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Welcome to the Hood River County Education Foundation

Enhancing education for students in the Hood River County School District

Through our 57 scholarship funds, the Education Foundation has awarded more than $2,500,000 in scholarships to more than 1000 students. The Foundation has also raised and distributed more than $500,000 through its Impact Teaching Programs.

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Our Scholars & Donors

The continuing education scholarship helped me complete my degree while working full-time. I'm now the first college graduate in my family.
Thank you for your continued support of the arts in our schools. You have let me be creative with the kids and my program is flourishing because of it.
You are helping me fund my life dream of giving back to the community who raised me!

Program Highlights

Mid Valley, May Street and Westside Elementary Schools grant project

Operation Keyboard – Keys to Success

This project has given opportunity to many students who would have otherwise not had the opportunity to play keyboard. Learning keyboard provides a visual understanding of music theory that is not accessible through other instruments.

Mid Valley, May Street and Westside Elementary Schools
Lydia Peterson 2022
Wy'East Middle School grant project

Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler Field Trip

The Field Trip Grant provided us with the opportunity to extend our learning from the classroom to the Columbia River. Taking a ride on the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler was an ideal educational adventure for our 8th grade learners and staff. This experience allowed our students the opportunity to connect their learning targets directly to the native history of our region.

Wy'East Middle School
Jillian Jarvis 2022
All Elementary Schools grant project

Learning Local Ecology with SECRETS

Through hands-on lessons in the classroom and outdoors, students learn about ecology, local plants and wildlife, and the natural connections in their own backyard. SECRETS is a co-curricular program offered by the Gorge Discovery Center, and an HRCEF support ensure every 5th grade student experiences this unique learning opportunity.

All Elementary Schools
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