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Foundation for Tigard‑Tualatin Schools reports more than $600,000 granted to local schools since Feb. 2024
Summary
The Foundation reported grant awards and programs that support K‑12 students across the Tigard‑Tualatin School District, highlighted incoming fundraising events and noted several school‑level programs funded locally in Tualatin.
TUALATIN, Ore. — The Foundation for Tigard‑Tualatin Schools presented an annual report to the Tualatin City Council on Dec. 9 outlining grants and programs that benefit students in the Tigard‑Tualatin School District and the Tualatin area.
Marjorie (Margie) Green, the foundation’s executive director, and Kate Manelas, president of the foundation’s board, described the foundation’s role in supplementing state education funding by providing school grants, scholarships, and program support across the district’s 17 schools. They said the foundation raised operating funds through an annual phone‑a‑thon, an April gala and the “Tee Up for Schools” golf tournament, and that the golf event will be held at Tualatin Country Club in June 2025.
Nut graf: The foundation said it has granted more than $600,000 to schools in the Tualatin area since February 2024 and detailed how that money supported literacy, differentiated math and behavioral supports, iPads and one‑time programmatic investments across several Tualatin schools.
Speakers walked council through school‑level examples: Bridgeport Elementary used school grants for artists‑in‑residence, iPads and math support; Byram Elementary received funds for social‑skills support, computer lab staffing and literacy; Tualatin Elementary used grants for iPads, AmeriCorps stipends and schoolwide behavioral supports; Hazelbrook Elementary funded STEM and bilingual instructional assistants; and Tualatin High School used grants for homework club, affinity groups, transportation for activities and an at‑risk senior wraparound program that supported students behind on credits.
The foundation highlighted a recent wraparound program at Tualatin High that funded a social work intern to identify roughly 132 at‑risk seniors; staff reported that by spring roughly 90 of the identified students were on track to walk at graduation, with others finishing credit recovery over the summer.
Councilors asked about volunteer capacity and the foundation said it currently has seven board members, a small paid staff (executive director plus events/development staff) and relies heavily on volunteers for events such as the golf tournament and Art in the Burbs. The foundation thanked the council for a city grant and described ongoing partnerships with local businesses and corporate matching programs.
Ending: Foundation leaders asked council members to continue supporting district schools by participating in fundraising events and by helping the foundation recruit volunteers and donors.
