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Welcome to the
West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation
Foundation Highlights
 Honor
A Teacher
with a S.T.A.R.
This is the perfect time to honor your favorite teacher with a S.T.A.R.
National Teacher Recognition Week is May 4-10th. Your honoree will
receive a beautiful S.T.A.R. certificate suitable for framing.
Join the hundreds of other parents honoring their child's teachers and
special staff.
Click here for S.T.A.R. Order Form/Flyer.
Community Problem Solvers FRESH
at High School South on TV Channel NJN
An
off shoot of the Future Problem Solvers Club at West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School, FRESH was created to tackle the
increasing social problem of childhood obesity. High school
students participate in an afterschool program for k-3,
preparing healthy snacks like bagel faces, sushi, and fruit
smoothies; learning new sports and active games; planting
vegetable gardens; and creating healthy family cookbooks. The
program is funded by the WW-P Education Foundation in
partnership with Merrill Lynch. Grant
Recipient: Holly Sassinsky, Science Teacher
Click here
for link to NJEA's Classroom Close-Up NJ on NJN and scroll down to "This Week's Show"
(April 21 & April 26)
D.A.N.C.E.
Artist in Residency at Millstone River School A Success!
The D.A.N.C.E. artist in residency program
at
Millstone River School ended on April 10th with fantastic
performances by children in all ten classes. The Education
Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to
Dancevision, Inc. to conduct
D.A.N.C.E., an artist-in-residency program at Millstone River School
this year. Special thanks to
Target for a $1,000 Arts Grant, the Middlesex County
Cultural & Heritage Commission (see below), and
parents who supported this program.
Click here for more
information and photos.
Read
press release here.
Click here for Final Report.
WWP Education
Foundation Receives $1,709 Grant from Middlesex County Cultural
and Heritage Commission for D.A.N.C.E.
This program has been made possible in part by funds from
the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a
Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; through a
grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage
Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Become A Friend of the
Foundation - New 100 Plus Club!
Support educational excellence
and innovative programs in the WW-P Regional Schools. By making
a tax-deductible donation, you can become a Friend of the
Foundation.
You can easily
make a secure online donation by just clicking on
the
Donate Now or AMEX Giving Express buttons.
Read more here.
Foundation
Announces 2008 Teacher Grant Awards
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation is pleased
to announce the
2008 grant awards to teachers in the West Windsor-Plainsboro
Regional School District. The Board of Trustees has approved
over $5,000 in funding for nine innovative and cutting-edge
classroom programs in elementary grades through high school.
The science grants are funded in partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb
and Integra Foundation.
Read more here.
"Hit the
Target" Summer Reading Program - Rave Reviews!
The WWP Education Foundation received an Early Childhood Reading
Grant from Target last year to sponsor a pilot Summer Reading
Program for young readers at Town Center Elementary School &
Wicoff Elementary School. The Summer Book Trading Program was
held this past summer. Rave reviews from both students and their
parents.
Read more here.
Excellence In Education
Grant
Program
Click here for
more photos and grant highlights.
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Improving The Millstone River Ecology Study Site
High School North
Sponsor - Merrill Lynch |
Science
Mysteries and Musicals, Rebecca Saba, Community MS
Sponsor- Bristol-Myers Squibb
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Up Close with
Nature
Judy Breitenbach,
Dutch Neck School
Sponsor - Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Merrill Lynch Supports 2007 Mini-Grants and WW-P HS Scholarship
Program
The WW-P Education Foundation is proud to announce that
Merrill Lynch has donated $5,000 to support the
Foundation's programs. Merrill
Lynch's generous donation is supporting five teacher mini-grants
for the 2007-08 school year and the WW-P High School Scholarship
Fund for 2007 graduates.
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Woodrow
Wilson School Public Affairs Forum
Students
from WW-P High School South attended a full day seminar
at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School in April
2007.
The program was co-sponsored by the WW-P Education
Foundation and the NJ Education Foundation
Partnership, Inc. |
Are We
Making a Difference?
Everyday we ask ourselves if we are making a difference in
the lives of children and families in West Windsor-Plainsboro
Schools. We have received a touching letter from a family in
Princeton Junction which answered our question. A resounding
YES! This program was funded by Merrill Lynch.
Read letter here.
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Updated on 4-11-08
Original
Web Site design by Jason Richards, graduate of WW-P High School
South, 2005.
Webmaster :
Marcia Smith Fleres
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