Kent Schools Foundation

03/24/2026

Vaudery Brown at Mill Creek Middle School received a Kent Schools Foundation Classroom Enrichment Grant titled, "Green Minds Project." Vaudrey shared quotes from her students ~
~Let’s tear the walls down to extend Mrs. Brown’s office and add more students and more fun stuff!
~I feel safe when I am in this room and listened to! She hears us! I can come to this room and think!
~Crying student: Are you distracting me with all this stuff? It’s working!
~This room is so amazing! I feel like working on my assignments now.
~I really appreciate the people that gave us all this stuff!!!

And from Mrs. Brown, "To see the smiles and smirks on students’ faces throughout the day, warms my heart, and uplifts me too. Even Parents and Staff have joined in on the fun! Students have coined my office as The Calming Room. I’m having an official sign made as a result. Thank you for helping with de-escalating emotions and behaviors and supporting learning and positive behavior self-management. I am so appreciative of your support which is making a big difference in the social-emotional world of our students and staff."

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation fund more project like this by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

03/02/2026

Jackie Mann, a kindergarten teacher at Sunrise Elementary, received a Kent Schools Foundation Classroom Enrichment Grant for her project, "Vertical White Boards for Building Thinking Classrooms Math." Jackie tells us, "My class is so excited about these white boards" and says that they are truly such a gift to her classroom.

02/06/2026

Erin Isbell and Marcella Hunter at Meridian Elementary received a Kent Schools Foundation grant for their project, "Voices of Innovation: Learning About Women and BIPOC in STEM; A STEM Voices Showcases." Erin shared, "On behalf of Marcella Hunter, myself, and the students of Meridian Elementary we want to say thank you for your donation to fund our project. With your funding we were able to purchase over 40 biographies specifically featuring the stories of women in STEM. The stories of women who shaped science as we know it today are historically under recognized. With your help and support, we are going to research and learn about these women as well as present and display our learning for everyone in our school to see."

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation fund more project like this by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

01/30/2026

Colleen Nielsen at Cedar Valley received a Kent Schools Foundation grant for the Cedar Valley Tech Club, "Paper Electronic Integration Into Set Design." Colleen tells us, "Cedar Valley Tech Club participants learned how to make simple circuits using conductive tape, LED Lights, and a light activated sensor. Our scholars then integrated this new technology into art, creating color changing tissue paper flowers. We plan to expand on this technology in creating colorful additions to Cedar Valley's Drama Club's spring production of Alice in Wonderland."

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation fund more project like this by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

01/19/2026

Congratulations to these Kent educators who each received a Classroom Enrichment Grant from the Kent Schools Foundation.

KSF awarded 162 grants across the Kent School District from PreSchool to TOP totaling nearly $98,000 of investment in our students.

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation continue this work by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

01/06/2026

KSD Educators are back from break and many are ready to kick off their grant projects. The Kent Schools Foundation is looking forward to the hearing and seeing the impact of the many projects in schools across the district.

Here’s another group of this year’s amazing grant recipients ~

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation continue this work by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

12/24/2025

https://www.kentreporter.com/news/kent-schools-foundation-awards-98000-in-grants/?fbclid=IwY2xjawO4H3FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFQZnI0bHEzSUJ3VTlUbHZBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn7VkMOs_QZszaCWdxj-Ityz1ZL6eRMiSM2Bpz4GnBBdkq_mT9HDdUXbyzKB_aem_OVy2bj7y1LJE_scfkKkIyw

Funds 161 proposals developed by 224 educators at 39 schools across Kent School District

12/15/2025

Here's another group of the amazing educators who are recipients of the 2025 Kent Schools Foundation Classroom Enrichment Grants.

KSF is awarding 161 grants across the Kent School District from PreSchool to TOP.

You can help the Kent Schools Foundation continue this work by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

12/11/2025

Love being able to hand out grants to KSD Staff!

12/11/2025

The Kent Schools Foundation is excited to announce the award of 161 Classroom Enrichment Grants. With both individual and collaborative grants, awards will go to 224 educators from 39 school sites and departments and total nearly $98,000. These grants will fund field trips, manipulative materials for math and phonics, vertical white boards, classroom libraries, flexible seating, inclusive PE projects, robotics kits and so much more for students all across the district from Preschool to TOP.
This week we visited some schools to surprise educators with their grants! (More to come next week!)
You can help the Kent Schools Foundation continue this work by giving at https://kentschoolsfoundation.org/donate/

12/02/2025

Please consider donating to Kent Schools Foundation!
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12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday- Please consider donating to the Kent Schools Foundation. We provide Classroom Enrichment Grants to KSD Staff, Scholarships, and raising money for Camp for Kids!