Be Part Of The Excitement - Donate To The Education EDGE!

Education EDGE informational flier (PDF) Education EDGE Community Donation Form (PDF) Education EDGE Donation Form/Employee (PDF) Watch: Education EDGE video

NEW!! Education EDGE is now on Facebook!   This new feature allows us another avenue to spread the good news about Education EDGE and the Wichita Public Schools!  If you are on Facebook, search for Education EDGE and become a fan…and then share your support with all your online friends and neighbors.  Online donations are also available through a link on our Facebook Page.

Employees and community members can show their support of teachers and students by contributing to the Education EDGE. The Education EDGE allows employees to voluntarily give contributions to the Classroom Mini-Grant, Fine Arts and/or Athletics Gift Funds. Employees who pledged last year will not need to fill out a form to continue their support unless they wish to change the donation amount. Education EDGE Donation Form/Employee (PDF)

So far, employees and community members have pledged nearly $1.6 million to the Education EDGE. Since the beginning, the fund has provided $539,165 in gifts back to support our students and teachers

The Education EDGE was created by Board of Education policy in February 2003 as an opportunity to allow private donors to support three key areas within the Wichita Public Schools not adequately supported by traditional funding resources - classroom mini-grants, athletics and fine arts. This unique partnerships with the Wichita Community Foundation allows all gifts received by the Education EDGE to be devoted to these three "gift fund" areas, all of which are critical to stimulating creativity and building strong connections between students and their schools! 



Classroom Mini-Grants
Grants recognizing classroom innovation will be awarded through this fund. Teachers apply each year, and a committee of staff and community volunteers will review and make awards to grants that exhibit creative approaches to student learning. 

NEW!!! Applications for the Spring 2010 Classroom Mini-Grants are available by clicking here!  (Only school-based, certified staff of the Wichita Public Schools are eligible to apply.) Applications are due Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

Fine Arts
All students in the Wichita Public Schools may participate in visual arts, theater, and vocal and instrumental music. The Fine Arts Gift Fund will be used to address district-wide fine arts equipment and facility needs. Priorities for this fund include improving auditoriums and purchasing: band/orchestra instruments, cameras and digital technology and kilns and potters wheels.
 

 

Athletics