Half Moon Bay Schools Receive Grants 2015-2016

Non-profit, Cabrillo Education Foundation just announced the Half Moon Bay schools and programs to be given $163,000 in grants for the 2015-2016 school year.  CEF has now funded more than $1,000,000 to Coastside public schools, according to current CEF President, Deb Hedger.

Per David Casentini and Keith Cernak, the CEF board members and task members received and evaluated late last year a large number of grant applications presented to CEF for programs that supplement the District’s core programs, and that focus on the primary mission and strategies of CEF centered around improved literacy, science, and technology.  Below is the list summarizing the programs that will receive allocated CEF funding.

4th/5th Grade Science: $45,000.  CEF is partnering with Cabrillo Unified School District (CUSD) to leverage this grant into an elementary school full time science teacher for 2015-16 and two full-time teachers in 2016-17.

School Sites: Elementary school site(s) to be determined by CUSD for pilot program.

Secondary Science Teacher Collaboration: $4,807 

School Sites: Cunha Intermediate School, Half Moon Bay High School and Pilarcitos High School

Literacy: Readers Workshop $57,600

School Sites: Cunha Intermediate School, El Granada Elementary School, Hatch Elementary School, Kings Mountain Elementary School, and Farallone View Elementary School.

Fifth Grade Instrumental Music: $7,500 

School Sites: El Granada Elementary School, Hatch Elementary School, Kings Mountain Elementary School, and Farallone View Elementary School.

Destination Imagination Equitable, Aligned and Sustainable Elementary Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Program: $8,000  

School Sites: El Granada Elementary School, Hatch Elementary School, Kings Mountain Elementary School, and Farallone View Elementary School.

HMBHS Computer Science: $20,820  

School Site: Half Moon Bay High School

Cunha Computer Science: $13,200 

School Site: Cunha Intermediate School

K-5 (4th/5th) Computer Science: $3,600 

School Sites: Elementary School Pilot

Pilarcitos Self Paced Computer Science: $2,602 

School Site: Pilarcitos High School

Summer Bridging Program: $5,000 

School Site (to be determined): Summer class for at-risk kindergartners to improve literacy before entering first grade.

CEF is currently looking for grants from other organizations to extend this list.  Please spread the word about endowment donations to CEF so we can continue to expand our list of funded projects.

For any questions please contact Keith Cernak, CEF Executive Director at info@ceffund.org or 650-286-7811.

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