Rochester Public School Foundation
- a nonprofit community foundation
- a nonprofit community foundation
Rochester Public School Foundation
Our MissionThe Rochester Public School Foundation is a nonprofit community foundation dedicated to raising and distributing local resources to
enhance educational opportunities for students and staff.
Our Vision
World-class education...parents dream of it, school districts set it as their goal, students crave it. It is the vision of the Rochester Public School Foundation to enhance educational excellence for all.
About the Foundation
Rochester Public School Foundation (RPSF) is a unique pathway for Rochester citizens and businesses to enhance public education for its most valuable resource--its children. RPSF is based upon the ideal that our collective efforts to enhance educational opportunities for our children are far more powerful than our individual efforts alone. RPSF strives to make a significant and lasting impact to improve education for all of Rochester’s public school students.
Schools, like any other organization, must encourage innovation to achieve excellence. With limited resources, ISD #535 educators face ongoing challenges in providing basic education, much less the innovative enhancements that really inspire students and encourage lifelong learning.
In 1988, local citizens founded RPSF, an independent, not-for-profit organization that works to stimulate and financially support enhancements to the regular K-12 curriculum. We also work to strengthen the partnership between local businesses, the community and public schools.
Enhancing Educational Excellence
RPSF directly engages parents, teachers and the community by encouraging innovative programs and projects that enhance the academic goals of Independent School District #535. Since its inception, RPSF has awarded more than 230 grants totaling over $394,000, providng unique learning opportunities to more than 100,000 students representing every school in our district.
Examples include:
enhance educational opportunities for students and staff.Our Vision
World-class education...parents dream of it, school districts set it as their goal, students crave it. It is the vision of the Rochester Public School Foundation to enhance educational excellence for all.
About the Foundation
Rochester Public School Foundation (RPSF) is a unique pathway for Rochester citizens and businesses to enhance public education for its most valuable resource--its children. RPSF is based upon the ideal that our collective efforts to enhance educational opportunities for our children are far more powerful than our individual efforts alone. RPSF strives to make a significant and lasting impact to improve education for all of Rochester’s public school students.
Schools, like any other organization, must encourage innovation to achieve excellence. With limited resources, ISD #535 educators face ongoing challenges in providing basic education, much less the innovative enhancements that really inspire students and encourage lifelong learning.
In 1988, local citizens founded RPSF, an independent, not-for-profit organization that works to stimulate and financially support enhancements to the regular K-12 curriculum. We also work to strengthen the partnership between local businesses, the community and public schools.
Enhancing Educational Excellence
RPSF directly engages parents, teachers and the community by encouraging innovative programs and projects that enhance the academic goals of Independent School District #535. Since its inception, RPSF has awarded more than 230 grants totaling over $394,000, providng unique learning opportunities to more than 100,000 students representing every school in our district.
Examples include:
- Motivational projects to support and encourage early literacy
- Mathematics enrichment programs
- Vocational skills development projects and equipment
- Interdisciplinary projects promoting cultural understanding
- Projects to improve environmental awareness
- Computer programs to assist students in making career decisions
- Innovative science projects
- Equipment to create computerized audio and visual presentations
- Creative writing workshops
- Community service projects
- Parent enrichment programs to support student learning at home
- Opportunities to explore innovative art methods
