Entries by VSF Admin

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EVERYONE COUNTS

Vashon Island Public Schools is teaming up with Vashon Nature Center to provide a new science program called Everyone Counts. Students will be participating in a 12 week field project in their own backyard that will also be contributing to the international science community’s biodiversity survey. Please visit the Vashon Nature Center for more information […]

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Support our island’s public schools, please GiveBig 2020

We’ll get through this together. Now, more than ever, it’s clear our schools are much more than institutions of learning. Vashon schools provide essential services to all families. They feed our students, they provide emotional support, they link those in need to critical safety nets, they are safe places, they provide a sense of community […]

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Please join us for our fall FAMILY FEAST

Our wonderful community dinners are back! The first Family Feast of the year will be held on November 7 from 5:30 – 7:00. Join us at Vashon High School. It’s a delicious meal at an unbeatable price, sharing company, conversation and entertainment with other school families and staff.  Fresh produce is sourced from Matsuda Farm and expertly prepared by the VHS food service team. You […]

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Vashon Island Community PTSA and Vashon Schools Foundation Announce New Collaboration

The Vashon Island Community PTSA announces that it is joining forces with the Vashon Schools Foundation as of August 27th, 2019. With enthusiastic support from school district administrators and the education community, these two powerful all-volunteer organizations will combine resources to provide coordinated benefits to students, teachers and families in the Vashon Island school district. […]

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On Wednesday, May 8 our community comes together…

…. in a day of generosity known as GiveBig. When we all give together, we GiveBig! As you plan your donations, we ask you to consider including Vashon Schools Foundation (VSF). Since 2010, the Foundation has raised funds to support programs, curriculum and supplies that bridge the gap between state funding and the outstanding education […]

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Today is Giving Tuesday please donate

The holiday season has officially begun! We wish you one full of celebration, wonder, and special time with those who are dear to you. You can join the global #GivingTuesday movement, a day dedicated to supporting charities. In this season of giving, we hope Vashon Schools Foundation has made your list. Our non-profit works close to home, […]

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School Funding: A Conversation with WA Legislators about McCleary and the Current State of Education Funding

Vashon Schools Foundation, PTSA, school administrators and staff have invited our state legislators to the island to discuss the education funding model after the McCleary decision, its impacts on Vashon schools, and changes needed to make it sustainable and fair. Representatives Eileen Cody, Joe Fitzgibbon, and our newly elected state senator will be in attendance. […]