School to Career
School to Career Programs provide all Huron and Perth students with a series of unique opportunities to learn about the world of work, explore potential careers and gain valuable work experience.
Business and Education Partnerships
Working with both the Avon Maitland District School Board and Huron Perth Catholic District School Board, the Foundation for Education continuously works to increase the number of employers participating in programs such as cooperative education, job shadowing and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
Become a Partner
Employers can offer students invaluable mentorship and work experience with programs ranging from short-term, one day events to full semester commitments.
To officially begin your involvement, take a minute and simply create an account on the Employer Registry.
Across the province, businesses use this innovative system to connect with elementary and high school students via a range of learning opportunities coordinated by Educators and Passport to Prosperity Coordinators.
Wes MacVicar of the Foundation is your local Passport to Prosperity coordinator and will be pleased to assist you.
For more information contact Wes at 1.800.592.5437 or (519)527.0111 xt. 231 wesmacv@fc.amdsb.ca
* Funding for Passport to Prosperity is provided by the Ministry of Education.
Enrichment Workshops
Artitudes: Workshops celebrating the arts, human diversity and environmental awareness.
Designed by the Foundation to enrich cirriculum for all grades, Artitudes is a collection of arts & culture programming that brings 140 workshops to over 5,000 students in the Avon Maitland District School Board!
This year, the total cost of supplying these workshops to the schools was almost $99,000 which was funded by private donors, the Foundation’s annual Gala and special fund raising productions.
“Best day ever!”
Student – Howick Central Re: Artitudes Quiltmaking Workshop
“Foundation workshops never disappoint.”
Laurie Little- Teacher – Colborne Central P.S.
“Thank you for giving us such a great opportunity!”
Daphne Livingston – Teacher - Central Perth School
Grants
Funds we annually make available to schools
Canadian Reading Fund
Children across Avon Maitland register with the Ontario Library Association to vote on their favourite books from the Canadian authors. The Foundation supplies funding for schools to acquire books. Expand reading programs & encourage more bookworms!
Ideal Supply – Green Fund
This fund is designed to provide encouragement for schools to develop creative and innovative ways to build environmental awareness and conservation practices with their students ie: recycling, naturalization of school grounds, etc.
Small Project Grants
The Small Project Fund is designed to provide encouragement for teachers to develop creative and innovative ways to enrich the curriculum for their students. To receive funding an activity must be deemed by the selection committee to be enrichment.
“Thank you for the opportunity to apply for this fund and for the many other great things the Foundation has done for our school.” Kristene McCurdy Grade 6 and 4-6 FSL, Romeo Public School
Employer-School Development Fund
While the Foundation continues its commitment to numerous large events, it offers the schools an opportunity to apply for support for individual projects around career awareness and development and employer partnerships that reflect the programs and directions of each school.
Britta’s Big Idea Fund
The funds for Britta’s Big Idea grants were made available by the imagination and creativity of Stratford Central student, Britta Johnson, from the production of her 2009 new musical “Big Box Story”.
To be eligible for support from Britta’s Big Idea Fund student’s projects must be a new idea, experience and challenge and be student-driven with an arts focus.
Special Projects
Projects we lead or support in the Community and in the schools
Baby Literacy Project
Every baby born in our Perth and Huron hospitals has, for many years, received a book from the Foundation For Education to begin their journey towards learning. Known as the Baby Literacy Project, the book is part of a package of information and welcome coupons from area stores for the parents. It is assembled by students in two regional secondary schools and then sent to the Huron & Perth Health Units for distribution.
“A comprehensive, thoughtful package.” J. Waringer, Dashwood
In-School Mentoring
Through a partnership with Big Brothers/Sisters, the Foundation continues to support the In-School Mentoring program in Stratford and area schools with $6000 a year from the sales of Nevada tickets.
The HERO Project
The Hero project is a high energy, multimedia, interactive assembly program aimed at elementary age students. The Hero team comes alongside schools to help show kids how to do the right thing at all times and be people of good character.
Science and technology is alive and growing across Huron and Perth! A joint-Board initiative involving four events: the Regional Science Fair, the Junior Science Fair, and two TechnoChallenges. Boasts participation of 600 students from 40 schools.
Fund Development & Consultation
The Vision and Mission for the Future
The Foundation continues to develop its fund potential in the private sector by diversifying and extending its fundraising initiatives.
Charitable Receipting
The Advantage of Giving through the Foundation
The Foundation processes all charitable receipts for Avon Maitland school fund raising campaigns, sending out the receipt with a personalized letter of acknowledgement to each donor. We process approx. 2500 receipts a year for both school campaigns and Foundation fund raising campaigns.
The receipting of gifts-in-kind continues as awareness on the part of the public of this particular mode of support grows. In addition, the Gift-to-Honor continues to attract the attention of parents wishing a new way to acknowledge their children’s teachers.