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Gold Star Grants promote life-skills, literacy, music, leadership and more with $43,883 awarded by La Crosse Public Education Foundation – April 2025
La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students at all grade levels through 18 grant projects receiving $43,883 in funding. These grants provide teachers with a chance to expand their skills, give students access to exciting educational experiences, and allow students, staff, and schools to collaborate on exciting new ideas. Among other things, […]
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Kember Family Music Grant to Support Music Education
Students and educators in the School District of La Crosse will have access to additional resources to support music education, thanks to the generosity of Jerry and Nan Kember. Jerry and Nan both spent their careers in education. As a music educator and later administrator and Superintendent in the School District of La Crosse, Jerry […]
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Gold Star Grants – $51,138 awarded in December 2024
La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students at all grade levels through 21 grant projects receiving $51,138 in funding. These grants provide teachers with a chance to expand their skills, give students access to exciting educational experiences, and allow students, staff, and schools to collaborate on exciting new ideas. Among other things, […]
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$88,000 awarded for K-5 students to get a powerful boost in reading skills
Two major literacy education grants from La Crosse Public Education Foundation (LPEF) will support the School District of La Crosse’s commitment to the science of reading, providing a research-based approach to literacy instruction. The funding comes via a generous gift from a local anonymous benefactor. With a $51,000 grant, all kindergarten through second-grade classrooms will […]
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Longfellow Outdoor Adventure Club
This spring, LPEF joined other community donors and awarded a Gold Star Grant to the Longfellow Outdoor Adventure Club for their Backpacking 101 summer school course. Clint Grabhorn and Lila Planavsky, Longfellow Middle School teachers and the Longfellow Adventure Club Co-leaders, shared the outcome of that week with us. “In late June, Longfellow Middle School’s Outdoor Adventure […]
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Gold Star Grants – $53,614 Awarded in March 2024 – Our Largest Ever!
Made possible through generous community support, La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to announce the largest round of Gold Star Grants funding ever with $53,614 awarded for 20 projects. Funded grants provide students and teachers a chance to expand their skills, be exposed to novel experiences, and to engage with unique ideas — everything […]
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Gold Star Grants – $34,018 Awarded in December 2023
Made possible through generous community support, La Crosse Public Education Foundation is proud to support students at all grade levels with our winter 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 CPR and First Aid […]
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Al’s Musky Challenge Donates $15,000 for Field Trips
La Crosse Public Education Foundation is honored to be one of three recipients of funding from Al’s Musky Challenge. The effort is a project of the Rotary Club of La Crosse Downtown and raises funds to support youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in our community. LPEF received a grant of $15,000 to support field trips in […]
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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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