Amid the backdrop of the pandemic, four teachers and 10 scholarship-earning students from the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) were honored last week for rising up and prevailing over the most challenging of circumstances.
Stimulus checks are out, but the West Contra Costa Public Education Fund knows people still need help. The group announced on Thursday it’s partnering with the West Contra Costa Unified School District to raise COVID-19 rapid release funds for 300 more local families in West County.
With the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest challenging classroom environments nationwide in 2020, teachers across the West Contra Costa Unified School District stepped up their game to ensure educational and inclusive learning environments.
A community-based initiative providing emergency financial assistance to Richmond community members and organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received a $50,000 boost from the Chevron Richmond Refinery on Giving Tuesday.
More than 200 students in one California district received turkeys, groceries and their required school immunizations at a drive-thru clinic last week.
Apple iPads and data plans are headed to Stege Elementary thanks to a $30,000 donation by Chevron and the Oakland A’s Community Fund to support distance learning in the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This fall semester, DeJean Middle School students got a little help putting their best foot forward thanks to a collaboration among Bay Area nonprofits. On Friday, students picked up a pair of new shoes courtesy of the My New Red Shoes Foundation, and a bag of groceries provided by the White Pony Express, via a…
The City of Richmond won an Award for Excellence in the Community Services and Economic Development category of the 2019 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence program. For more about the award program, visit www.helenputnam.org.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) has named two of its finest as the district’s “Teachers of the Year.”
The West Contra Costa Education Fund along with the West Contra Costa Unified School District has raised more than $350,000 to support students and families as they struggle with closed schools during the novel coronavirus pandemic.