Community Impacting
Our Schools
Urgent fundraising appeal!
Get students back to school for a successful year of learning in the Fall of 2020. Teachers will need new and different resources to support distance learning.
Now more than ever, our community’s support is paramount in this effort.
LAPS Foundation has set a goal of raising $30,000 before the end of August. Thanks to generous donors like you, we are already $15,530 closer to our goal!
See How Your Donations
Impact Our Schools
Board Members at Work
Board members spent time at Barranca Elementary School in July working in the new staff lounge. They added comfortable seating, wall decorations, dishes and utensils, a microwave and a Keurig. The new lounge will seem a bit more homey when staff return next month. LAPS Foundation “refreshed” staff lounges at all the schools in the
“On behalf of the Los Alamos Public Schools students and staff, THANK YOU! The Foundation is a wonderful partner in education and is helping meet essential needs in our schools.”–Dr. Kurt Steinhaus, Superintendent, Los Alamos Public Schools
Investing in Brighter Futures
The Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation is an independent non-profit organization that supports, challenges, and invests in a successful future for all Los Alamos public school students. Since its inception in 2005, the LAPS Foundation has raised more than $1 million to fund opportunities and materials for students, provide professional development for district educators, defray operating expenses, and assist with capital improvements to enrich learning environments in the Los Alamos public schools. The LAPS Foundation raises money through generous contributions from individuals and organizations who share the Foundation’s core values. Donations to LAPS Foundation are tax deductible.