Congratulations to Employee Scholarship Winners!
The Pasco Education Foundation will be awarding $58,500 to 115 employees who want to pursue their education to better serve their students and their schools. Click here to view the recipients of the 2008 Employee Scholarship Program. Congratulations to all our winners!
Discover Marchman powered by Progress Energy!
Progress Energy has awarded the Pasco Education Foundation, Inc. $50,000 to fund a new initiative called “Discover Marchman.”
This award will be used to enhance the development of a multi-grade career academy for secondary and post-secondary students at Marchman Technical Education Center that includes career academies in Electricity, Drafting/Pre-Engineering (through Pasco/Hernando Comm. College), Carpentry, and Heating and Air Conditioning.
This funding will also be used to design and implement a marketing/advertising campaign to promote the academy and its national accreditation (COE.) A seminar/workshop for approximately 100 middle and high school teachers and administrators will also be developed and conducted to familiarize them with Marchman Technical Education Center and its benefits.
Progress Energy presents $50,000 to Pasco Education Foundation at the May 6, 2008 School Board meeting. From left: Pasco Education Foundation, Inc. Executive Director, Chip Wichmanowski, School Board Chairman, Kathryn Starkey, Vice President South Coastal Region for Progress Energy, Mark Wimberly, Superintendent of Schools, Heather Fiorentino, and from Progress Energy Community Relation, Melissa Seixas.
My Favorite Older Person Essay Contest
The Pasco Education Foundation was a proud sponsor of the 2008 My Favorite Older Person Essay Contest for fifth graders across Pasco County. On May 8, 2008, the awards ceremony was help to recognize the following distinguished writers and those who play such an important role in their lives:
1st Place: Pooja Patel, Seven Oaks Elementary
Pooja's favorite older person is her grandmother, Kanta Patel.
2nd Place: Brooke McAdow, Deer Park Elementary
Brooke's favorite older person is her grandmother, Vinnie Vojvadic.
3rd Place: Breanna Tonello, Schrader Elementary
Breanna's favorite older person is her grandmother, Mary Ellen McAlamey.
Honorable Mention: Michael Dodson, Deer Park Elementary
Michael's favorite older person is his grandfather, Stephen J. Kuzio.
Honorable Mention: Miranda Lough, Cotee River Elementary
Miranda's favorite older person is her grandfather, Greg Hannah.
All students listed above received an iPod Shuffle courtesy of Apple and the top three winners also received savings bonds from the Pasco Education Foundation.
Click here to view photos of the awards ceremony in our Photo Gallery.
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