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Presidents’ Statement
Welcome to The Dover Sherborn Education
Fund’s Website and the start of another academic year.
Did you know?
For over twenty years the Dover
Sherborn Education Fund (DSEF), a private, volunteer, non-profit
organization has raised over $2,200,000, funding numerous grants through
contributions from the local communities of Dover and Sherborn. These
funds have been used to enhance art, science, technology, athletics,
and cultural enrichment, as well as core academic curriculum in our
schools. This school year DSEF is delivering over $200,000 in grants
to the Dover and Sherborn public schools. In the last 5 years alone DSEF
has funded over 700,000 dollars in grants making our
education fund one of the most successful in the State of
Massachusetts!
How does it work? Each year DSEF
challenges our teachers and administrators to write grant proposals.
At each school, an Access Committee comprised of teachers, school
administrators, school committee members, representatives from the
parent teacher organizations, and DSEF Board members prioritize the
proposals according to merit, need and availability of funds.
Discussions about joint funding with the other parent fundraising
organizations in town also take place. No idea is too big or too small
for consideration. After a rigorous process, all decisions for funding
are made in the spring by the DSEF Board.
How are the funds raised?
The Dover Sherborn Education Fund conducts two major fundraisers each
year. These are a fall fundraising dinner dance and a two night February phonathon.
This year the fall event will be the Fall Fundraising Celebration on November
3, 2007 at Charles River Country Club
that all are invited to
attend with a donation of $350 per couple. The February
Phonathon will be held on February 11, 2008 and February12, 2008.
What is our goal? Once again we are
looking to increase the participation rate in the communities of Dover
and Sherborn. We feel sure that the more you know about DSEF the more
you will see the impact DSEF has on our schools and the more you will
want to help support this very worthy fund. There is no doubt that the
children of Dover and Sherborn will be the future leaders of our
country. Are you making sure that their public education is the best
it can possibly be? By making a donation to the Dover Sherborn
Education Fund you will insure that the teachers and children at D/S
reach their fullest potential as educators and students. Let’s
continue the tradition of support for public education that our two
towns have historically shown.
What can you do? Visit our website,
http://www.dsef.com, and educate yourself about the grants
DSEF has funded recently. Consider attending the Fall Gala
or making a donation during the February Phonathon. We can’t give
money away unless we raise money. Faced with the reality of continuing
constraints on public funds and increased school enrollment, the need
has never been greater. Please give.
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