Children deserve a great education
Published 8:31 pm Monday, October 19, 2009
Enhancing educational opportunities for Northshore School District students, the Northshore Schools Foundation, formerly Northshore Public Education Foundation, recently announced its sixth annual “Calling For Kids” Phonathon the evenings of Nov. 3-5.
The Schools Foundation is a community-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to funding programs to promote academic rigor, teacher innovation and training and success for all students. Operating independently from the Northshore School District through private contributions, the foundation supports academic excellence and student achievement for all Northshore School District’s 20,000 students.
The ambitious goal of this year’s phonathon is to raise a half-million dollars that would place new instructional materials (including new textbooks) in the hands of students and teachers. While a half-million dollars is a very ambitious goal, a $50 donation per student would help us meet this objective. In the 2008-2009 school year, the Schools Foundation contributed $157,000 to the Northshore School District. Over the past three years, the foundation has awarded the District almost a quarter of a million dollars in grants.
During the phonathon, volunteers consisting of parents, students and school supporters will call Northshore School District families to tell them about the Northshore Schools Foundation and ask for a donation. For more information about the phonathon and Northshore Schools Foundation, visit www.northshoreschoolsfoundation.org or call Ed at (425) 408-7680.
Rob Pickering, President, Northshore Schools Foundation
