South Salem High School
Saxons Foundation

Willamette Heritage Center Dye House
1313 Mill Street Southeast
Salem, OR.

Saturday, December 2, 2023,
6:30 - 8:30pm 

Show your support for academic excellence at South while enjoying an evening with new and old friends. 


Tickets include delicious light fare catered by Wild Pear, along with local beer, wine and cider. Meet our principal, Tara Romine, hear from teachers that are benefitting from your generosity, and listen to live music while you peruse teachers' wish lists around the room. 


 We can't wait to see you there! If you have any questions, please email foundation@southsaxons.com 

Can't make it to the Gala? We understand! You can still help a teacher help students with donations towards any of these requests below! Any dollar you donate goes directly to meet our fantastic teachers' requests. AND any donation you make automatically enters you into a raffle for a Gift Basket (we will contact you by email). 

Please note that these are a subset of the many great requests; your donations can also support our clubs with snacks or materials to help them share their diverse backgrounds, or to learn about nutrition by studying Blue Zones, or helping take them on career-oriented field trips. Our kids' opportunities know no bounds with our support!  

Scroll down to see what our teachers are planning and make a donation below!

$510

Help our math teachers get interactive notebooks into our kids hands; research shows a higher level of engagement with these learning tools!

$875

Mrs Loop is working to get our IB Visual Art students to the Portland Art Museum; seeing art in person helps them with their comparative study. 

$500

Support Mr Pluister in making sure each member of our Saxon community shows their school pride with a Saxon sticker!

$500

Help Mrs Holman get our Health Services / HOSA Club members to State and National Competitions by covering part of registration fees.

$150

Our school needs more board games for the library and for study hall students who have completed their homework. Let's keep them off their cell phones and on their game!

$275

Music makes the world go round, according to Mr Brown-Silverstein. And what sounds better than the dulcimer tones of ukuleles...?

$320

SSHS has but one very popular 3D printer and a 2nd one would be great! Let's help Mr Rick keep students growing their design and STEM skills!

$300

Mr Birkel is working to get students to TSA, a student leadership organization with a computer tech emphasis. Won't you help cover registration fees?

$720

Kids are more engaged in learning when standing up, according to research, so let's help Mr Enfield get them on their feet! Our classrooms have lots of lovely windows, so these stands will come in handy! 


$274

No one stole our books! However, Ms Willis would love a classroom set of The Book Thief for her English 12 students.

$700

Señor Glasgow is working to keep his students reading in Spanish! ¡Qué bueno! Your donation can help make this happen. 

$900

Frau Langen wants to bring our world language students to Foreign Language and International Studies Day at the U of O for a learning day!

A Heartfelt Thank You to our Generous Sponsors and Donors

     Skyline Ford

Kyle Romine

Dr. David & Stacy Swiderski

Herbet Johns



Bon Mua Salem Coffee Roaster

South Salem Orthodontics

The Kmetz Family

Capitol Toyota

Amborn Orthodontics

Divine Distillers

Lara Tiffin

McDonald Orthodontics

Willamette Valley Transport