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The School Scholarship Program is made possible by support from the following generous donors*:
$10,000 and higher
Rice Family Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
$5,000 to $9,999
Beckman Coulter
Boeing Company
DeFalco Family Foundation
$2,500 to $4,999
Biogen-Idec Foundation
Biosite
Gen-Probe
Hewlett-Packard
$1,000 to $2,499
BD Biosciences
Pat and Hugh Carter
Carol and Jeffrey Chang
Joy and Jeffrey Kirsch
Kyocera Wireless
Ellen and Charles MacVean
Lori Fleet-Martin and Mike Martin
Colleen and Roberto Padovani
JoEllen and Lowell Parsons
William Reed
Viterbi Family Fund of the
Jewish Community Foundation
Margie and John Warner
Chuck and Judy Wheatley
Toby and Jack Wolf
$500 to $999
Valerie and William Anders
Joseph Cohen and Martha Farish
Fund of the Jewish
Community Foundation
Martha and Edward Dennis
Doris and Peter Ellsworth
Cindy Bobin-Foit and Del Foit
Marilyn and William McKenzie
Miyo and Mitchell Reff
Suzan and Gad Shaanan
Katherine Sheehan and
Frederick Walker
Solekai Systems Corporation
Christine White and Joseph Traube
$100 to $499
Suzanne and Sanjay Agarwal
Amee and Madhu Alagiri
Mikky Bhargava
Pat and Bill Bleha
Judy and Aubrey Burer
Jo Dale Carothers
Nikki and Ben Clay
Byrne and Richard Eger
Ronne Froman
General Atomics/Linden Blue
Alison and George Gildred
Norma and Gary Hirsh
Lynne and John Kennedy
Kiley and Rick MacDonald
Linda and Joe Marrone
Judy and Jim Mayer
Phyllis and Mike Mazaika
Robert H. Meyer
Catie and Trevor Nelson
Deborah Horwitz and Paul Nierman
Genevieve and Kellogg Parsons
Nancy Robertson and Mark Cookingham
Joan and Maurice Sabado
Judi and Jon Schmauss
Debbie and Mark Slonim
Marjorie and John Sorensen
Tracy Sundlun
Marlene and Michael Teitelman
Ann Wille
Betty Jo and Harold Williams
Gary Zeugschmidt
*Donors within the past year. List current as of May 5, 2006.
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 Since its inception in 2000, the School Scholarship Program has provided over 60,000 students and teachers from low-income K-12 schools with free access to the Fleet Science Center.
Current studies of science proficiency in our schools have found a wide gap between the scores of high and low-income students. This holds true at the national, state, and local levels.
As Dr. Jeffrey Kirsch, executive director at the Fleet Science Center, points out, "It is clear that students from low-income communities in San Diego are at a disadvantage when it comes to science education, and this program is one of our most successful efforts addressing this ongoing need."
 Field trips arranged through the School Scholarship Program provide school groups with a memorable, crystallizing moment for a year of studying science in the classroom. Whether it is time spent in interactive exhibit galleries, an IMAX film, a planetarium show, a hands-on science workshop, or flying a mock shuttle mission in the Challenger Learning Center, the Fleet Science Center helps students realize that science education is cool, fun, and accessible.
A field trip through the School Scholarship Program may be the first time a San Diego student visits Balboa Park. At the Fleet Science Center the natural enthusiasm for the field trip is transformed into an enthusiasm for scientific exploration.
The Fleet Science Center is only able to offer these services for free as funding allows. All donations made to the School Scholarship Program directly benefit low-income school groups that would not otherwise be able to participate in the Fleet Science Center’s educational services.
 Thank you for helping us inspire those who need it most. If you are interested in making a donation to the School Scholarship Program please contact Associate Director of Development, at (619) 685-5749 or.
The School Scholarship Program is open to schools within San Diego County with a 60% or higher student enrollment in the national free and reduced lunch program. There are currently 227 schools in San Diego County that meet these criteria, representing more than 140,000 students.
If you are a teacher from a low-income school site in San Diego County, and are interested in finding out if funding is available for your class, please call (619) 238-1233 ext. 802.
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