South
Country Education Foundation Website
Board of Directors:
Mary Mojallali, President
Jackie Kendrick, Vice President, Recording Secretary
Barbara Knowles, Vice President
Louise Miller, Vice President
Diane Zanazzi, Corresponding Secretary
Lilliam Villafane-DiGiacomo, Recording Secretary
Frank Lento, Treasurer
Donna Esp
Lori Klamut
Geoffrey Marschall
Nicole May
Stewart Molloy
Robin Young Roe
Dava Stravinsky
Joseph L. Cipp, Jr. Interim Superintendent of Schools, Ex
Officio
Community Advisory Council:
| Chantal Berman | Greg Pilger |
| Richard Berman, MD | John J. Roe III |
| Arthur Cooley | Karen Rowley |
| Kathleen Dallin | Ken Searles |
| Bill Griffith | Marylin Silverman |
| Mary P. Haines | Wesley F. Springhorn, Jr. |
| Wil Jansen | Cheryl Steinhauer |
| Daryl Jordan | Jill Stewart |
| Elena Brodie-Kusa | Sheldon Stiefeld |
| Pamela Lerner | William Struyk |
| Eleanor Mahoney | Fran Tabone |
| Nancy Marr | Ceci Tripp |
| Carolyn MacLellan | Terry Tuthill |
| Michael Mullaney | Thomas Williams |
| Joann Neal | Kerry Young |
The South Country Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization
committed to improving educational opportunities for all students in the
South Country School District. The mission of the Foundation is to
promote and enhance educational initiatives by providing supplemental
financial support for projects and programs that are outside the South
Country School budget. The Foundation seeks to forge a cooperative
effort among the members of the community to help expand educational
opportunities and to capitalize on the special resources we have
available in our district.
The Students 4
Art “Meet The Artists Studio Visits” Program
Featuring Local Artists: Michael Ince, David Ebner, John Cino, and Mary
Samuels
Earlier this year, Students 4 Art, which is a committee
of the South Country Education Foundation, held a four session program
featuring the work of four local artists, Michael Ince, David Ebner, John
Cino, and Mary Samuels. The participants had an opportunity to spend an
afternoon "up close and personal" with each of the four artists in their
studios.
Students 4 Art Summer Art Program
After
a successful launch in 2009, The South Country Education Foundation was
excited to announce the return of this summer art program, The
Experience of Art, which was open to all students residing in the South
Country School District.
The program featured artists who worked with the students in
exploring different art mediums and techniques each day.
Below, you'll find photos of some of the indoor and outdoor activities
from the program.
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The South Country Education Foundation 12th Annual Cocktail Party & Auction Benefit
The South Country Education Foundation's 12th Annual Auction and
Cocktail Party was held on July 10th.
Each year, the event
provides scholarship and grant monies for the students
of the
South Country School District.
This year's event was no exception.
Click the speaker below to watch our coverage of this year's event.
The Becker/Gambles Music Fund
The Becker/Gambles
Music Fund is a subcommittee of the South Country Education Foundation,
Inc. and was formed to support music education in the South Country
School district. The fund presents concerts through out the year to
bring great music to our community, arranges master classes and assembly
programs that bring gifted musicians into our schools, provides
scholarships for summer music study to deserving students from 4th
grade through 11th grade and runs a music instrument donation
program that helps provide instruments to our music students.
If
you have a clarinet, flute or violin lying unused in a basement, closet
or attic in your home, please consider donating it to the music program
in our schools. We will arrange to pick it up and get it to the music
department. Karen Rowley coordinates this drive and would love to hear
from you, give her a call at 286 – 0975.
The music fund is guided by a hard working committee dedicated to
bringing the joy of music to our students and community. They are
Chantal Berman, Tim Hogan, Daryl Jordan, Nancy Marr, Karen Rowley, Dava
Stravinsky, Will Struyk, and Gene Westhoff.
We
wish to thank those who responded to our recent letter asking for
donations. The generosity of our community was awesome, over $ 4,000
was raised. These funds will go directly to students in the form of
scholarships for this summer. If you wish to support the fund, please
send your donation made out to the South Country Education Foundation
with Becker/Gambles Music Fund in the memo line and send it to SCEF,
Inc., P.O. Box 512, Bellport, NY 11713. Thank you for your support!