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Foundation for Rural Education Excellence |
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Supporting Academic Achievement in
Rural Northeast Florida Communities
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The Foundation for Rural Education Excellence, a registered 501 (C)(3) organization, was founded in 1998 to facilitate philanthropic support for rural school districts of the North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC): Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, Suwannee, and Union Counties as well as Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and PK Yonge Developmental Research School. Working collaboratively, our mission is to enhance academic success and career opportunities for rural students in northeast Florida.
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Rurals Connect on Literacy in the Panhandle |
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NEFEC hosted a Summer Literacy Institute for the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium during the week of June 13-17. Educators came together at Marianna High School to collaborate on the use of complex text to engage students in all content areas. Text-dependent questions/tasks, foundational skills, BEST standards, significant sentences, and collaborative planning were the topics for the week. Teachers left the training with a toolkit of instructional routines, strategies, and protocols to support literacy. |
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Planting Seeds of Learning in Suwannee County |
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Parent night at Pineview Elementary School was a big success. All the FDLRS/NEFEC staff in the Lake City office were a part of the event and helped provide parents and their littles with learning opportunities. The learning stations included everything from making a visual schedule to comparing and contrasting plants! A special Thank you to Dee-Dee Cathcart, Suwannee County Parent Liaison, and Pineview Principal Amy Boggus for allowing us to be a part of their Stem-posium event. |
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Dept. of Education & NEFEC Partner for Institute |
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On June 21st in Orlando, the Florida Department of Education kicked off the Summer Literacy Institute, a three-day professional learning event that celebrates educators and supports districts and schools with effectively implementing literacy instruction. The Institute is organized to provide professional learning for literacy leadership teams for early childhood, school, and district levels. NEFEC partnered with FLDOE to facilitate this event for over 1,500 educators.
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Special Olympic Florida Powerlifters Compete |
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On June 4th Special Olympics Florida athletes, coaches, and staff from Northeast Region traveled to Orlando for the Special Olympics 2022 USA Games. This event, held every four years, brought 600 athletes, 150 coaches and staff representing 19 Individual team sports for the State of Florida. In total over 4,000 athletes competed with the support of 10,000 volunteers and 125,000 fans.
As the Team Florida Powerlifting Coach, Kristin Radloff of FDLRS/NEFEC was privileged to coach eight athletes from across the state at this incredible event. Team Florida Powerlifters put forth an outstanding effort pulling in eight gold, six silver, and eleven bronze medals in both individual and combined events.
It was the event of a lifetime for many as athletes experienced opening ceremonies at Exploria Stadium, a first class competition run by the International Powerlifting Federation, and even some screen time on ESPN3 during competition! It was a non-stop nine days of competition, meeting athletes from the across the country, participating in health screenings, team activities, and creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Powerlifters representing our state included Nicholas Boisvert and Michael Bjornstad, Marion County; Ashlyn Savel and George Kininmonth, Putnam County; Catherine Foreman, St. Johns County; Michelle Stevens, Orange County; Samuel Parvin, Lee County and Ethan Holt, Hillsborough County.
If you would like to learn more or get involved, you can reach out to kristinradloff@sofl.org for more information.
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Summer Leadership Conference
NEFEC's Annual Summer Leadership Conference is scheduled for
July 11-13, 2022, at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
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Foundation for Rural Education Excellence
(352) 317-0621
foundationruraled@gmail.com
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