Save the Arts!

The Fight Continues – We Need You!

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Mya P., Senior, Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Program

Want To Do More?

Join our volunteer team to help raise funds for the arts. Contact Executive Director Deb Brandi at (425) 431-7260 or deb@foundationesd.org to help.

Together, We Keep the Arts Alive – Now It’s Time to Step Up Again.

The arts are still alive in our schools—because of you. Your support restored music classes across the Edmonds School District, allowing students to thrive. The impact is undeniable—Mountlake Terrace High School’s Jazz band was selected for the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition!

Now, we must fight again to restore 6th grade abridged band, middle school and high school music classes. 

Why We Need Your Help Again

Last year, we set out on a two-year mission to save the arts. Now, we need your help to keep it going. To sustain music programs for another year, we must raise $610,000 by June 30. 

Why does this matter?

Arts education is about more than the music, the artwork or a performance—it builds confidence, creativity, and critical thinking in students. Studies show that students involved in the arts have higher academic achievement, better attendance, and stronger problem-solving skills. These programs inspire students and prepare them for success in any field. The reality is clear: if we don’t step up again, these programs will be cut.

The Time to Act Is Now

We need to raise $610,000 by June 30 to keep arts education alive in our schools. Every contribution makes a difference, and together, we can protect what we fought so hard to restore.

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Testimonials

Tam Osborne

Manager of Visual and Performing Arts, Edmonds School District

"Your contribution was solely responsible for maintaining our district's vital Jazz Band programs at six secondary schools. Without your generous staffing support, these classes simply would not have been possible. Your support enriches students' lives and maintains the strong tradition of jazz education in our district."

Dr. Jack Faris

Recognized Community Leader

"Arts and music programs deserve our generous support. Our son and daughter were exposed to art history, drama, and a joyful music program at Seaview Elementary in Edmonds. Every once in a while, you get a concert pianist, a movie star, or a successful painter. But far more important, you get countless children who learn to appreciate and make art, who discover how music can transport, and who learn self-confidence through their performances in plays, dance recitals, choirs, etc."

Anonymous

Campaign Supporter

“As the parent of 4 adult children who all participated in band in the Oak Harbor School District, we would like to contribute to your program.

The love of music has been a part of their lives and now we have grandchildren starting in middle school band. These programs play a huge part in shaping their futures.

We all attend the performances at our local schools where we live now. We wish you all the best in saving these programs.”

Steve Goodman

Mountlake Terrace High School ‘89 Alumn

“It has literally been just over 40 years since I sat in a sixth grade classroom at Cedar Way Elementary School in Mountlake Terrace. There, Larry Squire announced to the thirty or so classroom: 30 minutes a day, if you don’t like it, you’re stuck. I ended up as a result, learning guitar from him and went on to use this skill in front of hundreds of kids in places such as Port Orchard, Edmonds, Pullman, etc. I would have probably never learned without Larry Squire, one of great musical educators in the history of Edmonds School District. “