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Contact Us
MLFE Board President John Federico
MLFE Executive Director Jackie Foor
Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education 155 Cochran Road Pittsburgh, PA 15228 Phone: 412-478-7743 |
Welcome to the Mt. Lebanon Foundation For Education Website!
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Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Foundation is making a positive difference in the lives of Mt. Lebanon students.
Mt. Lebanon Foundation News |
- Whisper Phones Come to Mt. Lebanon
MLFE funded the purchase of an entire classroom set of whisper phones for Kindergarten and first grade classrooms in all seven elementary schools through a grant submitted by Washington Principal Mary Kay Davis. (See photo above)
Utilizing whisper phones is a researched based strategy to improve reading results, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and raises phonemic awareness. When children are learning to read and write, learners can, without disturbing others, say every word aloud to hear each sound in the word very clearly. The hands-free style easily allows students to hold the books and participate in writing activities.
MLFE Announces "Expanding the Boundaries of Learning" Grants
MLFE has awarded "Expanding the Boundaries of Learning" grants to the following teachers and projects:
-iPads for High School Science: Robert Bergstresser and Kyle Tilger -Electrify Your Strings: Regina Ketter (for all elementary string students)
-Whisper Phones: Mary Kay Davis (reading program for all district K-1 students)
-Student Sustainability Project: Cindy Bronen & 8th grade science students
-Quaver's Marvelous World of Music: Carol Froehlich (for all elementary students)
-Link Training: Shelly Saba and Jessica Webster (for all high school students)
-Re-Imagining Learning in the 21st Century: Jeff Holliday and Michelle King (all 8th grade students)
As of now, MLFE has awarded $22,500 this year. These 7 grants will impact almost every MTLSD student this year and, within two years, every Mt. Lebanon student will have participated in one or more of these projects.
MLFE thanks Thermo Fisher Scientific, UPMC Health Plan and our many individual donors for making these grants possible.
A MLFE Grant Success Story Elementary music teacher, Carol Froehlich, was awarded a grant from the Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education to bring Quaver Music to Mt. Lebanon. Quaver's School Program is a comprehensive classroom program that includes DVD series, teacher guides and website designed to help music teachers inspire children to learn to love music. Click here to read more about it.
Grant Recipient in the News Mt. Lebanon High School's 341 Catering class was featured in a recent article in the Tribune Review. The program was supported through a grant from the MLFE. Read more...
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2011-12 Calendar
December 15 Final Grant Decisions
| November 23 Grant Applicartions Due
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