Summit Education Foundation

'All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.'

~ Aristotle

News

Innovative Teacher Project Grant

The Summit Educational Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our first, annual "Innovative Teacher Projects". Our initial funding of $10,000.00 was made possible by partnering with the F Cubed Foundation. Grants between $500 and $2,500.00 were made available for projects that demonstrated innovation and creativity to achieve academic enrichment. These projects could benefit a classroom, a whole grade or the entire school. The selection committee was charged with discovering projects that offer new and imaginative ways of enriching our student's education. The respective principals and grant recipients have all been notified.
We received 28 applications, totalling $39,907.00 of requested funding. Seven applications were submitted for a total of (21) Ipads/Ipods, totalling $12,221.00 requested for this technology. This committee did not fund any of the Ipad requests. We did fund $9,112.00 to the following teachers for these projects:

High School
Doug Blake:	$2,500.00 to purchase e-readers for 10th-12th grade English classes
Nanci Morse:	$1,612.00 to fund a theatre field trip to DCPA, "To Kill A Mockingbird", for 11th grade English classes
Christy Reinking:	$400.00 to purchase Chemistry SEPUP module for a 9th grade science Reach extension class
Middle School
Brian Richardson:	$1,000.00 to start an Aquaculture in his 6th grade Torrey's science class
Dillon Valley
Carol Clark:	$700.00 to help fund the 2nd grade field trip to the Littleton Historical Museum
Breckenridge
Ben Lausten and Deb Snyder:	$500.00 to help fund a 2-day field trip to the Plains Conservation Center for the 3rd grade class
Frisco
Martha Herwehe:	$500.00 to help fund the 4th grade High Trails Camp
Upper Blue
Jodi Hennek:	$500.00 for a pilot Book Publishing project for the 5th graders
Silverthorne
Bonnie Dorn:	$700.00 towards Mining History field trips to Idaho Spgs, Ute Pass & Leadville Mining Museum for the 4th graders
Summit Cove:	$700.00 towards a field trip to be determined

Summit STEM

Check out the Summit STEM website. Summit STEM is an initiative of SEF that focuses on developing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math learning opportunities to serve the students of Summit County.

New SEF Senior Scholarship

The Summit Education Foundation Scholarship is open to all graduating seniors of SHS. Applicant must be pursuing a post-secondary education at a 2 or 4 year college/university or at an accredited post secondary technical/vocational institute. Scholarship(s) will be awarded to the student(s) who exemplify a well rounded high school experience, balancing academics, community involvement, and extracurricular activities as demonstrated by their CV. Applicant must include a brief description of academic and career goals. Applicant must also submit a short essay describing how living in Summit County has affected their sense of self and future goals. Mrs. Lawson at the SHS will have this application along with all the other local applications.