04. Good News Report
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Submitted by jenny_hunter on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 11:56am
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Burlingame Donation to TCH
Last month, the Burlingame Country Club raised $37,100 for the T. C. Henderson School of Science & Technology STEM program through their designer purse auction. This annual fundraiser has proved to be hugely successful, with a grand total in annual donations of more than $100,000 since its inception. As always, we are very grateful to Ms. Linda Crowther and the Burlingame fundraising committee for their hard work, and the members of the Burlingame community for their continued generosity and support of T. C. Henderson.
BHS Receives Grand Piano
Many thanks to Helen Waite of Pisgah Forest who recently donated a Baldwin grand piano to the Brevard High School fine arts program. The generous gift, worth an estimated $20,000, will be a tremendous asset to the school’s chorus, band, and theater programs. We are very grateful to Ms. Waite for her generosity and support of Transylvania County Schools.
Summer Feeding 2019
Director Carolyn Barton reports that Transylvania County School Nutrition Services served 22,950 meals to students during the summer of 2019. The Summer Lunch on the Bus program served 2,453 meals, from 15 stops, over an average of 35 days. Summer Lunch on the Bus helps to reach children who do not have access to day-long programming and need summer meals. The program is well received and families are very appreciative. This was the fourth year of operation for the Summer Lunch on the Bus program.
The Backpack Buddies program served between 250-400 children this summer. There were six delivery routes, with three delivery dates that included four or more food packs per delivery. Back Pack Buddies also delivered food packs from the summer meal buses to Rise and Shine, Boys & Girls summer programs, and additional children in the Rosenwald and Brevard Communities via relationships with a neighborhood food pantry. We greatly appreciate the school nutrition staff and community volunteers who contribute so much to the success of the Summer Lunch and Backpack Buddies program.
September is Attendance Awareness Month
The North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation wants to emphasize the importance of regular attendance to grade-level reading, academic achievement and high school graduation. Children who miss more than 10 percent of school days are more likely to experience lower academic achievement, truancy in middle school, or even drop out of school. The attached proclamation recognizes September as “Attendance Awareness Month” in Transylvania County Schools to support efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism and help children to learn, grow, and thrive.
TCSEF Creative Classroom Grant Applications for 2020-2021
Thanks to their successful fundraising efforts in 2018-2019, the Transylvania County Schools Educational Foundation (TCSEF) has again allocated $18,000 for Creative Classroom Grants to TCS teachers for 2020-2021. The grants provide funding for innovative and unique projects designed by teachers to enrich their classrooms. We greatly appreciate TCSEF’s fundraising efforts with the annual Taste of Transylvania and the work of the Grants Committee, which evaluates upwards of 50 proposals each year. Proposals for the 2020-2021 grants are due by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 25. Directions and the application form are available at http://bit.ly/TCSEF_20_21. Awards will be announced by early January 2020, and grant recipients will have up to 18 months from the date awarded to use the grant money. Each grant winner will also receive a free ticket to the Taste of Transylvania for 2020 or 2021, depending on when the project is complete. Good luck, teachers, and thank you, TCS Educational Foundation.
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