About Us
Lake Washington Schools Foundation
Raising funds to ensure academic excellence and success for all students in the Lake Washington School District.
In 2004, a dedicated group of community members joined together, committed to working with Redmond, Kirkland, and Sammamish parents, businesses, and community leaders in support of our future--the 25,000 students in the Lake Washington School District.
Since the Lake Washington Schools Foundation was established, it has raised over $1.6 million from its generous community and has funded programs that have touched almost every student in the District. These programs ensure equal access to educational opportunities, quality teaching and leadership, and future-ready skills.
The Lake Washington Schools Foundation is growing each year to ensure that effective programs that have been cut or diminished by reduced state funding can continue. The State funds basic education, but the District sets a higher bar for its students. The Foundation supports those higher standards.
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“I feel smart for the
first time"
This simple, heartfelt statement was made by a student at the Futures School. This young woman didn't see a future for herself. She had a life changing experience when she enrolled in a Forensics class at the Futures School and found her passion in Forensics.
Because of her teacher’s vision, funded by a $3,000 grant from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation, she has graduated from high school with a new sense of purpose and is pursuing a college degree in forensics. |
The Lake Washington Schools Foundation
was established to help our community directly and efficiently invest in classroom learning.
Vernier LabQuest
Graphing and Analysis Devices
Donors provided secondary schools with hand-held computer devices to log science experiment results in a number of areas including biology, chemistry, physics and Earth sciences. |
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Why do we need a schools foundation?
- Research shows that support from a schools foundation raises test scores and increases individual student potential and performance.
- Schools foundations provide the enrichment opportunities that local levies cannot fund.
- Most of our neighboring school districts have a schools foundation that each raise between $100,000 and $2 M per year for supplemental educational opportunities.
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Vision:
Each student in the Lake Washington School District will receive an education that ensures future success. In doing so, we sustain economic vitality and enrich our community’s quality of life.
“The staff and children from Juanita Elementary would like to thank each and every one of the Foundation’s donors for providing the financial and the emotional support for the enrichment that makes education a learning process rather than plodding through a time on task environment.”
Teacher Kathleen Marshall and 2nd graders from Juanita Elementary |
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Vernier LabQuest
Graphing and Analysis Devices
Donors provided secondary schools with hand-held computer devices to log science experiment results in a number of areas including biology, chemistry, physics and Earth sciences. |
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Grants
As a result of the generosity of our donors, the Lake Washington Schools Foundation offers multiple grant programs designed in conjunction with the Lake Washington School District to address specific needs. Programs include:
- Reaching for Success Grants for innovative educational projects that support each school’s continuous improvement plan and opportunities for teachers and staff to pursue new approaches to engaging students;
- Access Fund to help low-income students defray some of the costs of attending secondary school, such as classroom fees, lab manuals, and graphing calculators;
- Science Enrichment to strengthen secondary science education, including the purchase of Vernier LabQuest devices and other science-related materials that provide hands-on experience;
- LINKS, a district-wide mentoring program developed to bring at-risk students together with caring adults to support their emotional, social, and academic needs;
- Core Academic Summer School, a program for elementary students to review and prepare for the upcoming school year.
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A child’s future starts today!
Parents, students and community have an active role in helping to build the foundation of our students for their future.
Please visit our Web site at www.lwsf.org to learn how our donors’ gifts of time, money and in-kind services are directly and efficiently impacting classroom learning and supporting the Lake Washington School District in preparing students to graduate and lead rewarding, responsible lives as contributing members of our community and greater society.
For additional information, please visit our website at www.LWSF.org or Become a Fan on Facebook
