The Dunsmore Elementary School Foundation (DESF) is a non-profit organization whose members include Dunsmore parents, teachers, and staff. The Foundation exists solely to raise money for educational support.

Contact Aimee Dunford, DESF President: dunsmoreesf@gmail.com

Currently, DESF spends $60,000 annually – that’s about $100 per child per year. All that money is raised by you!

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Over the last few years, the Foundation has worked hard to fund:

• 3 Carts with 40 Chrome Books each, to be used in classrooms 
• Classroom Supplies
• Computer Lab supplies
• Scholarship for former Dunsmore students graduating from CVHS or Clark Magnet HS
• Music and P.E. instructors for primary classrooms
• Taiko instruction for all grades (Supported in part by the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts)
• Playground upgrades
• Accelerated Reader for classrooms
• Science materials
• Clay
• Walk-through exhibits

The Dunsmore Taiko Drumming program is supported in part by a generous grant from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. 

The Mary Pinola & Crescenta Valley Chamber Education Fund allowed us to purchase a new cart of Chromebooks this year. It has also provided monetary support for our arts curriculum, musical instruments, and a new sound system.