PCEF unequivocally stands with the black community and all people of color. Since 1986, PCEF has worked relentlessly to fund initiatives to provide educational equity and close the achievement gap – both of which affect students of color disproportionately. We will continue to invest in our students’ ideas and amplify their voices. We will continue to fund and create opportunities to increase understanding and to help students of color and their families. We will continue to take action to lift students of color in our community. We encourage you to sign the Park City Community Foundation's Antiracist Pledge. Equity in public education is not the only answer to changing an equation that includes systemic racism, but it is a critical one. Thank you for joining us.

PCEF Prepares for School in the Fall with $250,000 in Classroom Grants

Teachers answered the call! In spite of an uncharted spring, we received over 40 Classroom Grant requests from all PCSD schools. Thanks to the generosity of PCEF donors, we were able to fund 33 grants and find outside funding for eight other grant proposals! "I am delighted to have received funding for both LIA and Debate! Thank you so much for not only supporting me but for being a champion for the students in our district. I feel fortunate to work in a place where community allies support teachers, students and important programs that might not otherwise exist without the generosity of the PCEF." - Anna Martinez Williams

PCEF CLASSROOM GRANTS UPDATE

PCHS Junior Katie McGuire Creates Award for Student Volunteers

Katie McGuire

When Katie McGuire watched her older sister’s PCHS graduation ceremony a few years ago, she noticed the colorful cords and stoles many students wore over their robes. Later she learned they were for academics, sports, and extracurricular club achievements - but none were for volunteering. "I heard about student service awards and I thought that would be a great idea here, since so many students volunteer and there are so many nonprofits who need help."

READ KATIE'S STORY

PCHS Senior Remy Eichner Creates Indelible Image

"At first," says Remy Eichner, PCHS Class of 2020, "we all thought it was going to be like when the swine flu was here - just two weeks off, then back to school, where it was going to be 'our time' as seniors. And then, it was all just...gone."

READ REMY'S STORY

COVID-19 Donor Impact: Express Grants and Bright Futures

Thanks to YOU, we responded to immediate student and teacher needs during COVID19 closures: $42,000 was requested and distributed for nearly 70 Emergency Express Grants.  We have raised over $85,000, more than half of the expected college tuition shortfall for our Bright Futures students due to COVID-19 job losses. Thanks to the Park City Community Foundation, we have deployed 700 $50 gift cards through PCSD Outreach Coordinators for basic needs of our most vulnerable families.  Thanks to a gift from Park City Community Foundation and a partnership with Jewish Family Service, rent assistance is getting deployed to Park City School District’s most vulnerable families through the PCSD Outreach Coordinators. Read the full story about your impact this spring:

PCEF COVID19 DONOR IMPACT

PCEF is a Finalist for 2020 Women’s Giving Fund Grant

PCEF is honored to be a finalist for the  Park City Community Foundation 's 2020 Women's Giving Fund grant! The Women’s Giving Fund makes an annual high-impact grant to an organization that serves Summit County women and children. Our grant request aims to ensure high-quality, affordable enrichment and education opportunities for all students after the school day ends. It will expand existing Afterschool Programs at Ecker Hill Middle School and Treasure Mountain Junior High by providing a coordinator for those schools. The school closures enacted this spring to flatten the curve will require a broad range of solutions to help reduce the academic gaps that every student will face. The Afterschool Program will be one of those solutions. You can learn more about our grant request and cast your vote HERE .   Congratulations to the other worthy finalists: Holy Cross Ministries and The Hope Alliance .

Taking the Census is Critical for Education, Healthcare and So Much More in Our Community.

Census efforts in Summit County affect the allocation of funding for our community’s public resources like schools, hospitals, transportation, how we plan for the future, and our voice in government. If you want to help students, take the census!

TAKE THE CENSUS

Excellent Educator Tips for Summer Learning

Photos courtesy Joy Conneally Photography

It couldn’t come soon enough! Summer is here, and we all are looking forward to taking a break from at-home schooling. At the same time, many parents want to help prevent the ‘summer slide’. We know the academic gaps for every student will increase due to the Coronavirus school building closures. We asked some of the top experts in PCSD – our 2020 Louis Family Excellent Educators – for tips on summer learning. Some are serious, some not so much, but all are useful .

EXCELLENT EDUCATOR SUMMER LEARNING TIPS

Feeling inspired by these stories? Help us inspire every student to reach their academic and lifelong potential by giving to PCEF, here . Join your neighbors on our Donor Honor Roll . Thank you!

Want to Know More About PCEF? Be sure to check out the PCEF website for information, tips, resources, and stories to help students and families during this time. With your help we will be ready to resume support for our regular programs that teachers and students love: Preschool, Elementary Visual Arts, Afterschool, STEM, PCCAPS, Bright Futures, and Classroom Grants. Keep up with the latest PCEF news on social media too!

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