EXCEL Foundation Coeur d'Alene

06/09/2026

GRANT DOLLARS AT WORK:
This grant funded three Real Care Babies in Lena Cooley's class to provide students with realistic infant care experiences at Venture High School. Combined with financial education, this grant aided in fostering the understanding of parenting challenges and economic responsibilities, preparing students to become responsible adults and active, informed community members. Coeur d'Alene Public Schools

06/02/2026

Here's an amazing project done by students from Ramsey Magnet School, and funded by EXCEL! They created informational signs and posted them at English Point. Great job Ramsey!

06/02/2026

GRANT DOLLARS AT WORK:
Students in Kristin Thomas's class at Fernan STEM Academy took to the story-boards this spring! They worked in groups to imagine, story-board, and create short stop motion movies over the course of several weeks. They filmed and edited the movies to be featured during the school Film Festival event! d'Alene Public Schools

06/01/2026

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Coeur d'Alene for donating $4,000 to the EXCEL Foundation! This donation will go directly towards grants for teachers in the Coeur d'Alene Public Schools.

“This year’s applications showed the depth of service work happening across Kootenai County, along with great need within our community,” said Lindsey Morgan, Grants Co-Chair of the Coeur d’Alene Rotary Club.

05/26/2026

GRANT DOLLARS AT WORK:
Modernizing strength training at Lake City High School! Educator and assistant football coach, Trevor Woodall submitted a grant to provide provide bar speed monitors to enhance safety and training in the weight room. Students receive real-time feedback on lifting performance, enabling data-driven progress tracking. The monitors modernize training methods, increase motivation, and ensure a safer, more effective learning environment. Coeur d'Alene Public Schools LCHS United

05/13/2026

05/09/2026

The EXCEL Foundation was proud to award 2 Signature Grants for $25,000 each. Congratulations to Lake City High School, and Lakes Middle School!

The energy inside the Lakes Middle School woodshop was electric Monday afternoon as students and staff learned the school had been awarded a $25,000 grant from the EXCEL Foundation.

05/09/2026

05/05/2026

GRANT DOLLARS AT WORK:

Young novelists are hard at work inside Hayden Meadows Elementary!

Fourth graders will become authors by writing their own I Survived stories. Students studied mentor texts, chose a survival event, and wrote from a character's point of view. After revising and illustrating, the stories will be published in a class book and shared during an "Author's Share" celebration.

05/04/2026

GRANT DOLLARS AT WORK: Students in Mrs. Irving's reading class at Hayden Meadows Elementary read the books The Wild Robot and A Rover's Story and afterwards were tasked with designing mazes and obstacles for their Ozobots (programmable mini spherical robots). These simulated the journeys of the rovers in A Rover's Story or Roz in The Wild Robot. Students coded paths that represented challenges with terrain, hazards, and paths that mirrored the characters' survival.