Orange Unified Public Schools Foundation

“Thank you for supporting the OUSD community. Villa Park High School is grateful for the grants awarded to our amazing teachers. We are very proud of the programs and opportunities provided to our students and your grants will help us continue to strive for excellence. Please note that the check for Ms. Oh and Mr. Corbet has been received. We will work together to purchase the strings and music stands for their programs. We appreciate your partnership and offer any support needed to help with supporting the greater OUSD community.”

“I want to thank you kindly for awarding me the $900 grant. It came at the perfect time. I’ve been doing a Garden Club after school on Fridays and have been using some of my own money. Our school has been starting a schoolwide garden and beautifying our old campus at West Orange. This money will allow me to get a worm compost for next year, continue the garden club, and help kids take responsibility for the garden. I just bought some paints to have each grade level decorate their piece of plywood advertising their garden area. It’ll bring a lot of color. TK-3 are growing seeds in their reusable seed trays. It’s our first year at this and we’re learning a lot. The kids really enjoy it too. I’ll be sure to send photos too. I’m saving some of the money for the beginning of next year for seeds, soil, etc. Thanks again for helping make this possible.”

“I want to thank OUPSF for awarding a grant to my TK classroom. I was able purchase materials to transform our dramatic play center into a space station. My students were so excited to become astronauts and “work” in a Mission Control Center.

They are able to use what they learned about space and planets to incorporate into their imaginative play. I am looking forward to purchasing items for our next dramatic play themes, a flower shop and a restaurant.

Thank you for giving my students the opportunity to use their creativity and imagination through play.”

“What an honor it has been to receive a grant from you this year. Thank you so much for supporting public education! Being able to purchase the Makedo tools for our school was only a dream due to their cost. (Contrary to common belief, teachers are not made of money!) With your generosity, the students at our school are now able to safely build the most amazing creations out of recyclable materials. Our first day of experimentation was so successful, I can’t wait to see what the next one will bring!”