Woodstock Education Foundation

Welcome!

We are pleased to introduce you to the Woodstock Education Foundation.

The Woodstock Education Foundation (WEF) is a volunteer organization formed by parents and community members concerned about preserving important school programs. The WEF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, organized in 2005 and governed by a Board of Directors. We are proud to be a member of the Connecticut Consortium of Education Foundations (CTCEF). The CTCEF, a seventy-seven member organization serves as a network for education advocates and provides valuable information to affiliates about grants and programs available to public schools. www.ctcef.org/

Our Mission:

The Woodstock Education Foundation is dedicated to the enrichment of the public school experience for children by encouraging a creative partnership between the Woodstock community and the schools to support excellence in education.

Our Accomplishments:

• 2006 Purchase of 10 Wenger Music Chairs
• 2006 Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Day Visit - A Community Partnership
• 2006 Ulysses S. Grant Woodstock Public School Visits
• 2005- 2007 Woodstock Middle School Civil War Week

2005-2006 Teacher Mini-Grants:
• Shakespeare Texts for 5th and 6th Grade Performances
• Inkwell, Student Literary Publication Costs

2006-2007 Teacher Education Grants:
• Connecticut Music Educators Association:School Membership and Directorship
• 6th Grade Demos 'R Us In-house Science Presentation
• 6th Grade Connecticut Children's Museum
(In-house Egyptian Adventures program)
• WMS 'Night Owls' After School Program (Math-based science program)
• 4th Grade Demos 'R Us, In-house science presentation
• Grades 3, 4 and 5 Program with Visiting Writer Heidi E. Yolen-Stemple
• WES Library Purchase
• 6th Grade Intensive 3 Day Archeology Program
• WMS After School Public Speaking Program
• WMS After School Creative Writing Program
• Additions to 'Series Book' Collections at WMS Library
• WES International Week Tony Vacca Performance (funding partnership with Woodstock PTO)
• WMS Atwater-Donnelly Americana Day Performance

2007-2008 Teacher Education Grants
• Grade 5 Mobile Planetarium, In-house program
• WMS Public Speaking, After-school program
• WMS Piccolo Flute purchase
• WMS Bass Clarinet Partnership purchase w/ Woodstock PTO
• Grade 6 Roseland Cottage Primary and Secondary Source, In-house program
• WMS Science Fair
• WMS Newspaper Club
• Grade 6 Two day, Archeology In-house program
• Grades 5-8 Atwater-Donnelly performance
• Grades 7 & 8 Supporting materials for HNE Family Ties, Civil War & American weeks
• Grade 6 Demos 'R US, In-house Science program
• Grade 3 In-house Ragged Hill Woods Environmental, In-house program
• Kindergarten Literacy program
• Pre K - 4 Author Jarrett Krosoczka visit
• WMS Engineering Club
• WMS Chess Club
• 4th Annual 7th Grade HNE Family Ties program: Funded through private donation to WEF
• 4th Annual 7th grade HNE Civil War Week program: Funded through private donation to WEF

Board of Directors:

Woodstock Education Foundation:
Barbara Wright - President
Dena O'Hara - Vice President
Charles Rosenfield - Treasurer
Donna Ogle - Secretary
Joseph Adiletta
Daniel Atwood
Stephen J. Adams, Esq.
John A. Day, Jr.
Daryl Hartman
Margaret Murphy

 

  Woodstock Education Foundation • P.O. Box 606 • Woodstock, CT 06281

 

 
 
      

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