Thank you to all the teachers and administrators for welcoming our students back to school. The extra special kind words and caring for our children was so appreciated. Our students are once again feeling secure as they begin this school year.

Welcoming January has most of us reflecting on this past year and what it means to us. For some, it is time spent with family that we have not seen or have been able to hug in over a year. For others, it is the ending to a trying and exhausting year. Often we get caught up in the minutia of working, taking our children to basketball practice, and sometimes just forgetting to breathe.

For years, the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation has provided support to our community’s schools, teachers and students through literacy programs and scholarships. The mission of the SCV Education Foundation is to promote innovation and excellence in education through community engagement and investment opportunities in our fifty-five public schools.

If you’re looking to participate in Giving Tuesday, here are 10 reasons why you should support the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation.

The holiday season brings with it a spirit of giving in the form of good cheer, celebrations with family and friends, warmth, and reflection. It also brings to mind the remembrance of grace and kindness. One way to show kindness is to spend time with those you hold dear and our children need and deserve the warmth and kindness of those around them.

Given all the unknowns that we’ve experienced in the past 18 months, we certainly have had practice with mindfulness, consciously or unconsciously. This pandemic has taught us to be open to constant change. But all this pivoting into the unknown has not been without obstacles.

Are we making the world a better place? Perhaps the SCV Education Foundation needs to ask ourselves that question occasionally. Perhaps you need to ask yourself that question, too.

As the new school year begins, the SCV Education Foundation would like to reflect back on the previous school year. We are proud that we were able to continue with some of our programs and to offer new and inventive ways to support the teachers of our valley.

Many Santa Clarita children and teens started the 2021-2022 school year this week. For some, it had been over 500 days since they have physically stepped foot on a school campus. Excitement filled the air on the days leading up to opening day.

Written by SCV Education Foundation Vice President Renee Marshall

Harley-Davidson, specifically Harley-Davidson® of Santa Clarita, partnered to support the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation through events in 2019 including our Poker Run and the legendary LoveRide 33.