Columbia Middle School Concert Choir entertaining the crowd.
A huge thanks to everyone who came out to our first ever donor mixer last night! We had a great time and it was a successful event. If you want to see the full set of photos, head over to our photo album on Facebook.
A huge thanks to everyone who came out to support us. We couldn’t have done it without you.
We’ve been making some small website changes here, tweaking some text there… Mainly, it’s just streamlining things. But I’m particularly happy with one change we’ve made: the What We Support page. It’s a partial list of the things we have paid for or done across the district. There are so many things that we cover, that it’s hard to sum them all up in one place without being too generic – but we’ve tried to make a list that encompasses the spirit of everything we do, things like our quarterly round tables, the free TB testing, supplies for various classes and events across the district.
The page will be updated as necessary – take a look if you’re curious about what we’re up to!
Exciting news! We’re hosting our first ever fundraising event – a donor mixer – on March 29! It’s at the Grand Hotel in Sunnyvale at 5:30pm, and it should be a great time.
We’re currently looking for sponsors to make the event a success! We’re looking for sponsors at the following levels:
If you’re interested in supporting, please head over to our donations page, and mention the donor mixer when you send us your payment.
We look forward to seeing all of you there!
These are four of our wonderful board members at the TB testing at Bishop Elementary School back in the fall. They did a great job making it happen!
Do you need to order photos in the new year? We have a Shutterfly storefront! Order your photos through our Shutterfly storefront, and they’ll give us 13% of the purchase price. Which is great – the photos of your children will also make their schools better. So place your photo order today!
You may remember that two years ago, we donated $10,000 – $1,000 per school – to the district. The idea was that each school would have an extra $1,000 to spend on something they needed. Sunnyvale Middle bought art books. Lakewood Elementary spent their grant on a handful of things, including dinner for a community night where potential kindergarteners could visit the school. In November, we kicked off that process again. Each school will get $1,000 to put towards something useful, and that wouldn’t happen without this money.
Keep an eye out for what it was spent on in the upcoming months!
La Fundación para la educación de Sunnyvale tuvo un año maravilloso! Existimos con el propósito de mejorar el entorno educativo y el año escolar pasado recaudamos casi $30,000 para lograr nuestra meta. Y con ese dinero, se realizaron proyectos muy buenos, incluyendo paquetes de ciencia, cubrimos el costo del transporte para algunas excursiones, asambleas para prevenir bullying, clases de arte y algunas cosas más. Hasta hoy en el año escolar actual, ofrecimos dos eventos para examenes de tuberculosis en dos escuelas. También suministramos $12,000 para cubrir el costo de excursiones de escuelas Title I y $10,000 más de concesiones que se repartieron a todas las escuelas en el distrito.
Nuestras escuelas han sufrido recortes de presupuesto estatal, así como todas las escuelas públicas en California, y necesitamos su ayuda. Su contribución monetaria se utilizará para seguir ofreciendo excursiones, examenes de tuberculosis, material didáctico, clases de música y arte y muchos otros beneficios para nuestros estudiantes. Donantes como ud. patrocinaron cerca de 30 estudiantes de quinto grado para que pudieran asistir al campamento de ciencia, al donar mas de $8,000. Nos gustaría patrocinar más niños este año. Nada de esto sería posible sin su ayuda.
Haga la diferencia a través de su contribución a www.SunnyvaleEducationFoundation.org/donate/ o manda un cheque. Si el corporativo para el que ud. trabaja dobla su contribución es también bien recibido. SEF es una organización sin fines de lucro de la Sección 501(c)3 y su donación califica como una deducción caritativa en su declaración de impuestos federal. Nuestro numero de identificación de impuestos es 47-382571.
!Cada donación cuenta! Muchas gracias por su apoyo.
Melinda Hamilton
The Sunnyvale Education Foundation had an amazing year! We exist to help the schools create a better learning environment, and last school year we raised nearly $30,000 to achieve that goal. Then we did great things with that money, including providing field trip buses, science kits, anti-bullying assemblies, art classes, and more. So far this school year, we hosted two tuberculosis testing events for volunteers district-wide. We also provided $12,000 to fund field trips for Title I schools and another $10,000 in grants for all district schools.
Our schools suffer from the same state funding financial shortfalls as all public schools in California and we need your help. Your financial contribution will continue to bring field trips, tuberculosis testing, classroom materials, music and art classes, and many other benefits to our students. Donors like you sent nearly 30 fifth grade students to science camp last year by giving more than $8,000, and we would like to send even more students this year. None of this is possible without you.
Make a difference by contributing today or sending us a check to 819 W Iowa St, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Corporate matches are also welcome. SEF is an IRS Section 501(c)3 nonprofit, and your gift qualifies as a charitable deduction on your federal tax return. Our tax ID is 47-3825871.
Every donation counts! Thank you so much for your support.
Sincerely,
Melinda Hamilton, President
Sunnyvale Education Foundation
Waaayyyy back in October (two months ago!) we wrote a check to the school district to help pay for field trips for the four title 1 schools: Vargas, Bishop, San Miguel, and Lakewood. Field trips are super-important for learning, but getting the students out into the world can be expensive. Which is where we come in. We were able to get a grant to send students form the four title 1 schools in the district on field trips!
We’re happy that we were able to make a small difference in these students’ education.
Every fall, we offer free TB testing at two elementary schools in the district. Why? Because volunteers are the lifeblood of good schools in Sunnyvale, and you need a valid TB test in order to volunteer. This is a barrier for many people, who have problems making it to a doctor’s office. We are proud to be able to offer this,
This fall was no different. We provided TB testing services at two schools, San Miguel and Bishop Elementary Schools. We provided 65 tests across both schools, with the majority of people being tested having students at those schools. The tests are offered to people with children at any school in the district however, and parents from nine of the ten schools did sign up, so we should have an impact on volunteering throughout the district.
We’re exploring broadening the program to more schools in future years because it’s so successful. Look out for the announcement late next summer for the 2018 tests!
