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YES Company's 2025 Production, Mamma Mia!
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Foothill Horizons Outdoor School
YES Company students pose with Superintendent Kuykendall in front of a green backdrop
Education Foundation Gala
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Student Events Program Harold Pope Junior Relays
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Imagination Library provides free books for children ages 0-5

Enriching Students' Lives

Each year, more than 17,500 students participate in activities sponsored by the Education Foundation of Stanislaus County (EFSC), which is supported through donation and volunteer help. Sustained through donations from generous community donors, the EFSC dispersed over $100,000 to fund student programs in Stanislaus County.

YES Company

An audition-based theater company for youth in grades 7-12 that produces a full-length Broadway musical each summer.

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Foothill Horizons Outdoor School

A residential outdoor school in the foothills of the central Sierra

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Student Events

The Student Events Program coordinates or sponsors 12 student events throughout the year designed to encourage achievement among 4th grade through 12th grade students.

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Imagination Library

The Imagination Library of Stanislaus County supports early literacy by giving free books to families of children ages 0-5

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Video Highlights

Foothill Horizons Outdoor Education

Student Events- Stanislaus County Music Festival

Student Events - History Day

The programs supported by the Foundation are designed to enhance and acknowledge the skills and abilities of Stanislaus County youth. Today's students are tomorrow's leaders. They will emerge as representatives of their communities and make decisions based on their experiences. In order to strengthen the future of Stanislaus County, its current students must be nurtured and encouraged.Anonymous