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"My grandson Robbie and his "Poppy," my husband Peter, went to Camp Sloper today for 
an "Eco day" ...  I don't know who enjoyed it more...."  
"I'm thrilled that the partnership with the 
schools is providing such exciting hands on experiences for our kids.  Yeah, 
start them now and they will be looking through dead leaves and crawling in the 
mud for years."  Kudos to your team.  It was not their average day at school."
- Jan Freeman 
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR 
 
 Tuesday, May 14 -
Eat at Pop's Original Burgers & Fries and support the SEF!Ten percent of sales from the entire day will be donated to the SEF as part of the Community Partnership Program established by Pop's.  Pop's has been extremely supportive of the SEF and has annually been our corporate sponsor for the Adult Community Spelling Bee among other things.
  
  Saturday, June 8 - 
Opening night at the Southington Drive-In and hosted by yours truly, the SEF!  We will need volunteers for this event from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. or so.  Volunteers will handle ticket sales, help park cars and sell candy.  Please respond to this email as to whether you will be on hand that evening and feel free to offer ideas for the evening in terms of pre-show activities/entertainment.  Last year Mr. Korp helped us out!

 

 Wednesday, June 12 - 
Grant Reception at 4 p.m., Kennedy Middle School.  We will be awarding nearly $6,000 in grants to six different schools.  Please join us in celebrating the teachers who value our mission of instilling a love of learning in our school children.
 

 Thursday, June 13 -

Board of Education meeting at which the SEF will present a $1,500 check to the Southington High School Cyber Knights (Robotics Team) as part of our new STEM Recognition Program for those science/technology/engineering/mathematics initiatives that are already underway in our school system. 
 

 

 

 

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SPELLING BEE RESULTS

 

What a night! The SEF's Third Annual Community Spelling Bee was a tremendous success, raising $10,000 and with the most teams yet participating.

 

Thirty teams were in the mix - our most yet and the goal number for the event.  Schools district-wide were represented as were many community groups and businesses such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Southington Citizen and St. Dominic Church.

 

Thank you to all of our supporters - from our various Bee teams to our audience members to our corporate sponsor, Pop's Original Burgers & Fries.  A special thank-you to returning Bee Master Joe Furey, meteorologist with Fox News.

 

For the second time, the Bee-lievers of Plantsville Congregational Church, made up of Liz Douglas, Susan Koenig and Linda Lindsay, proved they were the best spellers of the bunch.  The Bee-lievers also took home the coveted trophy during the premier year of the annual spelling bee.  Last year's winners, the Totally Dominant Bank Spellers, were not able to perform a repeat.

 

However, it should be noted that the Word Wizards, made up of Southington Education Association members, were the runners-up for the third year in a row!  In the final round, the word "Sergeant" knocked out two teams and the word "Millennium" proved to be the word needed to win.   -read more

  
 

 

 
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Southington, CT   06489

(860) 681-8006
 

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SEF HOSTS THE OPENING OF THE SOUTHINGTON DRIVE IN 


CREATIVE EXCELLENCE

SEF AWARDS GRANTS

The Southington Education Foundation will award nearly $6,000 in grant funding to five different teachers at a June 12 Grant Reception at Kennedy Middle School at 4 p.m.  The public is encouraged to attend to learn more about the six programs being funded during this round of grants.  Schools receiving grants are Derynoski, Kelley, Plantsville and South End Elementary Schools and Kennedy and DePaolo Middle Schools.

 

Funding will be awarded to the following programs: 

 

-Exploring Middle School Mathematics with Nintendo Wii,� 

 

-Singin'& Signin', 

 

-An Interactive Storytelling Experience , West African Percussion Ensemble, 

 

-Apps that Forcus on Social Skills 

 

-Whisperphones for Language and Literacy

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For more information, click on each individual grant name.

 

In addition, the SEF is awarding $1,500 to the Southington High School Cyber Knights Robotics Teamas part of a new STEM Recognition Program that supports and enhances STEM initiatives already in place within our school system. 

 

Currently, the SEF annually funds a district-wide STEM program that allows all fourth-graders to participate in hands-on, experiential learning activities at Camp Sloper during two school-year visits.

 

The SEF is in the planning stages to construct a state-of-the-art STEM Center at Camp Sloper to provide district-wide programming in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

 

To date, the Southington Education Foundation has awarded nearly $100,000 to Southington Public Schools, which have all benefited from the SEF's mission to instill a love of learning in students.  

 

To support the SEF, please like our Facebook page,  or visit us at

www.southingtoneducationfoundation.org  or consider joining the organization's Board At Large.

 

 



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