News / Events

January 8, 2026
Teacher of the Year Nominations Open
January 5, 2026
Waterford Foundation 39th Annual Golf Outing
January 2, 2026
Susan M. Gardiner First Responders Scholarship
Scholarship Applications are Due Friday, April 3, 2026
December 31, 2025
Edward J. Kuhn Scholarship Application
Applications Due Friday, March 6, 2026
April 17, 2025
Kettering High School Teacher Meg Grossnickle Named 2025 Waterford Foundation Teacher of the Year

Sweet Reads Bookmobile

The Sweet Reads Bookmobile provides endless opportunities to read this summer and lessen summer reading loss. The Sweet Reads Bookmobile visits designated neighborhoods surrounding the District's nine elementary schools and distribute free books to children.  Sweet Reads Bookmobile

Annual Golf Outing

The Waterford Foundation Golf Outing is not only a fundraising event, it is also a recognition event in which a Waterford graduate or outstanding community member is recognized for his or her achievements and their commitment to community service. Past honorees have included business owners, professional athletes, and civic leaders. 

Durant High School Most Improved

Each semester, select students from Durant High School are awarded for significant improvements made in their academic standing. Students are honored at a recognition luncheon.

Select Fifty

Each year, outstanding graduating high school seniors, 25 each from Waterford Kettering and Mott High Schools, are honored by the Waterford Foundation in recognition of their achievements in academics, leadership, and citizenship.

Teacher of the Year

The purpose of the Teacher of the Year Program is to provide annual recognition of outstanding professional educators in the Waterford School District by the Waterford community. The Teacher of the Year Program alternates yearly between elementary (K-5) and secondary (6-12).

Each year, the Waterford Foundation awards several scholarships to our high school students. Our 2025 scholarship winners are listed below. Congratulations!

Dittrich Scholarships*  |  $2,500

Ava Klausen, Kettering High School
Mary Jane Mann, Mott High School 

*Funded this year through the Kuhn Scholarship Funds               

Kuhn Scholarships  |  $2,000

Andrea Brown, Kettering High School
Evelyn Chang, Mott High School

Dale Martin Scholarship  | $1,000            

Cole Naylor, Durant High School

Susan M. Gardiner Scholarship  |$1,000

Jakob Hartman, Kettering High School