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News from the Newton School Foundation
Spring 2012
2012 is off to an exciting start with lots more on tap in the months ahead. Here’s what’s happening with your Newton Schools Foundation:
Capital Campaign Update
You might have heard in the news lately about the naming rights proposal related to our upcoming capital campaign. This is what it’s all about:
NSF is poised for our most exciting year of educational advancement and impact yet. In this age of innovation, our schools must keep pace with information and how our students access it. To do that, every classroom needs to be equipped with the necessary educational technology; infrastructure, equipment and teacher training to provide every student access to the most current and collaborative teaching and learning environments.
To achieve this ambitious goal and to create equitable impact across all schools, the NSF is undertaking a capital campaign that will provide the opportunity for individuals, businesses, alumni groups and community organizations to name spaces in Newton North and Newton South High Schools. For details, click here.
Naming rights is only one part of the campaign, with many donors wishing to make outright donations without naming an area in a school. We will also host dinners, meet individually with potential donors, and hold events to support the capital campaign. We’re currently in the early stages of the campaign. Later this year, we’ll launch the full campaign and share with the community our progress and opportunities to contribute to this critical public-private partnership. Stay tuned!
See our Op-Ed in the Newton Tab
Honor Thy Teacher 2012 Under Way
NSF’s annual Honor Thy Teacher fundraiser is in full swing. This program gives parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends of the Newton Public Schools a chance to recognize Newton teachers and staff who’ve touched the lives of their children or their community, by supporting our schools. This year we hope to raise $50,000. Click here to honor a teacher or staff person who’s made a difference to your child. Proceeds from this fundraiser go toward our operational costs not related to the capital campaign.
Run Leo Run Raises $5,000+ for NSF
Thank you to everyone who supported Newton South grad Leo Westebbe’s marathon run for the Newton Schools Foundation. Despite the heat, our inspiring marathoner finished the 2012 Boston Marathon with a smile on his face and raised $5,453 for the Newton Schools Foundation. Read the front-page Newton Tab article on this special young man, his amazing journey and his efforts on behalf of the NSF.
Save the Date for Newton Inspires: An Evening of Ideas and Community
Join your friends and neighbors for our second annual fall education event "Newton Inspires: An Evening of Ideas and Community," Wednesday November 14, 7-9:30 p.m. at Newton South High School. This wonderful evening program—free to the community—will feature some of Newton's most accomplished current and former residents speaking on topics for which they have a passion.
Here are a few of the speakers who’ve signed on for this fall’s event:
Mark your calendar!
