Through the Foundation, alumni and friends of the Aberdeen Public School District can establish a lasting legacy through an endowment fund. Donors have a variety of endowment giving options. Contributions may be made to an endowment fund that is already established, or a new fund may be created in honor or memory of a class, team, individual, as a family, etc.

Once the principle of an endowment fund reaches $10,000, interest earned from the principle is then used in the area specified by the donor(s). For an endowment to be named, it must reach $10,000 within five years.

Restricted scholarship funds are another option for alumni and friends to award scholarships to students through the APS Foundation.

Through the generosity of our alumni, friends and area businesses and community organizations, the following endowments and restricted scholarship funds have been initiated to help K-12 students succeed in the Aberdeen Public School District and beyond!

• Aberdeen Area Retired School Teachers and Personnel Endowment

• Aberdeen Public Schools Athletic Booster Scholarship Endowment

• CHS Class of 1949 Rising Scholars Endowment

• CHS Class of 1963 Endowment

• CHS Class of 1965 Scholarship

• CHS Class of 1971 Scholarship Fund

• CHS Class of 1972 Scholarship Fund in memory of classmates lost

• CHS Class of 1973 Endowment

• CHS Class of 1974 Endowment

• CHS Class of '78 Memorial Fund

• CHS Class of 1981 Endowment

• CHS Hall of Fame Scholarship Endowment

• Charlotte Wilson Clarke Memorial Endowment

• Sally J. Couser Memorial Endowment

• Professor Virginia L. Dixon, Class of '63 Endowment

• Doolittle Memorial Endowment

• Patricia A. Grover Fors and Elton W. Fors Endowment

• Nathan Golz and Heidi Golz Scholarship Fund

• Lynn Hanson Endowment

• Joshua Hinderks Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Jeanette Hurrell Memorial Endowment

• Vern Jark ’72 Memorial Scholarship Endowment

• Johnsen- Herschleb Endowment

• Russ Keen Memorial Scholarship Endowment

• Earnest Kerby Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Dean Kranhold Memorial Endowment

• Kurt Kruger Memorial Endowment

• Kyburz - Carlson Building /Construction Trades Scholarship Endowment

• Fulton Joseph “Jeff” Lickfelt ‘60 Memorial Endowment

• Larry H. Lovrien Memorial Endowment

• David Lust Endowment

• Coach Martens Memorial Endowment

• Mike Miller "Committed to the Community" Endowment

• Mini-Grant Endowment

• Buz Potter Memorial Endowment

• Beth Rietz-Walth Education Endowment

• Don and Rosemary Reshetar Memorial Endowment

• Science Research Endowment

• David and Mary Ann Shaw Track and Cross Country Scholarship Fund

• Speech and Debate Endowment

• Claire Taylor-Sherman Endowment

• Visual Arts Endowment

• Alonzo Ward III Memorial Endowment

Click here to view a complete list of the scholarships administered by the Aberdeen Public Schools Foundation and links to their applications.

If you are interested in more information about a particular endowment or scholarship fund, or about starting an endowment or scholarship fund, please contact the Foundation Office.