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Ridgewood Education Foundation Trustees Jennie Smith Wilson and Elizabeth Gordon present the check to fund 23 new classroom grants to Ridgewood Superintendent Dr. Fishbein at the December 5th
Board of Education meeting.
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The mission of the Ridgewood Education Foundation is to enhance the quality of education in the Ridgewood Public Schools.
The Foundation is an independent, non-profit supported through the generous contributions of Ridgewood residents, parents, alumni, educators and the business community. The Ridgewood Education Foundation supports the high educational standards of the Ridgewood schools through a variety of creative and innovative programs in the classroom and in the community.
During the past 21 years the Ridgewood Education Foundation has:
- Funded over 275 innovative classroom grants that expand on the curriculum and ensure the high quality educational experience for which Ridgewood is renowned.
- Provided a broad range of new technology for students, teachers and classrooms.
- Funded teacher development programs to build upon faculty knowledge and skills.
- Sponsored the College Speaker's Series bringing guest lecturers to RHS to guide parents and students through the process of choosing and applying to college.
- Sponsored Super Science Saturday, a day long, community-wide science fair at RHS that attracts and educates hundreds of student presenters and guests.
- Donated over $430,000 to fund these and other programs in the Ridgewood Public Schools.
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