Annual Appeal
Your gift to Newton Schools Foundation is an investment in our students and in public education!
At Newton Schools Foundation, we are grateful for the way our community supports excellence and equity in our schools. Your investments provide critical funding for programs and services that have an immediate impact on students and teachers. Here are just a few examples…
New Approaches in the Classroom
Literature Out Loud, a poetry workshops at Newton North led by an NEA Fellow and professional poet. (High School)
Math Challenge Boards, a project recently implemented in all elementary schools to encourage students to pick math challenge work when they have opportunities for academic choice. Each medallion represents a student who has completed a math challenge assignment! (Grades K-5)
Professional Development for Teachers
Principals as Instructional Leaders allowed all elementary principals to engage in building skills for effective support and feedback to teachers to help them deliver more culturally responsive and effective instruction. (Grades K-5)
BU OpenSciEd Curriculum, a pilot program at Brown Middle School, helped 6th grde teachers bring science curriculum in line with MA Science Framework, increasing student engagement and providing more equitable outcomes. (Middle School)
Programs that Promote Equity for All Students
Creating Affinity Spaces at Williams Elementary, students from Newton South visit monthly with Black/African-American and LatinX elementary students, engaging in cultural activities. (Grades 6-12)
BIPOC Affinity Groups, creating spaces for students and staff of color. (District-wide)
Your contribution will enable NSF to continue to fund grants to the Newton Public Schools for programs like these.
Here’s What Students and Teachers Say About Our Impact
New Approaches in the Classroom
A visual art teacher at Memorial Spaulding where NSF funded the Integrative Arts Program:
“The Newton Schools Foundation has afforded our school an amazing opportunity to collaborate and tap into our collective wisdom and to develop engaging learning opportunities in creative and thoughtful ways. Without this grant, our school culture and curriculum would never have been pushed to this level of excellence!”
Professional Development
A teacher in the Anti-Racism workshop organized by Newton South:
“This was absolutely the best professional development I have ever attended! The Educators for Anti-Racism series need to be in every district.”
Programs That Address Inequities Associated with Race, Income Level and Social Identity
A student in The Calculus Project, a program that helps students of color pursue higher-level math:
“The workshop and tutoring push you to work harder and learn better and has taught me to never give up and keep going.”
