Commemorative event honors our current and past leadershipCarlsbad, California – Local leaders helped Carlsbad Educational Foundation officially open its new headquarters on Sept. 23 and celebrate...
Our Ribbon Cutting and Open House
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Recent updates from our Foundation and stories from the students, teachers, and community impacted through our work.
Reaching for the Stars and Beyond
In September 2020 the Carlsbad Chamber launched its second annual Rising Star of the Month program to honor local area high school seniors for demonstrating character, integrity, love of learning,...
Foundation approves $1 million to support local schools
An upended school year has yet to deter the great schools that are at the foundation of this great community. Students and teachers learned valuable lessons from adversities caused by distance and...
Get to Know CEO Laura Pitts
We asked our new CEO Laura Pitts to answer a few questions for you to get to know her better! Learn where she's from, who inspired her path in leadership, and where you're most likely to find her in...
Worried About COVID-19 Learning Loss?
Summer program helps kids get back on track Carlsbad, California - Carlsbad Educational Foundation’s summer childcare program for TK- sixth grade students has a revamped curriculum and activity...
New CEO to Lead Strategic Reorganization and Community Partnerships
Laura Pitts Demonstrated Leadership Style, Effectiveness as Interim CEO Carlsbad, California – Following a nationwide search, Carlsbad Educational Foundation’s board of directors has selected a...
Summer Adventure & COVID Learning Loss
Carlsbad Kids Care Summer Adventure has increased funds to enhance its full-day program with an elevated academic focus to address COVID learning loss. The Carlsbad Charitable Foundation's $18,372...
Art Supplies Fully-Funded for Students
At the end of December, art teachers faced a hard reality. The money needed to supply individual art packs to students had run out - and there were still six months left in the school year! For a...
Leadership Transition at the Carlsbad Educational Foundation
Dear Friend of the Carlsbad Educational Foundation, We are writing to share news of leadership transitions at the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. After over ten years of highly productive service...
How to Help Local Schools During Covid-19
How to Help Local Schools During Covid-19 Our community of students, teachers and parents are facing unprecedent challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading many Carlsbad residents to ask, “How...
Adapting & Innovating to #MoveForwardTogether
School closures and the plan to begin our school year with distance learning impacts everyone in our community. The new reality challenges us to rethink the way we live, work, play and learn as we...
Educational nonprofit, corporations invest in Carlsbad through STEM
Thermo Fisher scientists volunteer at the first 8th grade DNA sequencing lab in 2017. Photo courtesy of CEFFrom The Coast News | Catherine Allen CARLSBAD — STEM proponents are reimagining programs...