Calling ALL TK through Grade 12 Students & SGUSD School Sites! ~ You’re invited to participate in a district wide literacy and art event!
The San Gabriel Educational Foundation is thrilled to promote and celebrate literacy and the arts in education. This year’s event is a student showcase developed to provide opportunity for student and community engagement dedicated towards literacy, visual arts and mental health and wellness initiatives. We are filled with much enthusiasm as we share the following details surrounding this year’s theme: “Preserving and Protecting Our Planet”.
Call for Youth Artists
All qualifying submissions will be considered for “Award of Excellence Winners”. Additionally, a limited number of print media entries will be selected to be transformed into street pole banners and hung within the City of San Gabriel Mission District for public viewing.
We invite all currently enrolled TK-12 SGUSD students to participate: (please read through all of the guidelines and rules before you begin)
- Read a book about the environment or sustainability and illustrate an original art piece depicting a way to preserve and/or protect our planet that you learned about in the book.
- Illustrate an original piece of art using any medium (crayons, markers, paints, digital, etc) that is 8”x10”, portrait only (vertical not horizontal).
- Submit your art work using the Google Form link by Sunday June 1, 2025 @ 8:00pm PST.
*Please note that PARENTS are to submit on behalf of children. Teachers WILL NOT be submitting for their students. This is not a school related program, it is a program for students that are currently enrolled in the SGUSD. - Please make sure students DO NOT write their names on their art work. Doing so will result in disqualification.
Parents/Guardians click on the following Google Form Link for all rules, usage rights and guidelines and for submission.
Call for School Site Collaborative Art Pieces
Discover the Arts is a literacy and art exhibition presenting literature through visual art. We invite all school site communities to develop a group art piece to be displayed at the celebratory event.
This year’s theme is “Preserving and Protecting Our Planet”
Every school site that has 10% of the student body, representing all grades, in the creation of an original mural depicting themes of nature, sustainability, and environmental protection, either brainstorming or working on the project as a collaborative effort, will receive a $1000 award to be used in support of literacy and the arts, however deemed appropriate by the school site.
We invite all of the school sites to participate in our event as noted below:
- The mural must be at least 6 feet by 3 feet.
- The art work must be transported, by a designated school site representative or volunteer, to the event site (TBD) in September/October 2025.
- The art work must be removed by a designated school site representative or volunteer, from the event site at the conclusion of the celebratory event.
- Submit a listing of all student participants noting the first and last names, and grades of all participants (student last names will not be published).
- Must upload a photo of art work together with completed registration by the submission deadline of Sunday June 1, 2025 @ 8:00pm PST.
No late registrations or artwork will be accepted.
School Sites click on the following Google Form Link for all rules, usage rights and guidelines and for submission.
SEF’s Literacy and Art Event Sponsorship Opportunities
The San Gabriel Educational Foundation is pleased to partner with community members and businesses large and small who share our values and our vision and welcome sponsors wishing to foster academic excellence in public education.
Interested in supporting the event? We invite all prospective donors to participate in this opportunity to support our event and/or increase your business or organization’s visibility through monetary support of Dream. Imagine. Create.
We need your support to make our goals a success. Your investment as a charitable partner signifies to the San Gabriel community and all of its stakeholders your commitment to supporting local organizations and the students we serve.
Dream. Imagine. Create. Sponsorship Levels & Benefits
As a sponsor, you will be listed as an event sponsor within the SEF Community Alliance Program (CA) and receive recognition in the following ways:
- Regional: $25 – $499: Your name will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related publications and newsletters.
- National: $500 – $4999: Your name will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related publications and newsletters. You will also receive a remembrance item featuring youth designed artwork. You will also receive an invitation to a reception where guests will be able to participate in a walking tour of the public display of the youth art banners hung in the City of San Gabriel’s historic Mission District.
- Global: $5,000 and up: Your name and corporate or business logo will be displayed on the SEF website; in organization and event related print materials and newsletters. You will also receive on-site event acknowledgement on event banners and an event sponsor plaque. You will also receive a remembrance item featuring youth designed artwork. You will also receive an invitation to a reception where guests will be able to participate in a walking tour of the public display of the youth art banners hung in the City of San Gabriel’s historic Mission District.
We are extremely grateful to you for your financial support of our event. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, fundraising and sponsorship play an integral role in our operations. Your financial support is essential to providing educational and support programs for students in San Gabriel public schools and our work would not be possible without the overwhelming support of community and business sponsors like you. Thank you!!
