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LPEF Awards District Staff Shining Stars
Last month, we received over 180 nominations for Shining Stars within the District! Three staff members were selected to receive grants from the Tom and Jean Heyt Thompson Fund to be used at their discretion to benefit their schools: Garrett Carlson, Teacher, Logan High School – $200 grant Bryan Skiles, Custodian, Southern Bluffs Elementary […]
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Gold Star Grants – $41,500 Awarded in April 2023!
Made possible through generous community support, La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students at all grade levels with our spring Gold Star Grants. Funded projects provide students and teachers a chance to learn new skills, have new experiences, and to be exposed to new ideas — everything from tricycles and strider bikes, […]
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$44,778 awarded for 23 Gold Star Grant projects!
Made possible through generous community support, La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students and teachers at every grade level in the La Crosse schools with Gold Star Grants this winter. Funded projects provide students a chance to learn new skills, have new experiences, and to be exposed to new ideas — everything […]
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Gold Star Grants in Action
Gold Star Grants are awarded in December and April each school year and in the 2021-22 school year over $80,000 in grants were funded. The majority of these project are put into action between September – May when most SDLC schools are in session. But with robust summer school schedules and two year-round schools, Gold […]
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Gold Star Grants Awarded – $34,156 for 20 projects that will improve reading skills, promote social and emotional learning, and more.
LA CROSSE, WI, April 12, 2022 – Made possible through generous community support, La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students and teachers at every grade level in the La Crosse schools with Gold Star Grants this spring. Funded projects provide students a chance to learn new skills, have new experiences, and to […]
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LPEF GRANTS OFFER $49,143 TO IMPROVE READING SKILLS, PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND MORE.
LA CROSSE, WI, December 7, 2021 – The generous support of community donors will offer students at every grade level in La Crosse schools a chance to learn new skills and expose them to new ideas — everything from traditional Hmong music, creating an outdoor classroom, to using photography to learn geometry, geology, and geography.
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Grants for physical fitness, servant leadership, and character development will be funded through Randy and Lynn Nelson Endowment
La Crosse school students will have the opportunity to participate in projects involving physical fitness, servant leadership, and character development due to an endowment fund established by retired School District of La Crosse Superintendent Randy Nelson and his wife Lynn. Beginning this fall, teachers in the School District of La Crosse will be able to […]
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Helping students experience benefits of being in nature is focus of new grant funded by Kathie and Rob Tyser
La Crosse school students will enjoy field trips to explore nature, urban gardening projects, hiking, birding, kayaking, geo-caching, classes in outdoor survival techniques and many other opportunities due to a new grant program of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. Retired educators Kathie and Robin Tyser have created a new endowment fund, the Tyser Power […]
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Trust Point funds special grant for artists in residence for Hamilton-SOTA I reopening
The grand reopening of Hamilton-SOTA I School will be celebrated through the arts due in large part to a special La Crosse Public Education Foundation Gold Star Grant being funded by Trust Point Inc. The $5,200 grant funds visits by two instructors involved in theater, arts and dance to work with staff and students at […]
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Latest LPEF grants offer $41,800 to improve reading skills, promote space exploration, and more
The generous support of community donors will offer students at every grade level in La Crosse schools a chance to learn new skills and expose them to new ideas — everything from traditional Hmong music, to fly fishing, to simulated flights among the stars. Pre-schoolers will get a chance to learn math and science concepts […]
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