Board members from the Simi Valley Education Foundation recently presented a check for $15,820 to Leslie Frank, principal of Sinaloa Middle School, at the conclusion of this year's Matching School Funds Program.

Matching School Funds Program is a collaborative effort of the Simi Valley Education Foundation (SVEF), secondary public schools in Simi Valley and parents. The goal of the program is to stimulate greater parent involvement in the education process, expand the volunteer base at each school and forge a lasting partnership between the Education Foundation, each school and the neighborhood it serves in order to develop additional programs at the school.

The Education Foundation will match up to $7 per student at each of the secondary schools in the Simi Valley Unified School District. The money raised at each of the schools comes from parent-involved fundraising events and not PTSA or other existing programs.

The money raised at Sinaloa Middle School from private donations and other fundraising activities will go toward updating and enhancing technology in the classrooms.

For more information on the foundations's programs, call SVEF at (877) 7464543 or email info@svef.org.