A $72,000 grant from the Education Credit Management Corporation Foundation (ECMC) aims to remove barriers in the financial aid application process for West Contra Costa families this summer.
The West Contra Costa Public Education Fund is pleased to announce the selection of Robert Bunce as the organization’s new Executive Director. Robert officially began his new role as Executive Director on January 1, 2023. The selection was made after a national search and selection process.
School days were difficult for Susana Romero, who was 11 when her family left El Salvador and settled in Richmond. She had a hard time with math and her parents, who did not speak English or finish school, couldn’t help her.
On a Sunday afternoon in late September, TC Ball entered Richmond’s Multicultural Bookstore with a cart full of kings, queens, bishops, rooks, knights, and pawns and boards to start the first of several chess classes for children.
The West Contra Costa Public Education Fund (Ed Fund) has announced the winners of their scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year. Overall, 17 students were awarded with funds to help them jumpstart their college career – a significant increase from the 10 scholarships awarded in 2021.
The West Contra Costa Public Education Fund (Ed Fund) has announced the eight finalists of its 2022 Teaching Excellence Award. Nominations came in from throughout the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) and the Ed Fund identified the eight teachers who “represented the best of the district.”
The City of Richmond allocated $600,000 to the Richmond Rapid Response Fund (R3F) – a fiscally sponsored project of the West Contra Costa Public Education Fund – during the City Council meeting on February 15, 2022. The funds are a portion of the City of Richmond’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars and will help R3F…
The West Contra Costa Public Education Fund is offering grants of up to $1,500 for Black History Month projects within the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) community that “honor and celebrate the lives and contributions of Black Americans.”
The application period is open for the West Contra Costa’s Public Education Fund’s (the Ed Fund) Bradley Arts Mini-Grants. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 30, for grants ranging from $500 for West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) individual classrooms and $1,000 for school-wide projects encompassing three-plus classrooms that have the principal’s…
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.