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:

2010-2011 Education Grants
• WMS After School Public Speaking $1947.00
• WMS Visiting Author- Scott Appleton $200.00
• WMS Grade 7 Shakesperience $925.00
• WMS Math Enrichment $468
• WES Kindergarten Science Experiment Kits $650
• WES CT Science Center $625
• WMS HNE Primary Resources Program $252
• WMS Grade 6 Demos R Us Science Program $200
• WMS HNE Family Ties Program $285
• WES Grade 2 Stability Balls $120.00
• WMS Engineering Club $770.00
• WMS Competitive Science Fair $230.00
• WES 2nd Grade - Sign Language Project $250.00
• WMS HNE 7th Grade Civil War Program $750.00
• WMS Inkwell Literary Production Costs $144.00

2009-2010 Education Grants
• WMS - Grade 6, Ancient Egyptian Mummification $200.00
• WMS - Grade 6, HNE Understanding History $350.00
• WMS - Grade 6. Archeological Dig- In-House $100.00
• WMS After School Public Speaking $2000.00 -
• WMS, Grade 7 Shakespearience - Hamlet In-House Performance $925.00
• WES, International Week, Echo Uganda In-House Performance & Workshop $1300.00
• WES Grade 3, Mad Scientist Workshops $396.00
• WES Grade 1, Audobon Nature Programs- $810.00
• WMS Grade 6, Demos R Us $300.00
• WES Multiage 1-2, American Indians and the Sea/Mystic Aquarium In-House $345.00
• WMS All- School Activity: Newspaper Club $390.00
• WMS - Grades 7 & 8 Science Fair $230.00 (Registration for 6 Entries)
• WES Hawk Henries In-House Presentation $850.00
• WMS All School -Atwater Donnelly Performance $1000.00 (all-school folklore workshop/ social studies)
• WMS 7th Grade Civil War Week, HNE $750.00
• WMS 7th Grade Social Studies HNE Family Scrapbooking/personal history project $300.00
• WES Grade 4 Knex Building Sets $854.96

2008-2009 Education Grant Requests
• WMS Grade 7 & 8 Science Competition Fuel Cell Purchases
• WES Smartboard Purchase
• WMS Public Speaking After-school program
• WES China Patterns International Week Performances (PTO Partnership)
• WMS Grades 5 - 8 Math Enrichment
• WMS Grades 7 & 8 Competitive Science Fair
• WMS Student Newspaper Mini-Grant
• WES Grade 1 Ragged Hill Woods Three Nature classroom programs
• WES Grade 3 Ragged Hill Woods Mineral classroom program
• WMS Grades 5 - 8 Engineering Club
• WES Multi-age 1 & 2 Plimoth Plantation classroom program
• WMS Grade 6 Primary/Secondary Source program (Historic New England)
• WMS Grade 6 Shakesperience Productions classroom programs
• WMS Grade 6 Demos R US In-house Science presentations
• WMS Grades 5 - 8 Internet Safety & Fox 62 Student News, Digital Video Projects
• WES Grade K Reading Intervention Manipulatives
• WMS Grade 7 Family Ties classroom program (Historic New England)
• WMS Grade 7 Civil War Week (Historic New England)

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

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

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

Board of Directors:

Woodstock Education Foundation:
Joseph M. Adiletta
Jon Baker
Deb Faist
Sue Fleck
Jeff Gordon
Wendy LeBoeuf
Norma Jean Loftus
Chris McDermott
Sue McDowell
Dena Cocozza O’Hara
William Sowka
Kathleen Stevenson

 

 

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

 

 
 
      

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