Summer Days in the Valley
June 19-22
Start your summer off the
fun way, with ice cream!
Gather the whole family and visit
Jann's Sweet Shoppe or Cream King (or both!) during the final
weekend of school. Each will donate
a minimum of $250 to the
Hopewell Valley Education Foundation
from the proceeds of the
weekend’s sales. All funds raised
from Summer Days in the Valley
will benefit the Take A Seat Campaign to support the performing
arts in our public schools. Celebrate the beginning of summer and support both your local merchants AND the HVEF!
End-of-Year Teacher, Staff and School Recognition Program
At the end of each school year parents, room parents and grandparents look for ways to show their appreciation for all that our teachers, staff and administrators do for our students. We are happy to offer our Teacher, Staff and School Recognition Program in which you can honor a teacher, administrator, or other district employee who has made a difference in children's lives. If your child is graduating from the high school, or moving on to the next school level, a gift can also be made in recognition of the school he or she
is leaving. Details and the donation form are found here.
Take A Seat
Last year the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation launched a new fundraiser to support the performing arts. For a contribution, you can have a personalized engraved plaque affixed to the arm rest of a seat in the Performing Arts Center at Hopewell Valley Central High School. A "seat" is the perfect gift for a hard-to-buy-for family member, a group gift in honor of a teacher or coach, or a way to honor someone special in your child's life.
Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to support the performing arts in all Hopewell Valley schools. Click here, or on the seat to the right, for all the exciting details on this new program!
Below are just some of the programs that were supported last year, all or in part, by the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation:
Hopewell Elementary Tile Mural
June, 2007
Artist-in-Residence Ursula Kaplowitz of Hopewell worked with all the students of Hopewell Elementary to create a breathtaking mural depicting Hopewell Elementary and Hopewell Borough. This project was funded though the HVEF by a grant from Merrill Lynch.
Visit by South African Teacher Tom Mngumi
May, 2007
In it's 3rd year at Timbelane Middle School, the Secure the Future program, funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb, brought South African teacher Tom Mngumi to Hopewell Valley for two weeks of cross cultural connections. While here Mr. Mngumi, an inspirational speaker and educator, visited with students and their families, and left with laptops for his school as part of the "one laptop per child" program.
Playground Spinners
The playgrounds of Hopewell Elementary and Stony Brook Elementary join the district's other elementary schools as recipients of new flower-like playground spinners by Bristol-Myers Squibb. These crazy, spinning seats help special needs students with balance and other coordination skills, and are fun for all.
Game Bikes
Timberlane Middle School's fitness center recieved eight new stationary game bikes which allow students to compete in video and other games while peddling away. This extremely popular addition to the fitness center was funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
McCarter Theater Odyssey Experience
This residency was designed to foster greater understanding and appreciation of dramatic literature and the modern theatre by having students participate in sessions with a teaching artist from McCarter Theatre. This year students in grades 3 and 8 participated in the Odyssey Experience. An annonymous donor has funded this program, along with supplemental funds provided by the Hopewell Valley Board of Education.
Native American Education
Fall, 2007
Hopewell Elementary students attended a workshop at the Stony-Brook Millstone Watershed Association last fall to learn about Native Americans. This program paired with their in-school curriculum for an expanded, rich learning experience.
Central New Jersey Education Foundation Partnership Public Affairs Forum
April 25 Woordow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Ninteen high school students studying International Relations were given an opportunity to attend a day at Princeton University attending sessions pertaining to public affairs. Dr. Markus Prior (assistant professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University) discussed the degree to which the choice between different media outlets affects how people learn about politics and elections, and impacts voter turnout and voting behavior. Ambassador Robert Hutchings (Diplomat-in-Residence at Princeton University) outlined the major trends in global affairs that US national security/foreign policy experts expect to see up through the year 2020.
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