Why We're Raising Funds
ARISE High School is a small charter school in the Fruitvale area of Oakland, California. We are in the second year of our first five-year charter. Our mission is to serve children who will be the first to attend college. The Fruitvale is considered a high-need neighborhood; 75% of our students are on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program, and the overwhelming majority speak a language other than English as their primary language (usually Spanish).
We need funds to equip our biology labs with glassware, visual aids, preserved specimens and other educational gear. In our first year we obtained electronic balances and basic dissection kits, but we have no other equipment yet. If we can raise enough money for it, we would also like to take our students on a canoe trip with SAVE THE BAY, which will educate them about the ecological interactions in San Francisco Bay and the environmental problems currently troubling the area.
ARISE is a registered not-for-profit charitable organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Thank you for your generosity!
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