Welcome to the Spanish Education Fund
The Spanish Education Fund (SEF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2009. Our purpose is to raise money and recruit parent volunteers to support the International Teaching Intern Program at Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion School (K-6), Central Middle School (7-8) and Eden Prairie High School (9-12).
Interns from Spanish speaking countries from around the world assist teachers and students in classrooms at these schools, providing a unique educational resource that has been proven extremely valuable to language acquisition, by bring their language and cultures to life. As a result, students become more confident in their ability to communicate in Spanish and create connections to people and places outside of their own world.
In addition to fundraising, we work with school staff to review and select intern candidates, recruit host and buddy families for the interns from our parent community for the duration of their stay, collect donations of winter clothing, organize parent volunteers to provide transportation for interns, and many other things to ensure interns have a positive experience while in the U.S. gaining valuable experience in the field of education.
Our Mission
Support the Eden Prairie Spanish immersion program, through sustainable funding, to host the best volunteer international Spanish speaking interns and provide other educational and cultural resources.
Latest News
The SEF is excited to welcome 13 new interns this year to Eagle Heights, CMS and the high school. Our interns come from Colombia (3), Spain (4), Chile (1) and El Salvador (5). The interns are very excited to meet families, get to know students, assist teachers, improve their English, share their culture, and explore Minnesota and the United States. To learn more about the interns in our schools, please visit the intern program page.
Meet the 2022-23 Interns
Alejandra Cortez Nina Busquets Costas Karla Rivera
El Salvador Spain El Salvador
Kindergarten Kindergarten 1st Grade
Melani Cortes Alex Ramirez Aina Cortacans
Colombia El Salvador Spain
1st Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade
Lucas Gonzalez Silvia Martinez Anthony Umanzor
Spain Spain El Salvador
3rd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade
Maura Herrera Elkin Raiño Catalina Salazar
El Salvador Colombia Chile
5th Grade CMS CMS
Jose Gil
Colombia
Eden Prairie High School
Fundraising
Annual Contribution
Annual Contributions are the SEF‘s main source of funding for the Intern Program. We receive no financial support from the school district or schools. The intern program is 100% parent funded. Our goal for the 2022-23 school year is to raise $100,000. If we do not reach our goal we may need to reduce the number of interns in our schools. Our suggested annual contribution is $150/child.
You can make your annual contribution below or online at www.spanisheducationfund.org. You can also set up budget friendly monthly payments via PayPal using the subscribe button!
Your support is vital to the continuation of this important component of our children’s immersion education. Thank you for your support!
Employer matching
Don’t forget… employer matching and workplace-based donation campaigns are another source of funding for the intern program. Many employers will match their employee’s donation, doubling the gift. Several families participate in these each year. To find out if your company matches, contact your human resources department.
Monthly Annual Contribution
Want to spread out your Annual Contribution into budget friendly monthly payments? Select a monthly payment option from the drop down menu and click the SUBSCRIBE button below instead to make monthly Annual Contribution donations.
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Checks
Make checks payable to the Spanish Education Fund and mail to:
SEF Treasurer
c/o Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion School
13400 Staring Lake Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
SEF Federal Tax ID# 27-0584708
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