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GRANT APPLICATIONS
2009
- 2010 Application (closed)
2010 - 2011 Application (Available Fall 09)
PRESS RELEASES
PEF
Honors First Donors
PEF Announces First Award Recipients
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Monica Darcy - Co-Chair
Lorraine O'Connors - Co-Chair
Anne Ejnes - Secretary
Martha Starkey Castro - Treasurer
Steven Winsor
Steven Porter
Edward Servello
Nancy Mendizabal
Lori Greenleaf
Supt. of Schools - Ex-officio
CONTACT US
info@ponagansetfoundation.org
VOLUNTEER
volunteer@ponagansetfoundation.org
LINKS
Ponaganset
High School
Ponaganset
Middle School
Foster-Glocester School District
PMS PTO
CONTRIBUTE!
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP
Make checks payable to:
Ponaganset Education Foundation
Post Office Box D
Chepachet, Rhode, Island 02814
Amount: $_______________________
Enclosed
Or Pledge $______________________
Payable:
Monthly-- Quarterly -- Annually
(Circle one)
Name:_________________________
Address:_______________________
_______________________________
City -- State-- Zip
Contributions are tax deductible and acknowledgements
will be sent for tax purposes.
If you want more information or would like
to consider a memorial or commemorative gift for a specific
purpose, please call: 949-1786 or 397-2502.
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EAT AT UNO AND SUPPORT EDUCATION!
On Thursday,June 25th the Ponaganset Education Foundation
is participating in the "A Tasty Way To Raise Dough"
sponsored by Uno Chicago Grill at the Crossings. Up to 20% of all
food and drink, either dine-in or takeout, will benefit the educational
grants to support innovative classroom projects at Ponaganset High
and Middle Schools.
To participate in a great eating experience and to support education
at the same time, pick up a ticket at either the Ponaganset High
School or the Ponaganset Middle School or CLICK
HERE to download one now.
This past school year the Ponaganset Education Foundation granted
$1,800 to fund a Middle School cultural dance exchange project,
a High School recreational reading club and a life experience cooking
program at the Middle School. It is the goal of the Education Foundation
to promote and develop a significant financial resource from which
to award grants that have the potential to inspire students to become
fully engaged in what they are learning and to encourage teacher
creativity. For further information about the Foundation or for
questions about how to participate in this Tasty Benefit, call Lorraine
O'Connors at 949-1786.
Ponaganset
Education Foundation Grant Guidelines
The
application period for the 2009-2010 school year
has now ended.
The
PEF has awarded three grants to the middle school and high
school for new educational programs. Click
here to read about the PEF's first award winners.
Congratulations
to this year's recipients
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The Ponaganset Education Foundation (PEF) is an Independent, community-based,
non-profit organization, and an individual fund of the Rhode Island
Foundation.
THE PEF has been granted official 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by
the Internal Revenue Service.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?
The
mission of the Foundation is to foster student excellence, teacher
creativity and school based initiatives at the Ponaganset Schools.
HOW
WILL THIS WORK?
Designed
to augment the educational programs offered by the School District,
the Foundation will support the development of new, creative and
innovative programs or activities that encourage and inspire students
to become more deeply involved in the learning process.
The
Foundation will encourage teachers and others to offer interesting
and challenging ideas in the form of grant proposals.
HOW
DID THIS GET STARTED?
Thanks
to the generous contributions, large and small, of numerous townspeople,
friends and alumni of the Ponaganset Schools, those who saw the
benefits of an educational foundation were able to raise the necessary
$25,000 to qualify for matching funds from the Rhode Island Foundation
by the December 2006 deadline. Thus the Ponaganset Education Foundation
was founded.
WHAT
ARE THE FOUNDATION GOALS?
The
Foundation's goal is to promote and develop a significant financial
resource from which to make grants that have the potential to inspire
students to become fully engaged in what they are learning; be it
pottery, poetry, rocket science, hydro-energy, global warming, or
history.
WHY
AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
With
the present demands and expectations placed on the public schools
by the State and Federal government, it is increasingly difficult
for local schools to do more than meet the basic requirements and
mandates. This leaves nominal financial support for schools to initiate
new, creative or innovative programs or activities to excite and stimulate
student interest.
Recognizing the already heavy demand on the local taxpayer and the
constraints placed on taxes by the State, the Ponaganset Education
Foundation offers an alternative means to funding these worthy endeavors.
HOW
WILL THE FOUNDATION HELP?
The
Foundation offers friends, residents, benefactors and alumni the
ability to invest whatever their means may allow above and beyond
their required tax contribution. These Foundation Grants will help
teachers and admnistrators enhance the educational programs at the
Ponaganset Schools to meet the present and future challenges facing
education and our students.
WILL
THIS WORK?
It
is the belief of the Foundation that the communities of Foster and
Glocester have long supported and valued the quality education the
Ponaganset schools have provided. It is the aim of the Foundation
to honor that commitment and to preserve and enhance the excellence
in education for which Ponaganset has been recognized.
The PEF Board of Directors (L-R) --
Lorraine O'Connros, Anne Ejnes, Steven Porter, Martha Starkey
Castro, Dr. Michael Barnes, Ed Servello, Monica Darcy
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