Hi Friends,   

Happy graduation and summer to all!

Outstanding GHS AVID senior interns, Grejs and JP, added student voices to our office conversations, learned about non-profit work, met funders, did a "Lunch & Learn" with AVID Alumni, created communications links with their AVID12 classmates to this summer's Transition to College (T2C) workshop series, and refreshed @greenwichalliance - FOLLOW US!

Congratulations to all GHS graduates - you did it! Teachers Pilar Rabassa and Evan Olmstead celebrated their 39 AVID GHS graduates who were all accepted to college AND their former students, AVID Class of 2020, many of whom received college diplomas this spring. AVID is changing the economic trajectory of Greenwich families!

Ending the school year also means saying goodbye to Alliance board members finishing their terms. A special thank you to Sarah Goldin, Board Chair for guiding our work for four years, Stacey Loveless, Secretary for your conscientious meeting minutes, and Michele Turk for sharing her talents with AVID students writing college essays.

Great news - we are growing and it's official! I am excited to announce Trish Rohr has been hired full-time as the AVID SUCCESS Program Director. While we might be small in stature - we make a mighty team.

DRUM ROLL... 2024-2025 REACHING OUT GRANTS:

• K-5 Afters - Hamilton Avenue School
• K Afterschool Extended Day & Enrichment - Hamilton Avenue School
• Theater Arts - International School at Dundee
• Theater Arts (Year 2) - Julian Curtiss School
• Theater Arts (Year 4) - New Lebanon School
• BookBreak - GPS K-8 Media
• Middle School Science Bowl Teams - GPS Middle Schools

Click here to learn more about these grants.

Thanks to our Grants Committee for their thorough and thoughtful review of each application - Reed Newberry - Chair, Pat Advaney, Suzanne Ellison, Beth Finger, Lisa Sandstrom.

New Lebanon School concluded its comprehensive Theater Arts program with "Bard in the Yard". Shakespeare is called "The Bard" because he is widely recognized as the greatest poet the world has ever known.

Student performers, dressed in costume, read their lines and acted out their characters for classmates outside the school. 

Since 2006, making private music lessons free and accessible to low-socioeconomic students in the GPS.

The TITM year-end recital featured fifty-six students playing the flute, cello, violin, viola, and a variety of band instruments. Once again students wowed their parents with their performance, had fun, and demonstrated how much they have improved this year.

Thanks CT School of Music teachers and Greenwich Public School music teachers for your continued commitment to making music possible for all students. This year marks 17,000 hours of free music lessons!

Busy final months of the school year - check out the snapshots from our many events!

GHS AVID24 Graduation Party

Interns - Grejs and JP

AVID11 Hiking Pound Ridge Reservation

Jobs & Professional Tools - Interviewing and Networking

College Graduates: Leslie Colin, Brandon Cordori, Katherine Grace Rau, Trinitee Mangai, Janel Codjoe, Gloria Guardado

Camp begins July 1, 2024!  A few spaces are still available. 

14th ANNUAL TURKEY TROT

Get ready to trot! Our annual 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk is Saturday, November 30, 2024.

Help us raise $100K - be a race sponsor!  Click here for sponsor form.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

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GREENWICH ALLIANCE SUMMER EVENTS:

XR STEM Camp: July 1-26.  Register HERE.

Transition to College Workshop (AVID 2024): July 9-11, 16-18.

JFS Greenwich, Back to School Drive, ends Thursday, July 18.  Please consider donating items to help refugee children start the academic year  with the essential supplies they need. Click here for more info/to donate.

GHS College Workshop: August 19-22, 26-29. Registration is currently full; click here to be added to the waitlist.

OTHER EVENTS:

Back to school for all students:  August 30, 2024

Board of Education Meetings at 7:00 PM:

• Thursday, September 26, 2024, Central Middle School
  Thursday, October 24, 2024, Central Middle School

SAVE THE DATE:

Turkey Trot 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk:  Saturday, November 30, 2024

Trivia Challenge: Friday, February 28, 2025

Questions about the Greenwich Alliance for Education? Want to share your ideas on how to spread the word?

Contact me at julie@greenwichalliance.org.

Sincerely,

Julie Faryniarz, Executive Director
203.340.2323 
julie@greenwichalliance.org
www.greenwichalliance.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie.faryniarz

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Funding Innovation, Expanding Opportunities, Inspiring Educators