The CDM Foundation is dedicated to making Corona del Mar Middle and High School “the best” secondary schools in the nation through support to academic, college prep, athletic, physical plant and extracurricular programs.  The CdM Foundation was formed in the mid-90’s and has funded over $6,000,000 in programs benefitting CdM students since its founding.

2008-2009 Funding Initiatives

The CdM Foundation will spend approximately $800,000 during this school year.  The initiatives include five areas:

Counseling/Services: The Foundation will fund an additional guidance counselor, a college program counselor, a school nurse and a counselor guidance technician at an approximate cost of $271,000.  This support provides a functional staff/student ratio for counseling, a college prep support system commensurate with private and prep schools, and a physical/psychological support system that benefits CdM students.

Core Academic:  The Foundation will support a Science teaching assistant (TA), Grading substitutes that allow teachers to conduct after school study sessions, Technology Lab and Administrative Assistants with a budgeted cost of $77,000.

Grants: The Foundation will support community service, an Athletic trainer, College Counselor stipend, after-school study clinics, College counseling and the College Planning Notebooks (with training sessions).  The budgeted expenditure is $106,000.

Other items: Physical plant (steam-cleaning school), special projects and G& A are budgeted at $75,000 (note that G&A is $25K, or roughly 3% of budget).

Infrastructure: The Quad Phase II is $260,000, which will include replacing the stage, including a cover over the stage and other quad improvements.

Historical Perspective

State and district funding provide a safe physical plant and qualified teachers and staff, yet budget limitations preclude adequate funding of “soft programs” (technology, adequate counseling, nursing and college resources, improving physical structure beyond code safety standards, etc.).  The CdM Foundation has “filled the gap” to assure that your child has world class resources and learning environment.  Key improvements in recent years include the Quad upgrade this past summer, a technology overhaul including new computer labs and resource center two years ago, ongoing technology training for staff and teachers to create 21st Century education, and continual support for an administration that can handle the load of 2,200 students.

2008-2009 Fundraising Goals