Inspiring creativity Nurturing intellect Championing excellence for TUSD students since 1992 incorporating www.TEF4kids.org BLANK PAGE 2017/2018 AT A GLANCE • $50,000 in TEF STEM Initiative Grants in Year 4 (2017) • 65 projects funded at 25 of 30 TUSD schools, serving 10,500 students and family members. • Compare: in 2013, 8 STEM projects existed in all of TUSD at only 4 Middle Schools and 1 High School. • Since launching TEF STEM initiative in 2014: $141,500 granted, for a total of 167 projects to date. Thank you to our TUSD STEM Initiative Teacher/Leaders! STEM Grantees at reception hosted by Virco Mfg. Corp. headquarters – December 2017 $39,000 in TEF Scholarships were awarded to 22 Class of 2018 Seniors, given in partnership $185,000 Raised at with corporate and community sponsors. 2017 SKECHERS Walk • $74,000 donated by TEF back to TUSD schools • 2,122 Walkers on 50 TEF Teams THANK YOU, TEF AMBASSADORS 22 TUSD graduates have scholarship help from TEF and our partners – May 2018 Team TEF, Manhattan Beach Pier – October 2017 • $50,000 raised in the 2018 Toyota Car Raffle • $30,000 donated back to Schools, School Teams and PTA/PTSAs . • TUSD – Hickory Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Mylee Tynen was the lucky winner. THANK YOU, TOYOTA! Mylee Tynen with her family and her new 2018 RAV4 XLE Hybrid – April 2018 5.3.18 $165,000 was raised at the 2018 TEF Gala. Eat, Drink and be Giving – a Black & White Affair 480 sponsors and guests celebrated with us, stylishly garbed in black & White of course, at the DoubleTree Hotel. THANK YOU to our sponsors, attendees and auction donors! Kurt Robinson accepts the James R. Armstrong Community Leadership Award from Gala Co-Chair Maggie Mabery and TEF President Dr. Chad Mabery at the 2017 TEF Black & White Affair - April 2018 35 donors and prospective donors toured the new Science Lab at Edison Elementary School to see our TUSD NGSS team and facilities in action. THANK YOU, Principal Okazaki and the crack TUSD Science Resources Team, and thanks to our teachers and student demonstrators, too! Guests and participants at Edison Elementary School Science Lab Tour – July 2017 1600+ students attended TEF South Bay Enrichment Academy summer programs at Hickory Elementary, Calle Mayor Middle School and South High. 60 Chinese exchange students joined us for the first time – they’ll be back! THANK YOU TO OUR SBEA TEACHERS! A group of our Chinese students ends their week long Summer School experience at South High with Certificates of Participation – August 2017 New Grants of $100,000 for TUSD Science Labs from Continental Development Corp. Surf Management & Sares-Regis Group and The Torrance Refinery Surf Management President, Steve Fechner, with Superintendent Dr. George (310) 320-7232 nd Seeking more partner Mannon, TEF Executive Director Susan Swinburne, and the 2 grade science www.TEF4kids.org students at the Carr Elementary School Science Lab. investors! 2016/2017 AT A GLANCE • $50,000 in TEF STEM Initiative Grants in Year 4 (2017) • 65 projects funded: 25 TUSD schools, serving 10,500 students and families. • Since 2014, $141,500 granted, for a total of 167 projects to date. Thank you to our TUSD STEM Initiative Teacher/Leaders! STEM Grantees at reception hosted by TEF at Edelbrock Automotive Museum – November 2016 $69,000 in TEF Scholarships were awarded to 29 Class of 2017 Seniors, given in partnership $158,000 Raised at with corporate and community sponsors. 2016 SKECHERS Walk • $71,000 donated by TEF back to TUSD schools • 1,793 Walkers on 56 TEF Teams THANK YOU, TEF 29 TUSD graduates have scholarship help from TEF and our partners – AMBASSADORS May 2017 Team TEF, Manhattan Beach Pier – October 2016 • $65,000 raised in the 2017 Toyota Car Raffle • $41,000 donated back to Schools, School Teams and PTA/PTSAs . • Toyota will donate a Raffle Vehicle to TEF for five more years – through 2022. • TUSD mom Karrie Dooley was the lucky winner. THANK YOU, TOYOTA! Karrie Dooley with her family and her new 2017 RAV4 Hybrid – April 2017 12.7.17 $120,000 was raised at the 2017 TEF Celebrate Education Dinner at the Depot – more than 350 attended. THANK YOU to our sponsors, attendees and auction donors! Betty and Ted Lieu accept the James R. Armstrong Community Leadership Award from President Kevin O’Brien at the 2017 TEF Celebrate Education Dinner ‐ April 2017 35 donors and prospective donors toured the new Science Lab at Edison Elementary School to see our TUSD NGSS team and facilities in action. THANK YOU, Principal Okazaki and the crack TUSD Science Resources Team, and thanks to our teachers and student demonstrators, too! Guests and participants at Edison Elementary School Science Lab Tour – July 2017 1800+ students attended TEF South Bay Enrichment Academy summer programs at Hickory Elementary, Calle Mayor Middle School and South High. 60 Chinese exchange students joined us for the first time – they’ll be back! THANK YOU TO OUR SBEA TEACHERS! A group of our Chinese students ends their week long Summer School experience at South High with Certificates of Participation – August 2017 $164,000 TEF Grant to TUSD for Phase I of the Elementary Science Labs Project: Carr, Edison, Lincoln and Yukon Phase II & III coming in 2018 Announcing the donation at City Hall with Lead Donor Kurt Robinson from Robinson Helicopter and members of the TEF board – June 2016 (310) 320‐7232 www.TorranceEducationFoundation.org Victor Elementary Family Science Night Elementary Science Labs BECAUSE TORRANCE KIDS DESERVE MORE THAN WHAT CALIFORNIA PROVIDES As a community, we want more opportunities to learn, thrive, compete, and succeed! YOUR DONATION TO FILLS THE GAP! Thanks to parents and community members like you, for the past 25 years TEF has been able to provide greatly needed financial support to Torrance Unified for unfunded high priority needs. Some recent TEF contributions include: $370,000 for equipment, tools, and materials for nine Elementary Science Laboratory Classrooms (and eight more coming!) $136,000 for 168 STEM Initiative grants for teachers in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math—serving 11,000 students. $278,000 for District-wide WiFi North High Academic Decathlon Team 10 Years of Summer School for 15,000 Torrance students at South Bay Enrichment Academy, staffed by TUSD teachers. Burt Lynn MS Robotics Team HELP US DO EVEN MORE DONATE: www.TEF4kids.org Or print this form and 1) mail to PO Box 1397, Torrance, CA 90505, or 2) scan/email to [email protected], or 3) Fax to (310) 693-2627 I/We want to support TEF’s Silver Anniversary Campaign Superintendent’s SILVER PATRON $2,500 SILVER Champion of Education $250 Superintendent’s Circle $1,000 Champion of Education $100 Principal’s Circle $500 Friend of Education $50 Other $______ SILVER Supporter $25 Name _______________________________________________________________ My employer will match my gift: Address _____________________________________________________________ Company _________________________ Email _______________________________________________________________ I prefer my gift be anonymous Phone (H) ___________________________(C) _____________________________ Tell me about the TEF Endowment My Check for $ ________ is enclosed (payable to Torrance Education Foundation) Please charge my credit card. Card # _________________________________ Exp. Date _______________ CVV ________ Date ________ Signature _______________________________________________ Torrance Education Foundation, EIN# 33-0506936 is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization. www.TorranceEducationFoundation.org | Phone: (310) 320-7232 | Fax: (310) 693-2627 | [email protected] A Team Effort for Student Success “Torrance Education Foundation is respected and acknowledged as the direct, vital link between the Greater Torrance community and our children’s educational excellence. An investment in the Torrance Education Foundation can only be considered an investment in the future of our community.” Patrick J. Furey, Torrance Mayor For the past 25 years, Torrance Education Foundation has been the “vital link” supporting our children and schools in Torrance Unified School District. Every resident, family and business person in Torrance can be justly proud of our school district. With our high school graduation rate at 96%, Torrance Unified School District ranks among the highest in the state of California. TUSD can boast of solid academics, safe campuses, highly respected faculty and staff, a strong and active PTA/PTSA organization, and a dedicated family and business community. TUSD special needs staff cultivates individualized personal achievement for 2,700 students, while the District’s Gifted and Talented Education programs enroll more than 2,300. But TUSD cannot do it alone. Our schools in Torrance do a tremendous job of educating students – we have so many wonderful teachers – but it is no secret that school resources often cannot stretch beyond the basics. When school budgets flounder, it is our community who pitches in to help restore essential programs and services. Even in the most difficult of years of the recent great recession, Torrance Education Foundation and our steadfast donor community stepped up. Torrance Education Foundation is the catalyst that brings together community members, businesses and philanthropic foundations to fill the gap when California Education budgets fall short. “The crucial support TUSD receives from Torrance Education Foundation is a reflection of our strong, long-standing partnership that provides exciting