Hopkins Education Foundation

Hopkins Education Foundation has awarded more than $3.5 million in grants and special appeals to Hopkins Public Schools, with our mission to enrich every student through engaging learning opportunities, inspiring experiences and innovative resources.

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF $10k!

Big THANKS to the amazing generosity of Dr. Michelle & Mr. John Kuhl who have gifted HEF with a tremendous match of $10,000! 

Give to the Max donations up to $10k will be matched dollar for dollar by The Kuhls! 

Let's not miss this opportunity double our $$$!

Your help is needed to continue this mission to engage our students, enhance the District’s core curriculum, and energize our community of educators and learners. With your support, HEF will provide resources in Student Health & Wellness, STEM, the Arts, out-of-the-box and hands-on experiences along with so much more. See our $3.5 million in awarded grants here. 

Grant ideas are proposed by dedicated Hopkins staff, administrators and our own students and are vetted by HEF's volunteer Board of Directors. 

Please Give Generously to HEF

Our Hopkins students and teachers need us now more than ever!

Here are just a FEW examples of the 538+ grants and district-wide initiatives fueled by HEF's generous donors. Just imagine the amazing ideas YOUR donation will fund! 

STUDENT HEALTH & WELLNESS: Wellness Centers at Hopkins High School, North Junior High and West Junior High offer easily-accessible FREE after school counseling to increase student health, reduce stressors, and reinforce coping skills. A variety of fun, engaging, student-suggested programming and a welcoming ambiance has been added to draw students to the Center for proactive, preventive self-care. Programming is being offered both in-person and online.

PILOTS that the district was not immediately ready for on a broad scale but that built 21st Century skills - and are now part of the Hopkins experience - such as accessible outdoor classrooms & gardens - extremely appreciated and heavily used right now - a coding curriculum, one-to-one laptops, flexible learning classrooms, and an Academic Support Center.

AWESOME FUND: grants available to student clubs to 'do cool stuff' that engage fellow students and increase the sense of community, belonging, and interest in school. The Video Game Club recently received a timely grant and is enjoying the social interaction of connecting with each other online. 

PRE-K and TRANSITIONS PLUS: awarding grants to enhance programs for ALL Hopkins Public Schools students, including the very young and those learning important life skills needed for self-sufficiency beyond high school. Take-Home Kits for Pre-K families and Sensory Kits for Early Childhood Special Ed students are just two recent COVID Related grants. 

Learn more about HEF and see the grants HEF awarded in 2021-22 as well as grants awarded overall and by school.  HEF's Awesome Fund grants that have been awarded to Hopkins secondary students are also available on our website. (Click the underlined text above to link directly to the specific portion of HEF's website.)