Newport
-Mesa Schools Foundation
A volunteer, non-profit organization
of community members who support excellence in education by
raising funds for the "Grants to Teachers" program and special
curriculum needs.
HISTORY
In 1982 the Newport-Mesa Schools Foundation was established to raise funds to augment needed instructional programs in the District's public schools. For many years, the Foundation provided supplemental funding for identified District-wide curriculum and classroom needs after state funding was severely limited.
In
1984 "Kids Can't Wait" was chosen as the motto for the Newport-Mesa
Schools Foundation. That same year the "Grants to Teachers"
program was established for teacher inspired classroom programs. This
Grants Program is available to all certified staff throughout the K-12,
29-school Newport-Mesa Unified School District encompassing over 20,000
students from a wide range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
100% of all donations go directly into the classroom to support these
clearly defined and teacher inspired projects, which enrich the experiences
of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa students. Our motto "Kids Can't Wait"
remains as significant as ever.
| 1982-84 $135,000 raised and awarded for: | |||
|
• |
Elementary Reading Program |
||
| • |
Computer Science classes for Intermediate/High Schools |
||
| • | Computer training for teachers | ||
| • | 1984-85 $77,000 raised and awarded for: | ||
| • | Elementary Reading Program | ||
| • | Elementary music specialists | ||
| • | "Grants to Teachers" program introduced to upper grade classrooms - 34 grants | ||
| 1985-87 $102,000 raised and awarded for: | |||
|
• |
50 upper Grade Grants | ||
| • |
Drug Awareness | ||
| • |
Continued funding for Music and Reading Programs | ||
| • | "Grants to Teachers" program introduced to elementary school classrooms - 51 grants | ||
| 1987-97 $475,000 raised and awarded for | |||
|
• |
"Grants to Teachers" to all schools | ||
| 1997-00 $325,000 raised and awarded for: | |||
| • | "Grants to Teachers" to all 28 schools | ||
| 2000-01 $458,345 raised and awarded for: | |||
| • | "Grants to Teachers" to all 29 schools | ||