New to the Foundation Team: Elvin Bucu
The Foundation for Tacoma Students is thrilled to announce our new Director of Cross-Sector Partnership and Alignment, Elvin Bucu! Longtime community partner, Elvin brings nearly two decades of experience in youth development and has dedicated his career to supporting families and young people. Currently the Director of Operations for the Boys & Girls Clubs of […]
Growing Partnerships
Esteemed Colleagues and Friends, First, I hope 2019 has started strong for all of you. As you launch into the new year, I’d like to introduce you to a project the Graduate Tacoma movement seeks to embark upon in the coming months. Tacoma Completes envisions a comprehensive, coordinated, community-wide system of supports helping all Tacoma Public School college-goers to access and […]
Introducing our 2019 Policy Agenda
All of us here at the Foundation for Tacoma Students are thankful to have had some downtime before jumping into what promises to be our busiest year yet. Kicking off 2019 is the opening of the Washington State Legislative Session! This is an exciting time for the Foundation and the Graduate Tacoma movement as we […]
Frequently Asked Questions: Advocacy at the Foundation for Tacoma Students
What type of advocacy will the Foundation for Tacoma Students engage in? The Foundation for Tacoma Students is a 501c3 nonprofit and legally allowed to advocate on the local, regional and state level within the following perimeters: The Foundation will never participate in campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, political candidates to public […]
Advocacy Core Principles
The Foundation for Tacoma Students envisions a Tacoma where every child succeeds in school, career and life. The Foundation’s mission is to build and strengthen Tacoma’s community-wide movement (Graduate Tacoma) to help every child achieve success from cradle to college and career. The Foundation for Tacoma Students Advocacy Core Principles: Robust quality investments must be […]
2019 Community Impact Report Forum
Join the Foundation for Tacoma Students and our Graduate Tacoma community partners for the release of the 2019 Community Impact Report and discuss the strategies we’ll use as we work together toward our community-built goal: “By the class of 2020, we will increase by 50% both the graduation rate of Tacoma Public Schools students and […]
Help Us Take A Stand for Students
Dear Partners and Friends, It is because of the amazing community support and the universal willingness to align efforts on behalf of all students in Tacoma that we’ve made the tremendous progress we have over the past eight years. While we at the Foundation for Tacoma Students celebrate the incredible Graduate Tacoma community-wide movement and […]
Annual Teacher Impact Awards
Teachers are most often a young person’s closest source of opportunity and future success. By connecting additional resources to students and teachers, the Graduate Tacoma movement lifts up the daily classroom experience to inspire and recognize the potential of every student. The Teacher Impact Awards were instituted in 2015 to support the creative ways teachers […]
We’re Bringing Books to Barbershops!
This is What It Looks Like when Tacoma Rows in the Same Direction!
Tacoma Rising & Closing Gaps! This isn’t all of us, but it’s definitely a lot of us! Graduate Tacoma community partners gathered April 28 at STAR Center for the 2017 Community Impact Forum, where we unveiled the Community Impact Report, looking at the stories behind the data, celebrating bright spots and illuminating opportunities for improvement. […]