Annual Appeal
Our supporters raised a record breaking $184,000 to fund 36 projects last year!
At Newton Schools Foundation, we continue to be in awe of the ways in which our community has shown up to support excellence and equity in our schools. Your investment provides critical support for programs and services like these that have an immediate impact on students and teachers:
New Approaches in the Classroom
Literature Out Loud, poetry workshops led by NEA Fellow and professional poet at Newton North. (High School)
Math Challenge Boards, a project recently implemented in all elementary schools to encourage students to pick math challenge work when they have opportunities for academic choice. Each medallion represents a student who has completed a math challenge assignment! (Grades K-5)
Professional Development for Teachers
Principals as Instructional Leaders All elementary principals engaged in building skills for effective support and feedback to teachers, to deliver more culturally responsive and effective instruction. (Grades K-5)
BU OpenSciEd Curriculum training for 6th grade teachers, a pilot program at Brown Middle School bringing science curriculum in line with MA Science Framework, increasing student engagement and providing more equitable outcomes. (Middle School)
Programs that Promote Equity for All Students
Creating Affinity Spaces at Williams Elementary, students from Newton South visit monthly with Black/African-American and LatinX elementary students, engaging in cultural activities. (Grades 6-12)
BIPOC Affinity Groups, creating spaces for students and staff of color. (District-wide)
Thank you for supporting Newton Schools Foundation!
Your year-end gift to Newton Schools Foundation is an investment in our students and in public education!
YOUR IMPACT
• New Approaches in the Classroom
A visual art teacher at Memorial Spaulding where NSF funded the Integrative Arts Program:
“The Newton Schools Foundation has afforded our school an amazing opportunity to collaborate and tap into our collective wisdom to develop engaging learning opportunities in creative and thoughtful ways. Without this grant, our school culture and curriculum would never have been pushed to this level of excellence!”
• Professional Development
A teacher in the Anti-Racism workshop organized by Newton South:
“This was absolutely the best professional development I have ever attended! The Educators for Anti-Racism series needs to be in every district.”
• Programs That Address Inequities Associated with Race, Income Level and Social Identity
A student in The Calculus Project, a program that helps students of color pursue higher-level math:
“The workshop and tutoring push you to work harder and learn better and has taught me to never give up and keep going.”
