Nahant Education Foundation
- Johnson School
- Town of Nahant
Who is NEF?
The Nahant Education Foundation is dedicated to raising funds from private sources for creative and innovative programs that will enhance the learning experience.
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2010: $78,000 raised!
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NEF Comedy Night is Big Success!!
The Nahant Education Foundation is pleased to announce that they netted about $6,000 at their Second Annual Comedy Night on March 27th! In these challenging economic times our community friends were there once again to support us with many generous auction items as well as donations, thank you. Also a special thank you to Elana Anderson and Jesper Kornerup who again matched their donation as well as asking their company to donate matching funds.
A strong public school system enhances not only the lives of our children, but also the entire community. Our town's elementary school needs our support now more then ever with the budget cuts the Johnson School has had to endure over the past year. The Nahant Education Foundation is passionate and committed, to continue to raise funds to support and enrich our students’ preschool and elementary educational experiences.
NEF Supports $17,000 in Teacher Grants
Nahant Education Foundation is pleased to announce that 12 teachers have received funding for new, innovative learning programs for Johnson School students for the 2009/2010 school year.
The teacher's grant program was created by NEF in March 2009 to encourage teachers, faculty, and staff, to develop programs that are comprehensive in nature (preschool through 6th grade) and support the core curriculum of the school - language, math, science, social studies and the arts. All grants are submitted to the school principal and superintendent first for approval then presented to NEF for funding.
All of the Johnson School teacher grants submitted last spring as well as this fall cover different focus areas including literacy, science, art, math, nutrition, and our environment. Study Island, a web-based, interactive MCAS preparatory program, will be introduced to the Johnson School students in January, 2010. There were quite a few teacher grant requests that focused on expanding the Tufts Literacy Program introduced by Diane Mulcahy, Principal, last year and funded by NEF. Some of the new programs have already begun this fall, and others will be integrated into the curriculum over the next few months, these include: Reading Closets in the classrooms, Handwriting and Literacy Bags for our preschoolers, Nutrition and Environmental Awareness (with gardening and composting), Poetry, Math, Book Clubs, and Science, with new science kits and a "living aquarium" through the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The kindergarten teachers will also be piloting a new math program, Investigations.
NEF is also continuing to support the afterschool enrichment programs which provide a wide variety of activities to stimulate children's minds, their artistic abilities, foreign language skills, and athletic abilities. This fall the activities include: chess, acrylic painting, acting workshops, computer skills, German and much more. These enrichment programs are on a volunteer basis and we are always looking for community members to share talents with our young children. If interested please call Diane Mulcahy at the school.
2009 Annual Campaign Update
The NEF was launched in April of last year and it has been very exciting for us to establish our goals and start the fund raising process. As a result of the kind and generous donations of parents and community member we have raised close to $60,000.
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"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." - P. Marshall