Lake Washington Schools Foundation Names Doug Seto as New Executive Director
REDMOND,WA. June 14, 2010—The Lake Washington Schools Foundation, established five years ago to support academic excellence and success for all students in the Lake Washington School District, announced today the appointment of its new executive director, Doug Seto.
Seto has extensive leadership and fundraising experience, with more than 25 years in the private sector in marketing and sales, starting his own company, as well as a key manager and director in national companies. Throughout, Seto is known for a strong commitment to serving the community through active leadership and involvement on the boards of major academic, health care and youth organizations. He has led several non-profit organizations, serving as President for the Northwest Kidney Centers Foundation and in other Board positions for over 8 years, on the Board of Trustees of Puget Sound Blood Center for 9 years, and on the Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America. Seto brings a mix of executive business development and non-profit operations experience to Lake Washington Schools Foundation as it continues to grow and significantly support public education in the school district.
Doug Seto said, “I now have been given an opportunity to help make our community a better place by promoting academic excellence in the Lake Washington School District. I am excited by the many opportunities to help provide the students with enhanced learning opportunities, the staff with increased professional development –in sum, to provide the community with youth that are motivated and inspired to be successful in college and the global workplace.”, said Seto.
"The Foundation is doing exciting, new work to support the District's thinking to make sure that “Every Student is Future Ready.” Doug will be terrific at leading the district-wide programs funded through the Foundation, helping the District ensure students are prepared for college, the global market place, and the personal challenges they will face. I look forward to working with Doug." said Lake Washington Superintendent Chip Kimball.
“We are delighted and eager to have Doug join us. As Executive Director, Doug will position the Foundation to better serve our generous community’s direct and efficient investment in student learning, and to better involve the broader community in the outstanding successes the District delivers back to us all”, say the 2009-10 Board Co-Presidents Byron Shutz and Sherry Wartelle.
Please join us in welcoming Doug Seto to our Lake Washington Schools Foundation community.
Contact For More Information
Peg Hunt, VP Board Development
Lake Washington Schools Foundation
425-765-2644
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Lake Washington Schools Foundation Funds Summer School for Academically At-Risk Students
At-risk students get to attend summer school thanks to your generosity.
Kids that fall behind all too often stay behind. Some fail to graduate at all. Summer school gives these kids a critical opportunity to stay with their peers, learn essential materials and skills, and graduate on time, prepared for college, career, and life.
Lake Washington School District offers a summer school program for elementary students but parents have to pay tuition for their students to attend. A grant of $63,000 from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation will enable 115 elementary students who are academically at risk and in financial need to attend Core Academic Summer School at no charge. This grant is the largest the Lake Washington Schools Foundation has given to a single program in Lake Washington School District.
“Because of our generous community, the Foundation is able to provide funding to allow the District to expand the opportunity for at risk students to participate in academic summer school,” noted Sherry Wartelle, LWSF Co-President, "at a time when school districts around the country are cutting summer school due to budget issues.”
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Dr. Chip Kimball, speaking at the Legacy for Learning Luncheon on the topic of “Future Ready in an Uncertain Future.”
The reality is, the truth is, the best that we can do is to prepare for the future with what we know today and to predict the best we can what might happen. In Lake Washington it’s the preparation of students for their future that is at the core of our work.
In Lake Washington we believe very strongly that every student needs to be prepared to go to a four year college and they need global work place skills and we believe that kids need personal skills such as persistence and goal setting and compassion and even humor. This is what future ready means in Lake Washington and this is where we're headed.
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Thank you!
Your donation just made a huge difference for our students and our schools.. Together we raised $156,000 at the Legacy for Learning luncheon this past Wednesday. This is the most raised at the luncheon in our
5 year history. Our sincere appreciation to all of our guests for your
generous contributions. With
your help, this event funded critical programs for the Lake Washington
Schools Foundation. Thank you!
A special thank you to all the volunteers, students, and Sodexo staff that helped make this a successful event.
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