Pelham Education Foundation News

Education Foundation To Fund Language Lab Upgrade and Expansion

The Pelham Education Foundation has approved a $67,320 grant to fund the purchase of
technology equipment for a major upgrade and expansion to the language laboratory serving
Pelham Memorial High School and Pelham Middle School.  Read entire article »

K-5 “Leveled Libraries” Program Benefits Schools, Thanks to $60,000 from the Pelham Education Foundation

Pelham's elementary schools each has been benefiting from a K-5 "Leveled Library" of books
and related programs since the school year began last September. The Pelham Education
Foundation provided $60,000 for the new program, acting on a proposal developed by the four
elementary school principals. The program was purchased last spring at a generous discount
from Benchmark Education of Pelham. Along with the books came teacher training, lesson
demonstrations, and Bookroom CDs that provide multiple options for teachers to search for
books by title, theme, reading level, etc. Read entire article »

Middle School Teachers Awarded Technology Grant

There was an audible gasp in the Middle School technology classroom as two model cars shot across the room and, almost instantaneously, reached the finish line 24 feet away.  Each of the cars suffered damage—David Morgan’s car lost a wheel, which was easily replaced, while Thomas Mendoza’s car cracked in half—but nobody seemed to care as the members of the Middle School Technology Club, together with club advisors Ed Ganbaum, Patricia Satalich and Alan Woliner, enjoyed the inaugural run of the new Paxton Patterson Raceway.  Read entire article »

“Dancing Classrooms” at Hutchinson School

Typical ten year olds might grimace at the idea of ballroom dancing classes, but thanks to a collaboration between the Pelham Education Foundation and the Hutchinson School PTA, Hutchinson fifth graders are learning to dance and loving it!  As fifth grade teacher Maureen Morrissey says, “Even the reluctant dancers are having fun in spite of themselves.”  Read entire article »

PEF Awards Teacher Grants

Laura Sawyer, President of the Pelham Education Foundation, has announced that the Foundation recently awarded eight mini-grants, totaling over $19,000, to district staff members.  “We were very pleased with the quality and quantity of grant requests, and hope that we will see similar numbers of teachers applying for equally exciting projects during our spring mini-grant cycle,” said Dr. Sawyer. “Successful grants will go to teachers at elementary, middle and high school levels and reflect a number of disciplines, ranging from core curriculum to technology to the arts.” Read entire article »

Art Exhibit on Civil Rights Movement At the Middle School

The Pelham Education Foundation, in coordination with the Pelham Middle School, brought a powerful and thought-provoking educational art exhibit to Pelham.  Artist and teacher Chris Burns' installation, Soles of the Movement, brings the African Americans' struggle for civil rights out of abstraction and into the immediate world of the viewer. Read entire article »

$60,000 Grant to Fund Guided Reading Leveled Libraries at Elementary Schools

The Pelham Education Foundation has awarded a $60,000 grant to fund Guided Reading Leveled Libraries at Pelham's elementary schools.  "Teachers will be able to use these books in the classroom to better meet the reading needs of all students, including English language learners, advanced readers and Special Education students," states Laura Sawyer, President of the Foundation.  Read entire article »

Broadcast Production Studio at High School a Huge Success

As a result of a grant funded by the Pelham Education Foundation, a new course in television production was recently introduced at Pelham Memorial High School, taught by Brian Powers.  Read entire article »

Marking our 10 year anniversary

The 2005-2006 school year marked the 10th anniversary of the Pelham Education Foundation.  During the past decade this all volunteer organization has raised more than $500,000 from the extended Pelham community to be used to fund programs, facilities, and other resources that are unavailable to Pelham's students and schools through the annual school budget.  Read entire article »

Assisting Students with College Admissions

The college admissions process is more competitive than ever before.  Dr. Lois Guberman, Director of Counseling Services for the Pelham Public Schools, used the grant from PEF to attend a conference at the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions.  In addition, she arranged for all high school teachers to receive training on how to write letters of recommendation.   Read entire article »

Grant for PMHS Fitness Center

A $60,000 grant awarded by the Pelham Education Foundation provided the funds necessary to fully equip a state-of-the-art aerobic and strength-building fitness center in Pelham Memorial High School.  The grant funds are comprised of a $30,000 grant from the PEF and a matching gift from the Shea Family Foundation in memory of their brothers Joe and Danny Shea.  Read entire article »

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