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NEWS & EVENTS
The Glastonbury Education Foundation held its fourth annual auction fundraiser on Friday, November 16, 2007, at the Glastonbury Hills Country Club.
News
December
2007 The Glastonbury Board of Education in partnership with the Glastonbury Education Foundation is in the process of compiling information for an alumni directory of Glastonbury High School graduates covering the past fifty years. If you are a graduate of Glastonbury High School, you will be receiving a letter, and possibly a phone call, requesting an update of your biographical information. “Having current information about our graduates allows us to include all alumni in community events and activities”, stated Dr. Alan Bookman, Glastonbury Superintendent of Schools. “Compiling this information has been something I wanted to do for years when I was the principal at Glastonbury High School. I think it will be enjoyed by generations of graduates.” The directory is designed to be the definitive reference of Glastonbury High School and our alumni, and will make it easy to reconnect with former friends and classmates. Complete listings will include academic, professional and personal information, and alumni will also be cross listed by class year and city and state of residence. GHS graduates will be given the opportunity to purchase a directory during the information gathering process. November
2007 The Glastonbury Education Foundation has received the Celebration of Excellence: Outstanding CT Foundation 2007 award from the Connecticut Consortium of Education Foundation in recognition of the foundation’s success in raising $160,000 for a state-of-the-art television production studio at Glastonbury High School. Glastonbury Education Foundation Chairman, Ira Yellen, accepted the award. Glastonbury Schools art director, Dan Roach, Glastonbury High School students, Tyler Vallario and Rachel Fite talked about the effect the studio has has at the high school. Glastonbury Education Foundation and Board of Education Coordinate Computer Donation On Friday, November 2, 2007 representatives from the Glastonbury Board of Education, the Glastonbury Education Foundation and Glastonbury-based business Open Solutions Inc. met with Neil Griffin of the Glastonbury Housing Authority (GHA) at the GHA Main Office. Open Solutions Inc. donated 20 computers and monitors to be distributed through a lottery-based selection to families without computers from the Welles Village Community. The Glastonbury Education Foundation paid for the computers to be refurbished, and the Glastonbury Board of Education worked with the town’s housing authority to distribute the computers.
May
2007 Over a 2-year period, the Glastonbury Education Foundation raised over $145,000 from 500 businesses, foundations, and individuals to equip a state-of-the-art digital television production center in the high school. The project grew from a need and a dream of educators, parents, students, and community members. Curriculum designed for high school students in the fields of television broadcasting, videography, and lighting and sound for stage and television will be implemented this fall, and the center will also be used to improve communications both within the high school and throughout the Glastonbury community.
Glastonbury High School students (seated from left) Eric Bolt, Matthew Brounley, and Gregory Morris demonstrate the production booth controls to guests at the dedication ceremony.
Town Council Chairwoman, Susan Karp, takes a turn as anchorwoman while GHS students co-anchor (Van Barker), work the camera (Lindsey Wright) and prepare to report the weather (Ian Hosking). November
2006 The annual fundraiser held on Tuesday, November 29th at the Hilton Garden Inn raised over $130,000. $90,000 will go toward Phase 2 to finish equipping the TV studio at Glastonbury High School. Phase 1 of the project is complete and construction on the studio has begun. $70,000 has been allocated to purchase enough equipment for a club and for use by January 2007. The studio will be ready for community use and high school classes by next fall.
Dick Katz, auctioneer for the 2006 fundraiser event November
2005 The second annual founders’ reception sponsored by the Glastonbury Education Foundation in association with the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce was a great success, raising more then $90,000 to build a state-of-the-art digital television, radio, video and sound studio for the high school. This year, the money raised was combined with auction, sponsor, donation and raffle proceeds. The foundation had a 37% increase from last year’s fundraising efforts. Click here to read the press release >
Dick Katz, served as the auctioneer for the live auction which got top bids of $3,000 for vacation getaways.
Live auction participants at the Second Annual Founders’ Reception. October
2005 The Glastonbury Education Foundation hopes to raise $200,000 to fund a state-of-the art studio located in a distance-learning lab in the high school. Glastonbury High School is one of the only schools of its size without a television studio. The Foundation will begin fundraising for the project at the November 29 event at the Hilton Garden Inn. Board of Education Chairman, Richard Brown said, “This is a really exciting initiative.” “[This] will allow communication between the school and the community.” Once the needed funds are collected the station could be up and running by the 2007-2008 school year. September
2005 More than 2,000 residents responded to the survey, which was mailed to all Glastonbury households in June, giving it a statistically high 16% response rate. Ira Yellen, Chairman of the GEF said, “This overwhelming response gave us in-depth knowledge of what is important to the people of Glastonbury. Now our town government and organizations can work together to use the information to better meet the needs of our citizens.” April 2005
Heather Summers promoting the Glastonbury Education Foundation at the Glastonbury Hartwell Soccer Club’s 12th Annual Spring Warm-Up Tournament on April 30, 2005 March
2005 Board of Directors Votes Unanimously to Support Five Funding Requests Click here to read the press release >> November
2004 The founders’s reception sponsored by the Glastonbury Education Foundation in association with the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce was a whopping success, raising more than $58,000 to expand educational opportunities for the town’s children and community. Click here to read the press release >
Harry Branning, treasurer of the Glastonbury Education Foundation, gives his live auction donation a rousing sales pitch as Dick Katz, foundation board member and the evening’s auctioneer waits to start the bidding. Branning’s donation, a weekend in Washington, D.C. with dinners, a Kennedy Center performance and UCONN-Georgetown basketball tickets went for $2,000, the highest bid of the night.
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