SEF Donates $60,000

SEF Supplements Academic Curriculum at all 8 SGUSD Schools

The San Gabriel Educational Foundation organizes and offers a variety of programs that foster and celebrate educational excellence. To enhance the classroom and school-wide learning experience, the Foundation provides much-needed funding support for these programs. A primary goal of SEF is to ensure sustainability of programs that are at risk of  elimination due to continued budget cuts. The Foundation aims to touch the lives of every student in the SGUSD and to help those students achieve all of their educational goals.

San Gabriel Educational Foundation Grants SGUSD Program Support $60,000 in 2018-2019!

SEF Supplements Academic Curriculum at all 8 SGUSD Schools

The San Gabriel Educational Foundation organizes and offers a variety of programs that foster and celebrate educational excellence. To enhance the classroom and school wide learning experience, The Foundation provides much-needed funding support for these programs. A primary goal of SEF is to ensure sustainability of programs that are at risk of elimination due to continued budget cuts. The Foundation aims to touch the lives of every student in the SGUSD and to help those students achieve all of their educational goals.

Food For Thought

Made possible through a generous grant from the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center Foundation Fund. The grant helped to establish a teaching kitchen at Jefferson Middle School. Food for Thought is a program that supports nutrition education and cooking training for students. The program offers fun gourmet cooking classes and other events to parents and the greater community.

Music Immersion Extension

SEF is partnering with the SGUSD to provide elementary students from kindergarten through third grade additional music instruction. A SEF grant will be used to fund a part-time instructor to be a resident artist in the program.

After-School Hip Hop at JMS

Boys and girls will have a great time learning hip-hop dance moves with Kelly Sweeney. Kelly has performed on NBC’s World of Dance and enjoys teaching dance. This program is another way SEF promotes health and wellness for our students.

Author Series Presentation

Local and national award winning authors are invited to speak to our schools about writing, literature and their careers. These interactions encourage a joy for reading and an understanding of writing and the creative process.

Field Trips at Del Mar High School

SEF is thrilled to provide funding to send our students at Del Mar High School on educational field trips. Students are able to experience world class arts programs, museums and learn about future career opportunities.

GHS College Counseling Program

SEF fully funds the Naviance counseling program for all high school students. Naviance is a college and career readiness platform that helps connect academic achievement to post secondary goals. This program empowers students and their families to connect learning and post-graduate goals and provides schools and districts with the information they need to help students prepare. Naviance also allows students to create a plan for their future based on their individual strengths and learning styles.

Community Events

SEF sponsors community events like this book give-away held in partnership with the SGFD. SEF Board members also support other community events with our participation.

Gabrielino Speech and Debate

Grants from SEF cover league competition entry costs for the award winning team.

After School Library Hours at GHS

To ensure all SGUSD students have improved access to technology and the availability of computers and the internet, SEF fully funds the after school library hours. This allows for access to the computer labs and media center outside of the regular school day.