Welcome to the WJHS Education Foundation's Website!

The Walter Johnson High School Education Foundation is committed to being an integral part of the Walter Johnson community by providing support to ensure that current and future WJ students have continuing opportunities for academic rigor and social and emotional growth in a state of the art facility that complements the excellent academic programs.   » Foundation's Mission and Goals

"Adult Carnival" Gala and Silent Auction

Thank you to our donors and sponsors:

The WJ Ed Foundation, WJHS All School Booster Club and WJPTSA wish to thank all of our committee members, teams, staff, donors, volunteers and sponsors. All proceeds of this event will go to support the Media Center Collections. We are thrilled to announce a WJ family has donated $30, 000 in the hopes of helping the school and faculty to continue providing such an excellent education and learning environment. We hope to match this incredible donation with the proceeds of the gala and donations throughout the year. Sue Christakos, Booster Club President, Marney Jacobs, WJ Education Foundation, President, Deborah Teicher, PTSA President In particular we thank Jennifer Baker, Walter Johnson High School Principal Dr. Christopher Garran, Community Superintendent Jo Brecher and Seth Meyers, Gala Committee Chairs WJ Jazz Band and Chris Kosmaceski Gala Committee: Jo Brecher, Seth Meyers, Ann Gradowski, Donna Morris, Marney Jacobs, Lin-Lin Mao Thanks to our young alumni for helping to staff the event: Ana Astiz, Matt Ghaman, Eric Glazer, Sam Jacobs, Caroline Lacey, Ben Leffler, Ivan Meyers, Daniel Schuler Volunteers: Whitney Allgood, Melitta Carter, Justin Gradowski, Renee Howell, Philip Jacobs, April Kates, Nancy Manning, Tom Murphy, Anat and Howard Schwartz, Kate Tennyson Sponsors: William Schmidt and Lisa Kaesar, Sue and Nick Christakos, Jim and Linda Parker, Kathy and Mio Miljanic, Chris Kosmaceski, Melitta and Laurence Carter Please thank our donors by patronizing their businesses: As Kindred Spirits/Helen Shockley Balducci’s Bertucci’s Bethesda Magazine Bethesda YMCA/Carla Larrick Bike the Sites/Janna and Stephen Marks Black Rock Center for the Arts/Rene Schecker Bluemercury California Pizza Kitchen Capital Educators/Phil and Debbie Pine Capital Photography/Catherine Davila Melitta Carter Clyde’s of Chevy Chase/Alex Jacobs ‘05 Cold Stone Creamery David’s Beautiful People Donohoe Hospitality/Chris Bruch Eagle Mat and Floor Products Everything Entertainment Glen Echo Glassblowers/Paul Swartman Gotta Dance Aerobics/Kathy Matty HOT 99.5 I Drive Smart, Inc. Image Sun Zoya Kaplan Tim Kurkjian and Hard Times Café/Greg Hourigan Ledo’s Pizza Lifetime Gym Maria Limarzi Pam and Tony Marquez Matchbox Kathy Matty/ Party Hardy McFadden Art Glass Studio Lee and Marta Moersen Mitchell and Donna Morris Mosaic Cuisine and Café Nikaia/Rosselini Collection/Nathalie Duncan The Newseum Plastic Surgery Institute of Washington/Roger Freidman Ben Schlesinger ‘99 Ivan Meyers ’97 – Photo Booth Seth Meyers ‘00 Zack Meyers ‘05 Kathy O’Neill Perfect Settings/Peter and Rosalie Grazzini Progressions Hair Salon Red Orchard/Whitney Allgood Ori and Galia Reiss Rose Troia Karina Sanchez Ben Schlesinger ‘99 Ski Liberty Studio 355 Tommy Joe’s/Alan Porholyes Vince and Dominic’s Washington Nationals Wildwood Manor Swimming Pool Wine Harvest at Park Potomac Wizards WJ Field Hockey Team/Erika Murray WJ Tennis Team/Pam Marquez/Tennis Topia WJ Girls Varsity Basketball Team

Make a Contribution

• Donate to the Media Center Collection Fund • Contribute a Brick • Sponsor a Seat • Cash Donation

Volunteer

As we plan future events, we need a core of volunteers other than the Board members. Please let us know if you’d like to help out occasionally with fundraisers, mailings, and other activities. Use our website to keep up with activities.

About the WJHS Education Foundation

The Walter Johnson High School Education Foundation, Inc. was formed in 2006 in order to provide funds to supplement the WJHS modernization funds allotted by MCPS, provide support for professional development for staff, and to assist with student programs.

We have raised funds for the upgrades to the auditorium, the equipment of the language lab, enhancements to the stadium area and new courtyards.

We have funded staff development grants that have supported teachers taking courses in Economics, digital art, and grief counseling and supplemented several teachers in immersion programs abroad. We are committed to financial support for a student recognition program.

The support from our families and community – current parents, parents of children in our cluster middle and elementary schools, alumni from as far back as 1958, and others such as the Kensington 8K Race and family foundations has been generous.

We continue to offer ways to donate and be involved through the purchase of seat plates, engraved bricks for the new walkway near the renovated stadium, or to attend one of our events.

Support for WJ Tops $100,000

Over the summer of 2010, the WJ Education Foundation passed the $100,000 mark in providing support for Walter Johnson High School.

» Read more on how funds were applied.