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LPEF, DARE benefit from State Bank Financial Chili Cook Off on Oct. 14
Get your chili taste buds ready for the 26th annual State Bank Financial Chili Cook Off to be held on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Riverside Park in La Crosse. Proceeds from the event this year benefit the La Crosse Public Education Foundation and the La Crosse D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Last year, nearly 30 […]
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Donor-supported grand piano dedicated in style at Logan Middle School
A grand piano for the Logan Middle School Auditorium was dedicated in grand style Sept. 6 with a concert featuring La Crosse native David Marck, whose family support was key to the community fundraising drive to buy the instrument. The new Yamaha C5X piano, purchased through Leithold’s Music in La Crosse, will be available for […]
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UPDATED: “SeeMe. ReadMe.” project raises $4,500 to buy culturally representative books for city youth
More than $4,500 was raised in a first-ever effort to put culturally representative books into the hands of our community’s children. The project was a partnership between the School District of La Crosse and a community group, Showing Up for Racial Justice. The project addresses a community need for books that represent people and children […]
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Join our back-to-school campaign for Random Acts of Kindness
As students and parents prepare to return to school, the La Crosse Public Education Foundation is looking for help to refill Random Acts of Kindness accounts at schools throughout the School District of La Crosse. Spending last school year at 15 locations totaled almost $24,000 — a 16 percent increase from the prior year. Increased […]
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Hamilton students get reading help from tutors funded by LPEF donors
Travis is really concentrating now. Looking carefully at the words on the page, picking up visual clues and hearing hints from Miss Deborah. The Hamilton 1st-grader has been fidgeting during this morning session at a hallway desk with Deborah Nerud, but he’s more engaged since he selected the book, “Jack And The Box,” by Art […]
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A grand piano is coming to the great hall at Logan Middle School
Generous community donors – spurred by a challenge from David Marck, a La Crosse native who is an acclaimed jazz pianist – raised more than $42,000 to purchase and maintain a grand piano for the Logan Middle School Auditorium. Of the total, $23,000 came from the Bob and Jean Marck Family Fund of the La […]
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North Woods Read-a-Thon raises more than $3,500 for literacy projects in Nicaragua
Students at North Woods International School raised more than $3,500 during their Read-a-Thon March 3 for a school-wide service learning project. More than $650 was raised through online donations to the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. Money raised will help the community of Nuevo Santa Celia in Nicaragua, through a partnership (in its seventh year) with Gundersen […]
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Photo gallery: 2017 Grants Award Luncheon
Special thanks to Diane Gebhart, former LPEF Board member, for providing photography at the 2017 Grants Award Luncheon.
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Excellence and Equity highlighted at 2017 Grants Award Luncheon
Recipients of 43 grants honored at 2017 event More than 200 community members and School District of La Crosse employees came together in a celebration of public schools at the annual Grants Award Luncheon hosted by the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. The luncheon — presented by Festival Foods — celebrates teachers, staff, students and community […]
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Celebrate Excellence and Equity in Our Schools at annual Grants Award Luncheon on Jan. 16, 2017
Superintendent of Schools Randy Nelson will be the featured speaker at the La Crosse Public Education Foundation’s annual Grants Award Luncheon, to be held Jan. 16, 2017, in the Cargill Room at The Waterfront. The presenting sponsor of the event is Festival Foods. More than 70 grant recipients and other staff members in the School […]
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