Helping Goleta's Childen Secure a Brighter Future
Everyone knows s’mores over the fire, but have you heard of s’mores cooked by the sun? This at home STEAM lesson was featured by Mountain View School’s STEAM teacher, Blair Butler, as a fun (and delicious) activity to do at home. The project is an easy, DIY way to learn about solar power and engineer… Read More
Anyone can make art and anything can make art. Kellogg School’s Art teacher Jessica Zavala featured a lesson on Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese contemporary artist, as part of her virtual learning experience in the spring. The Kusama-inspired project helps children exercise their creativity without concern for perfection. Kusama is known for her use of polka… Read More
Looking for a fun STEAM activity to try at home? Brandon School teachers Lisa Lisle and Jenny Husak do this Marble Run with their 5th-grade students, but it can be adapted to a range of learners. In this project, children design, engineer, and ultimately build a marble run. The challenge? The marble should take as… Read More
Join the Goleta Education Foundation! We are community members who care about elementary school education in the Goleta Valley. To help prepare Goleta Valley elementary school students for success, we believe all students — no matter who — deserve access to the best educational opportunities — no matter what. We believe that if we spend… Read More
This spring, GEF awarded five Innovation Grants amounting to almost $10,000 to educators in Goleta Union School District! The most prevalent theme in the winning grants this year was inclusion. Two grants were awarded to special education educators to support functional communication for students with the most intensive needs and functional technology skills for students… Read More
