Sherwood Education Foundation

The Sherwood Education Foundation is happy and grateful to announce that we were able to fund nearly $30,000 worth of teacher grants for the 2011-2012 school year. Foundation president Becky Hornberger will present checks for the 16 grants at the May 10 school board meeting.

The Sherwood Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1999 devoted to enriching the quality of education in the Sherwood School District. The Foundation raises money from local residents, businesses, and other sources and supports district-wide art and other programs as well as provides individual teacher grants. To date, the Foundation has distributed more than $550,000 to Sherwood schools.

Here are the grants listed by title, teacher(s), schools, and amount.  Thanks Sherwood families for your support - we couldn't do this without you!

Dangerous Decibels           Lisa Kleditz & Leigh Leslie;                AG, Edy, Hop, Mid                  $1000

SEF Science Fair                Heather Clark                                  LR, Edy                                  $1850

School-To-Work                 Rebecca Barton                               SHS                                       $1350

Choir Literature                 Kathy Shuckerow                             SHS                                       $2000

Marching Band Rain Parkas         Frank Petrik                            SHS                                        $5000

Musical Artist-In-Residence         Brant Stai                               LRMS                                     $800

Band, Guard & Drumline Coaches    Mike Dyer                           SMS Band                               $1500

Naviance Succeed Program        Jeneva Rose, Rebecca Barton    SHS                                        $2400

Ipod Shuffle/Book Check Out          Sheila Knapp                       Hopkins                                  $800

4x4 Coordinate Plane Graphing Whiteboards    Denise Keesee     SHS                                        $1436

To See What We Usually Cannot See!              Dorene Steffeck   SHS                                        $2462

Turning and Art                                Jon Dickover                     SHS                                        $2750

Building a robotic R2D2                 John Niebergall                     SHS                                        $1000

Kindles for Classrooms                Ali Gravelle, Penny Salm,                                                              

                                                Jenn Pavlicek, Angi Muckey       SMS                                        $2385

Expanding Reading Through  Authentic Literature       

                          Kelsey Moore, Kindra Degregorio,

                         Scott Godfrey, Kati Jackson, Martha Muller        Edy                                         $1000

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We look forward to seeing parents at Back to School/Curriculum Nights!

Look for our e-newsletter coming in October and we hope to see you at our Sherwood Old Town Business Association Street Fair booth.

We hope this is a great year for all of our students and teachers, and thanks everyone for supporting the foundation.

Thanks to these local businesses who generously support the Sherwood Education Foundation.

Sherwood Old Town Business Association Street Fair

A big thank you goes out to the Sherwood Old Town Business Association for sponsoring a booth and donating all booth rental fees to the foundation in this year's Sherwood's Old Town Business Association Street Fair on Sept 11, 2010.

Ray's Old Town Produce also donated a beautiful fruit basket for our ticket raffle!

Mission  |  Board of Directors

The Sherwood Education Foundation was founded in 1998 by a group of concerned parents in the aftermath of Measure 5, which reduced property taxes but consequently slashed school budgets across the state, hitting fast-growing districts like Sherwood especially hard. The mission of the Sherwood Education Foundation is to enrich the quality of education in the Sherwood School District by reinstating a small part of teacher funding that disappeared at the state level.

Over the last decade, the Foundation has raised nearly $500,000  from the community, through our annual Calling for Kids campaign and donations from individuals and businesses. We distribute funds through grants to individual teachers and by funding programs that support the district’s 2020 Vision for educational excellence.

In 2008, the Foundation launched an Artist-in-Residence program that touches every elementary student in the district, and we also fund Loud and Clear, a public speaking program that impacts all fourth graders. We are working with the district to identify ways that we can support middle and high school students.

The Sherwood Education Foundation’s continued success is only made possible by your support. Please continue to give generously during our annual Calling for Kids campaign so that we can give our children the best possible education with the resources we have available.