Given our faculty members' incredible talent and passion as educators, it is not a surprise that families continually ask, "How can we do more for our teachers?" We are pleased to launch this fund that provides the opportunity to support our faculty above and beyond the operational program and classroom budgets.

Resources designated to this fund may be used for opportunities that help ISDenver attract and retain the very best faculty, such as:

• Providing support for faculty who are building professional skills through graduate-level courses
• Funding school-driven professional development (additional to the professional development each teacher identifies for themselves), such as multi-year project-based learned trainings.
• Ensuring all K1-G8 teachers have laptops, so they can work and teach anywhere on campus.
• Establishing a relocation package to benefit all new, full-time, benefits-eligible faculty and staff.

ISDenver is committed to both inclusivity and diversity, as stated in our mission and values. Financial Assistance -- the tuition reduction offered to families with demonstrated financial need -- is one of the many ways that we uphold our guiding beliefs and support socio-economic diversity among our community.

While we are proud of the more than $500,000 that we are able to budget for operationally, the reality is that we would ideally like to offer twice this amount each year. Each year, we unfortunately lose families who want to become or continue as members of our community, simply because they cannot afford the cost.

Investments in this fund will be used to increase both the number of families who benefit from financial assistance and the amount of need that we can meet with each offer.

Donations received to this fund prior to December 31^st will become a resource for the following school years' financial assistance offers.