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,

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With sincere thanks for your support,   

Adam Friedman    

Nancy Gordon
Co-Chairs, Edgemont School Foundation