Awards Night, year after year
Every photograph here is a Potsdam Central School senior receiving a Sandstoner award, from the Foundation's own archive. Shown whole, as they were taken.
From the Foundation's photo archive · See them all
Established 2000 · Potsdam, New York
For a century this town shipped out its best stone.
Thirty named scholarships for graduating seniors of Potsdam Central School, funded entirely by alumni, families, and friends.
Read about the 2027 campaignTHE NAMED FUNDS, GIVEN BY POTSDAM FAMILIES
Awards Night, year after year
Every photograph here is a Potsdam Central School senior receiving a Sandstoner award, from the Foundation's own archive. Shown whole, as they were taken.
From the Foundation's photo archive · See them all
A top-100 school in a bottom-third economy.
When the Foundation was founded, a national survey of nearly 16,000 districts ranked Potsdam Central among the top 100 performing schools — while the financial resources of the Potsdam area ranked in the bottom 65 percent. Too many graduates were choosing a college, or choosing not to go, on the strength of a financial-aid package alone. The Foundation was built to close that gap, one senior at a time.
The goal, the gift that started it, and how your class can join.