Donor gifts $100K to Newtown Friends School
They said they wanted to say ‘Thank you.’”
Added Clerk (Chair) of the governing board, the NcS School Committee, Linda Heinemann, “This is a wonderful tribute to the outstanding faculty and program we have at NcS. The school is already talking about ways we can best utilize this gift to make our outstanding programs even better.”
Last year, four eighth graders were chosen as one group from among 2,200 applicants to make a presentation at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference in Philadelphia attended by 17,850 educators from 63 countries. The innovative academic program applies curricula such as Singapore Math and The Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College at Columbia University to build creative interest and a solid foundation for a child’s later success in math, reading, writing, science and technology
Harrison said he’s not surprised by the success of NcS graduates. “We try to teach les-
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP – An anonymous donor has gifted $100,000 to the Newtown criends School in a show of thanks for what the school has meant to their children and thousands of others over the years.
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“This is fantastic,” said Head of School Dana Harrison. “Elementary schools sometimes receive gifts this large for special campaigns for endowment or capital expansion, but this $100,000 is to supplement our operations and enhance our current programs. We’re thrilled!”
When asked about the donors, Harrison said, “These are parents who believe that early education is critical for success later in life. Their children have been highly successful in college, graduate school and the ‘real world.’ They said their children’s experience at Newtown criends School was instrumental in givLQJ WKHP WKH FRQfiGHQFH, WKH FULWLFDO WKLQNLQJ skills and the tools they needed later in life. sons, practices, habits and values for life-long education.” he said.
Some of the secondary schools which have attracted recent graduates of NcS include: George School, The Pennington School, Solebury School, Princeton Day School, The Hun School, The Lawrenceville School, Germantown Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, Hill School, Abington criends School, Westtown School, Holy Ghost Prep and Peddie School. Colleges include: Harvard, Brown, Bryn Mawr, Cornell, Bucknell, Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth, Earlham, gohns Hopkins, Tufts, Haverford, NYU, Oberlin, Chicago, Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, West Point, Stanford and Vassar.
Newtown criends School (www.newtownfriends.org), is a pre-h to 8 elementary school located on the edge of the George School campus. NcS was founded in 1948 by Newtown criends Meeting and emphasizes academic excellence, nuaker values, community service, and independent thinking. Newtown criends School is currently accepting a limited number of applications for fall 2012 classes. Contact: Becky Niszczak, admission director, at RNiszczak@newtownfriends.org or call 215968-2225.