On Saturday, April 29, the Mountain View Educational Foundation (MVEF) will hold its 2023 Annual Gala. This year’s theme is “Colors,” which recognizes how generosity enhances the colors in the rainbow of diversity in our public schools. Each student is a unique and emerging work of art, and MVEF funding ensures that every student in MVWSD has access to develop the skills necessary to express their emerging gifts and achieve their personal potential. In 2021-22 MVEF took the bold step to extend its funding beyond art, music, science, and sports to include adding opportunities for differentiation in the classroom by reducing class sizes in ELA. We hope to raise $85,000 toward our total year-end fundraising goal of $1.2MM through the community’s enthusiastic participation, repeating this stretch goal to continue funding the new teaching positions and the existing MVEF-funded programs.

MVEF Mission: MVEF is a non-profit that works collaboratively with the community to fund programs essential to a well-rounded education for all Mountain View Whisman School District students. MVEF supports art, music, hands on science, environmental education, after-school sports, extended day electives, professional development and science materials.

MVWSD at-a-glance: The Mountain View Whisman School District approximately 5,000 pre-K-8 students in nine elementary schools and two middle schools.  Approximately thirty-two percent of the students are socio-economically disadvantaged and 29-33% (depending on the year surveyed) of