Fall Classic Road Race and Walk
Click Here for the 2008 - 8th Annual Road Race Entry Form
Mark Your Calendar - Saturday October 18, 2008
for the 3.1 Mile (5K) Race and Community Walk
on Route 85A in Voorheesville
Click Here for the Road Race Information
The Gala Donation forms can be accessed and filled out by clicking
here. Once completed they can be printed for easy mailing.
December 10, 2007 - Grants for Best Practices and Odyssey of the Mind given to the Voorheesville Elementary School
The Foundation recently awarded two grants amounting to a total of $10,800 to the Voorheesville Elementary School.
The first grant of $10,000 will be used to create a list of best practices in teaching methods and assessment of those methods for the purpose of
helping students to improve their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, and to take a more active role in learning.
The second grant of $800 will
be used to help pay the registration fees for district students
who have signed up for Odyssey of the Mind, an international educational
program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for
students from kindergarten through college.
More on this grant: Click
Here
November 3, 2007 - Photos from the 2007 Road Race
are available for your viewing pleasure. Click on "PHOTOS"
on the above menu.
October 15, 2007 - Grants for Technology given to
the Voorheesville Central School District
At a Board or Education meeting of the Voorheesville
Central School District a grant from the Foundation
was given for the purpose of purchasing technology equipment. This
was done in conjunction with the Voorheesville Parent and Teacher
Association. At that meeting Superintendent Linda Langevin received
two checks amounting to $5,000 from each organization to be used
for the purpose of acquiring new technology equipment including
computer linked white boards and projectors. In action by the Board
of Education, it gratefully accept the donations.
Superintendent Linda Langevin receiving the donations. From
left to right
Linda Langevin, Tanya Hensel, Nancy Rucks, Sandy Pelletier, Heather
Dolin, and Michael Snyder
In other action the Board of
Education accepted a donation from the Voorheesville Parent and
Teacher Association in the amount of $4,000 for the purpose of purchasing
math manipulatives and classroom libraries.
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