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  • Bukola Ishola Joins Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Board of Directors

    By Categories: News

    By Andrew Reynoso The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Bukola Ishola to its Board of Directors. Being a child of Nigerian Immigrants, Ishola has been inspired to develop a strong passion for fighting for [...]

  • State of Our Schools Presentation

    By Categories: News

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  • Keep the Beat Instrument Drive brings in over $30,000 for School Music Programs

    Last month, 99.9 KTYD Morning Mojo's Lin Aubuchon and Bill Pesso dedicated all of February to the Keep the Beat Instrument Drive. The on-air event raised awareness, celebrated SB Unified's young aspiring musicians, and brought [...]

  • Fund-a-Need Helps Get Students Back in the Classroom

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  • Brothers Step Up to Help Fund WI-FI Access During Remote Learning

    By Categories: News, SOAR

    Brothers and water polo players at San Marcos High, Jaden and Jordan are used to giving back to both their own community and communities far away. Seven years ago, Jordan wrote a letter to Santa [...]

  • College Corner: Reflecting on a Challenging Year

    Source: The Independent The Mission Scholars Complete Their First Semester at a Four-Year The first semester of college is supposed to be a whirlwind. Each day is filled with exhilarating experiences in an inspiring setting [...]

  • Keep the Beat Instrument Drive with 99.9 KTYD

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  • Santa Barbara Education Foundation Awards $110,000 to Local Teachers

    By Categories: News

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  • SBEF Featured on Montecito Journal’s The Giving List

    By Categories: News

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  • PSA: “Don’t Give Up! This is Not Forever”

    By Categories: News

    [vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text] A PSA from the students of Santa Barbara Unified: This pandemic has disrupted many [...]

  • Santa Barbara Education Foundation Awards Over $109,000 to Local Teachers

    [vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text]When the current school year started with distance learning, it was clear that teachers would [...]

  • Social Justice Statement

    By Categories: News

    Santa Barbara Education Foundation joins those demanding changes to policies and practices that continue to perpetuate bias and racism in our public institutions. Public schools, with their inherent diversity, can be powerful engines of social [...]

  • Carolyn Ross Joins Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Board of Directors

    By Categories: News

    Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Carolyn Ross to its Board of Directors as Santa Barbara Unified School District teacher representative. Ross is an alumnus of Stanford University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts [...]

  • Santa Barbara Education Foundation Welcomes Eryn Shugart as Major Gifts Officer

    By Categories: News

    The Santa Barbara Education Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Eryn Shugart, Ph.D., to serve as Major Gifts Officer. Eryn is a Santa Barbara native who holds a doctoral degree in psychology from [...]

  • Santa Barbara Unified Offers Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing

    By Categories: News

    [vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid"][vc_column_text]By Hilda Maldonado, Superintendent of the Santa Barbara Unified School District Our county has made [...]

  • College Corner: College Tuition & COVID

    Source: The Independent By Cassie Lancaster   Making Every Dollar Count One of the more pernicious aspects of the pandemic has been the widespread erosion of financial security. Regardless of our socioeconomic status, many of us [...]

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