Projects
SMSSAFF’s
current
fund-raising
efforts
are
focused
on
SMSSI’s
endowment
fund
and
faculty
salary
assistance.
Endowment Fund
The
concept
of
an
endowment
fund
is
a
pool
of
permanently
investede
assets
set
aside
to
generate
a
perpetual
stream
of
financial
support
for
SMSSI.
The
original
donation,
known
as
the
principal
or
corpus,
is
supposed
to
be
held
in
perpetuity
and
invested
to
earn
income,
while
only
a
portion
of
that
investment
earnings
is
spent
each
year
to
support
SMSSI’s
operation.
For
instance,
75%
of
earnings
will
be
set
aside
for
operations
while
25%
will
be
plowed back to principal.
All
proceeds,
however,
of
past
fund-raising
campaigns
for
the
SMSSI
endowment
fund
had
been
diverted
to
operations
mainly
on
faculty
salaries.
Tuition
fees
and
donations
were
not
enough
to
sustain
the
operations
of
the
school.
As
the
late
Frank
Longid
(link
this
to
an
article
on
Frank
Longid)
would
often
argue:
“A-anhin
pa
natin
ang
damu
kong
patay
na
ang
kabayo”.
In
English,
this
could
be
translated
thus:
what
good
is
the
grass
collected,
if
the
horse
it
is
intended
to
feed,
is
already
dead.
Better
to
feed
all
the
grass
to
the
horse
while
it
is
still alive.
With
the
coming
of
a
God-Send,
Dr.
Dennis
Faustino
(link
this
to
an
article
on
Dennis
Faustino),
who
donated
a
big
chunk
of
his
personal
and
inheritance
fortune
as
well
as
services
to
SMSSI,
the
school
finances
have
stabilized
allowing
SMSSAFF
to
once
again,
give
some
attention
to
the
endowment
fund
raising concerns of the school alumni.
Salary Assistance Fund
This
is
an
emergency
fund
set
aside
to
help
faculty
salaries
catch
up
faster
to
their
public
school
counterparts
by
augmenting
traditional
sources
of
funds
(i.
e.,
tuition
fees,
government
subsidies
and
interest
earnings
of
the
endowment
fund)
to
close
the public-private sector salary gap.
This,
in
effect,
balances
the
concerns
of
those
who
believe
that
all
funds
should
be
allocated
to
all
current
critical
needs
of
SMSSI;
and
those
who
argue
that
funds
should
be
set
aside
for
the
long-term
operations
of
the
school.
It
is
hoped
that
this
will
result
in
greater
active
alumni
support
to
SMSSAFF’s
fund raising efforts. Ta ma-id ma-ok-okos.
Past Fund Raising Efforts
In
the
past,
fund-raising
efforts
of
SMSSAFF
were
on
hellping
SMSSI
raise
funds
for
capital
expenditures:
i.
e.,
general
renovation
of
the
school
buildings
dilapidated
exterior
(i.
e.,
roof
and
wall
paintings,
replacement
of
broken
windows,
steps
and
corridor
repairs),
class
room
renovations,
science/biology
lab,
computer
lab,
digitized
library
and
school
gymnasium.
Scholarships,
faculty
chair
fund-raising
as
well
as
book
campaigns
were
likewise
undertaken
in
support
of
the
new
school
administration’s
efforts
to
raise
the
bar
of
quality
education
at
SMSSI
to
international
standards.
The
school
instituted
a
paradym
shift
in
learning
approach
from
a
faculty-
centered
to
a
student-centered
learning
approach
practiced
by
many
schools
in
the
more
economically
advanced countries of the world.
St. Mary’s School of Sagada Alumni and Friends Foundation, Inc.
(SMSSAFF, Inc.)
Kiltepan Sunrise, Sagada,
Projects
SMSSAFF’s
current
fund-raising
efforts
are
focused
on
SMSSI’s
endowment
fund
and
faculty
salary
assistance.
E
n
d
o
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m
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n
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p
r
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p
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m
a
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n
l
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f
a
c
u
l
t
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s
a
l
a
r
i
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s
.
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u
i
t
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f
e
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s
a
n
d
d
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t
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w
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t
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t
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p
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r
a
t
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s
o
f
t
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c
h
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s
t
h
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a
t
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F
r
a
n
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L
o
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l
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k
t
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t
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a
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t
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c
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o
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l
d
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f
t
e
n
a
r
g
u
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:
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A
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m
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b
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v
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t
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S
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,
t
h
e
s
c
h
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f
i
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s
h
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m
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f
u
n
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a
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s
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c
o
n
c
e
r
n
s
o
f
t
h
e
s
c
h
o
o
l
a
l
u
m
ni.
Salary Assistance Fund
This
is
an
emergency
fund
set
aside
to
help
faculty
salaries
catch
up
faster
to
their
public
school
counterparts
by
augmenting
traditional
sources
of
funds
(i.
e.,
tuition
fees,
government
subsidies
and
interest
earnings
of
the
endowment
fund)
to
close
the public-private sector salary gap.
This,
in
effect,
balances
the
concerns
of
those
who
believe
that
all
funds
should
be
allocated
to
all
current
critical
needs
of
SMSSI;
and
those
who
argue
that
funds
should
be
set
aside
for
the
long-
term
operations
of
the
school.
It
is
hoped
that
this
will
result
in
greater
active
alumni
support
to
SMSSAFF’s
fund
raising
efforts.
Ta
ma-id
ma-ok-
Past Fund Raising Efforts
In
the
past,
fund-raising
efforts
of
SMSSAFF
were
on
hellping
SMSSI
raise
funds
for
capital
expenditures:
i.
e.,
general
renovation
of
the
school
buildings
dilapidated
exterior
(i.
e.,
roof
and
wall
paintings,
replacement
of
broken
windows,
steps
and
corridor
repairs),
class
room
renovations,
science/biology
lab,
computer
lab,
digitized
library
and
school
gymnasium.
Scholarships,
faculty
chair
fund-raising
as
well
as
book
campaigns
were
likewise
undertaken
in
support
of
the
new
school
administration’s
efforts
to
raise
the
bar
of
quality
education
at
SMSSI
to
international
standards.
The
school
instituted
a
paradym
shift
in
learning
approach
from
a
faculty-
centered
to
a
student-centered
learning
approach
practiced
by
many
schools
in
the
more
economically advanced countries of the world.
