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Tolland Education Foundation grants $11,000 to Tolland High School Social Studies Department

During the last week of the school year, Beth Regan and the other members of the Tolland High School Social Studies Department were presented with an $11,000 check to purchase “Chrome Books on a Cart.”  The goal of the social studies department is to implement the “flipped classroom” where instructor-led and computer delivered training are blended so that the teachers spend more time interacting with students instead of one-way lecturing.  The Chrome Books will infuse technology into the classroom instruction through the use of Google Apps for Education.  All THS students who are enrolled in a social studies class will potentially benefit from the implementation of this initiative. 

 

TEF is committed to providing non-traditional support for innovation in Tolland’s classrooms. Grants and in-kind donations are 100% funded from individual and corporate contributors.   TEF has two remaining fundraisers planned in 2014.  Our Annual Appeal is currently underway, welcoming donations of all sizes.   Be sure to join us for TEF’s signature fundraiser, a wine and beer tasting on November 15 at Crandall’s Lodge.  

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You can also support TEF when you shop on Amazon. If you have an Amazon Prime account you can now link your account to Amazon Smile which will donate a percentage of your purchase directly to TEF! No cost to you at all! Go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/16-1690006 and choose Tolland Education Foundation as your charity.

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The Tolland Education Foundation is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit charitable organization that relies upon contributions in order to successfully support academic excellence in the Tolland Public Schools. For more information about TEF please call Director Bob Stewart at 871-8015, ext. 3, like us on Facebook, or visit our website at www.TollandEducationFoundation.com.  Donations to TEF can be mailed to 58 Hartford Turnpike, Tolland, CT, 06084 or made through the website.  

 

 

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