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Address
FOUNDATION
Enrich the North Penn
Community while
Enhancing Young Lives
Supporting our children is supporting our future. This
is the principle around which the North Penn School
District Educational Foundation is built. Founded in
1988, the Foundation sponsors enrichment programs
within the district’s 17 schools. Through the years, the
North Penn School District Educational Foundation
FOUNDATION
North Penn School District Educational Foundation
PO Box 1084 • Lansdale, PA 19446
215 . 368 . 0400 ext. 212
in teacher-sponsored programs that enhance North Penn’s
curriculum.
Every spring, the Foundation receives dozens of grant proposals created by North Penn teachers for implementation
the following school year. A Grant Review Committee
selects recipients based on the number of students that the
program will benefit and to what degree the program will
DONATION CARD
Please mail this card and your donation to:
NORTH PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
PO Box 1084 • Lansdale, PA 19446
Thank you for your generous support!
non-profit organization has funded more than $175,000
enhance the district’s curriculum. Each school year, programs are funded that represent every school and curriculum
area. Thousands of students within the North Penn School
District participate annually in programs supported by
Educational Foundation grants.
Building on
Excellence
Investing in
Children
Programs that Take
the NPSD Curriculum
One Step Further
NPEF Board of Directors:
Committed to our Children,
Committed to our Community.
One never knows what innovative, worthwhile
The North Penn Educational Foundation is run by
projects NPSD teachers will formulate as
Directors who include business leaders, educators,
Foundation projects. Every year, new and
concerned citizens and parents. Their role is securing
exciting programs are implemented in North
resources that will support programs that benefit North
Penn schools that enhance and complement
Penn students. In turn, their time and commitment
the district’s current curriculum. North Penn
improve the quality of education that the district offers,
Educational Foundation grants have:
while enhancing community support for public education.
• Bridged the generation gap through the PALS
Program that brings together elementary students
and senior citizens several times during the
school year;
Investing in the Future
• Helped to develop communication, social
and self-help skills in autistic children;
• Taught children to investigate and monitor
weather systems;
• Expanded the language and literacy experiences
of English as a Second Language (ESL) students;
• Built a transverse climbing wall that encourages
interpersonal and personal communication, cognitive
Every single penny that generous contributors donate to
the Foundation goes directly to funding grants. Individuals
and businesses can make an unspecified contribution, or
designate an area of interest for their support. These areas
include: the arts, life skills, the environment, special education, at-risk students, multicultural diversity, the sciences
• Brought musicians and artists to individual schools
to work one-on-one with students;
• and much, much more.
“Our grant enabled us to have an exciting day of literacy at
Knapp Elementary School. We had an author-in-residence
who talked to our students about writing and gave them
opportunities to ask questions about
the characters and settings
of his stories. Thanks for
your support!”
—NPSD Reading
Specialist
“I enjoyed meeting our authorin-residence and
seeing what a
day in his life is
like. It was a lot
of fun!”
—Sixth Grader
“Providing EF grants
is concrete proof that the
role of the community is an
important part of educating our children.
No matter how small or large the grants may be, the ‘extra’
reveals the spirit of cooperation necessary for educating.”
—NPSD Learning Coordinator
“Nice People Equal Fun.”
—Eighth-Grade Special Education Student
and technology.
thinking and physical skills development among
climbers;
Testimonials
The Foundation also matches grants with North Penn area
businesses and organizations when there is a connection
between the two. For example, North Penn Hospital recently
sponsored a health care symposium and The Rhoads Garden
donated materials to build a Butterfly Garden.
In short, the programs run the gamut of possible subject
matter and activities. Each enhances classroom learning
However one chooses to donate to the Foundation, contri-
and expands student learning through new experiences.
butions are always tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
“Once again the generosity of NPEF enriched not only my program, but the lives of my students. They and their families will
never be the same because of your gift to my program.”
—NPSD Autistic Support Teacher
“Thank you for supporting me with the grant concerning
robotics. It was truly an interdisciplinary project, with crossover
lessons in science, math, technology, writing, photography and
research. We are looking forward to another year of problem
solving and investigation with our LEGO™ Mindstorms.”
—NPSD Teacher