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INSPIRE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION
The Inspire School of Arts & Sciences Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the financial support of the school’s tuition-free arts and sciences programs. The Foundation is responsible for directing annual funds, legacy giving and capital fundraising efforts, providing marketing resources, leading strategic planning efforts, supporting student performance opportunities, implementing community outreach programs, and hosting events to benefit staff and students. The Foundation funds the Angel Network program, scholarships, students activities, teacher support, program enhancement and the capital campaign.
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About Our Foundation
The Foundation’s mission is provide Inspire School of Arts & Sciences with the necessary funds so the teachers can focus on motivating and empowering the students to reach their intellectual, creative, personal, civic, and social potentials.
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Angel Network
Every student deserves an extraordinary education so the Angel Network was created to supplement students who need supplies, food or additional resources.
Program Enhancement
Inspire School of Arts & Sciences has incredible programs in the areas of the arts and sciences but the state funding doesn’t cover the additional funding these programs need to be successful.
Student Scholarships
Inspire is a college-prep school that encourages students to reach their full potential by encouraging attending college and to help fund this goal, the Foundation gives scholarships to qualified students.
Capital Campaign
Raising funds to create a truly inspiring campus – with state-of-art theatre complex, cutting-edge digital and media arts studios and science and engineering labs, and creative maker spaces to enhance the intersection of art and science.
We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It
Imagine a robotic hand, designed by engineering students, manufactured on a 3D printer, and brought to life by the actors and musicians on stage. In 2018, Inspire students brought “Thing” to life in the fall musical The Addams Family.
Picture a suitcase sized solar battery, built and delivered by Inspire students to villagers in Tanzania. This suitcase sized box provided light and joy during a dark African night. This is the Inspire science and engineering student experience.
Yes, Inspire students are pushing boundaries of what’s expected of high school science and engineering students. Imagine what they could achieve with modern labs and equipment…
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Leave A Lasting Legacy
Leave A Lasting Legacy on Inspire's New Campus Inspire School of Arts & Sciences has two years to raise $10M in order to receive a matching grant of $10M from the state to build a new state-of-the-art campus. Their lease on the current campus is up and they need a...
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I came to Inspire my sophomore year, and if I could go back in time and do things differently, I absolutely would. I would come in my first year so that I could experience all four years of high school at Inspire. This school has changed my life in more ways than anything else I’ve experienced. Inspire offers so many extracurricular courses, and it gave me the opportunity to really find my passion; and I did.
I completely fell in love with digital media, specifically video production, and this is something I am now pursuing as a career.
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It has been over five years since I graduated from Inspire. Since graduating, I obtained both my bachelor’s in religious studies and my master’s in public affairs from Brown University. I’ve traveled to ten different countries on three different continents. I spent a year of undergrad studying abroad at Oxford where I spent countless hours studying monastic-like in library enclaves and exploring the alleyways that inspired C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Lewis Carroll. I’ve practiced Zen Buddhism in monasteries throughout Japan, marveled at giraffes and elephants READ MORE I am unbelievably blessed to have had all of these opportunities. Especially to have had them as a first-generation and low-income student. I credit Inspire for building in me the confidence that I can do the improbable, for teaching me that failure is only possible when one refuses to try again, and for showing me that a caring community is an important part of learning and growth. In these exciting years of change and of travel, I have found myself missing Inspire. More particularly, the sense of community I felt while a student there. Inspire is undeniably special. I learned many things, both from my peers and my teachers, that I carry with me each day. While a student, I often found myself humbled by the sheer diversity of talent that surrounded me. I was also humbled by the fact that I owed much of my success and my inspiration to the community of friends––both peers and teachers––who supported, helped, and encouraged me as I struggled through APUSH, memorized derivatives for Calculus, sought to qualify as a mediocre ceramics student, and applied to colleges. Inspire, to me, is special because it constitutes a community whose ethos is one of mutual support, collaboration, and concern. Inspire is a place that encourages and embraces a diversity of expression: artistic, scientific, funky, fun, poetic, musical…the list could go on. My experiences at Inspire have dictated how I have sought to build a sense of community while away from home and will dictate how I hope to build community in the future. Going to Inspire never felt like a chore nor a requirement, but, rather, a privilege and a joy.
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences literally saved my education career. I thought I would never finish high school, let alone go to college as I was homeless for half of my senior year. Inspire worked with me to ensure I completed high school as I struggled with my mental health and homelessness and even helped me apply for Butte College, where I later graduated with two AA degrees in Social and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.
The teachers there gave me hope that I could be more; even when I did not know where I was going to live the very next day. READ MORE Inspire was a place where I learned to truly be myself, to open up to others, and gave me opportunities to learn a more unbiased education. I was able to learn dance skills, guitar and ukulele, graphic design and photography skills, and social skills that have helped me get out of cycles of homelessness and helped my mental health. I am now about to graduate with a Bachelor’s of Social Work degree where I am inspired to help transitional age youth that have struggled as I have. I have been working with differently abled adults, LGBTQ support groups, in mental health, and social services since I was 18. I firmly believe I would not have gotten this far in life without this high school.
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ALL DONATIONS UP TO $10M WILL BE DOUBLED DUE TO A GRANT BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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