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List of employers who offer matching funds
   Grypons Soccer Club is donating 10% of any summer camp fees for new students from our district 
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for kids! the San Mateo Foster City Education Foundation was established in 1989 to enhance and enrich the educational experiences of all students
in the San Mateo and Foster City Schools and has funded over $ 2.6 million to the district.
Foster City 4th of July
We invite you and your family to visit our booth at the Foster City 4th of July Festival, where we will be selling fruit cups and chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements, a company owned by a parent in the district.  
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Plan to attend a free educational forum John Merrow's  "California:  America's Future --From First to Worst:  Where Are We Now?"

Wednesday, Sept 23, 2009, at Bayside Theatre, 7-9 pm



The San Mateo-Foster City School District is keeping our community informed regarding how the State adopted budget impacts our District.  Below we have provided a link to important information regarding our State adopted budget and how it negatively impacts our District. 

Learn more about the budget crisis


            San Mateo Daily Journal 
May 5, 2009
 
Star-spangled fundraiser
By Heather Murtagh

Chris Vega Fourth grade North Shoreview Montessori Elementary School student Owen Thomas, left, sings ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ with about 50 local students at the San Francisco Giants game Saturday.

With seven minutes before it was time to take their places on the field, 50 students
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Dear Friends of the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District:

On behalf of for kids!, the San Mateo Foster City Education Foundation, we’d like to once again ask for your indispensable and generous support as we embark upon our Annual Campaign.  As the only district-wide fundraising effort, the mission of for kids! is to support excellence in our local public schools and promote equitable opportunities for every K-8 student in the district. 

Since 1989 for kids! has donated over $2.6 million to the school district to help insulate our neighborhood public schools from the fluctuations in both state and federal educational funding.  As we begin our 20th year serving students in San Mateo and Foster City, we remain steadfast in our belief that by supporting all our schools we can make a difference in the lives of our children and add to the vitality of our community.

Every year, parents, community members, and local businesses partner together to help enrich the education we all desire for our children.  This year, without your donations, there would be no elementary instrumental music program in the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District.  In addition, the district’s library and counseling services would have been substantially curtailed.  

In these uncertain times, your support is critical not only for kids! but also your neighborhood school and PTA.  Now, more than ever, we must all work together to shape the superior education our children so richly deserve.  Your tax-deductible gift in any amount will help us achieve that goal. 

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

 Sincerely,

 
Jean Abeles                              Kip Parent                         Mike Nagler
Executive Director                      President                          Vice President



Kip Parent, Foundation President, received an Honorary Service Award from the PTA Council at their June 6 luncheon, presented by Dr. Pendery Clark... more















"There is a place in America to take a stand: it is public education. It is the underpinning of our cultural and political system. It is the great common ground. Public education after all is the engine that moves us as a society toward a common destiny... It is in public education that the American dream begins to take shape."
Tom Brokaw
   f
ormer anchor
  NBC Nightly News



You can reach us at 650-312-7235  We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: info@forkidsedfund.org