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Mobilizing Community for Our Students
SchoolsRule Sonoma County fundraises on behalf of every K-12 student in local public schools. Our initiative unites local businesses, community members, and education leaders to expand students’ access to educational opportunities that ignite their curiosity and catapult their learning.
SchoolsRule distributes money to education foundations and school districts annually on a per-student basis. Recipients then target funding along SchoolsRule’s essential program areas: literacy, student well-being, agriculture and hospitality, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics).
Because our work is supported by the Sonoma County Office of Education, donations to SchoolsRule Sonoma County go toward programs that benefit local students — not operational costs.
Grant Elementary in Petaluma invested their 2024 SchoolsRule distribution in equipment that encourages sensory-seeking input, which helps students regulate their nervous systems, improve their focus, and manage their emotions more effectively.
SchoolsRule provided support to Santa Rosa Middle School's "Make Gardens Grow" program, in which students plant vegetables, learn about composting, and harvest food.
Santa Rosa's Village Charter School was able to purchase a worm composting system to support its composting program and the school garden.
SchoolsRule helped support Carpe Diem and Sonoma Mountain High School students involved in the FARMS Leadership program. The program provides students with hands-on experiences at working farms, agribusinesses, and universities.
Dunham Elementary staff used SchoolsRule funding to support their new robotics program. Students work with younger peers to teach them Blue-Bot robot coding.
SchoolsRule supports the baile folklórico program at Cesar Chavez Language Academy.
SchoolsRule In Action
Students from Sonoma Valley High School deepened their diplomacy skills and knowledge of international relations during a Model United Nations (UN) conference held at UC Berkeley on March 7-9.
Students at the Yulupa and Strawberry elementary schools in Santa Rosa’s Bennett Valley Union School District strengthened their ties to their school communities during the long-awaited return of Tile Night. This year’s celebration was made possible, in part, by SchoolsRule Sonoma County.