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Every Drop Counts When You're Raising The Tide

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:12:00 GMT

When you donate to the Redondo Beach Educational Foundation your generosity raises the tide in incredible ways. Your donations fund programs that wouldn’t exist otherwise, provide teacher grants for ambitious ideas that are going unsupported, and empower us to advocate on behalf of your community, your schools, your teachers and your children.

Over the past 6 months, RBEF has helped to bring the gap and fund new programs at all of our campuses! To name a few, an Online Student Career and Course Program which will help our 7^th – 12^th grade students ensure that they have met all requirements to attend a four year university, A College Readiness Liaison ensuring our students are meeting their A-G requirements, interacting with all of our Counselors and Students at the Elementary, Middle and High School levels, 80 laptop computers provided to Middle and High School campuses to allow us to close the technology divide, Family Science Nights for K -6^th grade which is an Interactive Science Family Night at all of our elementary campuses, Music Center Teaching Program by bridging the gap for the program to ensure that our early elementary children receive instruction in the area of music, dance, theatre to name a few. We are further pleased to have been able to return over $62K directly to our teachers in their classrooms that benefits your children directly. This is a sampling but we have done much more!

MAKE WAVES FOR YOUR SCHOOL

Donating to RBEF and listing your child’s school could benefit your school EVEN more. During our $360 fundraising initiative/family beginning in February, the school with the highest percentage of parent participation will win a iPad each week. And when the $360 initiative ends, the four schools with the highest percentage of participation will each receive a cash grant returned to each campus.

REMEMBER,

EVERY DOLLAR IS A DROP.

EVERY DROP RAISES THE TIDE.

PLEASE DONATE YOURS NOW AT RBEF.ORG

RBUSD Teachers Get $62K in Grants

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:34:00 GMT

The Redondo Beach Education Foundation gives out more than $62,000 in grants to Redondo Beach teachers....

By Nicole Mooradian

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Schools Benefit from Generous Donation

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:54:00 GMT

The Redondo Beach Educational Foundation received a windfall last week when it was announced that a more than $300,000 trust will be headed its way through a generous donation.

At the "State of Education" event that took place Oct. 5 at Washington Elementary School, it was announced Windsong Trust would help fund a variety of kindergarten though 12th-grade college preparatory programs.

On Your Mark... Get Set... GO REDONDO BEACH!

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:35:00 GMT

CALLING ALL RB STUDENTS, CLASSES CLUBS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS!

TEAM UP and WIN BIG at this year's Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. The more people who participate, the more money goes to our schools!

SWEET VICTORY!

The top two classes at each school who have the most participants will win a pizza and ice cream party sponsored by RBEF!

Sunday, October 30, 2011
8:00a.m. Opening Ceremonies
9:00a.m. Walk Starts at Manhattan Beach Pier

Go to www.skechersfriendshipwalk.com to register!

Please mark the Redondo Beach Education Foundation box at time of payment.

Redondo Beach Ed Foundation Wants To Put Your Students Education First

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:26:00 GMT

RBEF wants to thank the parents, students, administrators and teachers who helped make the first-ever RBEF Summer Sessions a success this past summer. We had 250 students participating from grades K-12, on two campus sites, plus students who took courses online through our Cyber High program. RBEF has plans to grow Summer Sessions over the next several years and help students who are behind or who want to get ahead.

This Could Be Your Child's Best Year Yet!

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:25:00 GMT

Donations to RBEF provide elementary fine art programs, science equipment in the middle schools, new technology in the high schools and so much more!

Fall Tech and Annual Donor Drive

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:24:00 GMT

The Ed Foundation also wants to thank all the parents and community supporters that gave to the Fall Tech Campaign and Annual Donor Drive last school year. The Tech campaign generated enough funds to give each school campus $2,000 towards new computer equipment. The donor drive in the spring raised over $200,000 to go towards school programs and teacher grants. This money is always dispersed between the elementary, middle and high school campuses. A list of how donor dollars will be used this year will be posted on www.rbef.org in early October.

Congratulations!

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:24:00 GMT

RBEF also wants to congratulate the students and their families who received laptops from the donor drive opportunity drawing, they are: the Dunham Family; the Hoffman Family; the Prohaska Family; the Quayle Family; the Reback Family; and the Spangler Family.

Please look for our back-to-school flier via email or at your student’s open house! There are many upcoming events and opportunities to get involved with RBEF this new school year.

Here’s to putting student education first!

New Principal Spotlight: Nicole Wesley

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:22:00 GMT

Presenting enough opportunities to help students figure out what they want to do after high school is hard work, but new Redondo Union High School principal Nicole Wesley is prepared to do just that during her first year as a high school principal.

Redondo Beach Educational Foundation Announces Grant Winners for Donor Drive School Competition

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:21:00 GMT

Redondo Beach Educational Foundation Announces Grant Winners for Donor Drive School Competition

May 3, 2011 (Redondo Beach, CA) – The Redondo Beach Educational Foundation's "Raising The Tide" annual donor drive concluded last month. Today, announcements were made of the top four schools winning the school grant competition.

The top four schools with the highest percentage participation win a cash grant from RBEF. This year's winners include:

Tulita Elementary (Championship School) $3,000

Jefferson Elementary (1st Runner-Up) $2,000

Alta Vista Elementary (2nd Runner-Up) $1,000

Lincoln Elementary (3rd Runner-Up) $750

The annual donor drive along with the recent poker tournament and corporate sponsorships has brought in over $200,000 this year so far. A separate campaign for local businesses is currently running.

Some RBEF corporate sponsors have helped with specific programs for the school year. AES donated specifically to Parras and Adams Middle School Intramural Sports Program. Wells Fargo Foothill contributed towards new computers and software for each campus, and Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems donated specific dollars towards Redondo Beach Union High School's world-champion robotics team program and district-wide teach grants covering areas in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Redondo Union Earns AP Distinction for Boosting Scores and Enrollment

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:45:00 GMT

Three years' worth of AP data for 4,869 school districts across the country
were examined....

By Ed Pilolla
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A High School Degree Does Not Mean Your Child is Ready for College

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:03:00 GMT

If your child takes the classes needed to graduate form High School then they should be eligible to go to a UC or a Cal State, right? Not necessarily.

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RBEF Annual Donor Drive Starts February 1st

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:43:00 GMT

Schools across California are expected to plan for the worst this month. No one knows what the budget from the state will be for public schools next year.

The prediction is that hundreds of teachers statewide will be issued preliminary layoff notices by the mandatory date of March 15. Because of this unknown – the question we are all thinking -- how many teachers could we lose next year?If the governor's proposal to seek tax extensions ends up on the June ballot, school districts will not know until later that month whether they can rescind layoff notices or not. What happens if the tax extension is not approved? With the tax extensions extended, the loss to the district would be $19/student. Without the tax extension, the lost would amount to $350 per each student in the district. This amounts to funding levels from almost 10 years ago wiping away all cost of living expenses and more!

For our Redondo schools, it would mean a $2.7 million deficit. Also, this time around, there will be no federal stimulus money to help ease the red ink. Our students would experience less teachers, program elimination, larger class sizes and instructional materials not being purchased.

The time is NOW for us as parents to join forces and make a difference for our students! How you ask? By getting the vote out and through the RBEF’s annual donor drive. One involves our inherit right as citizen’s to flex our voting power and the other is our privilege to live in a country where for $30 a month, we can afford to give our students an excellent education.

Please show your support for the tax extension vote in June and support our schools and teachers with a $360 tax deductible donation to the current donor campaign running through April 1st. Any donation helps and supports our students!

To donate or for further information about the tax extension ballot measure, go to www.rbef.org.

Redondo Beach Ed Foundation Gives Out 31K in Teacher Grants!

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:15:00 GMT

At the third annual RBEF mixer, caller "Mix, Mingle and Make A Difference" held at the Cheesecake Factory on November 18th, over 250 parents, school administrators and community were present for the announcement of the fall round of teacher grants for the 2010-11 school year.

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Redondo Beach made the list of New Desirable Neighborhoods due to it's great school district!

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:16:00 GMT

Not as iconic as Malibu or Hollywood, these neighborhoods are nonetheless some of the city's most affordable and livable. Consider taking a look before the hordes invade.
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