The Mission of CFSFAA is to promote educational excellence through student scholarships and teacher grants, and to serve as a vehicle for alumni connections.
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What is the Cuyahoga Falls Schools Foundation & Alumni Association (CFSFAA)
We are a non-profit (501(c)(3 ) organization with a mission to promote educational excellence in the Cuyahoga Falls School District. Through your generosity and desire to give back to your school district and its community, we award scholarships and teacher grants, and foster relationships with current students and alumni.
Led by a Board of Trustees made up of alumni, parents, and community members, the CFSFAA strives to support the students, staff and alumni of Cuyahoga Falls City Schools. Founded in 1983 by Dr. Harold Wilson, Superintendent of the Cuyahoga Falls City Schools, John W. Steinhauer, Assistant Superintendent, John David Jones, and Gary Marshall.
Your Membership and donations provide:
Student Scholarships - Awarded annually to graduating seniors and made possible through donor contributions to CFSFAA.
Teacher Grants - Teacher grants are awarded annually to cover the costs or defray expenses for programs that enhance student learning in the classroom. Awards are given for innovative, creative & diverse activities.
Distinguished Alumni Awards - Awarded annually to recognize alumni for their significant achievements in their various fields of work and/or volunteerism
Top TIger - To further support the ongoing efforts of the Cuyahoga Falls City Schools, CFSFAA supports the Top Tiger Awards. Created by the Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education, these awards honor two outstanding students from each building per month at a School Board Meeting. The focus of the program is to recognize students from all grade levels who excel in citizenship, academics, and civic activities within their school and the community. The program allow the Board of Education to publicly acknowledge the positive accomplishments of our students.
Alumni Services - We host class websites; offer a class funds holding account; update the CFSFAA master list as we communicate with alumni; maintain a vibrant, ever changing CFSFAA website that includes a Members-Only site with Yearbooks, historical Cuyahoga Falls City & Schools information, Reunion ideas, reunion vendor lists, and more; advertise Reunions and Class Get-Togethers; assist in finding a classmate through a class representative page, social media and our office support; email newsy communications to members periodically during the year; promote an annual CFSFAA membership at various levels that encourage Pay It Forward opportunities that support student scholarships and teacher grants.
The Mission of CFSFAA is to promote educational excellence through student scholarships and teacher grants, and to serve as a vehicle for alumni connections.
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May 2024 Awards Recognition Ceremony
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 7:00 pm in the Cuyahoga Falls High School Auditorium our 39th Annual Recognition Ceremony and Reception was held, and a Wonderful Evening was had by all.
We awarded 56 scholarships, totalling $148,500. Plus, we announced 13 teacher grants to staff throughout our school district, totalling $13,500. Thank you to all our members and donors for their generous contributions that make this possible.
We also recognized our Distinguished Alumni for 2024. They are: Percy Grenfell, Class of 1949, Paul Rogers, Class of 1963, Cynthia Leach Atterholt, Class of 1973, and Mark Sullivan, Class of 1976. New this year was the recognition of a Legacy Distinguished Alumni Award, awarded in the memory of Dick Stodghill.
Read about these and all the other Distinguished Alumni here on our website.
Special Thanks to the Cuyahoga Falls RIVERFRONT YMCA for sponsoring our Awards Ceremony reception on May 7th, 2024. We greatly appreciate having the Y as a community partner.
Why become a member of CFSFAA? To pay it forward to the future generations. Your contributions help pay for student scholarships and teacher grants. Also, you gain access to the Members Only page of our Website. Join today for complete access.
The Foundation, why we do what we do
Read a heartwarming, very grateful letter from a recipient of the Class of 1958 Scholarship
And, see what others do to help us we do what we do
Most of us think of our Tiger mascot as the one they knew when they graduated. But how many tigers have we had? Here are a few from our history, as reported in class yearbooks over the years.
Join us, and check out the yearbooks in our members only section!