Jordan Automotive Group Contributes $25,000 to PHMEF Endowment

The Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees voted to approve the sponsorship agreement between the P-H-M Education Foundation and Jordan Automotive Group at tonight’s Board meeting (Monday, January 25, 2016).

Per the agreement, Jordan Automotive Group will donate $25,000 to the P-H-M Education Foundation endowment for a 12-year naming rights period, thereby affording Jordan the opportunity to name the Penn High School baseball field. Jordan Automotive Group will also pay the signage costs to have the field renamed “Jordan Automotive Group Baseball Field at Penn High School.”

The mission of the Education Foundation is to develop alternative sources of income to support education initiatives in the School Corporation by strengthening partnerships between the community and the District. PHMEF supports education through awarding innovative teaching grants, scholarships to students, staff development and other corporation-wide initiatives.

Per PHMEF’s naming rights fundraising initiative, 80 percent of the donation will go into the Foundation’s endowment, which will in turn provide alternative and additional funding for various co-curricular and extracurricular programs. The remaining 20 percent will directly fund professional development initiatives for P-H-M teachers. Continuing education and training of teachers is a major priority for P-H-M School District. With the recent release of the 2015 ISTEP+ scores, P-H-M believes the key to providing an excellent education is excellent teachers.

“P-H-M’s ‘Triangle of Success’ is built upon students, teachers and parents. Community partners are vital to sustaining P-H-M’s excellence in education,” said P-H-M Superintendent Dr. Thacker. “Support and strong commitments from community partners like Jordan Automotive help ensure that our students will have access to resources better preparing them for college and career success.” 

This is the 2nd time in a month that a community business has contributed to the P-H-M Education Foundation Endowment. At the January 11, 2016 Board meeting, the Board of School Trustees approved the $25,000 donation by Zolman's Tire & Auto Care. The sponsorship gives Zolman's 12-year naming rights to name the north concession stand at Penn High School’s TCU Freed Field.  The area will now be named “The Zolman Tire Concession Stand.” To read more about past sponsorships and donations to the P-H-M Education Foundation Endowment, please click here.