East Windsor Education Foundation

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East Windsor Education Foundation
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East Windsor Education Foundation

• Mission Statement
• The mission of the East Windsor Education
  Foundation is to provide a partnership with the
  East Windsor community to financially support
  innovative educational opportunities and programs
  with the East Windsor Public Schools. The
  foundation will identify through a grant
  application process worthwhile educational
  projects and make them a reality through
  aggressive fund raising.

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East Windsor Education Foundation

• Officers and members of the board
• President Jim Richards
• Vice President John Pica-Sneeden
• Treasurer Stephen Kulscar
• Secretary Judy Destro
• Board of Directors Vincent Bologna, Laura Foxx,
  Gil Hayes, Tim Howes, Jim Nilsson, and Karen
  Owens

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East Windsor Education Foundation

• Grants
• The East Windsor Education Foundation provides
  grants to educators in the East Windsor Public
  Schools.
• Proposals for funding should not supplant items
  that are covered in the existing town or school
  budgets.
• The Foundation will consider the following
  criteria when reviewing each application
  Innovation, Educational Merit, Student Impact and
  Sustainability.
• In May 2007 the East Windsor Education Foundation
  awarded its first grants to improve writing in
  Kindergarten and motivate music students in Sixth
  and Seventh grade.

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East Windsor Education Foundation
Grant Awards Broad Brook School Kindergarten
Teacher, Amy Lupoli, will lead the Kindergarten
team in revising their Writers Workshop to
increase student achievement. The Kindergarten
teachers attended a Writers Workshop conference
presented by Julie Lay in October 2007 and are
implementing a procedure for tracking and
assessing student growth over time. Students will
also have age-appropriate references and a
self-assessment to use during Writers Workshop.
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East Windsor Education Foundation

• Grant Awards
• East Windsor Middle School Music Teacher, C.
  Tracie Shutter, will introduce Sixth and Seventh
  grade students to playing the electric guitar.
  Currently students only have access to an
  acoustic guitar. By incorporating the electric
  guitar, students will be motivated by hearing how
  their playing sounds like the music they listen
  to on the radio.

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East Windsor Education Foundation

• Fundraisers
• Geisslers Supermarket is the largest donor.
  Since November, 2006 the foundation has collected
  Geisslers Supermarket receipts from community
  members. Geisslers Supermarket then donates 10
  of every receipt over 30.00 excluding tobacco
  and alcohol products.
• As of October 1, 2007 Geisslers Supermarket had
  donated 10,842.00 to the East Windsor Education
  Foundation. The foundation would like to express
  its appreciation to community members and
  Geisslers Supermarket for their continued
  generosity and participation.
• Drop boxes for Geisslers Supermarket receipts
  are located in the East Windsor Town Hall, East
  Windsor Senior Center, Warehouse Point Library,
  Scantic Church, Enfield Federal Savings Bank in
  Broad Brook, Broad Brook Books and Stuff and in
  each East Windsor school office.

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East Windsor Education Foundation

• On October 22, 2007
• the EWEF hosted
• a book-signing with EWHS alumnus and celebrated
  author, Michael C. White,
• at Pascos Restaurant.

Thank you to Big Y, Geisslers Supermarket,
Dunkin Donuts, Pascos Restaurant and
Surroundings Floral for their generous donations.
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East Windsor Education Foundation

• It is with extreme gratitude and appreciation
  that the EWEF acknowledges these benefactors who
  have contributed
• during the period from November 2006 through
  October 30, 2007.

10,000 to 15,000 Geisslers Supermarket 500
to 1,000 Rockville Bank 100 to 499 Ken and
Lauri Desrosiers Enfield Federal Savings
Bank F.M. Fay Associates, Inc. J.R. Russo and
Associates Spring Street Service Center
50 to 99 Patricia deCunha John and Linda
Kehoe Up to 49 The Brigada Family Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas George, Jr. Gina, Andy and Leah
Hoffman Gerda V. Mikkelson Jean and Mark
Mocadlo Kathleen and Michael Parakilas