York Suburban School District parents, teachers, alumni and supporters are invited to attend the York Suburban Education Foundation Celebration of Academic Excellence event on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the Country Club of York starting at 6:30 pm.
Guests will enjoy a buffet dinner, music by acoustic guitarist and vocalist Joel Menchey, and the opportunity to bid on items during the event’s Silent Auction. Spring 2012 grants will also be announced.
The Committee would like to thank the many contributors at all the different levels of sponsorships that have committed to support the Event, including Valedictorian Sponsor Penn Waste and Salutatorian Sponsors The Brousseau Family and Coni Wolf. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring the Celebration of Academic Excellence Event, contact Sarah Reinecker at sreinecker@comcast.net.
Formal invitations are being mailed to all parents and teachers, and look for more information on the YSEF or the YSSD website. Tickets to the event are $50. Checks can be mailed to York Suburban Education Foundation, c/o Crystal Miller, 1800 Hollywood Drive, York, PA 17403. Questions pertaining to the event can be answered by Crystal Miller via crystaldow2000@yahoo.com or 779-6517.
If you or your company are interested in donating an item to the Silent Auction, contact Amanda Devers amandadevers@comcast.net or Brooke Shorb at beshorb@comcast.net.
Proceeds from the event will fund future YSEF grant requests and supplement the foundation’s endowment account. The success of YSEF and its beneficiaries would not be possible without the support of our local businesses and residents.
Grants given in the fall 2011 totaled $2,626 awarded and included:
- $275 grant for a visiting science enrichment program for the Full Day Kindergarten class at Yorkshire Elementary
- $656 grant for Kindles in the Classroom to help second grade readers at Valley View Center
- $895 grant to purchase an additional buzzer system so that 30 more students can participate in Quiz Bowl at the York Suburban High School
- $800 grant to cover the cost of formatting and printing Yourstory, a York Suburban High School Student Literary Magazine
Grants given in the spring of 2011 totaled $28,892 and included:
- $1,946 grant to purchase Snap Electricity Circuits for sixth graders to enhance electricity concepts
- $1,500 grant to purchase fitness software for the high school
- $550 grant to purchase “Higher Order Thinking Skills,” a professional development tool for the high school faculty
- $300 grant to purchase Raz Kids licenses for Yorkshire Elementary, $715 for flip cameras at Yorkshire
- $13,197 to purchase three SMART tables for elementary buildings
- $500 grant to purchase quality art-related books for Yorkshire Elementary
- $500 to purchase books to allow reading support for second graders at home
- $17,500 to purchase five Smart Slates for fifth graders at Indian Rock
- $500 for Diversity Training for the entire fifth grade
- $3,447 grant to purchase two SMART Response PE systems at East York
- $500 grant to purchase books for struggling fourth and fifth graders at East York
- $1,000 grant to provide each classroom at East York with a set of “whisper phones”
- $1,187 grant to allow teachers to “flip” their classroom by providing structural time off campus in order to increase “in class” time facilitation, differentiation and remediation at the high school
- $900 grant that sent 10 to15 students to the Science Olympiad competition held in March 2012 at Millersville University
The York Suburban Education Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization providing funding for innovative programs that enhance the educational experience and foster continued academic excellence for the district students.
The following made contributions to the York Suburban Education Foundation January through April 15, 2012:
Brown, Catherine
Brousseau Family
Brubaker, Pete and Meg
Clancy, Keith and Jennifer
Clark, Chris and Emily
Colonial Coffee Shop
David H. Hogg Family Foundation, Inc.
DeHaas, John and Carolyn
Ducker/Urey Family
Dugan, Silvia H./Print-O-Stat, Inc.
Foster’s Flower Shop
Frey, Julia
Gierasch, Bill and Carolyn
Glatfelter Insurance Group
Gulley, Greg and Kelly
Hannon, Debra and Posner, Alexandra
Hershner, Ron and Judy
Houck, Stacy
Hovis, Steve and Carol
Igo, Colleen
Igo, Heather
Jackson, Theresa
Jeffrey Sindicich Foundation
Jensenius, Billie Jean
Joiner, Susan
Ketterman, Kent
King, Michael
Kluttz, Lona
Massey, Rick and Donna
Matthews, Kay
McClure, Laura
Menchey, Bud and Sandy
Metro Bank
Molin, Cathy
Mooney, Kevin and Heather
Moxie
Myers, Lloyd and Julie
Orban, Kate
Paskey, Ed and April
Patel Family
Penn Waste, Inc.
PeoplesBank, A Codorus Valley Company
Perina, Robert and Sarah
Persnickety Invitation Studio
Petersen, Richard
Petersen, Stephanie
Ports, Frances
Print-O-Stat, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Regan, Jonnie
Safeguard
Schrader Group Architecture, LLC
SF & Co., CPAs & Business Advisors
Shaffer, Keith and Cathy
Shorb, John and Katherine
Shorb, Tom and Cathi
Slenker, Neil and Linda
Stock and Leader
Stoltz, John and Kim
Stow & Go Self Storage, LLC
Strong, Brian and Andrea Marceca Strong
Stutts, Sharon
Sullivan, Steve and Stephanie
Three M Tool Corporation
Topper, Mary
Unwin, Ann Marie and Bill
Upadhyay, Dr. and Mrs. Asit
Victor’s Italian Restaurant
Walters, Richard and Patricia
Whittle, Jon and Sharon
Wickenheiser, Dave
Wire Mesh Products, Inc.
Wolf, Coni
York Water Company
Young, James
Young, Jane