Aspen Education Foundation is all about our local partnerships! Our friends at Clark's Snowmass selected AEF to be the beneficiary of "Non-Profit Mondays" this fall. For any customer who left their shopping receipts in the giving box at the cash registers instead of throwing them away, Clark's Snowmass donated 5% of the receipt amount to [...]

The Aspen Education Foundation (AEF) announces that Jack Paley, an Aspen High School Class of 2013 graduate, has donated his business, Aspen Crunch, to the organization. AEF intends to auction the business for sale at its annual fundraising event, the Flamingo, on December 9, 2023, to benefit Aspen public schools.  Jack Paley launched Aspen Crunch [...]

One of the goals at AEF over the past year has been to think creatively about ways to take advantage of the world class institutions that are located right here in our backyard. How AEF might partner with these organizations to bring something special and unique to our students has been a priority. That is [...]

As you may have heard, our annual Flamingo fundraiser was the most successful in our event’s history. The restaurant setting was festive, fun and delicious. Tartan and tinsel filled the rooms and technical difficulties could not stop our success! Our parent and local community are truly incredible. Never have we seen the enthusiasm and generosity [...]

In the Robotics program's first return to Aspen Middle School in over two years, two of the seven participating teams at AMS advanced to the Colorado State tournament in Littleton. Congratulations to the EsCargo and Robot Rookie teams! The Robot Rookies went on to earn a second-place finish in the "Robot Game" category, one of four categories [...]



The Backcountry (Team 15136) and the Yetis (Team 5196) competed in Colorado Qualifier #2.  The Yetis took 10th place in the robot game and won the Motivate Award. Backcountry took 7th in the robot game and won the Control Award.  Both teams are advancing to the State Championship which will be on May 1st! All 4 Aspen [...]

THANK YOU, Michelle Stiller, for helping to make shopping at Aspen women-owned businesses a success while benefiting AEF! We are so grateful to Perch Aspen, KOR, Valley Fine Art, the Art of the Cozy, Kali's Aspen, Kate Maller, Elliott Yeary Gallery, and Bandana Aspen. All of these women-owned stores have chosen Aspen public schools as [...]