The IPEI Report to the Community highlights all the details of 2008-2009

Including

  • 4600 students and 242 teachers participated in IPEI funded activities,
  • 87 grants totaling $52,400 were awarded,
  • 156 classes from all 8 elementary schools visited 8 Discovery Trail sites with Kids Discover the Trail!
  • 495 donors and over 60 IPEI board, committee and project volunteers made it happen.

Wow!! How's that for an action-packed year!? Feedback we get from both formal evaluations and informal conversations is that students and teachers want to participate in more of these activities this year!

I hope you find it inspiring reading. Whether you know IPEI well or are just learning about us, I ask you to believe with us in the importance of strong public schools and of the connections we nurture for our students and teachers with the amazing array of resources we have in this community.

Bankers, historians, artists, entrepreneurs, authors, carpenters, scientists, musicians and many others who live and work in our community are willing to share their knowledge and experience with our children. Please help us continue to foster these connections by making a gift to IPEI's “2009-2010 Connecting School and Community Campaign”.

Terry R. Byrnes
President
ipei@ipei.org

 

Teacher Grant Applications Due Nov. 2, 2009

Up to $1500 awarded to each project selected.
Projects must bring community resources into the classroom.
As much as $30,000 will be awarded for innovative ideas.

Competitive review process

Application forms will be available in every school and at the ITA Office

Contact: sandytrue@webtv.net, 607-257-4864

Red and Gold Opportunities Grants

One-time grants (up to $500) rolling review Sept. 15-June 1st
For projects not eligible for the Teacher Grant program that strengthen and enrich the schools.

www.ipei.org 607-256-IPEI (4734)

Kids Discover the Trail! (Brochure in PDF format)
- an unique collaboration of IPEI, the Discovery Trail, and the ICSDKids Discover the Trail!

2009 Program Sponsor * BorgWarner Morse TEC

Connects each Ithaca elementary grade with a Discovery Trail organization
Curriculum-based field trips, books for each student, and linked classroom activities
Pairs your classroom with another in a different building

Sign up through Kim Fontana's office, kfontana@icsd.k12.ny.us

Click here for more information about the Discovery Trail.

  • In the News
  • Grants fulfill Tompkins teachers' wish lists. Read more here
  • Ithaca education group awards $61,000 in grants. Read more here
  • Gary Stewart of Cornell Community Relations hosts the weekly cable television show, East Hill TV. In May 2009, his guests were from the Discovery Trail in celebration of the trail's 10th Anniversary. Kids Discover the Trail! is a collaboration of IPEI, ICSD, and the Discovery Trail.
  • Click here to hear the podcast of last month's WHCU All Things Equal segment about IPEI featuring Terry Byrnes and Kim Fontana!
  • Visit the ICSD Media site
  • IPEI Adult Spelling Bee: Nov. 15, 2009. Click here to download the entry form.
  • The Ithaca Journal article on Dewitt Middle School teacher Laurie Van Vleet: November 12, 2008

  • Adult Spelling Bee

    Meet the team at Fall Creek School.
  • audio icon Listen to audio from IPEI's 10th Anniversary Celebration


  • Fine Arts Boosters Club
    IPEI is an affiliate of the Fine Arts Booster Group.

Email: ipei@ipei.org    Phone: 607.256.IPEI (4734)    IPEI, P.O. Box 4268, Ithaca, NY 14852-4268