Impact

The Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation provided grants to eight elementary schools, one middle school, and one Pre-K special education school, impacting and engaging approximately 3,500 students. 

The grants included:

Albert Biella Elementary: Funding for school spirit t-shirts for all students. Many students each year are unable to purchase one due to economic barriers. These shirts will be proudly worn at events such as the spring Walk-a-thon, Special Olympics, and Coding Showcase, allowing all students to participate fully and feel included.

Brook Hill Elementary: Funding for an intramural sports program that includes skill building and competition. Sports included are basketball, volleyball, pickleball, field games, and soccer. Many students in this school would not be able to participate in these activities outside of school due to financial and transportation constraints.

Helen Lehman Elementary: Funding for costumes for a Baile Folklorico program which fosters cultural engagement and celebration. The program will run September to December for 1-3 grade students, and January to May for 4-6 grade students. 

James Monroe Elementary: Funding for a boys and girls basketball league, which will also support needed playground equipment for recess time. Many students in this school would not be able to participate in league sports outside of school due to financial and transportation constraints.

Lewis Early Learning Academy: Funding for playground sensory materials, including a break area for the playground so that students who become dysregulated during outdoor play can take a break, re-regulate, and return to the important work of play, and multi-sensory items that assist in building motor skills, hand-eye coordination, spatial reasoning, and pre-academic concepts.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary: Funding for school spirit t-shirts for all students. Many students each year are unable to purchase one due to economic barriers. These shirts will be proudly worn at events such as the spring Walk-a-thon, School Spirit Fridays and more, building school culture, camaraderie and engagement of the school community. 

Luther Burbank Elementary: Funding for book inventory for their book vending machine, which rewards
students for positive character traits with tokens to select and keep books, which has resulted in enhanced literacy and improved test scores.

Proctor Terrace Elementary: Funding for sports equipment including volleyballs, soccer balls and nets and basketballs to serve both the girls' volleyball league and boys' basketball league, in addition to soccer at recess. 

Santa Rosa Middle School: Funding for their Make Gardens Grown program expansion, where students work in 8 different groups in hands-on learning in several different projects, including planting, tending, harvesting,
composting and flower arrangement design. 

Steele Lane Elementary: Funding for school spirit t-shirts for all students to ensure inclusivity. Many students
each year are unable to purchase one due to financial constraints. These shirts will be proudly worn at events such as the spring Walk-a-thon and spirit days, reflecting the commitment to students in inclusivity, engagement and the holistic development of the students.