San Ramon Valley Education Foundation

San Ramon Valley Education Foundation awards grants to schools in the San Ramon Valley unified school district for educational purposes including 1) stem (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiative), literacy, classrooms of the future, arts & music, and the development of it's educators.

Science alliance-the Foundation offers this after-school program available in allsrvusd high schools created to pair curious and motivated fifth-grade students(buddies) with high school students (mentors). The mentor will encourage and guidetheir buddy on a journey of science and methodical inquiry, under the carefulguidance of a credentialed teacher at one of the high schools. Science alliancehelps prepare the fifth graders for middle school lab science and teaches positiverole-modeling skills to high school mentors. The year-long journey includes sixbuddy-mentor meetings, interesting lessons and learning opportunities. The programconcludes with a district-wide science fair held in march where buddies share theproject that they worked on throughout the program. The program has been widelyrecognized as helping to prepare both fifth graders and high school students forfuture success.

Imagineering - the Foundation offers a beyond school enrichment program for srvusd students in the 2nd to 9th grades. The goal of imagineering is to spark student interest in choosing stem classes in middle and high school with the ultimate goal of identifying more stem majors who will ultimately become highly sought after talent in the us corporate workplace.