Read with Me has returned to the classroom!

Thank you to all the teachers and administrators for welcoming our students back to school. The extra special kind words and caring for our children was so appreciated. Our students are once again feeling secure as they begin this school year.

PSOMAS presents Touch-a-Truck to benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation. The event will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Central Park.

Sensory Sensitive quiet hour will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

One of the important pieces of preparing for education after high school is identifying and applying for scholarships to help with the cost.  A scholarship can be awarded for many reasons – academic ability, athletic talent, interests, demographics, career goals, etc. 

For example, Hart District seniors planning to pursue a career in education may apply for the Backer Family Scholarship. This local scholarship is managed by the SCV Education Foundation and its information can be found on the Foundation’s website.

The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation along with the superintendents from Castaic Union School District, Newhall School District, Saugus Union School District, Sulphur Springs Union School District and the William S. Hart Union High School District, invites the community to help honor the 2021/2022 Teachers of the Year.  The 38th Annual Teacher Tribute, Saluting Our Education Lifesavers, will take place on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Canyon Country Community Center. 

Welcoming January has most of us reflecting on this past year and what it means to us. For some, it is time spent with family that we have not seen or have been able to hug in over a year. For others, it is the ending to a trying and exhausting year. Often we get caught up in the minutia of working, taking our children to basketball practice, and sometimes just forgetting to breathe.

For years, the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation has provided support to our community’s schools, teachers and students through literacy programs and scholarships. The mission of the SCV Education Foundation is to promote innovation and excellence in education through community engagement and investment opportunities in our fifty-five public schools.

If you’re looking to participate in Giving Tuesday, here are 10 reasons why you should support the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation.

Our grant application period is now open! Public school TK-12 teachers in the Santa Clarita Valley can now apply for a $1,500 Teacher Innovation Grant (TIG). The deadline to apply is Monday, December 13 at 5 p.m.

The holiday season brings with it a spirit of giving in the form of good cheer, celebrations with family and friends, warmth, and reflection. It also brings to mind the remembrance of grace and kindness. One way to show kindness is to spend time with those you hold dear and our children need and deserve the warmth and kindness of those around them.

Given all the unknowns that we’ve experienced in the past 18 months, we certainly have had practice with mindfulness, consciously or unconsciously. This pandemic has taught us to be open to constant change. But all this pivoting into the unknown has not been without obstacles.

Are we making the world a better place? Perhaps the SCV Education Foundation needs to ask ourselves that question occasionally. Perhaps you need to ask yourself that question, too.

As the new school year begins, the SCV Education Foundation would like to reflect back on the previous school year. We are proud that we were able to continue with some of our programs and to offer new and inventive ways to support the teachers of our valley.

Many Santa Clarita children and teens started the 2021-2022 school year this week. For some, it had been over 500 days since they have physically stepped foot on a school campus. Excitement filled the air on the days leading up to opening day.

Written by SCV Education Foundation Vice President Renee Marshall

The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation recently awarded four scholarships to local Hart District seniors whose personal goals, college major and declared career path indicate future success in a field related of education. The following recipients will share $10,000 in scholarship dollars, thanks to the Backer Family.

Please join the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation and the superintendents from Castaic USD, Newhall SD, Hart District, Saugus USD, and Sulphur Springs USD in honoring the 2020-2021 Teachers of the Year.

Please join the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation and the superintendents from Castaic USD, Newhall SD, Hart District, Saugus USD, and Sulphur Springs USD in honoring the 2020 Teachers of the Year. Our 36th Annual Teacher Tribute, originally scheduled for April 2020, had to be postponed. We are extremely disappointed that we have been unable to honor these teachers in person, but we didn’t imagine that COVID would continue to affect us 8 months later.

Harley-Davidson, specifically Harley-Davidson® of Santa Clarita, partnered to support the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation through events in 2019 including our Poker Run and the legendary LoveRide 33.

The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation recently awarded four scholarships to local Hart District seniors whose personal goals, college major and declared career path indicate future success in a field related to education. 

Pocock Brewing Co. will host its 4th Anniversary Beer Festival on Saturday, December 7th at its location in Valencia. Once again, the net proceeds will be donated to the Castaic and SCV Education Foundations.