Oregon Schools Foundation

Clay Alum, Dean Davis CHS '96 established the Art Farm Scholarship for Clay High School seniors in recognition of his passion for art and his belief in the powerful impact it can have on a person’s life. 🎨🩰🎬🎭🎼

Through this scholarship opportunity, he hopes to inspire and support a student from Clay High School while encouraging the next generation of young artists to pursue their creativity and talents.

Congratulations to Alei Hernandez as the 2026 Art Farm Scholarship recipient!

The Art Farm Scholarship requirements included an Essay prompt asking "How has Art impacted or been a part of your life? Please be heartfelt and detailed."

This scholarship was not restricted to the Fine Arts, it could be Performing Arts, Culinary Arts, Instrumental Arts, Voice, etc.

Alei's essay response demonstrated her artistic entrepreneurship and creative ingenuity during her time at Clay.

Way to go Alei! We cannot wait to see what your future brings! 🦅

What a great night at the Eastern Maumee Bay Chamber of Commerce Prism Awards at the amazing Maumee Bay State Park Lodge and Conference Center!

The night that brings together our community leaders, businesses, non-profits and volunteers for recognition and celebration.

The Oregon Schools Foundation was honored to receive the 35 Year Milestone Award.

Established in 1991, OSF has proudly served Oregon City Schools for nearly four decades. What began as a simple but powerful mission, providing classroom grants to support teachers and students, has grown into a community driven organization dedicated to expanding opportunities across our district.

Not only do we continue the original Founder's Grant program, but over the past fifteen years, our impact has grown exponentially thanks to the generosity, trust, and partnership of this incredible community.

Together with our amazing OSF team, we’ve expanded classroom grant opportunities from $2,000 a year to $100,000 in 2025. We've helped support transformative projects throughout the district, including the Charles Neal Press Box, Visitor Press Box, Carol-Ann Molnar Performing Arts Studio and the Dean Davis exterior mural at Clay High School.

We've also grown the foundation’s endowment from $131,000 to hitting our investment MILESTONE of $1 million just 2 week ago!

Each milestone represents far more than growth, it reflects a community that believes deeply in its schools, its students and its future.

I am honored to lead such an amazing group of people, and through my work with OSF, I have truly found my passion work.

Capping off an already unforgettable evening, I was incredibly humbled and surprised to be named 🏆PERSON OF THE YEAR🏆.

What an incredible HONOR! It surely takes a village, and I am so proud to just be a small part of the bigger team that makes this community a great place to be. 😀

This recognition also belongs to the many local businesses, partners, volunteers, educators, leaders and supporters who continuously work every day to make our schools and community stronger together.

I am so proud to work in a community that shows up for kids EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.