Carl Hankey International Education Foundation

CHIEF is the Carl Hankey International Education Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization created to support Hankey’s IB programs, a requirement of the IB World organization to qualify Hankey K-8.

The IB program at Hankey costs $45,000 every year. This money raised pays for elementary Spanish classes and middle school design classes as well as IB materials and teacher training. The Carl Hankey community pays for these programs ourselves through CHIEF. We need to raise $125 for each student to keep the IB programs going and prospering.

Help us to keep the IB programs going and prospering with an online donation.

We’re excited to see our Hawks back on campus this year! With your financial help, the IB program will continue to enrich our students at Carl Hankey Elementary and Middle School. IB exposure at the elementary and middle school prepares our students for the Capistrano Valley High School IB program. Carl Hankey is one of the few elementary schools offering a language program, providing students with an early start in multilingual education. IB middle schoolers are 34% more likely to take advanced courses in high school. In high school, the acceptance rate of IB students into universities is significantly higher!

Click here for the 2025-2026 Request for support letter and also available in Spanish.

Direct Donation page can be found here (credit cards and Paypal accepted)

The 2024 Hawk Trot fundraiser ended with the top earners from each class that raised over $1400 sliming their teacher. In addition, the top earner from elementary slimed the principle and top earner from middle school slimed the assistant principle.

Congrats to all top earner and thank you to all families and the community for their generosity and support of Carl Hankey’s K-8 IB program.

A big Thank You to all Hankey families, friends, and the local community for making our Hawk Trot fundraiser a success. You’ve pledged $32,000+ for IB programs to pay for Elementary Spanish, Middle School Design, and IB related expenses. We are accepting donations though www.pledgestar.com/carlhankey and checks can be turned in at the office. 

So many classrooms are close to reaching their classroom goals and your donations will put them over the top to get slimed in our slime ceremony. Hankey families and friends are welcome to attend the slime day on Friday December 13th. During the morning blacktop ceremony, elementary teachers and top earners will slime Principal Migge. Classroom teachers that have reached their fundraising goals and have elected to be slimed, will also be slimed by the top fundraiser in their class. Middle school will participate in a slime ceremony with Assistant Principal Adams. More details to follow.

The winning classroom for last week’s highest tally of donations was Ms. Peterson, 1st Graders!!! Ms. Lohmeier’s class and Ms. Becerra’s class are battling for first place! Keep up the good work Hawks! The Elementary and Middle school top fundraisers will get to slime Principal Migge and Vice Principal Adams. 

Bring your $1 bills for the spinning wheel Mondays and Fridays, before and after school.

Lets get to our $1400 classroom goals so we can slime some teachers!
We have only 1.5 weeks left. We have raised over $10,000 and our goal for this year is $35,000. Register your students online at www.pledgestar.com/carlhankey.

Register your students online for the Hawk Trot at www.pledgestar.com/carlhankey. Our goal this week is to register 50% of the students!

The winning classroom for last week’s highest tally of donations was Ms. Lohmeier, 5th Grader!!! Ms. Lohmeier’s class gets a treat party (date TBD). Keep up the good work Hawks! Your child’s class could be next.

Lets get to our $1400 classroom goals so we can slime some teachers!

Students with the most donations will slime the Principle and Vice Principal. 

We are excited to announce the Hankey Hawk Trot Fun Run will be held Nov 20th and we need -enthusiastic parent volunteers to make it a success! Volunteering opportunities include planning committee, help leading up to the Hawk Trot, day of the Hawk Trot, and slime day. Join us for the first planning meeting on Friday September 13 after blacktop (~8.20AM) at the covered lunch tables.  Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our school!

Thank you to all the families who stopped by the CHIEF table during middle school registration. CHIEF pays for the Middle School Design class. This class is held quarterly and students get to design for a real world scenario! Design in middle school is part of the required IB curriculum, and CUSD does not cover the cost. Parent donations are collected and go directly to pay for the class.

Click here for the 2024-2025 Request for support letter or here for donations with credit cards.

We are so excited to welcome our Hawks on campus this 2024-2024 school year. With your help, we are bringing back and improving upon the IB programs that have allowed Hankey students to prosper and thrive in the classroom and our greater community.

The IB program at Hankey costs in excess of $50,000 per year and is self-funded by the Hankey community. CHIEF must fundraise approximately $125 per child to ensure the continuation of our IB programs.

Donating today, in any amount you can give, keeps our programs thriving and is a great way to kick off the new year.

Click here for the 2024-2025 Request for support letter or here for donations with credit cards.