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SIenator Mendoza Presents Barona Education Grant to LA County School
n mid August, Senator Tony Mendoza presented a $5,000 Barona Education Grant to Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights. e grant, a generous gift of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, is awarded to one school in each legislative district in California. Schools must apply and have the
o cial endorsement of a State Legislator to be considered for this special grant.
“Since 2006, over $800,000 has been granted to 160 schools throughout California. I thank the Barona Band of Mission Indians for their commitment to our schools and the future of the state’s children.
rough Barona’s generous contributions, thousands of students have been able to access valuable tools critical to a good education,” said Senator Tony Mendoza.
“ is grant will help Wedgeworth Elementary school students to be pro cient in technology literacy. Use of iPads will help students to research, create presentations, and projects. On behalf of all our students, faculty and sta , I want to thank
WSanta Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Gives $24,000 Grant to Local School
Senator Mendoza and the Barona Band of Mission Indians for their generous support for our school,” said Principal Dr. Paulina Cho.
Wedgeworth Elementary School, located in the Hacienda La Puente Uni ed School District in Los Angeles County, is committed to delivering
an excellent elementary education which enables each student to fully develop in academic learning, as well as physical, emotional, and social growth that will pave the way for success in future schooling, in the workplace, and in life in the 21st century.
Cli ord LaChappa, Chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians said,“Our goal is to build
strong educational opportunities for the children of California as we have with the children at the Barona Indian Charter School. Education has always been an important part of the Barona Tradition.”
ith schoolchildren, parents and teachers greatest technological needs,” said Vincent Armenta, andhavelimitedresources.Sohavingthisnewposition in attendance, the Santa Ynez Band of Tribal Chairman for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash funded will allow our teachers to focus on serving our Chumash Indians presented a $24,000 Indians. “ is way, instead of giving each school the students instead of dealing with technology issues.”
technology grant to Santa Ynez Valley Charter School on September 16th, during the school’s morning assembly on the playground.
e grant is a portion of the 11th annual Chumash Charity Golf Classic’s proceeds, which will help satisfy the technology needs at four local schools — College School District in Santa Ynez, Los Olivos School District, Solvang School District and Santa Ynez Valley Charter School.
“We hired Lanspeed, a Goleta-based tech rm, to consult with these four schools and determine their
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same gift, we let the experts inform us about how we could best help our local schools.”
Mark Palmerston, Executive Director of Santa Ynez Valley Charter School, said the $24,000 grant will
go toward hiring a level-one technology services sta er, which the public school desperately needs.“ ey helped us evaluate our needs, and one of our greatest needs was to have a tech person to help with those little things that make everything work,” Palmerston said.“It’s important for us to have the Internet and our devices working. As a charter school, we get limited funding from the state
e Chumash Charity Golf Classic, which was held August 13th, at Alisal River Course, raised $120,000 to be shared among the four schools. Gifts for the three
remaining schools will be revealed in the coming weeks. e Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has
donated more than $19 million to hundreds of groups, organizations and schools in the community and across the nation as part of the tribe’s long-standing tradition of giving. To nd out more about the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Foundation and its giving programs, visit santaynezchumash.org.
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IPala Band of Mission Indians Donates to Reach Out and Read San Diego
n late August, the Pala Band of Mission Indians donated $10,000 to the Reach hands of children and their families is essential for the development of early reading Out and Read San Diego program. e funds will be used to support Reach skills. is contribution will help ensure that more children in our region acquire the Out and Read’s education and literacy e orts throughout the region, including language skills they need to achieve success.”
four Native American clinics that the program operates.
Reach Out and Read was established in 2006 and is a program of the San Diego
Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. e program distributes over 100,000 books each year to 85,000 children in the San Diego area.
“ e Pala Band of Mission Indians is proud to support such a worthy cause,” said Robert Smith, Chairman of the Pala Band of Mission Indians.“Getting books in the
e Pala Band of Mission Indians has pledged to donate $10,000 to Reach Out and Read each year for ve consecutive years. is is the third year that the Tribe has made the $10,000 donation. For more information on Reach Out and Read San Diego, visit rorsd.org.
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