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Causes: Civil Rights, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Intergroup & Race Relations, Literacy, Race, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
Mission: The mission of the asheville city schools foundation (acsf) is to promote success for all asheville city schools students by engaging & mobilizing the entire community to support enriching and innovative educational activities.
Programs: The asheville city schools foundation implements bold strategies, funds big ideas, and mobilizes the community to increase excellence with equity for students in the city schools. We do this by matching struggling students with volunteers, providing high-quality after school programming to young teens through in real life (irl) at asheville middle, resourcing teachers with funds and professional development so that they are empowered to implement new, and more effective instructional practices, funding high- quality arts-instruction through artist residencies, and awarding college scholarships to graduating seniors to overcome barriers to poverty and attend higher education. Acsf also advocates for high quality public education by building grassroots support for well-resourced schools.