Dear Edgemont Families, Alumni, Community and Friends,

For over 25 years, the Edgemont School Foundation has supported the efforts of our school district to enhance the educational experiences for our students. Although school taxes fund our district’s primary operational expenditures, they do not pay for all of our schools’ educational needs. This is where ESF fills the gap. We help fund school initiatives that are not covered by taxes or by other organizations.

During the last few years, our grants have primarily focused on teacher enrichment and modernizing classrooms to current approaches in education. For example, the E-Lab in the Junior/Senior High School was redesigned from the 1970’s era style classroom to a project-based, collaborative, flexible and student-centered environment. ESF intends to continue funding the modernization of the district’s educational spaces, including classrooms at an estimated cost of $20,000 per classroom. The new classrooms will provide authentic opportunities for learning, and will support our students’ academic, social and emotional development. We need your help to make this a reality.

Additionally, as part of our continuing commitment to Edgemont, we are focusing on reconnecting our alumni with our community. This past November, we presented our second Edgemont School Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award to Jimmy Pitaro, the president of ESPN, Inc. and a 1987 graduate of the Junior/Senior High School. The event was an entertaining, enlightening and well-attended. To nominate future alumni, please complete the EHS Distinguished Alumni Nomination Form hosted on our website.

We are happy to report that our fundraising efforts to this year’s annual appeal have been quite successful. Thanks to the generosity of our community we are 68% towards our annual fund goal so far. We would like to thank our current donors whose names appear below for already contributing to this year’s fundraising effort. We are very grateful for their generosity, and we hope that everyone will pitch in to help us exceed our ambitious goal of raising at least $130,000 before June 30th. With sincere thanks for your continuing support,

To make a gift please click the button below.

With sincere thanks for your support,   

Adam Friedman    

Nancy Gordon
Co-Chairs, Edgemont School Foundation

Dear Edgemont Families, Alumni, Community and Friends,

Would you like to help “ensure and enhance the value of an Edgemont education” for all of our students? That is exactly what you do when you support the Edgemont School Foundation (ESF).

Since its founding in 1993, ESF has supported the efforts of our teachers and administrators to enhance the educational experiences for Edgemont students. While school taxes fund our district’s primary operational costs, they do not pay for all of our schools’ educational initiatives. This is where ESF steps in; we help fund school needs that are not covered by taxes or by other community organizations. Just recently, we provided a grant to support literacy development programs at the Seely Place and Greenville elementary schools. We also provided funding to renovate a classroom and create the E-Lab in the Jr./Sr. High School, which provides students with an innovative and collaborative learning environment.

In coordination with the District’s Focus Forward strategic plan, and building on the success of the E-Lab, ESF is committed to funding the redesign of our school’s classrooms to be more in line with a 21st century approach to education. Our combined vision is to have classrooms be more project-based, collaborative, flexible and student-centered. These new spaces will provide authentic opportunities for learning and will support our students’ academic, social and emotional development.

To help us continue our mission of enhancing the educational experience in Edgemont each year, we need the support from our community. We hope that all those committed to the continued success of Edgemont, our schools and our students will join us by supporting ESF during this year’s annual campaign and help us exceed our $130,000 goal. To make a gift please click the button below.

With sincere thanks for your support,

Adam Friedman

Nancy Gordon
Co-Chairs, Edgemont School Foundation

P.S. Thank you again to our 2017-18 Annual Campaign donors.

Dear Edgemont Families, Alumni and Friends,

Generations of students have passed through the doors of the Edgemont schools in preparation for college and their adult lives. Top-notch schools like Edgemont have a long-lasting positive impact on both students as well as the community at large. Preparing Edgemont students for the best possible future is a top priority.

The goal of the Edgemont School Foundation (“ESF”) is to support the efforts of our teachers and administrators to enhance the educational experiences for the students of Edgemont. ESF is a vital conduit between our community and the school district, deploying private funds to their best use. Through the generosity of community members like you, we are able to help deliver to all Edgemont students the “Edgemont Education” we all cherish.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of ESF, we wish to offer our sincere thanks and gratitude to everyone who helped make 2017-18 one of our most successful fundraising years ever. With the assistance of those below, we substantially exceeded our goal for the July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 fiscal year by raising over $124,000.

In the last year, ESF grants supported our schools in significant ways. Most recently, with your generous support, ESF funded the E-Lab. Located in the E-Building, this new space provides our students with a cutting-edge learning environment that is focused on teaching 21st century skills and on collaborative problem solving and peer tutoring. Engagement through authentic learning and teacher development are at the heart of the Focus Forward/Strategic Goals set by the District and we are proud that the E-Lab has now become a vital component of this.

We could not do what we do without the support of the community, and we greatly appreciate it. On behalf of ESF and our entire school district, thank you. You make a difference!

With gratitude,

 

Adam Friedman

Nancy Gordon

Edgemont School Foundation Co-Chairs

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Pitaro, President of ESPN

(EHS Class of 1987)

The Edgemont School Foundation is excited that Jimmy Pitaro, the President of ESPN, Inc. will be honored as our second recipient of the Edgemont School Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award for his outstanding professional achievement and community service.

The evening will feature a lively and enlightening discussion with Mr. Pitaro, which will be moderated by Scarlet Fu (EHS Class of 1990), an anchor for Bloomberg Television.

Award presented by Coach Jim San Marco (EHS Class of 1963)

Date and Time: Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:30PM

Location: Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium, 200 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale, NY

Admission to the event is free but limited seats are still available. Please RSVP by 11/7.

Please RSVP using the form below:

To nominate someone to receive a future Distinguished Alumni Award, please visit www.edgemontschoolfoundation.org/about-distinguished-alumni-award/

*NEW* event raffle added. Attendees can enter to win lunch with Jimmy at the ESPN HQ or a spot as an extra on “This is SportCenter”. All proceeds support ESF.

You’re Invited

To register please click the button below

 

We look forward to you joining us for a memorable evening!

The Edgemont School Foundation is excited to announce that David M. Solomon, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and a Class of 1980 graduate of Edgemont High School, will be honored as the inaugural recipient of the Edgemont School Foundation Distinguished Alumni Award.

The evening will feature a lively and enlightening discussion with Mr. Solomon on important issues that face our students and the world at large. The discussion will be moderated by Scarlet Fu, an anchor for Bloomberg Television and a Class of 1990 graduate of EHS.

Award presented by David S. Chao (EHS Class of 1980)

Date: May 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: EHS Auditorium

Everyone is encouraged to attend, but seating is limited.

Please register now clicking the button below:

Dear Edgemont Families, Alumni, and Friends,

The Edgemont School Foundation collaborates with our school district to provide programs and resources that enhance the learning experience of all Edgemont students. With the strong support of our community, ESF has been making important investments in our schools and our students for many years, including the recently-completed E-Lab at the Junior/Senior High School.

We are delighted that our community has contributed over $65,000 so far to this year’s annual appeal. Below is a list of donors who have supported ESF so far this school year. We are sincerely grateful for their generous donations, and we encourage the entire Edgemont community to join in this effort before June 30th. We are on track to reach our $100,000 goal, but we still need your help!

 

Please also mark your calendars for our upcoming events. E-Invitations will follow and more information will be posted on our website in the coming weeks.

• May 8th – Join us for a special event as ESF presents a distinguished alumni award to David M. Solomon ‘80, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The event will feature a lively and enlightening discussion with Mr. Solomon on important issues that face our students and the world at large.
• June 6th – Join us for our Summer Celebration as we thank Devan Ganeshananthan, the principal of the Junior/Senior High School, for his 9 years with the Edgemont School District and wish him the best of luck on his new endeavors in London.

With sincere thanks for your support,

 

Adam Friedman 

 

Ellen Litt

Edgemont School Foundation Co-Chairs

 

The ESF is excited to offer again for sale an updated edition of the History of Greenville/Edgemont written by Edgemont Historian Louise Clark.

Books can be purchased for $30 (shipping included) on our website by clicking the button below.

All proceeds go to support the Edgemont School Foundation.

Today is a day you might not be as familiar with – a day focused not on getting deals for your friends and family (and yourself), but to use your money for good.

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has become known as #GivingTuesday. This #GivingTuesday the Edgemont School Foundation is excited to continue our involvement in the movement and hopes you will join along.

As we end our 25th year of supporting the Edgemont School District we are thankful for our past donors who have enabled us to grant over 2.2 million dollars to improve curriculum, modernized facilities, and enhanced the educational experience of all Edgemont students. Visit our website to learn more about the impact our donors have made over the past 25 years.

Please consider celebrating #GivingTuesday with us by joining us in making a gift to the Edgemont School Foundation today and by sharing on social media why you support ESF and encouraging others to join you in your support. Together we can ensure and enhance the Value of an Edgemont Education.

We wish you a happy holidays,

The Edgemont School Foundation Board of Directors

Reprinted with permission from the November 2017 Edgemont School District E-News Newsletter

Ask any group of parents with school-aged children to compare their own school experience to that of their children, and there’s no doubt you will quickly hear stories about life before cell phones and the Internet. You’ll surely hear about encyclopedias. But what you probably won’t hear from those parents is that their classrooms actually looked different from those that their kids still sit in today, a generation later. Desks in rows, teacher at the front, door closed to the rest of the school – this is the way classrooms have looked for as long as any of us can remember.

But that model, which stemmed from how factories were set up, is not necessarily in line with how our students learn today, or what will be expected of them as they pursue careers in the future. As Superintendent Victoria Kniewel explains, “We don’t know for which careers or which educational pathways beyond high school we educate our Edgemont students. We don’t know what their post-high school education will look like, nor where or how they will work to earn a living. What we do know is, if our students are capable communicators, collaborators, critical and creative thinkers, they will be well positioned for almost any future.”

The Edgemont School Foundation, in its unwavering commitment to working with our district to enrich and ensure the value of an Edgemont education through collaboration with teachers and administrators, agreed that redesigned, renovated learning spaces at EHS were one of the next essential steps in moving forward within the framework of our strategic goals. The ESF engaged Fielding Nair International, an architectural firm focused on innovative education design, and began the design process last year by meeting with students, teachers and administrators to discuss how spaces around the school could be upgraded to reflect and support an evolving model of teaching and learning.

On the EHS campus, the result is the E-Lab. Located in the E-building, the new collaborative space is being used by students and teachers at Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School. This is in addition to some collaborative spaces funded by the PTA in both elementary schools. The new spaces are not enough in and of themselves to transform instruction and learning. ESF and the school district have funded professional development opportunities led by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs on the opening day of school and continuing with Dr. Jacobs and Jill Ackers-Clayton from the Fielding Nair International Learning Design Services team. The E-Lab features increased instructional space, flexible seating, a training center for teachers, a full set of Chromebooks, and interactive Promethean flat panel TVs.

The E-Lab’s true impact will come as this initial excitement translates into meaningful student engagement. Engagement through authentic learning and teacher development are at the heart of the Focus Forward/Strategic Goals created by the Edgemont community. The E-Lab is a wonderful addition to the Edgemont High School campus, and our teachers and students are ready to put it to use in meaningful, creative ways. As Jay Litman, a partner at Fielding Nair and an architect of the new innovative learning space at the high school, explains, “This is not redecorating. This is meaningful, purposeful architectural redesign in consonance with educational research and with student-learning as its focus.”