Hansen Shoe Fund Coin Drive
THANK YOU for your generosity and support!

This year's Hansen Shoe Fun was an amazing success! SEF raised over $16,400 . This record-breaking amount will enable us to provide even more shoes to low-income kids in the Snohomish School District. Thank you again!
2019 Annual Fundraising Breakfast

Thanks so much for your great support of the Snohomish Education Foundation!


We are very pleased to announce that with your help and the support from our sponsors, over $77,000 was raised at this year's Annual Fundraising Breakfast at Glacier Peak High School!
Photo Credit: Liam Phan, GP Photography Student

Your donations will directly impact the students of the Snohomish School District through scholarships, classroom and district-wide grants that will make our students' aspirations and hopes a reality.

We appreciate the 35 plus student volunteers who helped to make this event successful along with the Glacier Peak High School Choir, Glacier Peak Photography students, Marine Corps JROTC students from Snohomish, Glacier Peak and Monroe High Schools. Also a big shout out to the Glacier Peak Drumline!

We want to thank our wonderful guest speakers for sharing their experience on the importance of Career & Technical Education, supporting the trade industry and how SEF has directly impacted these areas in both education and in our local work force:

  • Keynote speaker Matt Poischbeg - Vice President and General Manager of Sea-Lect Plastics Corporation in Everett
  • Matt Johnson - 2018 Washington Association for CTE "Teacher of the Year" and Snohomish High School, Advanced Manufacturing teacher
  • Nate Walchenbach - Boeing 777 Structures Mechanic and student at EVCC as well as a 2018 Glacier Peak High School graduate
 
 “We are so fortunate to have a school district that has a first class CTE program and that we have a community that supports our foundation so that we can help with these programs. In a “World of Change,” we need to make sure that we have something for all students so that they can be engaged and excited to attend school. College is not for all students, and we need to be aware of that. The choices for our students should be looking at how we can work in a global market for all the trades and career fields,” said
Patty Venema , Snohomish Education Foundation Board member and Breakfast Committee Chair.
 
The Snohomish Education Foundation extends a special thank you to our Annual Sponsors that have contributed to the success of all our programs: Saxton Bradley, Inc., Corstone Contractors LLC, The Boeing Company, Coastal Community Bank, KOZ Development, Wyser Construction, The Beresford Company, Inquisitek, Ideal Communications, George Orthodontics, Centennial Family Dentistry, Chartwells, Kusler's Compounding Pharmacy, Mountain Pacific Bank, Moss Adams, Community Transit, PLC Insurance, Foster Pepper, Snohomish Storage on Bickford, Alpine View Veterinary Hospital, Heritage Bank, Skydive Snohomish, Snohomish Flying Service, Chinook Lumber, Harvey Airfield, McKinstry.

We also would like to thank our 2019 Breakfast Sponsors: Gold - Everett Community College Foundation, Snohomish Midwives, Tanya Mock Real Estate; Silver - Hutteball & Oremus Architecture, Peoples Bank, Columbia Bank, Renaissance, Chinook Lumber, Harvey Airfield, Snohomish Flying Service, Skydive Snohomish, DLR Group, Pacifica Law Group; Bronze - Lund Orthodontics, EHSI International, Snohomish Education Association, NAC Architecture, Swans Trail Farms, Bill Holt Insurance, CG Engineering, Michael & Elisabeth Blalock-Keller Williams Real Estate, Bothell, Anderson Kelly Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Hollywood Schoolhouse.

SEF Awards Classroom Grants
Awards Totaling $78,470, Directly to Snohomish School District Classrooms
The Snohomish Education Foundation recently awarded 175 classroom grants to the Snohomish School District teachers and staff totaling $78,470 for 2019. The Foundation was able to fund, either in full or partially, 93 percent of the applications received. The classroom grants were personally delivered to many surprised teachers in their classrooms and staff meetings throughout the district by SEF Board members, Snohomish School District Superintendent, Dr. Kent Kultgen, District School Board members, District Communications Director, Kristin Foley and SEF Executive Director, Ken Hammond.

Welcome to Our Newest Trustees

Kay Ditzenberger
Kay and her family lived in Woodinville for 27 years before coming to Snohomish in 2008. She lives with her husband Steve, sons Josh, Jacob and Ike, daughter-in-law Danielle and granddaughter Braelyn. She earned a BA in Speech Communications from the University of Northern Colorado, a BA in Biology from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a Certificate in Technical Writing from the University of Washington, an MBA from Northwest University and a PhD from Gonzaga University. Kay’s passion is servant leadership. She enjoys all things associated with the family and the community and loves to read, write and knit.
Jennifer Koval
Jennifer is a longtime Washington resident who currently lives in Snohomish. She and her husband George, have been married for 25 years and have two daughters. Madeline is in her second year at Central Washington University and Claire is a freshman at Glacier Peak High School. Jennifer has a passion for reading, travel, and serving her community. She has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years and is currently the Senior Vice President of Labor Relations at United Business Bank.

Janette Johnson
For the past five years, Janette Johnson has been the owner of Spark Hot Yoga in Snohomish. While running a small business has its challenges, it is all worth it to her when she steps on her mat and gets to share her passion and love of yoga. When she’s not teaching classes at her studio, she can be found driving her two teenage boys to and from their practices and activities. Both Snohomish School District students, her boys have been a constant source of inspiration for her to be involved not only in their education, but the community her family lives in. Janette and her husband, Bryan enjoy spending time in Eastern Washington where they keep ‘busy’ fishing, hiking and paddle boarding.
Hops 'n Drops in Snohomish is donating .50 cents for every children's meal to benefit the Snohomish Education Foundation and the kids in the Snohomish School District.

Bring your family and friends to
Hops 'n Drops - A Neighborhood Gathering Place
2529 Bickford Avenue, Bldg #11, Suite B
Snohomish

Thank you so much for your support!
Your Donations at Work!
We often receive letters and emails thanking us for the various ways the Snohomish Education Foundation supports the students and teachers in our district.

As you continue to partner with SEF, we hope you know how your generosity has encouraged our community in so many ways!

Here are a few excerpts from thank you notes and emails we have received recently...

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Shelly Dearmon
  • Totem Falls Teacher (26-year teacher, 1st year with Snohomish School District)
  • Classroom Grant Recipient

Thank you and the Foundation for your generosity. A couple of weeks ago, you came to Totem Falls and awarded me with an SEF grant. I was over the moon, just thinking about the increased opportunities our students will now have to engage in reading and discussing books that are culturally relevant.


Megan Sloan
  • Cathcart Elementary, Literacy Support Specialist
  • Classroom Grant Recipient

I want to thank you so much for the SEF grants you awarded to me at Cathcart Elementary! One girl is reading Saving Winslow and says it is the first chapter book she has read in two years! Another boy read Louisiana's Way Home and read it in two days! I heard two kids say they are loving reading recently and I went home with tears in my eyes that day.

Senior Recognition Nights
AIM High School - May 23rd at 6:30 pm
Snohomish High School - May 28th at 7:00 pm
Glacier Peak High School - May 30th at 7:00 pm

Frogtastic Kids Fair
Friday, July 19th at Snohomish Station l 3:00 - 7:00 pm

Kla Ha Ya Days Parade
Saturday, July 20th on 1st Street, Downtown Snohomish l 10:30 am

Annual Auction & Gala
Saturday, October 5th at the Tulalip Resort Casino l 5:00 pm
Saxton Bradley, Inc. , Corstone Contractors LLC , The Boeing Company , Coastal Community Bank , KOZ Development , Community Transit, The Beresford Company, Inquisitek, Ideal Communications, George Orthodontics, Centennial Family Dentistry, Chartwells, Kusler's Compounding Pharmacy, Mountain Pacific Bank, Foster Pepper, McKinstry, Moss Adams, Heritage Bank, Skydive Snohomish, Snohomish Flying Service,
Harvey Airfield, Chinook Lumber, Wyser Construction, Snohomish Storage on Bickford, PLC Insurance, Alpine View Veterinary Hospital
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