Skip to main content

Supporting Teachers

SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

The Chesterfield Education Foundation collaborates with CCPS to fund educational opportunities and has made a significant impact at Midlothian High School.

Midlothian High School’s students embrace innovative technology and eagerly opt for multimedia projects when choosing learning products.  CEF financed the conversion of a library office into a dynamic media lab.  This dedicated space is now equipped with a green screen, camera, microphones, teleprompters, sound proofing, and more.  Students use the media lab to film weather forecasts, interview peers and faculty, record podcasts, record original music, and so much more.  Midlothian’s video announcements team film weekly news programs and faculty members film community-wide messages.  It is booked all the time!

This year, we received a grant from CEF to purchase MetaQuest VR headsets.  Midlothian strives to stay in front of learning gaps and increase student engagement, so these headsets will be used in every content area while providing equitable access to all students.  We are still in the implementation phase, so stay tuned!

These opportunities would not be possible without the partnership and support of the Chesterfield Education Foundation!  Your donation helps students access educational programs that develop their skills for the future.  CEF funding helps to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential.  Thank you for investing in a child’s success!

Heather Murfee, Librarian

Midlothian High School

SUPPORTING COUNSELING SERVICES

I have the honor and privilege of supporting the fleet of amazing school counselors, mental health support teams, and school communities in my role as the Coordinator of School Counseling and Mental Health Services here at Chesterfield County Public Schools.  Partnering with CEF has been such a great experience for our schools, communities, school counselors, and mental health support teams. 

This past year, we hosted our annual district-wide College Representative & Resource Fair.  This was our largest fair yet and an instrumental community event to give students and families the opportunity to learn about more than 100 colleges, universities, and community resources! And, best of all, CEF was by our side to collaborate and support our school communities.  Thousands of students and families were able to have first-hand in-person conversations with college representatives and community resources for future planning.  The fair was so well-attended that, this year, we have teamed up with our Career and Technical Education division to bring even more opportunities and resources to showcase college, work-based learning, and career educational resources to families as we prepare all CCPS students for their future.   We look forward to CEF being such an important part of the community-wide initiative! 

When you look into our schools, the support of CEF is all around. Specifically, school counselors have been honored to receive innovation grants to create welcoming spaces for all students, as well as launch sustainable programs and projects that bring support services to their school communities.  We are encouraged to have this kind of support for CCPS school counselors as they pour into our students and schools each day. 

CEF has been there to help our high schools sponsor regional trips to visit colleges and trade tech industries as well as support our mental health support teams as they connect and learn more about community resources that surround us.  This kind of in-the-trench support is so valuable. And our school communities are better for having a partner like this in the foundation.

I look forward to the continued work and partnership that CEF is able to provide.  They are thought-partners, collaborators, and connectors.  This is exactly the kind of partnership our students and school communities deserve.  

Audra Lancaster Boyce, M.Ed., PPS

Coordinator of School Counseling and Mental Health Services

 

BELIEVING IN THE MISSION

Throughout my life when I lived in Colombia, I never really had the opportunity to donate to any organization. Mainly because my financial stability didn’t allow it nor were there any trust in any organization that would actually put the money to good use.

However, after 23 years of living in the U.S., I am fully convinced that one of the best ways to generate a real difference in our communities – to help build a better, fairer, and stronger community – is by supporting virtuous organizations like the Chesterfield Education Foundation or CEF.

Now, I know that there are many non-for-profit organizations that exist. However, today, we are discussing something truly special and personal to some of us. Something that hits home to me.

Several years ago, fate smiled upon my two daughters, as they too received invaluable help from organizations like CEF. It wasn’t until they were older that I realized the magnitude of the assistance we, as a family, received. Today, my eldest daughter passionately enjoys her career as a travel nurse, and my youngest just recently graduated with her Master’s degree. Funnily enough, their success means I might just be looking at an early retirement!

All jokes aside, these opportunities for success would have never presented themselves if it wasn’t for the support of organizations like CEF. I’ve made the solemn commitment to give back to our local students and cherished community, just as someone once did for my daughters. What my daughters, and countless other children, received back then stands as a testament of the help that our children should continue to receive today. Together, let’s ensure that this cycle of support and success continues for all the bright futures we’re nurturing right here in our very own community. Your donation to CEF is a leap forward to making this a reality. Let me be among the first to say thank you to your incredible generosity and belief in our mission.

Juan Santacoloma

Multicultural Outreach Specialist

SUPPORTING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy (CECLA) offers our youngest students a learning environment customized to prepare them for kindergarten. CEF seeks grant funding and contributions from individuals to address priorities of the superintendent and the principal, Lesley Harris:

"There is no greater supporter of Chesterfield County Public Schools than the Chesterfield Education Foundation! This organization collaborates with principals to fund various school projects. As the first Early Childhood Learning Academy in CCPS, we greatly appreciate our partnership with CEF. During our first year they funded YMCA before- and after-school care for families. This support removed the financial barrier of tuition costs for our families. This afforded working parents the opportunity to have high-quality childcare and supervision of their children.

Through innovation grants, CEF has funded a learning garden at CECLA which is used for outdoor classroom lessons, garden activities, exploration and movement breaks. This year we received funding for Inclusive Blacktop Learning Prompts for Whole Child Development. This grant will allow us to transform our blacktops into additional learning spaces. Early childhood students learn best through play. We are always seeking opportunities to provide innovative and developmentally appropriate experiences to our preschool students as we prepare them to be successful in kindergarten.

In addition to financial support, CEF volunteers in our building, supporting teachers and students. We are truly grateful for their support. Your contribution and support of this organization will have a positive and direct impact on CCPS students! Join them in making a difference in the life of a CCPS student today!"

-Lesley Harris, CECLA Principal

Our Impact This Year

  • Students Served in Our County

    64,000+

  • Percentage of CCPS Schools Accredited by VDoE

    100%

  • National Blue Ribbon Schools

    7

  • National ESEA Distinguished Schools

    8

  • Languages Spoken by Students

    15+

© 2024 Chesterfield Public Education Foundation, Inc.
Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

  1. What Information Do We Collect? When you visit our website you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our website.
  2. Personal Information You Choose to Provide We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your email address, postal address, home or work telephone number and other personal information for such purposes as correspondence, placing an order, requesting an estimate, or participating in online surveys. If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
  3. Website Use Information Similar to other websites, our site may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website, and the sites visited just before and just after ours. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.
  4. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing service and support and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of all personal information provided by our users. You may at any time to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers.
  5. What Are Cookies? Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that website by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
  6. How Do We Use Information Collected From Cookies? We use website browser software tools such as cookies and web server logs to gather information about our website users' browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our website and better serve our users. This information assists us to design and arrange our web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our website to better meet the needs of our users and prospective users. Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics. The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users to our website as they move from one page to another. Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our website and evaluate our website's visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you.
  7. Notice of New Services and Changes Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. As a user of our website, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by clicking on a response box when you receive such an offer or by sending us an email request.
  8. How Do We Secure Information Transmissions? When you send confidential personal information to us on our website, a secure server software which we have licensed encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. The information is scrambled en route and decoded once it reaches our website. Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security, credit card, or account numbers to us through an unsecured email.
  9. How Do We Protect Your Information? Information Security -- We utilize encryption/security software to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information we collect from unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction. Evaluation of Information Protection Practices -- Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with organization policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality and quality of our information. Employee Access, Training and Expectations -- Our organization values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of user information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions.
  10. How Can You Access and Correct Your Information? You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing us using the contact form provided to you within the site structure of our website.
  11. Do We Disclose Information to Outside Parties? We may provide aggregate information about our customers, sales, website traffic patterns and related website information to our affiliates or reputable third parties, but this information will not include personally identifying data, except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy.
  12. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information? We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
  13. Permission to Use of Materials The right to download and store or output the materials in our website is granted for the user's personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without our express written permission is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on this site may contact us directly.
Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions

Donation Refund Policy

We are grateful for your donation and support of our organization. If you have made an error in making your donation or change your mind about contributing to our organization please contact us. Refunds are returned using the original method of payment. If you made your donation by credit card, your refund will be credited to that same credit card.

Automated Recurring Donation Cancellation

Ongoing support is important to enabling projects to continue their work, so we encourage donors to continue to contribute to projects over time. But if you must cancel your recurring donation, please notify us.

Powered by Firespring