CARE Foundation Programs

The Foundation offers businesses and organizations that serve families in the Capistrano Unified School District an opportunity to reach out to our 26,000 elementary school children by advertising in our Spring or Fall Flyer Booklets.

Advertising prices range from $300 for a one-page ad to $1,000 front or back cover. The Spring Flyer Booklet is distributed in April and the Fall Booklet is in October.

For more information and advertising in our Flyer Booklet, please download our Flyer Booklet Request Form

Advertise Your Business on the website Join the school flyer program today and reach thousands of parents in the School District while supporting the CARE Foundation.

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Superintendent’s Honors Concert Series

3/4/2010
Event: CUSD Honor Choir Night
Location: Coast Hills Community Church, Aliso Viejo
Performing Group: Auditioned Students District-wide
Time: 7:00 PM Cost: $5.00

3/8/2010
Event: CUSD Honor Band Night
Location: Saddleback Church, Lake Forest
Performing Group: Auditioned Students District-wide
Time: 7:00 PM Cost: $5.00

3/15/2010
Event: CUSD Honor Orchestra Concert
Location: Saddleback Church, Lake Forest
Performing Group: Auditioned Students District-wide
Time: 7:00 PM Cost: $5.00

In our continuing effort to support the enrichment of education through arts, the CARE Foundation will sponsor guest conductors for this remarkable event as previous years..

 

Koncert For Kids Info 2010

Thanks to the tremendous talents of the South Coast Symphony, and the generosity of the CARE Foundation, approximately 3200 CUSD 4th graders enjoyed the Koncerts for Kids held on Friday, February 5th.

Koncerts for Kids is a specifically designed multi-media program for fourth grade students incorporating both music and art. They experience music, performed by a large symphony orchestra, from a variety of genres including classical, jazz, opera, film scores from Hollywood and the music of Broadway.

The participating elementary schools wish to thank the CARE Foundation, who made the event possible by funding the transportation for all 3,200 students to and from the venue.

Grant Incentives For Teachers Program (G.I.F.T.)

The CARE Foundation supports enhanced and innovative teaching programs in our schools by offering grants to teachers who work to enrich the classroom learning experiences of our 51,000 students. Grants were used to upgrade technology, fund innovative math and science programs, provide tools for literacy building and much more. Over the past several years, the CARE Foundation gave more then $200,000 in grants to teachers throughout the district.

Grants to teachers over the years include:

SCIENCE AND MATH

• Provided the funds to establish a “CSI-type” forensic study unit at one high school so students can explore scientific mysteries using advanced equipment and techniques;
• Purchased science equipment, software and supplies for several schools in order to give our children the chance to perform real-world science experiments and learn about the scientific method; and
• Funded “Fantasy Baseball” classroom kits which utilized real-life baseball statistics in order to teach students about ratio, percent, proportion, probability and graphing.

THE ARTS & MUSIC

• Funded electronic equipment, computer hardware and composition software to benefit the choir drama and music programs at several schools;
• Sponsored a program where over 3,300 4th-graders attended a live symphony concert; and
• Supported the Honors Concert Series for over 1,400 participating students district-wide.

TECHNOLOGY

• Funded a high school program that will use iPods to take a more advanced approach to foreign language instruction; also has potential use with AP and International Baccalaureate courses.
• Purchased computer and video equipment to allow teachers to integrate technology into classroom instruction according to CA State Standards and create competent technology users; and
• Funded a "Character Design Maquette" project which will allow animation students to create and refine 3-D computer models of their original characters. Project naturally segues students into 3-D animation.

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Supported literacy at various elementary and middle schools by providing age appropriate reading materials for children to use at school and also to take home and read with their parents;
• Funded computer software that helps students analyze their writing, helps find and better understand their mistakes and thus become better writers and communicators; and
• Provided annual subscriptions to weekly reading magazines for elementary students to encourage more reading by increasing access to supplemental reading.

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