http://www.prefund.org Investing in our community Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:53:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Support Potrero Hill public schools and students The San Francisco Unified School District is projecting an $83 million deficit next year. That means already bare bones budgets will be even tighter; “non-essential”/non-classroom teachers will be the first to go and students are the ones who will suffer most. Without outside funding ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/11/29/contribute-to-the-potrero-residents-education-fund%e2%80%99s-year-end-campaign/ On Saturday, September 12 Daniel Webster hosted a Back to School BBQ which allowed parents to visit their children’s classrooms and get to know their teachers. This year, thanks to the dedicated work of DW's PTA President, Beth Gould, the annual event had the added excitement of Chalk4Peace. ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/10/05/daniel-webster-elementary-participates-in-global-chalk4peace-event/ Parents rescue inner-city Potrero Hill school Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, August 23, 2009 Jennifer Betti had a simple wish: She wanted to walk her son to school, and she didn't want to have to move from her Potrero Hill home to a suburb to do it. Up the hill was an elementary ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/10/05/san-francisco-chronicle-coverage/ School starts Monday and the Daniel Webster campus has been humming with activity and anticipation this week. New and veteran parents joined together with volunteers from the San Francisco Education Fund to give all three kindergarten classrooms, the teachers' lounge and the principal's office a new coat of ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/08/21/2009-10-school-year-starts-august-24-and-things-are-already-humming-at-dw/ Daniel Webster Elementary School is proud to have been a featured site for Rebuild Together San Francisco twice in the last year. Through their amazing organization, PREFund, and hundreds of volunteer's time and effort, we have a newly painted school, a beautiful mural and a new sidewalk garden on Missouri ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/04/22/rebuild-together-brings-150-volunteers-from-dreamworks-ernst-young-and-charles-schwab-to-daniel-webster/ PREFund is thrilled to announce that 66 families included Daniel Webster Spanish Immersion on their list of 7 schools for SFUSD's '09 Kindergarten application, and 16 of them placed it in the top slot. That's 66 more requests than last year...our neighborhood gem is no longer hidden! Spots ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/04/04/neighborhood-families-and-others-choose-daniel-webster-spanish-immersion-for-kindergarten-09/ January 9 is the Round 1 deadline for Kindergarten '09 applications but the PREFund families with eligible kids have already turned theirs in with Daniel Webster Spanish Immersion in the top slot. PREFund members as well as some other Potrero Hill families are committed to enrolling at DW (lottery ... http://www.prefund.org/2009/01/08/daniel-webster-spanish-immersion-is-first-on-our-list/ The downpour on November 1 didn’t stop nearly 200 volunteers from Rebuilding Together San Francisco (RTSF), Salesforce.com and PREFund from dedicating their Saturday to paint and landscape Daniel Webster (DW). This massive volunteer day is part of an ongoing effort by PREFund to improve the physical plant of the school. When ... http://www.prefund.org/2008/12/01/rebuilding-together-san-francisco-salesforcecom-and-prefund-team-up-to-give-daniel-webster-another-face-lift/ Three years after fighting to keep Daniel Webster elementary school open from SFUSD closures, PREFund successfully opened Potrero Kids at Daniel Webster Preschool (PKDW). The preschool is a critical component of PREFund’s two part plan to increase enrollment at Daniel Webster Elementary. Part one was accomplished by the opening of ... http://www.prefund.org/2008/10/06/potrero-kids-at-daniel-webster-preschool-now-open/ With the latest wave of California state budget cuts in educational programs, PREFund has been working hard to find innovative ways to support the hard-working staff at Daniel Webster Elementary. Through PREFund’s partnership with LYNC-SF, much needed underwriting has been secured from the Louise And Claude Rosenberg Jr. Family Foundation ... http://www.prefund.org/2008/10/06/mentors-at-daniel-webster/