Foundation Information

Accomplishments:

• Administered a $115,000 Amgen grant for science instruction, teacher-training, and collaboration
• Facilitated the donation for the Carpenter Family Theatre at Westlake High School
• Co-sponsor the annual All District Music Festival at the Kavli Theatre.  The event engages over 3000 student musicians.
• Administered the High School "Get Ahead" Summer School, with both traditional and online course offerings for greater student flexibility.
• Awarded grants to all CVUSD schools for site needed improvements and programs.
• Piloted Early Intervention, Hop Into Kindergarten program, for incoming kindergarteners at Conejo Elementary, funded by an anonymous donor.
• Awarded annual grants to the Newbury Park IB Program funded by SAGE Publications.
• Awarded 12 Outdoor School Scholarships funded by the Santa Monica Mountain Trails Council.
• Provided over 50 needs-based scholarships for participants of Elementary Enrichment Summer School, through the generosity of the community and the Grossman and Dallas families.
  
• Help private family foundations give to significant and site-specific programs within the CVUSD.
• Partnered with the Kenrose Kitchen Table Foundation to enhance the Parents Making A Difference Program at Park Oaks.
• Began an Endowment Fund, thanks to the pacesetting gift by the Kenrose Kitchen Table Foundation, in memory of Julie P. Power, and the generosity of Robert and Renee Nunn, with support from an anonymous donor.

Strategies

The Schools Foundation works in three primary ways to help the community and school district develop and implement strategies to support all students learning at high levels:

Investing in teachers: Supporting excellent teaching and providing the resources to support ideas and successful academics to create great schools for all children.

Building civic and political will: Leading the charge for public funding for an accountable, first-rate school system.

Mobilizing the community: Marshaling the talent and resources of parents, citizens, and businesses throughout the city to strengthen every school in every neighborhood.

The bottom line is reason to believe that a community, working together, can make a real difference in the lives of 22,500 school children and the future of a great city.