A message from Kevin Robertson
Lake Oswego School District Foundation President, 2011-2012

Mary PuskasLake Oswego is truly a community like no other, and our strong schools are at its heart. Families and businesses continue to move here because of our schools and then fall in love with this special place.

Last year, the Lake Oswego School District Foundation celebrated 25 years of its singular mission of investing in teachers to keep our community strong. With the support of our donors, consisting of parents, alumni, grandparents, businesses, homeowners, and other community members, we raised $2.2 million to help bridge what looked like an overwhelming gap in state funding that might have severely affected our schools for this year. The city, our school district staff, and teachers also contributed to the effort for our schools making what was truly a communitywide statement about how committed we are to excellent schools.

The generous spirit did not stop there: our forward-thinking contributors also gave more than $1.2 million to our endowment. The growth of our endowment is the key to our success for the next 25 years, and we are starting to see its impact already. This year, the endowment will be one of the largest single contributors to the annual campaign. With your continued support and donations to the Endowment, that yearly contribution will only increase.
We all know that challenges remain with the current state of the economy, and that difficult decisions may still be needed. However it is important to keep in mind that despite these challenges and because of your support, our class sizes are among the lowest while the number of instructional days are among the highest in the region. Our students and our schools have never been more successful: every school has now received the highest possible rating for five years running.
As we embark upon another leg of our journey, we must strive to maintain the same broad participation to achieve our goals: $2.3 million for the annual campaign, and $1.6 million for the endowment. Accomplishing these goals will allow our schools to remain strong, providing an unparalleled education experience to our students and standing as a symbol of our commitment to keep our schools as the heart of our community.
Thank you for choosing to contribute to the Lake Oswego School District Foundation to support our kids, their education, and this community. Thank you for sharing the vision for excellence in Lake Oswego Schools now and forever. I am excited for our kids and our schools looking to the future here in this incredible community of Lake Oswego.
We can do this. It’s up to us to make the future brighter now and forever.
 
 
 
Kevin Robertson

 


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