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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Foundation 51
Grants Awarded
March 27, 2006 -
Foundation 51 Funds Nine Grants Totaling $16,130 for Cumberland/North Yarmouth School District.
Grants awarded to arts, music, and literature programs to support all schools in the MSAD 51 school system
CUMBERLAND/NORTH YARMOUTH -- Foundation 51 has announced the recipients of the Spring 2006 grants cycle, with $16,130 awarded to nine grant applicants within the Cumberland/North Yarmouth school community. Foundation 51 is a non-profit organization founded to promote educational excellence within Maine School Administrative District 51, serving students from Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Teachers, students, parents, and community members are eligible to apply for grants twice a year; the spring 2006 grant recipients are as follows:
• Mabel I. Wilson School, for a program entitled “Celebrating the Arts and Literature,” which will provide hands-on experiences in the classroom with artists and performers from the community.
• North Yarmouth Memorial School, to purchase a tuba for the fifth-grade school band.
• Greely Middle School, to purchase two sets of books that were nominated for the Maine State Book Award.
• Greely Middle School, to fund a two-day poetry-writing workshop.
• Greely Middle School, to fund admission costs for a seventh-grade field trip to the Peabody Essex Museum and Yin Yu Tang House.
• Greely High School/Greely Middle School, in cooperation with the PTO, to fund a bullying prevention workshop.
• Greely High School, to fund a permanent recording system in the band room.
• Greely High School, to purchase personal white board sets for the math program.
• Greely High School, Kurzweil software program to aid struggling readers.
"This round of grants allowed us to make some rewarding contributions to arts and music programs in the district," says Anne Graham, President of Foundation 51. “We also were pleased to provide additional funding to a PTO-sponsored program on bullying prevention, which is not only a worthy cause, but a great way for our two groups to work together on behalf of our community. As always, we are grateful to the generosity of our community to enable us to reach out and fund these important programs for all of the kids in our district.”
About Foundation 51
Foundation 51 was established in 1998 to promote educational excellence in MSAD 51 by funding initiatives that improve teaching and learning and by inspiring community involvement for the benefit of our schools. To date, the Foundation has funded more than $206,000 in school activities, learning programs, and supplies to the local Cumberland-North Yarmouth schools. For more information, visit www.foundation51.org.
For More Information Contact:
Anne Graham
207.846.0049
apg1@maine.rr.com
Alison Harris
207.829.4500
alison@harrismediaservices.com
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