Franklin Roosevelt once said, “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.”  In today’s weakened economy, revenue shortfalls have impacted public schools. For the past 18 years, the Educational Foundation for Rockport has been dedicated to improving and enriching educational opportunities for all students in the Rockport Public Schools.  Money raised through private sources enables us to support new and innovative programs which could not otherwise be funded.  Although the focus of our fundraising efforts may change from year to year, the need is always there. 

Programs supported by the Ed Foundation have benefited children in Grades Pre-K through 12 and in the core subject areas of science, mathematics, English and social studies as well as the arts, technology, writing and reading.  Recent initiatives have included the popular strings program, VHS on-line courses, artist-in-residence, literacy programs, DECA and Electrathon America. Funding requests for 2011-12 include $23,375, as part of a system-wide interactive classroom initiative.  This provided a variety of scientific sensors and probes and 6 mimio/interactive white boards for the high school as well as 3 SMART Boards for elementary classrooms.

For 2011-12, the Educational Foundation for Rockport is funding 11 programs for a total of $53,975.  Of these eleven programs, two are new initiatives and two have been re-instituted at the request of both staff and parents.  While the bulk of our funding is in the form of donations from individuals in the community, our 14th Annual EFR Golf Tournament, and interest from our endowment also provide financial support.  It is our goal to someday have a $1,000,000 endowment  to sustain our efforts to achieve excellence in the Rockport Public Schools.

Please join us in supporting our public schools.

Thank you.