Departments & Programs

Community Relations

For Immediate Release
January 10, 2012

Contact:
Cass Cannon
Community Relations Specialist
Charlottesville City Schools
434-245-2962
Cass Cannon@ccs.k12.va.us

Media Release

City Schools Benefit from CACF Grants

Charlottesville City Schools teachers and students will benefit from a variety of grants awarded through the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. The following were recently awarded:

  • $2500 from the Quantitative Investment Management Fund for the Book Buddies program;
  • $722.66 from the Bama Works of Dave Matthews Band for a piano at Clark Elementary School in memory of teacher Dawn Reddick;
  • $6500 from the Twentieth Century Merchants Fund to support the Westhaven After-School program;
  • $10,000 from the Batten Family Fund to be used at Charlottesville High School;
  • $10,000 from the Batten Family Fund to support the WALK program at Charlottesville High School.

Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosa Atkins says, “We are so grateful for the generous support of the community through CACF funding and the many ways it expands opportunities for our students and teachers.”

 

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