Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation

01/18/2025

84 Lynchburg City Schools teachers, including Melissa Scott of Heritage Elementary School, shopped for FREE at the Tools4Schools warehouse today! They took bags and boxes full of great stuff back to their classrooms. Joseph Mehl, Lynchburg CTE teacher at Sandusky Middle School said, "Thanks, it really helps!"

The Ed Foundation runs the Tools4Schools Warehouse to mitigate out of pocket expenses incurred by teachers supplying their classrooms and students. We extend our gratitude to all our donors, corporate and individual, making this resource possible for our LCS teachers.

01/17/2025

Meredith Khan of Sandusky Middle School celebrated her birthday and shopped at the Tools4Schools Warehouse today! She and the other 32 teachers who've stopped by so far today are thrilled have found all sorts of FREE supplies for their classrooms and their students!

01/15/2025

American Electric Power Foundation and Appalachian Power are sponsoring a James River Association mentorship project designed by teams from Lynchburg City Schools, James River Association, and the Ed Foundation. This exciting program will focus on teaching LCS 6th graders about environmental stewardship with AP Environmental Science student mentors.

The project will begin with professional development programs for the involved teachers and training for the AP student mentors in the spring. During the 2025-2026 academic year, LCS 6th graders will learn about our river and environmental stewardship from their science teachers as well as JRA and Lynchburg Water Resources staff and AP student mentors before they head out to experience the James in kayaks while putting their knowledge to work.

We can't wait to share this journey with the students and with our followers! Thank you American Electric Power - AEP Foundation for making exciting opportunity possible for our students.

Our photo features Rob Mann from Appalachian Power front and center, Charles Johnson- Upper James Education Manager on the far right, Catherine Phillips-LCS Supervisor of Instructional Technology in the back row center, Ed Foundation Trustees-Erik Nygaard, Kate Wall, and Mac Frankfort, and our director Dawn Fields Wise.

01/14/2025

Can’t wait to see the designs come to life!

01/13/2025

Another thank you to BWX Technologies, Inc. for passing on tons of office supplies for our Lynchburg City Schools' teachers. And thank you to three great volunteers who helped collect the supplies and transport them to our Tools4Schools Warehouse. We'll be hosting in-person shopping for our LCS teachers on their upcoming professional development day, so the timing of this generous donation is perfect!

01/10/2025

We're so grateful for the generosity of The Al Stroobants Foundation and the grant awarded to us this year. They fund key programs like Classroom Innovation Grants, the Tools4Schools warehouse, and so much more giving us flexibility to meet needs as they become apparent! In 2023-2024 The Al Stroobants Foundation sponsored a grant adding digital art capabilities to the traditional art curriculum at Sheffield Elementary School, and their support of our school supply warehouse allows us to send essential school supplies to Lynchburg City Schools' classrooms at teachers' requests. We can wait to show you the Classroom Innovation Grant they are sponsoring this year! Thank you for your ongoing support, The Al Stroobants Foundation!

01/09/2025

A $15,000 LCS Computer Science Scholarship has been generously funded by Linda Carr and Clarence James. It will be awarded to a student with demonstrated need entering a computer science field of study at a college or university. Applications are available at the Lynchburg Common Scholarship Application portal with a deadline of Feb. 28, 2025.

In addition to this prestigious scholarship, the Carr-James Family Community Service Fund was created to remove barriers to learning for LCS students by providing basic needs and advancing career and technical education opportunities for students and graduates with an emphasis on information technology and extracurricular activities.

The Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation, Inc. is proud to collaborate with the Lynchburg City Schools and the Carr-James Family serving as fundraiser and fiscal agent ensuring the success of these programs. We are grateful to Linda Carr and Clarence James for their commitment to our schools and our students.
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12/19/2024

BWX Technologies, Inc. is always supportive of our Lynchburg City Schools! Today we were able to gather 2 truckloads of office supplies as they finalize their move to their new offices. These reclaimed supplies are now waiting to be unpacked at our Tools4Schools Warehouse. In the New Year they'll make their way into classrooms across the school division for use by our teachers and students! Thank you for your help today, Ken Palazzi and Michelle Wood; and thank you for all the great stuff!

12/11/2024

And the cupboards are bare! Announcing an in-person teacher shopping day at the Tools4Schools Warehouse on last Friday’s early dismissal day resulted in 63 online teacher requests for supplies. We were out of tissues before the in-person shopping began and out of ear buds before the end as well. Our paper, pencil, and tape supplies took a big hit as well when 30 more teachers shopped in-person.

Help us restock our shelves before our teachers and students return from the Winter Break! You can
donate online using our
PayPal charity account: https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/2051473

or visit our website for more options:
https://www.lcsedu.net/community/education-foundation/financial-support.

Thank you for supporting our LCS teachers and students!

12/03/2024

Did you know that each year, the elementary and middle school staff at Lynchburg City Schools provide gifts and/or holiday meals out of their own pockets for families who need extra assistance? The staff at these schools take great pride in being able to do this on their own, without outside assistance. Each year, most of the families are different, due to hardships that have fallen upon them. (We know how that is, don't we?) This year, the need has been greater than some schools anticipated and they have reached out to the Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation for help.

This Giving Tuesday, we are asking for just $10 (or more if you can) to help with this effort.

GIVE HERE: paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/2051473

Remember, the Education Foundation is a separate 501c3 non-profit from Lynchburg City Schools, your donation is 100% tax-deductible, and 100% of the money will be split between the schools that need it. BUT, you can also designate directly to the school of your choice. Please message us to let us know your designation or email [email protected].

Did you know that according to the ALICE report, over 50% of families in Lynchburg are struggling to make ends meet?

Read the ALICE report here: https://www.unitedforalice.org/Demographics/virginia

11/21/2024

What a great program for our Lynchburg City Schools students!

With thanks to Centra, The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, and the Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation, VCIC welcomes a new group of high school students to Project Inclusion! Over the next few days, they will explore issues of diversity and prejudice, gain insight into their own lives and values, and develop action plans to share their learning with their schools upon their return.

11/15/2024

Bass' librarian, John Babcock, scored some unique items in addition to traditional school supplies at the Tools4Schools Warehouse!

Tried something new... opening for in-person teacher shopping on William Marvin Bass Elementary School's early dismissal day last week. We plan to expand our trial run by welcoming teachers from across the division on their next early dismissal day!

11/11/2024

On Veterans Day especially, we honor those who have died and also thank those who have served our country, with special appreciation for our Lynchburg City Schools' veterans and our own Lynchburg Imagination Library's Program Administrator, Bianca Braden Childress.

11/03/2024

Lynchburg City Schools' elementary strings and middle & high school orchestra students were able to hear violinist, educator and composer, Andrew “Finn” Magill play American, Scottish, Irish and Brazilian music at 2 performances last week. In addition to inspiring students to grow musically, this Classroom Innovation Grant awarded to Mrs. Ginger Paris incorporated an opportunity for LCS musicians to learn about a variety of careers in music from this versatile musician.

The Ed Foundation is proud to support a culture of innovation and provide LCS educators an opportunity to bring exciting programs designed to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn through our funding of Classroom Innovation Grants. Businesses and individuals interested in sponsoring a Classroom Innovation Grant can contact our Executive Director, Dawn Fields Wise.
https://www.lcsedu.net/community/education-foundation/grants

10/31/2024

High school students, sign up today!

Vector Space is gathering a team of inspired individuals throughout our area to compete in one of the most exhilarating and engaging competitions of our time. High school aged youth have 5 days remaining to apply to this life changing program. Share this with the bright young people in your life. Applications are accessed through the Vector Space website: https://vector-space.org/frc-robotics

10/28/2024

Thanks to a Crayola Cares grant via our Staples Community GiveBack Program we are distributing 70 class packs of crayons, colored pencils, and markers to our Lynchburg City Schools teachers! Pictured are Casey Quesenberry, Coordinator for RODEO (a voluntary alternative education program) and Aimee Hasinger, a preK teacher at Hutcherson Early Learning Center, 2 of our awardees after a division-wide lottery.

Thank you Crayola and Staples for sending these great products for our classrooms!

10/26/2024

The shelves were looking kind of bare after our Lynchburg City Schools teachers shopped for free from the Tools4Schools Warehouse in-person and online this week, but then we got a call from Lynchburg Gynecology offering us a huge office supply bonanza! We're sad to see their office closing, but we're thrilled to offer these supplies to our teachers.

We love up-cycling school/office/art supplies that aren't being used anymore! Do you have a donation for us to repurpose in our LCS classrooms? Contact [email protected]!