We are hope
The Hope School District Educational Foundation (HSDEF) was founded in 1993 in response to state budget cuts and funding reductions for school programs.
The Foundation is a community-based, registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to promoting academic excellence, championing innovation, and providing sustained financial support to the Hope School District. Over the years, the Foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to enrich student learning, contributing resources and staffing for library, science, technology, arts instruction, and more.
To ensure its impact the Foundation works collaboratively and strategically with the district's three outstanding PTA's, each school's site council, the administration, teachers and school board to identify changing funding needs and to determine its future priorities.
The Board Members of the foundation are primarily parent volunteers whose children attend the district's three award-wining elementary schools: Hope Elementary School, Monte Vista School, and Vieja Valley School.
Our focus is on enabling facilities capital improvements as well as fostering innovative curriculum and instruction.
Values
Collaboration
People who reside in the Hope community believe in the value of collaboration. By working together with district stakeholders, HSDEF is able to respond to the greatest needs and opportunities in our schools. Our partnerships enable HSDEF's Board of Directors to approach our work with a strategic, long-term view and to drive innovation at the district level.
Our community's residents, parents, teachers, support staff, administrators, school board, school site councils and PTA's are all vested in the success of Hope's schools. The small size of our district and our shared commitment to collaboration fosters strong relationships and helps us deliver quality education for today's students and for the generations to come.
Quality
For more than 150 years, the Hope Elementary School District has believed in the importance of offering a small and independent, high-quality, public education for elementary children residing in our district. The incredible level of engagement in maintaining and enhancing our schools, and a wonderful spirit of generosity make the educational experience offered by Hope Elementary School District an extraordinary one.
Our deeply held belief in quality shines forth in many ways, from our community's approval of Measure L in 2010, which provided financing for new buildings, technology, and energy efficiency initiatives; to our much-loved teachers' and administrators'nurturing of our children everyday; and to our hands-on, enthusiastic parents who role up their sleeves with smiles on their faces to provide specialists in the arts every year, assist teachers in the classrooms, and drive on field trips.
Our community's actions reflect an understanding among us that a well-educated population enables the greater good - that we have a social responsibility to sustain and support local public schools. HSDEF facilitates community engagement in accomplishing this goal.