2025-26 Saxon Success Fund Scholarships
The Saxon Success Fund is a nonprofit organization made up of alumni and SSHS supporters wishing to transform South from a great Oregon high school to a national model through strategic investment. Each year we fulfill our mission by providing scholarships to South Salem High School students. We have provided 130 scholarships since we kicked-off our effort during the 2019-20 school year, with 31awarded in 2026.
As our organization grows, so do our opportunities for new scholarships. In 2024, we were very excited to have added two new scholarship opportunities brought to us by generous donations from Rick & Jan Gassner, and Brian & Berri Leslie. We award many scholarships each year, based on a percentage of our own funds. Beginning in 2023, the South Salem Class of 1970 funds and sponsors one or more of the SSF Scholarships.
Since 2021 we offer the Kathleen Hanneman Scholarship which is awarded to a student pursuing a career in Education. This memorial scholarship honors the late Kathleen Hanneman who was the first woman principal in the Salem-Keizer School District, serving from 1981 to 1987 at McNary High School. She went on to serve as Director of Secondary Education for the district. Her husband, Craig, is a South Salem alum.
In 2025, we began offering the Loydee Stonebrink Scholarship. These are awarded to students who plan to work in the Trades.
In 2026, we awarded Rick and Jan Gassner Scholarships, Saxon Success Fund Scholarships, Loydee Stonebrink Scholarships and Kathleen Hanneman Scholarships to 31 graduating seniors. We proudly celebrated a milestone at our scholarship awards ceremony by awarding our 100th scholarship!
Please direct any scholarship questions to saxonsuccessfund@gmail.com.
We also partner with the South High Class of 1960 whose members donate and award a number of scholarships each year. Five students received Class of 1960 scholarships in 2026. Please direct questions relating to the Class of 1960 Scholarship to the SSHS College & Career Center, mosqueda_abigail@salkeiz.k12.or.us.