The Education Foundation of Monroe Public Schools, which provides mini-grants to teachers, and its Monroe High School Scholarship Committee, which provides scholarships to its graduating seniors, have combined under the auspices of the Education Foundation. The combined organization includes district personnel, alumni and community members. The new arrangement becomes “official” July 1. “For many years, the Foundation and the Scholarship Committee were approaching the same people for support of the two programs and that generally meant double solicitations,” said Dr. David Yentz, chairman of the Education Foundation. “By having these two programs work together, it allows us to pool our energies to better support both programs. Our aim is to increase the amount of money available to support education in the classroom and for our graduates.” The Education Foundation was organized in 1999 and provides a source of resources – monetary and human – to improve the education of students whose lives and futures are affected every day by their enrollment in Monroe Public Schools. The Foundation seeks to provide resources and opportunities beyond those funded and offered through normal channels – enabling innovative, enthusiastic and motivated teachers to go that extra step toward providing that motivation, inspiration, spark or experience that can improve a child’s life forever. Since 1999, the Foundation has awarded 150 mini-grants with a value more than $100,000 The scholarship program is 30 years old, having been started in 1983. Since that time, more than 530 graduating Monroe High School seniors have received nearly $550,000 in scholarships. In recent years, the scholarships have ranged from $1,000 to $2,000 depending on which scholarship the graduating senior was selected for. The program has been funded by yearly contributions from employees and community members, fundraising events and through income generated by various bequests that have been endowed to create a perpetual stream of income for the scholarships. Most recently 12 graduating Monroe High School seniors received scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 and four class room projects earned mini-grants. Next year’s fundraising goal is $25,000.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:10:09 +0000
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