USD 333
Concordia Education Fund
Be a part of the pride!
The USD 333 Concordia Education Fund (CEF) provides an opportunity to directly support Concordia Public Schools through your contributions which will impact our district families through educational opportunities from birth through senior year.
Our goals can only be accomplished with the support of alumni, district staff, business owners, and community members. We hope you will consider a tax deductible contribution which can make a difference in the education of our students and support for our hard-working staff.
All donations to CEF are tax deductible. The fund is held at the Community Foundation for Cloud County, an affiliate of the Greater Salina Community Foundation, which is a qualified section 501(c)(3) organization.
Make an impact and contribute to the USD 333 Concordia Education Fund:
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What do we do?
Accept tax-deductible gifts and contributions to provide educational opportunities for our district students.
2022 $206,500
2023 $8,076
2024 $1,250 as of April 1, 2024
Submit proposals for grant funding to be used by classroom teachers, facility improvements, and community partnerships. Unfortunately, not all proposals are accepted, but the process gives us an opportunity to plan and process ideas for the future.
Grants received in 2022:
$2,115 Hansen Foundation Grant for Group Daycare Home
Grants received in 2023-2024:
$2,700 Cloud Community Foundation for Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
$5,000 Cloud Community Foundation for CMS Recreation Area
$5,000 Cloud Community Foundation for Preschool resources
$2,000 Child Care Aware for Early Child Care Coalition Building
$71,960 Child Care Aware for Early Child Care Capacity
$132,825 Patterson Family Foundation for Rural Educator Development
$93,880 Patterson Family Foundation for Career & Technical Education
$27,445 Patterson Family Foundation for Rural District Child Care
$263,490 KSDE Stronger Connections Bipartisan Safer Communities Act for Student Mental Health and School Within a School
$2,816 from Kansas Gas Service for a large format printer
$1,400 from Cloud Community Foundation for the Concordia Middle School Panther Den
$113,966 KSDE ESEA School Improvement Section 1003(a) for an Instructional Coach, Paraprofessional, and training to provide evidence-based instructional lessons and guidance for educators and students
Sponsor fundraising events to raise money for classroom resources.
USD 333 Mission
To create and maintain an environment that ensures: Engaged Learning, Effective Teaching, and Trusting Relationships so that all members of the school community reach their highest level of academic achievement.
We Believe:
All students must have access to resources that maximize their potential for post-secondary success.
Education is not an outcome, but a process. Students, parents, community, and the district have a shared responsibility in the educational process.
The district must provide a safe, nurturing learning environment to educate the student not only academically, but also physically, socially, and emotionally.
We must continue to develop and retain and recruit committed and effective staff for our educational system.
Effective partnerships with Cloud County Community College is crucial in our effectiveness as an educational pipeline in this community.
Kansas Gas Service contributes large format printer through DonorsChoose grant
Community Foundation for Cloud County Provides Preschool Education Grant
Community Foundation for Cloud County Provides Early Childcare Education Grant.
Superintendent Quentin Breese delivers resources to area preschools on behalf of a Community Foundation for Cloud County grant.
Preschool educators with USD 333 selected resources to provide area preschools. The supplies are designed to develop childhood skills in a fun learning environment.
Preschool educators with Bright Beginning Preschool show off their new resources.
Cloud County Community College Early Childhood Center hosted the meeting and a tour of their facility.
Class of 1978 Contributes New Benches for Concordia Middle School Renovation
The USD 333 Class of 1978 contributed funds to purchase two new benches for the newly renovated Concordia Middle School
Students can join their friends on two new benches donated by alumni of The Class of 1978
Trost Family donates materials for Concordia High School Classrooms
The family of Sherry Trost donated a Bernina sewing machine to the Concordia JR/SR High School Family & Consumer Science program.
Randy Trost with a student
Our students benefit from contributions from the community. Thank you Trost family!
Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
2022 Donation by Foley Equipment for CTE Power, Structural and Tech Systems pathway
2022 Donation by Prairieland Electric for CTE Manufacturing pathway
Panther Cubs Receive
Book Grant
Panther Cubs Daycare Home received an award of $500 from the Dane Hansen Foundation for a book library
Panther Cubs Award
The Dane Hansen Foundation provided funding for teachers in our Panther Cubs Daycare Home
CHS Art
A CHS alumni contributed funds to provide a new stained glass grinder for CHS Art classes
Concordia Business Contribution
Prairieland Electric Cooperative Inc. contributed funds for student resources and student self-care products for the Panther Pantry at CHS