The East Fund

The East Fund We provide grants to make the teachers and students successful through inspired technology, classroom projects and classroom development.

Our story began in 2003, when a group of parents founded The East Fund Fund, which is dedicated to maintaining the integrity and quality of eduational programming for students at Shawnee Mission East. Our didactic grants focus on three areas:
Classroom Programs
Technology
Professional Development
The mission of The East Fund is to bring together the diverse community at Shawnee Mission East, to id

entify the best ways to enhance the educational experience for students and teachers alike, and to create resources to offer the widest possible range of opportunities for all students and teachers to reach their maximum potential. Our goal is to purposely provide stretch, creativity and innovation, to benefit every student at Shawnee Mission East. Our vision is to create a learning environment where expectations are high, with the mutual commitment of young people and adults to achieve them.

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“I would like to say thank you to the East Fund for allowing us to get new drawing boar...
05/15/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤

“I would like to say thank you to the East Fund for allowing us to get new drawing boards for our class. The students love them and use them everyday. The drawing boards have not been replaced in I’m not even sure how many years, and they were in various sorts of disarray and brokenness so it was hard to get a nice flat service. But these are super flat so there are no crazy bumps going on while they are drawing so they’re really nice and smooth. They are a lot lighter in weight too so if we are drawing outside or a different room, it’s easier for the students to carry them.” - Miss Chalk ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassador Sofia Wehner
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East Fund granted $3,000 to the Art Department for two new class sets (60 total) of drawing boards

🤠Play your cards right and save the date for next year’s SME Shindig! 🗓️February 1, 2025📍Milburn Country Club
05/10/2024

🤠Play your cards right and save the date for next year’s SME Shindig!
🗓️February 1, 2025
📍Milburn Country Club

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤Last year, the East Fund granted the Business Department with new Lego sets, mice, adap...
05/07/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
Last year, the East Fund granted the Business Department with new Lego sets, mice, adaptors, and computer chargers. We spoke to Mrs. Krievins, one of the teachers in the department here and she was very appreciative for the grants. She said, “The Legos gave me resources for the management project. The mice and adaptors helped with our Minecraft project and made it easier to complete. The chargers have been used to help keep the student’s computers charged. I am very grateful and appreciative to the East Fund for their help!” ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassadors Davis Eakes and Cade Wildman
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East Fund granted $2,391 to the Business Department for classroom resources

🤩Looking good, class of 2024! The Senior tile wall is now complete!
04/27/2024

🤩Looking good, class of 2024! The Senior tile wall is now complete!

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“Thanks to funding from the East Fund, SME was able to install new Daktronics Video Boa...
04/24/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“Thanks to funding from the East Fund, SME was able to install new Daktronics Video Boards in the main gym. Digital design students are able to provide the graphics and visuals during assemblies and varsity games, giving guests and viewers a better experience.“ ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassador Molly Miller
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East Fund granted $18,885 for a replacement of the Daktronics video board system in the gym

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“Earlier this year, students were able to travel to Langston University in Oklahoma for...
04/18/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“Earlier this year, students were able to travel to Langston University in Oklahoma for a tour of a Historically Black College/University. The purpose of this HBCU tour was to immerse students of color in an environment that is not predominantly white and show these students possibilities for life after high school. We are grateful for the opportunities East Fund can offer at our school!” ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassador Claire Polanco
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East Fund granted $7,000 for students to attend a tour of Langston University

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“Thanks to a generous donation from the East Fund last school year, the athletic depart...
04/09/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“Thanks to a generous donation from the East Fund last school year, the athletic department was able to purchase new trophy cases to improve the display of East’s awards. Prior to this, the trophy cases were cluttered and overwhelmed with the amount of state trophies collected over the years. This summer, more shelves were added to the cases along with the trophies being organized and cleaned. This helped the cases become more attractive for students, staff and guests at our school.” ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassadors Lucy Stephens, Jordan O’Brien, and Addison Stover
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East Fund granted $5,137 for trophy case glass shelving and clips

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“Thanks to the East Fund Grant from last year, Columbia Brew, the in house-student ran ...
04/02/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“Thanks to the East Fund Grant from last year, Columbia Brew, the in house-student ran coffee shop, got an ice machine! Not only does this cut down the time it took to get ice by half, it also allows for the staff to fill 2 buckets of ice instead of 1 for the coffee shop every day. This allows for refills throughout the day as necessary! Senior Alex Flower states that, “The daily increase in drinks we can serve is extremely apparent and our revenue has seen a big increase. It also means we don’t have to send someone to refill our ice buckets every 20 minutes. “ Thanks again to the East Fund Board for this amazing grant!” ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassador Alexander Flower
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The East Fund granted $6,611 for a new professional grade ice machine that services the coffee shop and faculty lounge

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“The display lights in the picture are used for the current exhibit we have in the art ...
03/21/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“The display lights in the picture are used for the current exhibit we have in the art gallery room. This gallery features work from advanced art students and artist Caleb Taylor. This exhibition would not be possible without these lights from East Fund! We are so grateful to be able to have access to these lights and exhibit.” ~ contributed by East Fund Ambassadors Paige Bean and Clare Polanco
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The East Fund granted $9,056 for overall art gallery display systems

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤“Thanks to all of the support from East Fund the SME English department was able to pur...
02/22/2024

🩵’22-‘23 East Fund Grant Feature🖤
“Thanks to all of the support from East Fund the SME English department was able to purchase books for students in sophomore English. This way each student had their own copy to annotate. When students can annotate books they can better understand and analyze the text. Thank you again for all your support!” ~ Contributed by East Fund Ambassadors Mae Bledsoe and Faith Grecian
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The East Fund contributed $1,965 for Sophomore Annotation Novels

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