Annual Giving
LOOK WHAT YOUR ANNUAL GIFT CAN DO!
With your investment, DFEE has funded and facilitated over $500,000 dollars in educational opportunities for 9-R students since 1984…
Over $102,000 for the 2007/2008 school year alone !
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Did You Know?
There is a clear and documented connection between a strong public school system and economic development.
The impact has been measured in the areas outlined below:
- Attraction of new businesses into the area
- Residential real estate values
- Worker productivity
- Ability of businesses in the region to apply new technology
- Higher wages and purchasing power later in a student’s life
- Resident retention
- Student matriculation
- Increased employment rates
- Drawing higher educated work force to the region
- Increased quality of life
Education Foundations have become a crucial support
for quality education in our communities nationwide.
DFEE is YOUR Education Foundation!
We thank you for being a proud supporter!
On behalf of the students of Durango School District 9-R, we thank you for your help in providing these recently funded programs that would otherwise have been unavailable to the students and teachers in our district...
- Character Programs: Focusing on positive behaviors, kindness, leadership and citizenship
- Social Emotional Learning Curriculum: Encouraging Respect and Responsibility
- Elementary School Reading Programs
- Math for Achievement: Helping ALL levels of students to accelerate their math skills
- Peer Math Tutoring at Durango High School
- Weather Bug Science Program
- The Mesa Program: Support for female and minority students in science and engineering
- 8th Grade Foreign Languages at both Middle Schools
- Music Technology
- High School Leadership La Plata Summer Program
- Paid Internship Program for Low–Income High School Students
- Backpacks and School Supplies for Low-Income Elementary School Students
- Scholarships for graduating 9-R seniors
- Equine Assisted Therapy for students facing deep crisis
- Support for the Partners in Education and Be There Programs: Acknowledging and Encouraging Parents
as their children’s most important teachers - Annual 9-R Teacher and Staff Appreciation Celebration
Together, we are making a BIG difference!