The Kelly McGinnis Memorial Foundation is delighted to announce our award recipients for 2009:
Awards throughout the years:
The Kelly McGinnis Memorial Foundation is delighted to announce our 2009 Scholarship recipients.
We were stunned by the caliber of young people applying for this scholarship who are interested in continuing their education in Career Technology Education (CTE) programs or going directly into the work force after graduation. This level of commitment so impressed the Board of Directors that the decision was made to increase the amounts of the awards to our top two students!
Jarrod McGehee $2,500.00 San Marcos High School Chris Houts $2,500.00 Ramona High School Kimberlee Webb $1,000.00 Ramona High School Erika Woosley $1,000.00 Ramona High School David Baca $1,000.00 Valhalla High School 
The scholarship recipients received their checks at the Regional Occupational Awards Ceremony, held May 20, 2009. It was a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to hear from all of applicants, and review their packages. We are very excited by this year’s recipients. We look forward to continuing our support of CTE programs and students at the high school level here in San Diego County. Feedback from our scholarship recipients:
"Thank you so much for the scholarship. It helped me out so much
when I moved out here to Phoenix. It's really is what got me
through the first month. I can't thank you enough."
~ Chris Houts
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Baby Think It Over
Towards promoting and supporting CTE educational programs for high-school students, The KMMF distributed a package to all ROP teachers in San Diego County. Ms. Baczyski, a teacher at Mt. Carmel High School, asked if we would consider purchasing a "baby" for their "Baby Think It Over program". The training utilizes a computerized doll, programmed to mirror the needs of a real baby, in hopes show teens what parenting is really like. The intent is to show young people that having a baby is not all the glamorous fun that young people think it might be. After caring for the baby,The KMMF donated $750 to buy this baby, an "adoption" The KMMF is proud to sponsor! Good luck sophomores at Mt. Carmel High School.
one student said, "Your social life and time to yourself just drops, and that was just for three days," she said. "You have to put your life on hold and just take care of another life."
Every time the doll cries, whether it's 3 in the afternoon or 3 a.m., the student places a plastic key in the doll's monitor to quiet it. The student holds the key for as long as it would take to feed, bathe, or diaper an infant. Students also keep a journal of their experience. The baby is also lined with sensors which the teacher downloads after each student "cares" for the baby and reports extended crying, lack of feedings, abuse like carrying the baby by it's leg, etc.Picture of the computerized baby in the care of a student.
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