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Thanks to our Community,

We are Helping Highline Families!

Our Students are Being Connected

We asked and so many have responded. But we still have a great deal of need. COVID-19 has created a situation where the start of the school year will look very different for students across the United States. Here in Highline, we will begin the year in full distance learning. Students will receive instruction and engage with their teachers online.

There are still many students in Highline Public Schools who do not have access to broadband internet access. For these students, engaging in school is difficult if not impossible. That's just not okay! While hot spots were provided to many families last spring, this did not provide the quality internet necessary to participate in school. All students should have access to their teacher and online classroom so that learning can continue.

Thanks to a partnership with Comcast, we are able to provide quality Broadband Internet to those families without it for the cost of $140 per year. Our best estimate is that we need to raise funds to get Broadband internet to 1,000 Highline families by September. We sent out our first appeal and mid-July and the response has been very generous. Thank you to all who have responded with very generous gifts. To date, we have raised enough funds to support 180 families. But there are still 820 families who are counting on us.

If you have not already had a chance to be part of this effort, please help provide Broadband Internet to a Highline Family (or two or more) through Highline Schools Foundation's Connect Highline Families campaign. You can make a single payment of $140 or make a monthly recurring payment of $12 to help a family with their broadband service. Together, we can make sure that ALL Highline students start the year connected to their teacher, their school, and their learning.

Connect Highline Families Today

Other COVID-19 Support to Students and Families

Since COVID-19 closed our school buildings in March, the Foundation has pivoted its work to ensure that families in the district have what they need to manage through this difficult time. This work has continued into the summer.

Food

With nearly 70% of our families living in poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic and many more losing jobs and income since March, we have started purchasing $50 grocery store gift cards and providing them to Highline families in need. Families are identified by social workers, counselors, family liaisons and other school employees.

To date, we have donated over 1,500 grocery store gift cards to Highline families in need. But the need continues. You can support this effort by clicking on the link below.

Donate to Feed Highline Families

Learning Supplies

While school will be online this fall, there will still be plenty of tasks that will be done without using the computer. Therefore, Highline Schools Foundation is providing resource packs to students in need so that they have the pencils, pens, paper, crayons, scissors, markers, and other supplies that they need to complete school work. With the buying power of bulk purchases, we can put together a learning pack for just $10 per student.

Our goal is to put together 5,000 learning packs for students filled with quality school supplies. To date, we have secured funds to complete just over 4,000 packs. Please help us raise the final $10,000 to finish this project strong.

Give School Supplies to Highline Families

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