PiE.

E L E M E N TA R Y S C H O O L

PiE Supports all Elementary Schools:

Bill Gutoff“We augment the teachers’ curriculum with classes on

astronomy, geology, physics, biology, and chemistry.

Scientific thinking helps the kids learn how to gather

information to make good decisions in all aspects of life.

I love watching them get into it with hands-on projects as

they discover new things and figure it out for themselves.

Sometimes I’ll even try to trick them, so they learn to

think independently and use other information sources.

Thanks to the PiE donors for making this all possible!”

—Bill Gutoff

69,587hours of instructional aide time

of science enrichment

(Junior Museum, etc)

is funded by PiE.

Science Educator, Palo Alto Junior Museum

90%

16 math and

reading specialists*

of Spectra Art instruction is

funded by PiE.

100%1500+ hours of

school climate

support

*Funded in full or in part by PiE

M I D D L E S C H O O L

PiE Supports all Middle Schools:

Michele Chin“PiE funds enable one counselor per grade level, allowing

me to follow a class all the way through Terman. We

really get to know the students over three years and

have enough time to help them. I check in with each of

my students at least once a year and assist with grade

transition, social-emotional issues, academic issues,

organizational and time management skills, and class

selection. It’s incredibly rewarding and fulfilling to watch

the kids grow during middle school and see that our

efforts really make a difference.”

—Michelle Chin

School Counselor, Terman Middle School

Music

sectionals

16 Electives*

Architectural drawing

Biotechnology

Broadcast journalism

Ceramics

Choir

Creative writing

Drama

French

Industrial technology

Marine biology

Math enrichment

Money matters

Music

Orchestra

Public speaking

Video production

*Funded in full or in part by PiE

1,200hours of

additional

counseling

More electives

reduce class sizes

for everyone.

H I G H S C H O O L

Brett Griffith“Our unique program provides the tools and support our

talented students use to create great movies. I really like

working with them; their ideas are so fresh and fun. This

year, three student films were shown at the prestigious

Cinequest film festival. Our graphic design students

use professional design tools to create works receiving

widespread recognition. PiE is instrumental in making it

all possible.”

—Brett Griffith

Digital filmmaking and graphic design teacher,

Palo Alto High School

*Funded in full or in part by PiE

8 Electives*

Biotechnology

Community service

Computer science

Engineering

Graphic design

Industrial Design

Music

Video production

Language Lab

Science Lab

Guidance

Counseling

Writing center

Teacher advisors

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PiE Supports Gunn and Paly:

40 additional

teacher advisors,

teacher mentors,

and counselors*

Board of Directors

Asha Guha President

Missy Reller Executive Vice President

Meredith Ackley *

Susan Bailey

Carrie Daniel

Amy Darling

Diane Downend

Colleen Gormley

Tricia Herrick

Mudita Jain

George Jaquette

Susy Kim

Rita Lee *

Maria Leeman

Susie Levine*

Jeanne Marzano

Elizabeth May

Tania Nanevicz *

Karen French Neuman

Kelly Mahoney

Kristi McMichael

Elizabeth Olson

Jane L. Smith *

Jenny Stein

David Stewart *

Victoria Thorp *

*Departed May 2015

Incoming Board 2015-16

Kamal Ardeshna

Victoria Chang

Doug Hagan

Kanwal Raza

Hideko Sakamoto

Dena Seki

Nils Thorjussen

PiE Staff

Kathy Schroeder Executive Director

Emily Jaquette Deputy Director

Jamey Boccio Development Manager

2014-15 Advisory Council

Sue Allen

Melissa Anderson

Stacey Ashlund

Laura Breyfogle

Marcie Brown

Fran Codispoti

Andrea Cook Fleming

Alli Deeter

Becky Epstein

Anoop Goyal

Elaine Hahn

Julie Jerome

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Karen Matthys

Linda Miola Furrier

Elizabeth Olson

Sigrid Pinsky

Robin Reynolds

Greg Sands

Sarah Sands

Ruth-Anne Siegel

Shilpa Singhal

Clint Smith

Megan Swezey Fogarty

Avie Tevanian

Linda Verhulp

Diana Walsh

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Thank you! Together we strengthen our schools.

Every Palo Alto school—from elementary through high

school—has a team of dedicated parents who serve as its

PiE Chairs, and and who are on-site to answer questions that

arise from the community. To these and all the other amazing

PiE volunteers, we offer our sincere thanks. We could not

have done it without you this year—or any of the past ten

years! Volunteers truly are the heart of PiE.

Please join us in actively supporting PiE at your school! The

best way to begin is by contacting one of your PiE School

Chairs, or by sending an email to: volunteering@papie.org.

Volunteers

2014-15 PiE Chairs

Addison: Amy Wasson, Kelli Tomlinson, Lesley Phillips, Laura Sturnio, Nicole Garratt

Barron Park: Greta Gize Olbrech, Mike Nanevicz

Juana Briones: Heewon Park, Rachel Miller, Steve Lawrence

Duveneck: Amy Kacher, Brooke Davis, Eugine van Wynen, Michele Wang, Seema Vora, Suzanne Quo

El Carmelo: Medha Nanal, Mizhuto Goto, Sarah Cornwell, Susy Kim, Yan Sun

Escondido: Chris Makler, Clarissa Lee, Michelle Hansen

Fairmeadow: Holly Hogan, Susan Leech, Tammy Truher

Hoover: Amelia Piutau, Fiona Huang, Hideko Sakamoto, Kanwal Raza, Shirley Wang

Nixon: Audrey Gold, Julie Wissink, Mary Falcon

Ohlone: John Green, Kristan Green, Yeuen Kim, Jessica Palmer, Jacqueline Ramsdale, Leena Sanguiri, Meera Saxena, Nancy Williams

Palo Verde: Emily Jacquette, Hena Kauser, Liliana Kunze Briseno, Rod Lehman, Shailan Shah

Walter Hays: Alma Mendezo, Jing Jing Mirachandi, Kim Martin, Melani Yuen, Tara Perreca, Sudeshna Raha

Young 5’s: Jessica Resmini

JLS: Annelise Mora, Jennifer Mutz, Pam Markevitch, Scott Gualdoni, Suman Gupta

Jordan: Bijal Shah, Dara Knoblock, Elizabeth Olson, Jeanese Snyder, Marina Zago

Terman: Susan Giovannotto, Sapna Sood, Prerana Vaidya

Gunn: Laura Wingard, Nancy Smith, Sonya Bradski, Stacey Ashlund, Victoria Chang

Paly: Kamal Aredeshna, Linda Furrier, Maria Zajac, Ruth Wu

PiE Teacher Grants Team

Brian Aronstam

Marcy Brown

Asha Guha

Emily Jaquette

Jeanne Marzano

Al Russell

Kathy Schroeder

Linda Verhulp

PiE Slice Team

Susan Bush

Gretchen De Andre

Joanie King

Mimi Lyons

Victoria Thorp

Photography

Charlotta Hauksdottir

Nils Thorjussen

Graphic Design

Julia Foug, Foug Design

Stockbroker

Greg Takata, Morgan Stanley