Impact

The Made in Santa Rosa Education Foundation provided grants to eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one Pre-K special education school, impacting and engaging approximately 4,500 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, but this school year all students will receive a t-shirt to wear at school events including a spring Walk-a-thon, Special Olympics, and a Coding Showcase.

Brook Hill Elementary: Funding for at-lunch and after-school clubs including Environmental, Crochet, Cheerleading, Bobcat Bootcamp, Art, and Volleyball. 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 an Art Docent program. A professional artist was brought in to teach two lessons per class over the school year.

Hidden Valley Elementary: Funding for plants and seeds for a new campus garden, so that students in all
grades can experience and engage in growing and harvesting, as well as learn about native plants and vegetables. 

Lewis Early Learning Academy: Funding for a family education event focusing on self-care strategies, as the parents of children with special needs have additional pressures that can be extra-taxing on the family unit.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary: Funding for classroom door murals to showcase culturally relevant images
collaboratively created by students and a professional artist.

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 school garden plants and supplies. Students work with a Master
Gardener to learn about the connections between farm to table foods/efforts, and connections with the FOSS science program.

Herbert Slater Middle School: Funding for violins for a new orchestra and mariachi band.

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, but this school year all students received a t-shirt to wear at school events.