Northside Elementary School – La Crosse Public Education Foundation

Gold Star Grants in Action

Posted by Nell Saunders-Scott on August 25, 2022

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.

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Sound studio, “Kindness Week,” and more among 22 Gold Star Grants worth $40,880 awarded by LPEF

Posted by David Stoeffler on March 17, 2020

Start-up funding for a sound studio, support for “Kindness Week” activities at two elementary schools, and a grant to create paintings with Hmong culture imagery to be displayed at…

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Outdoor experiences, virtual reality system top list of $36,384 in Gold Star Grants

Posted by David Stoeffler on March 28, 2019

Funding for snowshoes, equipment for a field research camp and money to provide a full-day of outdoor experiences for special education students are among 24 grants totaling more than…

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$40,300 in Gold Star Grants awarded to support innovation in La Crosse schools

Posted by David Stoeffler on December 4, 2018

LPEF awards 24 “Gold Star Grants” in first round for 2018-19 school year West African drums for elementary school music rooms, a yearlong archaeology project to study early Native American…

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New fund in memory of former teacher Claire Jandt supports Northside Elementary library

Posted by David Stoeffler on August 17, 2018

A new endowed fund will help Northside Elementary School students discover the joy of reading through a grant to be awarded in perpetuity. The fund with the La Crosse Public…

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Nearly $42,000 awarded in grants to La Crosse schools

Posted by David Stoeffler on December 7, 2017

LPEF awards 32 ‘Gold Star Grants’ supporting innovation in classrooms Projects in nearly every curriculum area – including teaching about local history, helping students create mosaics for a school garden,…

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Added $100,000 gift expands reading program to Northside

Posted by David Stoeffler on November 10, 2017

The anonymous donors funding the Readers Creating Readers program at Hamilton Elementary School have provided a new $100,000 gift to continue the program at Hamilton, and add a similar…

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Innovative effort will address trauma among Northside Elementary students

Posted by David Stoeffler on September 20, 2017

An innovative project to help Northside Elementary School students succeed in school and overcome adverse childhood experiences has received a major grant from the Robert &…

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School-by-school summary of grants 2014-2016

Posted by David Stoeffler on November 7, 2016

Innovative projects in every school and in every curriculum area have been launched due to the ongoing classroom grants program of the La Crosse Public Education Foundation. More than 80…

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Northside students celebrate with Logan students during Senior March

Posted by David Stoeffler on May 20, 2016

Seniors from La Crosse Logan High School were cheered May 19 during a “senior march” at Northside Elementary School. This first-ever event was in part…

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