Forster Ranch Education Foundation

The Forster Ranch Education Foundation proudly announces the winner of the iPad giveaway Congratulations to The Seaman Family & The Blanch Family!
Enjoy and thank you to all who participated in our first annual pledge Drive this year!

Congratulations to The Rutherford Family!
The winner of the “dinner for two”!

We are proud to say that we doubled our pledges from last year!
We raised total of $5,500!

If you missed out make a pledge today Click Here!
Our Goal is $100 a Student!
A Monthly Pledge Option is Coming Soon!

Dear Breaker Families,

Despite the significant cuts endured due to the state fiscal crisis, our teachers continue to work hard to reach an API of 900. With your continued support, we know we can grow the two points and be proud to be known as 900 API Middle School.
Your support will make that two point difference.
With continued appreciation to our PTSA and the new Forster Ranch Education Foundation for their support for our teachers, students and community, we recognize their contribution has enabled us to keep up with the technology needs vital to a 21st century education. The new Foundation plans to add to the Netbook Lab they purchased for us last year and fund vital teacher grants across our campus. Step into our library sometime to see the Netbooks used daily by math and other classes. The Forster Ranch Educational Foundation is dedicated to all students on our campus while planning fun community events that involve our Breaker families. For instance, their amazing Crab Feast last year sold out and offered a fun evening that supported our school with funds.
On behalf of the BAMS students, staff and community, I am very grateful for your support for our new Foundation. I am fortunate to work with such dedicated volunteers who put education highest on their list of priorities. Go Breakers!!!

Sincerely,

Holly Feldt
Principal
Bernice Ayer Middle School

Dear Benedict Families,

What a great year we had last year. I am sure that you have heard by now that our API score has now reached 913. I don’t measure our school’s success solely on this number, but it sure makes me proud. We continue to make progress with the state-wide measure for exceptional schools. I give credit to this for many different groups. First, I commend my students, teachers and support staff for their serious efforts when learning, teaching and supporting our school. Lastly, I commend the parents. I have two parent groups in particular i.e. the Forster Ranch Education Foundation (FREF) and PTA. These two groups are helping our school in their own unique ways. We need them here. Last year, they both pulled together to provide our school with a brand new computer lab. This year we will continue to work together to provide high-level school programs, services, and equipment. You already know PTA’s wonderful donations, programs, and services to our school. They continue to assist us in these difficult fiscal times. As FREF becomes more established here, I expect you will hear more about their input to the school too. Our goals for FREF will continue to be in assisting us with updated technology and/or to establish new personnel in our school. These are areas we will work together to establish. I sincerely thank you all in helping our school be the great Benedict Bobcat institute that it is!

Sincerely,

Dr. Charlotte Hibsch
Principal
Benedict Elementary School

Dear Forster Ranch Foundation Families and Friends,

Welcome back to the new school year!
The Forster Ranch Education Foundation is very excited to kick off our “First Annual Pledge Drive” for the 2011-2012 school year. Please look ahead at our goals for this school year.

GOLDEN GOALS FOR 2011

All funding this year through Pledges and Events will go directly to the schools. Details from last year school year as are listed below.

• We raised over $3,000 from our Pledges!
• We raised over $26,000 from our Events!

What did we use these funds for?

• Bernice Ayer Middle School purchased a mobile laptop cart and 10 Dell laptop computers. We also added a wireless device for these laptops to be checked out and used in classrooms by students and teachers.
• Truman Benedict Elementary purchased state of the art computer desks and chairs for their new computer lab.

I strongly encourage you to make a pledge and support your child’s educational experience. This year we are asking for a goal of a $100 per student. Ask yourself how often we spend this amount on our children’s sports and extracurricular activities. With the short fall in our state and district budgets we need to work together as a community to keep what our students have and add to what they need.

Please check our website as we will be posting our upcoming events for the school year. We encourage everyone to support your school-connected organizations.

Here’s to a fabulous school year!

Kim Van Dixhorn
President, Forster Ranch Education Foundation

The Forster Ranch Education Foundation was created by parents of students at Truman Benedict Elementary and Bernice Ayer Middle School. It is a volunteer-led, non-profit organization which is dedicated to providing financial support for educational excellence and enrichment programs for our K-8 students.

Our Goals

• Positively impact the students of Truman Benedict Elementary and Bernice Ayer Middle School by providing educational enrichment programs in the classroom that would otherwise be unavailable with-out the support of Forster Ranch Education Foundation.
• Ensure that our K-8 students receive the best education possible, providing a path for future success.