The Foundation for Pottstown Education recently selected 31 Pottstown High School sophomores to be accepted in to the Early College Program Cohort XIV, the largest incoming class to date. This program was initiated in 2014 under the director of then Foundation Executive Director, Dr. Myra Forrest and provides funding for Pottstown High School students to take up to 30 credits …
A Night at the Races
The Carousel at Pottstown Hors d’oeuvres provided! Sponsorship opportunities available! Saturday, October 4th To Purchase Tickets: Ticket Options To Sponsor the Event: Sponsorship Options
Sterile tech certification course offered thanks to grants
Six Pottstown High School students are taking a free course to become a certified sterile processing technician. From left are four of them: Faith Jones, Annasophia Chhern, Emily Villegas and Isabella Wright. Missing from the picture are Arian Tinson and Ariana Phillips. (Image courtesy of Foundation for Pottstown Education) POTTSTOWN — A certification course in a sterile processing technician program is …
Meet Junior!
The Junior’s Book Nook Club is a monthly after-school program at Franklin Elementary. Junior is a therapy dog trained to work with elementary students. During the program, students will read to and interact with Junior and work on crafts with monthly themes. During January, students made valentines for the residents at local nursing homes. Future projects include random acts of …
The Gene Whistler Women’s Sports Fund
At the April 25th Foundation for Pottstown Education’s Board of Directors meeting, the board approved the renaming of the Women’s Sports Fund as the Gene Whistler Women’s Sports Fund in recognition of the former Pottstown High School teacher and coach. This past August, Gene passed away leaving a legacy in the world of local sports. She was a celebrated coach and …
$60K grant helps make Pottstown school libraries more diverse
The Foundation for Pottstown Education Awarded a Grant by the Justamere Foundation for the six Pottstown School District Libraries The Foundation for Pottstown Education is proud to announce the receipt of a $60,330 grant to enable the purchase of a diverse collection of books for all six of Pottstown School District Libraries. This generous grant was provided by the Justamere …
IMPACT 2023
The Foundation for Pottstown Education’s annual appeal will be held during the month of October. The goal for IMPACT 2023 (formerly Amazing Raise) is $100,000. A Challenge Gift has been offered again this year by anonymous donors. If 100% of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, 100% of the Pottstown School Board of Education members, 100 Pottstown School District employees and …
FOUNDATION FOR POTTSTOWN EDUCATION RECEIVES $77,000 JUSTAMERE FOUNDATION GRANT SUPPORTING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION
The Foundation for Pottstown Education recently received a $77,000 grant from the Justamere Foundation which will provide equipment for Pottstown High School’s Career and Technical Education programs. The funding will provide new equipment for the Healthcare Technology, Automotive Technology and Construction Technology programs. Through this grant the Healthcare Technology now has a Sectra Visualization Table. The Sectra Visualization Table is …
5/26 Emergency Fund
Donations can be made by navigating to the Donate page. Select “Greatest Need” and place 5/26 Emergency Fund in the comments. Thank you for your support.
