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Empowering Youth Through Mentorship
The story of Marcus Grinde, an award-winning mentor in Sammamish, WA, demonstrates the importance of mentorship programs in empowering and positively impacting the lives of young individuals.
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Be the Bridge Raises $230,000 for LWSD Students
For the first time since 2019, community members filled the ballroom at the Seattle Marriott Redmond for the Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s Be the Bridge spring benefit. Backed by a generous matching donor pool, attendees and sponsors together raised an unprecedented $230,000 to fund LWSF’s mission to enhance academic access and nurture all students’ emotional well-being in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD).
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Lake Washington Schools Foundation Welcomes Five New Members to Its Board of Trustees
Lake Washington Schools Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of five new Trustees. The LWSF Board of Trustees provides strategic leadership and direction to the mission-driven work of the organization.
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LWSF Benefit Raises $200,000 for Local Students
Thanks to a host of compassionate donors and sponsors, Lake Washington Schools Foundation’s 2022 Be the Bridge Spring Benefit presented by Google raised more than $200,000 to support its mission helping students and families in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD).
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Local Teen Fights Injustice with Children's Books
Lake Washington Schools Foundation (LWSF) is honored to provide a $2,000 grant to Kai Vanderlip, a junior student at Tesla STEM High School, for his work in educating young students about the civil rights violations against American citizens of Japanese descent in during World War II. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Day of Remembrance.
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Lake Washington Schools Foundation Welcomes Four New Members to Its Board of Trustees
Lake Washington Schools Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Trustees to provide strategic leadership and direction in keeping with the organization’s mission: to gather and deploy community resources to enhance academic access and to nurture all students' emotional well-being in the Lake Washington School District. Mindy Lincicome, Joan Krona, Theresa Demeter, and Jen O’Donnell join 9 other members currently serving on the Lake Washington Schools Foundation Board of Trustees.
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Lake Washington Schools Foundation Welcomes Students Back and Launches Fall Fundraising Campaign
Lake Washington Schools Foundation welcomes students back in person and launches Fall Campaign to address specific individual and family needs throughout the district. With community support, Lake Washington Schools Foundation has helped students and families stay fed, informed, connected and mentally healthy during the pandemic. In this time of community health and economic uncertainty it is imperative that we work together to support our young people and their families.
Lake Washington Schools Foundation April 29 Event To Reveal Pandemic Impacts & Look Ahead To Future
When the pandemic hit and schools closed to in-person learning last spring, Lake Washington Schools Foundation (LWSF) had to make major changes to its programs and services. With a traditional reliance on in-school systems and personnel, the operations of programs like Pantry Packs and LINKS had to be reconfigured to meet the unique demands of remote learning life.
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LWSF Announces Reach For Success Grant Recipients For 2019-2020
The school year ended on an exciting note as the Lake Washington Schools Foundation announced its grant recipients for the 2019/2020 school year. The Lake Washington Schools Foundation has pledged more than $350,000 in classroom grants and district-wide programming funding to support students, families, and teachers in the coming academic year.
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