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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This scholarship provides me with the means to pursue my educational goals but also motivates me to give back to this community. I am eager to honor your investment in my future.
Thank you for believing in me and my potential. I am committed to making the most of this great opportunity you have given me.
You are helping me fund my life dream of giving back to the community who raised me!
Program Highlights
Gaga Ball Pit
"Our playground is in need of major upgrades. At this time financially we are unable to make long term formal improvements. Our swingset was unsafe and had to be removed this year. The swingset was one of the most used pieces of equipment. With its absence we had a large area of playground with no structures to play on. The installation of the gaga ball pit brought life to our playground. Families and students were able to have a shiny new piece of equipment at an entry level cost in regards to upgrades. It felt fresh like a special treat to the students and brightened up the space as well. It provided an structured activity for large groups of kids to participate in vs. unstructured play which can often lead to disagreements and sometimes unsafe play." Thank you to Cascade Locks Alumni Association for making this grant possible.
Cascade Locks Elementary
Experimental Quilting
"students are given an opportunity to try something hard, and something that builds finality, there is beauty to the end product, it is functional and usable once it is done. It might have taken many many hours to complete with both heart, hands and mind but you are left with a piece of history that can be passed down, traveled with and memories made along the way"
Hood River Valley High School
Creating With Green Screen
"Our students have been SO excited to enjoy the green screen tools from this grant. It is rewarding to watch them work together to create pictures or videos so full of imagination. For them, using green screen is a time of total artistic freedom and they are so over the moon when they finish a project. They experience working together as well as learning how to maneuver in the app as well as with lighting and the green screen itself. … Perhaps this will create a spark in them now. But for all of the students, they will definitely remember this activity with fondness well after their elementary years."
May Street & Mid Valley Elementary
