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Ed Fund announces new executive directorThe 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.…
Youth Code Now triples number of Black and Latino students learning STEMSchool 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…
About 100 players to compete at Richmond chess festival, as more kids take up gameOn 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…
17 STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS BY THE WEST CONTRA COSTA PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDThe 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…
Ed Fund names Teaching Excellence Award finalistsThe 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…
City of Richmond grants $600,000 to the Richmond Rapid Response FundThe 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,…
Ed Fund offering Black History Month project grants to WCCUSD communityThe 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…
WCCUSD arts mini-grants available from the Ed FundThe 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…
WCCUSD teachers, students honored at ‘Soaring to Excellence’ celebrationAmid 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…
Education fund raising emergency money for Contra Costa County families hit by COVID-19Stimulus 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…