On Saturday, March 8th, the Foundation for Pottstown Education held its 10th Annual Celebration of the Arts. More than 90 guests attended this year’s event, which highlighted some of the arts in the Pottstown School District. The evening was capped off with the Pottstown School District’s High School Musical, Chicago, Teen Edition. Upon entering the event and during the hors’ …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In 2014, the Foundation for Pottstown Education started funding a new program that would help toencourage more Pottstown High School students to enroll in college. This program is called thePottstown Promise Early College Program and provides funding for PHS juniors and senior to enroll inthe Montgomery County Community College where they can earn up to 30 college credits.Since its’ inception, …
The Foundation for Pottstown Education received a donation in the amount of $15,604.89 establishing a Permanently Endowed Fund. This fund was established as an Endowed Fund in 2017 by six graduates of the Pottstown High School Class of 1967 as the Pottstown High School Alumni Fund in recognition of their 50th High School Class Reunion. The PHS Alumni Fund will …
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