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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Thank you for believing in me and my potential. I am committed to making the most of this great opportunity you have given me.
The Impact Teaching Grant gave me the resources to bring hands-on science experiments to my classroom. My students are more engaged than ever!
Our family wanted to create a scholarship that recognizes community service and volunteerism, but we didn’t know where to start. Thanks to the Education Foundation, we’re now supporting amazing students every year as they strive to improve the world around them.
Program Highlights
Red Cross CPR Certification Scholarships
11th grade students at HRVHS take Advanced Health and have the opportunity to take the American Red Cross CPR certification, which then gives them a certificate that is valid for two years. These certificates can give students a competitive edge for employment, college applications, and career or technical training prerequisites. However, the certification fee can be prohibitive for students. In 2024, HRCEF provided a grant to cover fees for students with financial need, supporting multiple years of HRV students.
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
Skatemaker Class
"Skatemaker started as an after school club 10 years ago. Throughout this project, students design and fabricate a custom skateboard to take home and enjoy. It is a perfect STEAM project, as it authentically calls on students to use creative problem solving to make a meaningful product. Since the projects inception, it has grown into a class during the school day. … This project offered a learning experience students will never forget. We started with glue, maple veneer, sand paper, and jig saws. We ended with beautiful custom skateboards, healthy modes of transportation and budding builders, designers and engineers."
Wy'East Middle School
