Spring Lake Schools Foundation

The Spring Lake Schools Foundation is proud to be a member of the The Chamber - Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg ! We value the opportunity to connect with local businesses and community leaders who share our commitment to investing in the future of Spring Lake students. Together, we are building strong schools and a strong community.

As we head into summer, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude to the 2025–2026 Spring Lake Schools Foundation Board of Directors for their commitment to supporting our students, staff, and schools.

A special thank you to our Executive Committee:
⭐ Zach Kohley, President
⭐ Kim McLaughlin, Vice President
⭐ Tarah Okarski, Secretary
⭐ Joshua Datte, Treasurer

This dedicated team helps advance the mission of the Spring Lake Schools Foundation: to fund innovative curricular programs that promote academic excellence and engage our students.

Thank you to all who support the Foundation and invest in the future of Spring Lake students. Enjoy your summer, and we look forward to getting back to work serving our schools in the year ahead!

We would like to highlight our Silver Sponsors for the 2025–2026 school year. These partnerships are an investment in the education of our students, staff, and schools. Thank you for partnering with SLSF to !
Callen Engineering
Edward Jones
EQI
Excel Propane
Marks Orthodontics
Owen-Ames-Kimball
Radiology Muskegon
Reliant Professional Cleaning Contractors
TMP Architecture Inc.
Peter Basso Associates
Vork Brothers Painting

A HUGE thank you to our five Gold Partners for the 2025–2026 school year. Your partnership with Spring Lake Schools Foundation to will contribute to innovation, creativity and success at all grade levels and make a lasting impact on the entire district and community!
✴Leppinks Food Center
✴ Supreme Machined Products Co.
✴ Verplank Trucking Co.
✴Preferred Auto Dealerships
✴John & Jennifer Essex

Our SLSF Platinum Partners for the 2025–2026 school year are Great Lakes Power Tools and Eastbrook Homes! Their support contributes to creativity and innovation for students, staff and district. Together, we’ll continue to ! ✴

We're so grateful for Baker Automotive Group - our Title Sponsor for the 2025-2026 school year! This partnership is instrumental in impacting students across the district!As always, Thank you for all you do for SLSF!❤🚗

We are thrilled to award a Student Enrichment Grant led by Paige Roetman for Cultural Literacy Through Spanish Novels! 📚✨

This exciting opportunity highlights something that makes the Spring Lake Schools Foundation unique: our Student Enrichment Program.

Our Student Enrichment Program provides funding for Spring Lake Public Schools students to pursue innovative, academically related interests and activities connected to an SLPS club, group, or class.

We are proud to support creative, enriching opportunities like this for our students. Go Lakers!

Look at those smiles! 😊

Spring Lake High School students are excited to be using brand-new graphing calculators, made possible through a grant from the Spring Lake Schools Foundation!

This grant provided 30 new graphing calculators and charging docking stations for math classrooms, giving students access to updated technology for Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and standardized test preparation. These calculators will help students build confidence and efficiency with the tools they’ll use on important assessments like the SAT.

The previous classroom calculators had served hundreds of students over many years and were beginning to lose their ability to hold a charge. By replacing this classroom set, the math department can also redistribute working older calculators to other classrooms—maximizing resources for even more students.

This is exactly why the Spring Lake Schools Foundation exists: to support innovative learning opportunities and provide the tools our students need to succeed. ✨

Thank you to our generous partners and donors for making moments like this possible!

The students at Holmes Elementary have been having some extra fun lately thanks to a grant from the Spring Lake Schools Foundation! 🎉

Using their new push carts, students have been playing Hungry Hungry Hippos as part of their STEM-Gym Force Unit, where they explore the science of pushes and pulls through hands-on movement and play.

It’s innovative, engaging ideas like this that make supporting Spring Lake teachers through Foundation grants so rewarding. Seeing creativity in action while students learn through movement is exactly what these opportunities are all about! 🩶❤️

Thank you to our amazing educators for bringing learning to life in such fun and meaningful ways!