Granted: Funding for 40 sets of headphones. Summary Description: The grant will be used to purchase 40 durable headphones for students to use with the newly purchased i-Pad cart which contains a classroom set of i-Pads. Melican is a pilot school for this exciting cutting-edge technology as we explore the meaningful ways to integrate appropriate[…]
Read MoreGranted: Funding to purchase 50 subscriptions of The New York Times Upfront which provides age appropriate informational text and lesson plans. Summary Description: Access to the The New York Times Upfront will enable Melican Middle School seventh graders to enhance their non-fiction reading comprehension skills while helping them to understand current events via world-class, age[…]
Read MoreGranted: Funding for new books for a town wide reading contest. Summary: The Northborough/Southborough Children’s Book Award Program is a cooperative venture among the school and public libraries in Northborough and Southborough. The program is for children in grades 3-5. In late November, the librarians vote on a list of 10 books to include as[…]
Read MoreOn May 24th, 2012, the Northborough Education Foundation awarded over $10,000 in grants, choosing 13 applicants out of a pool of 26. “We’re extremely thrilled,” said Superintendent Charles Gobron, who attended the award ceremony at Melican Middle School. “The bottom line is that education for all our students will be enriched.” For a look at[…]
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The Northborough Ed Foundation’s Third Annual Quiz Night will be held on Friday, March 30th, 2012 at Cyprian Keyes in Boylston, MA. We have a cap of 33 teams, so don’t wait to register your team! Click here to download the Quiz Night Entry Form.
Read MoreNEF is proud to announce that Acu-Gage Systems has become a Bronze Sponsor of our Foundation with a donation of $1000.00 for the 2011/2012 year. Acu-Gage Systems, a division of Ocean Industries, LLC, has manufactured non-contact coordinate measuring machines (CMM’s) for more than 25 years. To learn more, visit http://www.acu-gage.com/
Read MoreOn September 17th, NEF President John Kane participated in a bread-breaking ceremony to celebrate the opening of the newest BJ’s Wholesale Club at Northborough Crossing. John also accepted a donation check on behalf of the Northborough Ed Foundation in the amount of $2,500 from BJ’s which will be used to fund grants for the 2011[…]
Read MoreThis grant helped sponsor this first annual innovative program that reached out to culturally and linguistically diverse families in the Northborough community. Over eighty English Language Learners in grades K-8, and their families attended this program at Algonquin Regional High School to promote child literacy skills and teach methods to prevent language and academic regression[…]
Read MoreThe Northborough Free Library received a grant that funded the 2010-2011 Northborough Southborough Children’s Book Award (NSCBA) program. Public and school librarians from both Northborough and Southborough chose 20 different books appropriate for children in grades 3-5. Multiple copies of these books were purchased and made available from February to May at both the schools[…]
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