Connecting School and Community

o Ithaca Public Education Initiative Connecting School and Community

2008–2009 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY President’s Message Since our founding in 1996, IPEI has believed that the education of every student is enhanced through community connections and support.This report outlines our programs and initiatives of the past year: • 4600 students and 242 teachers participated in IPEI funded activities last year, Terry sports the Tilley hat given • 87 grants totaling $52,400 to her when named Discovery were awarded, Trail Explorer for 2008 • 156 classrooms from all 8 elementary schools visited 8 Discovery Trail sites with Kids Discover the Trail! • 495 donors and 63 IPEI board,committee and project volunteers made it happen. More than ever the students and teachers need our support to encourage creative classroom ideas and to expand hands-on experiences. Please help us continue to connect our schools with our community by engag- ing with local in public education and by investing in the Ithaca Public Education Initiative.

Terry R. Byrnes, ipei president

CONTENTS Connecting School and Community ...... 1 Programs...... 2 Teacher Grants ...... 2 Red and Gold Opportunities Grants ...... 3 Community Collaboration Grants ...... 3 Kids Discover the Trail! Collaboration ...... 3 Afﬁliates...... 5 Fine Arts Booster Group ...... 5 Code Red Robotics...... 6 Initiatives...... 7 CommunityEngagement ...... 9 Grants...... 10 Giving Opportunities...... 14 Donors...... 16 FinancialReport ...... 22

PHOTOCREDITS

COVER: Lauren Comly, Nicole Dauria, Carol Spence; INSIDE COVER: Rachel Philipson; p. 1: Lauren Comly; p. 2: Lauren Comly, Mary Grainger; p. 3: Jocelyn Lutter Carver, Kristi Rains; p. 4:Terry Byrnes; p. 5: Martha Frommelt, Martha Hamilton; p. 6: Sue Brower; p. 7: Lauren Comly; p. 8: Dan Flerlage; p. 9: Steve Marschner; p. 10: Lauren Comly; p. 11: Sharon Nelson; p. 12: Simrat Applebaum; p. 13: Bill Liddick; p. 15: Kristen Burke, Judy Paskin; p. 16: Lauren Comly; p. 17: Lauren Comly; p. 18: Caren Arnold; p. 19: Dan Flerlage; p. 20: Andrea Hazard; p. 21: Ellen Rowe, Lara Kaltmann; p. 24: Deanna Crossgrove; BACK COVER: Virginia Winkler

Thank you to the Triad Foundation for making this report possible o Connecting School and Community

“Thank you for fostering home, school, and community connections!” —principal

As you will read in this year’s annual report, IPEI’s impact is continuing to expand, but none of it could have happened without you. It happens because this community believes in the value of education and participates in ways that add value to the schools by making financial contributions and/or by sharing your skills, experiences, and knowledge to benefit the children of our district.We invite you to read on and see what you have helped us accomplish. IPEI is . . . a not-for-profit organization that supports the teachers and students of the Ithaca City School District. people giving their time and energy to make community connections that benefit Ithaca’s students and teachers. a vehicle through which you can make an added investment in your schools through your gifts and volunteer involvement. a community organization dedicated to enhancing the educational experience and success of every student. IPEI... awards grants to teachers for curriculum-related classroom projects with community partners; and to teachers, staff, students, and community groups that need assistance and resources to fulfill worthwhile ideas. coordinates the Kids Discover the Trail! collaboration with the Discovery Trail. organizes the annual Adult Spelling Bee fundraiser to support Teacher Grants. provides a vehicle for affiliates like the Fine Arts Booster Group and the Code Red Robotics team. distributes invested endowment funds from community members and graduating classes to support our students and teachers in ways that matter to the donors. stimulates conversation and collaboration between community groups and schools through meetings, roundtables and workshops.

All Kindergarteners experience the Tompkins County Public Library with Kids Discover the Trail! h Programs

Educators and volunteers introduce first graders to dinosaurs and fossils at the Museum of the Earth and in their own classrooms. IPEI brings a wide variety of truly exceptional community resources into the district’s classrooms that enhance the educational experience of all students.We support teachers who have great ideas on how to make their curriculum come alive and be relevant. That’s what breathes life into our mission: connecting students and teachers with the world outside the classroom. Students tell us these experiences help relate what they study with what they may do in the future, thus broadening their horizons. Teacher Grants with Community Partners Teacher Grants given directly to teachers provide an excel- lent way to introduce students to the resources right in their own community. Awards now up to $1500 each are made to teachers with creative ideas that include a community partner involved in the classroom project or activity.Teachers must link their projects with the speciﬁc grade level New York State Learning Standards and demonstrate how their grant enhances the stated curricular standards. This past year, 29 teachers were awarded Teacher Grants involv- ing Community Partners totaling about $24,700 impacting approximately 2000 students (some more than once). These grants were funded by our Adult Spelling Bee, the Charles E. Treman Jr.Teacher Grant Fund, and by individual gifts from community members. Treman Grant awards were selected by the Teacher Grant Review Committee based on Ithaca High social studies students how well the proposal matched accessed Cornell resources as part of the teacher grant in memory of the the grant program criteria. late teacher and principal John Caren. A Community Partner is any individual, business, organization, or college department interested in working with a teacher on a classroom project. Projects range in scope and time commitment.We welcome potential community partners to contact us with ideas of how to work with teachers and students.

REFER TO PAGE 10 FOR COMPLETE LIST OF GRANTS AWARDED.

2 Red and Gold Opportunities Grants Grants of up to $500 each are made for proposals that strengthen and enrich the school experience, but fall outside the criteria for our Teacher Grant program. They may be awarded to teachers, students, parents, or community members. Supplies or materials usually covered by the school budget are not funded. Fifty-four Red and Gold grants were made during the 2008–2009 year totaling nearly $20,800. See list of Red and Gold grants on page 11.

Urban Art Club members traveled to Brooklyn to view murals and to meet artists before painting their own (shown here). Community Collaboration Grants IPEI granted funds to ﬁve community organizations that are collaborating with the ICSD: GO (Golden Opportunities tutoring program), Salvation Army (backpacks with school supplies for disadvantaged children), Hangar Theatre (teaching artists working with fourth grade classes), Ithaca Youth Council (community forums and youth leadership activities following the Cory Booker presentation in November 2008), and the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. Kids Discover the Trail! Collaboration By far the most ambitious of IPEI’s collaborations, Kids Discover the Trail! is a joint effort of the eight Discovery Trail partners and our eight elementary schools to introduce all Pre-K–Grade 5 students and their teachers to the wonders of bird migration, animal art, dinosaurs, climate change, joy of books, wildﬂowers, and much more. The Discovery Trail is a group of eight educational organizations with world-class experts and collections who have formed a one of a kind collaboration based right here in Ithaca. Each site is linked with one of our elementary grades. Major funding for Kids Discover the Trail! is provided through the generosity of local insti- tutions, foundations, businesses and individuals. Special thanks to the overall Program Sponsor for 2009: BorgWarner Morse TEC. Pre-Kindergarteners explore animals in art at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell.

Children learn counting and math concepts with movement and rhythm.

3 During their day in the local one room school, teachers and fourth grade students dress in clothing similar to what was worn in 1892 and re-enact a typical day. Kindergarteners find out about books about friendship and family at the Tompkins County Public Library. First Graders study the science of dinosaurs at the Museum of the Earth at PRI, and about the scientific process by examining fossils of the largest animals ever to have lived on earth. Second Graders Second graders explore climate change and energy at the Sciencenter through demonstrations and hands-on activities that address the need for alternative energy sources. Third Graders learn about native plants and wildflowers at the Cornell Plantations. Fourth Graders experience 19th century life at The History Center Eight Square Schoolhouse. Fifth Graders study animal habitats and human environmental impact at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Students also have the opportunity to explore environmental stewardship at the Cayuga Nature Center and engage in team building exercises through the Ropes Course. Learning About and Respecting Differences Another distinctive aspect of the program is that two classrooms from two different schools take their field trips together and then develop follow-up activities between the classrooms. The goal is to have students from different neighborhoods get to know each other before they all meet in middle school using the shared curricular experience of Kids Discover the Trail! field trips. KDT! Books KDT! Books were provided to all students at all grade levels this year to encourage literacy and reinforce the Kids Discover the Trail! curriculum. Book titles included: Pre-K: Shapes or Look, Look, Look; Kindergarten: Library Lion; 1st: Digging Up Dinosaurs; 2nd: Magnetism; 3rd: Wildflowers: A Peterson’s First Guide; 4th: The Secret School; 5th: Birds: A Peterson’s First Guide, and The Climb. Our thanks to donors who supported the book purchases including: the Johnson Art Museum, an anonymous donor, Friends of the Library, the Myrtle Dee Nash Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, and the Raymond and Margaret Van Houtte Fund of the Tomp- kins Charitable Gift Fund. ICSD teachers and Discovery Trail educators choose the books and the Family Reading Partnership assists with ordering and delivery.

4 i Affiliates

Fine Arts Booster Group The Ithaca Community Fine Arts Booster Group (FABG) believes the arts—music, visual art, drama, and dance—are a central part of every child’s K-12 education. The boosters support and celebrate exist- ing district programs and staff and advocate for increased student access, participation, and equity in arts programs.

The DeWitt Middle School Chorus welcomes fifth graders as part of their transition to middle school activities.

2008-2009 Highlights: • Awarding 35 arts grants totaling $14,044, serving 4,401 students including Teacher Mini-Grants, the Program Fund and the Opportunity Fund. • Recycling and refurbishing musical instruments under a program called Play It Again, Ithaca, which resulted in 18 additional instruments and music equipment now available for district use. • Printing all middle and high school performance programs to celebrate student and staff achievement in the arts—a total of 9,500 copies for 30 events over 49 days. • Collaborating with other organizations to share school arts news and needs and connect programs to the schools, such as the Cornell Concert Series’ Jason Moran Jazz visit to Ithaca High. • Managed distribution of memorial funds from the Com- munity Foundation’s Lee Strebel Community Enrichment Fund, and IPEI’s Donna Hall Memorial and Carol Buckley Fund for projects at Northeast Elementary School with the Hangar Theatre, Ali Golden scene painting workshop at Ithaca High, the Elementary Choral Festival for DeWitt feeder schools, and student award to Haley Evanoski.

Beauty and the Beast Storytellers work with third graders expanding their language arts skills. Code Red Robotics “We learned so much about engineering and problem solving from the challenges we faced and overcame during the build season and our competitions.We became an effective team early on, including our ten freshmen!” — STUDENT IPEI provides a way for local technology organizations and fans of robotics to fund the Ithaca High School Code Red Robotics team. Participating in US FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), 35 students and 15 adult and alumni mentors partner in a real world experience to design, build, and operate a robot in a competition whose goals include excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism, and the ability to overcome obstacles. Changing game rules each year challenge teams to solve a common problem in a six week timeframe using a standard “kit of parts” and a common set of rules.

Code Red’s robot is shown during competition.

Code Red participated in regional competitions in Rochester and Hartford, CT. In Hartford the team received the Johnson and Johnson Gracious Professionalism award in recognition of their efforts to help a rookie team from another community finish assembling their robot so they could compete. Code Red also spent the evening designing team t-shirts to present to the rookie team the next day. The Code Red team is fortunate to have support of the Board of Education, the district administration, and Ithaca High. The team also has a broad corporate sponsor base. Kionix’s support is critical to the long term viability of the team. Other core sponsors include BAE Systems, CBORD and VFW Post 961. Three new sponsors assisted this year: Goodrich-Ithaco Space Systems, Autodesk, and TransCOR Information Technologies; as did the Moose Lodge, Accufab, Incodema, Innovative Metalworks and Tru-Cut Technology. The team benefits greatly from its affiliation with IPEI. The support and advice provided by the IPEI leadership includes advocacy, fundraising, and community relations. The team expanded its goals in outreach and community service. One new project includes working with extended day students at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School as a Junior Lego League club.

6 t Initiatives

In keeping with its mission of integrating the extensive community resources into the education of our district’s students, IPEI strives to make connections whenever possible. This includes convening various groups and individuals inside and outside the district to engage them when new ideas are proposed.We encourage members of the community to talk with us about their ideas. IPEI’s name includes the word “Initiative" because its meaning corresponds with our core values of creativity and responsiveness, as well as community involvement and enhanced educational experience. IPEI can play a role in introducing new and sometimes ambitious activities. These activities are most often implemented by community organizations Pre-K students learn to look at art and/or the school district, with guidance of the Johnson Art Museum educators. although Kids Discover the Trail! is an example of an initiative which has needed IPEI’s continuing leadership. Key ideas presented at the 2004 Critical Issues in Education seminar IPEI co-hosted with the Community Foundation of Tompkins County and the Triad Foundation have been kept alive by our efforts in cooperation with like-minded citizens. Additional opportunities present themselves at the IPEI Roundtable gatherings and at other meetings and events throughout the community. Transportation Transportation for youth during non-school hours has been an identiﬁed issue for many years. IPEI has maintained a presence at forums related to this community need, yet has also become involved in decreasing obstacles to family transportation to school meetings and events. As family involvement is a key determinant of student success, it is important for parents and caregivers to have access for day- time and evening school functions as well as required con- ferences with teachers and administrators. The ICSD Transportation Working Group also includes current and retired teachers, PTA and school board representatives, and staff from the Tompkins County Youth Services, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Way2Go, and the Depart- ment of Social Services. A recent accomplishment is estab- lishing Transportation Liaisons at each ICSD school to be knowledgeable about available transportation options, and to provide the group with data about the needs of students, staff, and families. A pilot is also being initiated of retired educators volunteering to drive students and families.

7 College Discovery Program The College Discovery Program (CDP) is the Ithaca Youth Bureau’s long-term mentoring and academic support program designed to reduce achievement gaps of students in the ICSD and to increase access to a college education for program participants. IPEI was involved with its founding and has representatives on its advisory board. CDP takes a holistic approach, focusing on both the academic and social needs of each child, and is committed to sticking with each child from 5th grade to his/her ﬁrst year

Lehman Alternative Community School students build a “hot house” using a hoop style roof as part of their efforts to grow some of the food served in their cafeteria. of college. By creating a support network for students comprised of families, staff, tutors, mentors and peers, and by providing opportunities for trips, group activities and overall enrichment, CDP hopes to open the door to unlim- ited possibility for each student. Volunteer mentors and tutors are needed in addition to the IYB staff and the cooperation of ICSD teachers and staff. Family and Student Involvement The IPEI Family and Student Involvement Committee in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Community Coalition for Healthy Youth facilitates spring events for elementary students and their families as part of transition to middle school. Technology Boosters IPEI would assist parents and teachers interested in forming a group to beneﬁt the technology curricular and co-curricular programs throughout ICSD if interest surfaces. A meeting and showcase was held in 2007 but a core group of individuals is needed for this initiative to ﬂourish. SCRUBS Club DeWitt Middle School’s SCRUBS Club collaboration with the Cayuga Medical Center grew out of the Critical Issues in Education seminar since partnerships between businesses and schools is a recommended vehicle for students exploring career options. Equity and Inclusion Leadership Council IPEI is represented on the Equity Inclusion and Leadership Council that serves as a liaison between ICSD and community groups helping the district achieve its equity goal.

8 m Community Engagement

Adult Spelling Bee In addition to being good fun and intellectually stimulating, our 10th annual Adult Spelling Bee raised money for IPEI’s grant programs. Individuals, organizations, and businesses from all parts of the community form three-person teams, pay entry fees, study (sometimes!), and meet in the high school gym for two hours and enjoy the challenge of spelling. The eCornell Spellin’ Hellions were champions of the Bee sponsored by True Insurance and broadcast live on WNYY by Cayuga Radio Group. They captured the title by correctly spelling “miscellanea” after the F&CS Family Buzzers initially stumbled on it. The two teams went head to head for several rounds after the Fall Creek Stingers and 2007 winners South Hill Spellicans were eliminated in the championship round. The eCornell staffers Lisa Hatﬁeld, Alan McCarty and Joe Ellis were awarded a ticket to another IPEI event called “Bee on the Bus”, a bus trip to Syracuse in May to see the Tony Award winning musical comedy, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, courtesy of Welliver McGuire Construction and Capmark Finance. Each speller at the Bee received a gift card to spend to support teacher classroom needs and projects listed on www.DonorsChoose.org. Teachers post their needs on the website and people who go to it can choose a classroom project to sponsor. IPEI Roundtable IPEI convenes a monthly meeting of representatives of organizations that are actively supportive of the Ithaca schools. The purpose is to offer time for collaboration, focused discussions on pertinent issues, and sharing district and community group news. All are welcome to attend. Discovery Trail Anniversary Kids Discover the Trail! was among the accomplishments highlighted at the 10th anniversary gala celebration of the Discovery Trail held at the Tompkins County Public Library. Kim Fontana, ICSD Director of Staff Development and Research and a member of the KDT! Steering Committee, and Roy H. Park, Jr., Chairman of the Triad Foundation, were each honored with the second annual Discovery Trail Explorer Award in recognition of their outstanding commitment to education and children.

Grants bring together collaborators—community partners including musicians and recording technicians with teachers and students. I Grants

Teacher Grants with Community Partners Adirondacks Outdoor Adventure Trip. Heather Scott/Ithaca High, Todd Miner, Cornell Outdoor Education Ecology and Team Building. Vito Brancato/Boynton, Bill Foster, Floating Classroom Suiting up for Life Skills. Joby Greenspun, DeWitt, Frank Towner, YMCA Story Art Workshop. Linda Duttweiler/South Hill, Andrea Hazard Journey to the Soul of Africa: A Multimedia Experience with Samite of Uganda. Sharon Nelson/Caroline, Samite My Place in Time and Space. Julie Muzzy/Beverly J. Martin, Patrice Lockart Anthony The Best Part of School. Jayne Port/Belle Sherman, Lauren Comly Let’s be Bookworms! Take-home Reading Activities for Kindergartners. Julie Stamm, South Hill, Brigid Hubberman, Family Reading Partnership Let’s be Bookworms! Take-home Reading Activities for Kindergartners. Marcie Kidd, South Hill, Brigid Hubberman, Family Reading Partnership Let's be Bookworms! Take-home Reading Activities for Kindergartners. Beth Wixson, South Hill, Brigid Hubberman, Family Reading Partnership Friendship Assistance Brigade Video. Celia Clement/Cayuga Heights, Joe Scaglione, 3D Cinemation “D is for Dancing” Early Childhood Creative Movement & Language Arts Initiative. Diana Levy, Liz Kuo and Melissa Sylvester/South Hill, Lisa Tsetse It’s All About Me. Pam Amato/Cayuga Heights, Danyel Logevall Every Picture Tells a Story. Marcella Cox, Belle Sherman, Anitra Wilson, Cornell Fall Creek Art Fair and Exploration. Caitlin Baxter/Fall Creek, Renata Wadsworth Getting Our Feet Wet. Nicole Dauria, Beverly J. Martin, Frank Towner, YMCA Caring is Cool. Pat Gaines/Belle Sherman, Katrina Morse Polar Bear Workshop. Martha Levine/South Hill, Andrea Hazard Exploring the Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry and Calligraphy. Claudia Miettunen, Ithaca High, Jim Hardesty Books Out Loud! Sharon Ossont/Fall Creek, Camilla Schade Dance is Everywhere. Louise Yavelow, Fall Creek, Victoria Armstrong Community Counts! Caren Arnold, Northeast, Crystel Giles “D is for Dancing” Early Childhood Creative Movement & Language Arts Initiative. Diana Levy, Sheila Bowman and Arne Van Leuken/Belle Sherman, Lisa Tsetse Red, White, and Blue II. Maryterese Pasquale-Bowen/Ithaca High, Carol Hockett, Johnson Art Museum, Kroch Library, Cornell In Memory of John Caren

SEE PAGES 2–4 FOR GRANTS PROGRAMS.

The Sciencenter’s staff and exhibits teach KDT! visitors about climate change and personal responsibility for sustaining the earth.

10 Musician Samite of Uganda performed for the Caroline School as well as shared about Africa’s culture and geography. Charles E. Treman Jr. Teacher Grants with Community Partners Time for Turtles: Combining Art and Ecology. Kelly Craft/ Northeast, Ithaca Children's Garden AVID meets Alexie. Andrea Kiely/Ithaca High, Sarah Hale and Carol Kalafatic, Cornell Guitar Building Project. Shannon Cockbill/Lehman Alternative, William Hurley Phoenix Intergenerational Program at Lakeside. Chris Bell/Fall Creek, Leslie Hibbard and Jamie Hocker, Lakeside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Marassa and Midnight. Lorraine Tino/Ithaca High, Holly Adams Red and Gold Opportunities Grants Family Literature Groups. Barbara Salamon/Beverly J. Martin Intergenerational Sing-Along. Beverly Schmidt/DeWitt Farming and Farmers. Susan Eschbach/Boynton Terrific Tree Talks—Our Digital Journeys. Sharon Nelson, Caroline Multiplication Dance. Suzanne Kuntz and Carol Wilhelm/ South Hill KinderMats. Therese Zadi-Sulllivan/Enfield Printmaking & the Portfolio. Carol Spence/Ithaca High Growing Readers. Jennifer Goodmark/Caroline Class Act Yearbook. Chris Wilbur/Ithaca High The Maple Sugar Story. Rachel Nascimento/Belle Sherman “Talkies for Teenagers”: Books and Book CDs. Nan Bell/Ithaca High Librarian “Bears, Bears Everywhere”: Bears as Communication Tools. Ellen Rowe/Fall Creek Audio Book Collection. Claire Viola/Lehman Alternative Class Trip to Johnson City-Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Alexis Lord/ Ithaca High AirLiner Wireless Slate (AWS). Michelle Kornreich/Boynton Ink Jet Printer for Digital Photography Class. Judy Cogan/Ithaca High Enfield Nutrition Program. Vera Howe-Strait/Enfield “Guitars R Us” Club Startup. Karen Olsen/DeWitt Urban Art Club. Jocelyn Lutter-Carver/I.H.S. Let’s Play Ukulele! Louise Yavelow Furnas/Fall Creek German & French Food Project. Wendy Wicker/Ithaca High Light Up The Reef. Wayne Gottlieb/DeWitt “Bears, Bears, Everywhere”: Pre-K. Deborah Jordan/Fall Creek Chinese Painting & Calligraphy. Helen Wyvill/Northeast Step Dance Project w/32" LCD TV. Valerie White/Northeast

11 WISE Projects in Sciences, Mind/Body, Culinary Skills. Moira Lang/Ithaca High Academic Bowl for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing. Bill Liddick/Ithaca High Parent A is for Author! A Day With Brad Herzog. Jennifer Groff/Belle Sherman Hangar Theatre Trip for Pre-K, K and 1st Grade. Sloan Sheridan- Thomas/Belle Sherman Plant Life Cycles. Karen Werner/Northeast Digital Camera for SIFE Students. Kip Wilcox/Belle Sherman ICSD Summer Read & Share w/TCPL. Joanne Church/DeWitt Math Through Movement. Rebeca Porras/Northeast Math Through Movement. Margaret Steinacher/Northeast Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chaos. Kathy McLaren/Belle Sherman Math Through Movement. Barbara Alm/Northeast Orchestra/Band Trip to Lake George competition. Aaron Buck/DeWitt Cayuga Wizards at DeWitt Focus Day. Andrea Volckmar/DeWitt Math Through Movement. Traci Washburn/Northeast MuseumQuest Trip. Claire Viola/Lehman Alternative Lehman Alternative Hoop “Hothouse”. Dan Flerlage/Lehman Alternative Looking for the Alphabet. Deanna Crossgrove/Caroline Let’s Make Some Music! Kelly Craft/Northeast Women’s Leadership Project. Diane Carruthers/Lehman Alternative “Visual Culture at I.H.S.” Art Exhibit. Carol Spence/Ithaca High Math Through Movement: Northeast Afterschool, K & 1st. Laura Boll Peifer/Northeast Math Through Movement: Northeast Afterschool, Gr. 2 & 3. Tracy Robbins/Northeast. SIFE Summer Literacy Program. Cathrene Connery/Ithaca College Welcome to I.H.S. Student Services Project. Mary Cole/Ithaca High “YogaKids”Tools for Schools. Abigail Bokaer/Fall Creek Community Collaboration Grants Back-to-School Backpacks. Salvation Army Community forums for youth. Ithaca Youth Council Project Four teaching artists in two schools. Hangar Theatre Tutoring Program. GO (Golden Opportunities) Fine Arts Booster Group Grants Mini-Grants: Books Out Loud. Sharon Ossont/Fall Creek Beauty and the Beast Storytellers. Karen Keller/Fall Creek CD Player for Instrument Lessons. Rich Schlenker/Northeast Movement & Literacy Residency. Diana Levy/South Hill & Belle Sherman Awareness through Movement. Nicole Dauria/Beverly J. Martin Digital Camera. Donn Carroll/Boynton Guitar Building Class. Shannon Cockbill/Lehman Alternative

The Hangar Theatre’s Project 4 brings teaching artists into all fourth grade classes. They help the students to write and perform a play. Ithaca High's deaf and hard-of-hearing students participated for the first time in Gallaudet University's Academic Bowl contest.

Chinese Language Visiting Artist. Claudia Miettunen/Ithaca High Visit to the Cloisters. Maryterese Pasquale-Bowen and Lauren McKown/Ithaca High Trip to see Hamlet. Alexis Lord/Ithaca High Electric Pottery Wheel. Jocelyn Lutter Carver/Ithaca High Printer and Ink. Judy Cogan, Ithaca High Movement & Literacy Residency. Diana Levy/Beverly J. Martin and Fall Creek Mrs. McPuppet Workshop. Christine Finnegan/Enﬁeld Samite Concert. Sharon Nelson/Caroline PUSH Theatre Workshop. Carl Williamson/Fall Creek Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Visit and Concert. Sharon Nelson, Belle Sherman Hill Brothers & Wellness Concert. Cathy Malecki/Northeast Mrs. McPupppet Workshop. Margaret Steinacher/Northeast Story Art Workshop. Linda Duttweiler/South Hill Frank Battisti Anniversary Concert. Michael Allen/Boynton WISE Projects in Arts. Moira Lang/Ithaca High Art Drying Racks. Carol Spence/Ithaca High Art Drying Racks. Jocelyn Lutter Carver/Ithaca High Japanese Art and Architecture. Ira Rabois/Lehman Alternative Program Fund/Drama and Choral Festivals: Ithaca High, Drama Club LACS, Drama Middle and High School Dewitt Drama Club Boynton Drama Club Elementary Choral Festival for DeWitt feeder schools Opportunity Fund/Special Requests: Bill Calhoun/DeWitt, drum pad and music Nicki Zawel/Ithaca High, Trombone Troupe visit Art Loomis/Ithaca High, support for visiting choir George Myers/Ithaca High, support for All-Eastern participants

SEE PAGE 5 FOR FINE ARTS BOOSTER GROUP GRANTS. c Giving Opportunities “Connecting School and Community” Campaign All gifts to IPEI support the overall mission and programs of IPEI. Special sponsorship opportunities are available for all our programs and affiliates. We gladly accept gifts of cash as checks or as credit card transactions at any time. Online contributions through our website are secure and convenient.We can also provide letters acknowledging in-kind contributions if the donor establishes the value. Gifts of securities (stocks and bonds) can be used to support IPEI. In addition to the IRS income tax deduction benefits, you may also reduce or eliminate your capital gains tax by making gifts of IRA distributions to charitable organizations such as IPEI. Planned Gifts Remembering IPEI in your estate plans is a commitment to the future of IPEI’s specific programs and its mission. Plan- ning gifts of retirement plans, life insurance, real estate, and bequests is best done in consultation with your own professional adviser; IPEI’s volunteer with expertise in gift planning can also assist with such transactions. Corporate Honor Roll IPEI recognizes its “Corporate Honor Roll” of local businesses and foundations that have been supportive of IPEI and its programs. Strong local schools are essential for a strong community. Local organizations can participate in strengthening public education through IPEI’s activities. Endowed Award Funds IPEI provides community members with a way to recognize and honor special people and support public education at the same time. Endowments enhance the future of our schools and preserve the memory of those honored. Donors can establish their own awards or add to the following established funds at any time. Ian Alberta Memorial Fund Ian Alberta was a member of the I.H.S. Class of 2001 who died tragically in 2006. To honor and remember him, his classmates, family, and friends established this fund to support the Kids Discover the Trail! field trips to the Cayuga Nature Center where Ian volunteered countless hours and made a special impact on all who visited there. Phyllis B. Brodhead Library Media Technology Fund Phyllis B. Brodhead was a dedicated and uniquely talented teacher and librarian at Boynton Middle School for 33 years who died in 2007. The Fund will help the ICSD’s library media centers remain strong and central to the educational process while honoring her deep belief in their importance and her contributions to their development. An annual grant cycle will provide resources to the library at Boynton as well as to other district library media centers. Gifts made in her memory will be fitting tributes to Phyllis who took pride in keeping current with the technological advances in school settings.

14 Carol J. Buckley Scholarship for Students in the Arts Carol Buckley was a member of the I.H.S. Class of 1983 who died in 2005. This fund was established by her family and friends to provide scholarship assistance to talented students pursuing advanced study in the arts and support for arts related educational programs in the Ithaca District. This year’s recipient was Courtney Burke. Additional grants were made this year to support arts activities in our schools. The Buckley Fund supported the Elementary Choral Festival, a joint concert of all fifth graders that feed into the DeWitt Middle School. Through the festival, students work Courtney Burke ’09 together in music and get to know their future middle school classmates and music teachers. In addition, a gift was made to the high school drama club to support workshops for students in technical and other aspects of theater. Ithaca High School Senior Class Fund Awards Since 2004 the senior classes have celebrated their achieve- ments by contributing to the Ithaca High School Senior Class Fund in the name of their class. The Classes of 2004 and 2005 were the founding members of this Fund and established the two awards to be made each year.The current graduating class votes to decide the recipients. The New Teacher Award, which honors a new high school teacher who exemplifies enthusiasm and creativity in teaching, was given to teacher Marie Sandusky.The Student Organization Award for an I. H.S. club that makes a significant positive impact on student life was presented to The Tattler. Raymond C. Loehr Awards To honor their father’s 70th birthday and his 50 years of teaching science, the family of Raymond Loehr established two funds. The first provides a scholarship to a young Ithaca student who shows promise in environmental science and the second recognizes innovative Dan Flerlage (right) is known for hands-on innovative environmental science education. science teaching in the Ithaca City School District. This year’s student recipient was Lorenzo James Fuchs McClellan, and Dan Flerlage received the teaching award. Charles E. Treman, Jr. Teacher Grants Fund To honor their past chairman and president, the Tompkins Trust Company established an endowment at the Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund in Charles Treman’s name that annu- ally supports grants to teachers in the Ithaca District for creative classroom projects in collaboration with community partners.

SEE GRANT LISTING ON PAGE 11 FOR RECIPIENTS.

15 X Donors Thanks to All About 500 individuals, businesses, and other organizations provided support to the students and teachers of the Ithaca schools and to the mission of IPEI with their gifts and grants, July 1, 2008–June 30, 2009.We would like to thank all of who provided support during the ﬁscal year covered by this report. If you would like to join our growing group of donors, we have attached a gift form to the back cover of this report.

$15,000 AND UP Stuart Basefsky and Adams Foundation Claire Germain Anonymous The CBORD Group, Inc. BorgWarner Morse TEC Charles Brodhead Cayuga Radio Group Calf Audio Triad Foundation Capmark Finance, Inc. Cor and Jose Drost Jennifer Engel and Larry Young Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library Adelaide Park Gomer Mary and Brad Grainger Ithaco Space Systems, Inc. David Lee and Marjory Rinaldo-Lee M & T Charitable Foundation Mitchell/Cedarbaum Family Dorothy W. Rinaldo In memory of Peter M. Rinaldo Six Mile Creek Systems, LLC TransCOR Information Technologies True Insurance Raymond & Margaret Van Houtte Education Fund,Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Wal-Mart Foundation Sarita Warshawsky Alfred and Gabriele Weber Welliver McGuire Construction, Inc.

$500-$999 On a KDT! trip, a student examines Joanne Florino geology up close. In memory of John Caren Stephen Fontana $5,000-$14.999 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Brooks Family Foundation Debra S. Newman ’02 Cornell Terry and Jim Byrnes Tradition Community Award Cornell University In honor of Mary Grainger Kionix, Inc. Deborah O’Connor and Park Foundation Peter Lepage Charles E. Treman, Jr.Teacher Grant Francis and Susan Piliero Fund,Tompkins Trust Company Thomas and Donna Sokol In honor of Terry Byrnes $1000-$4,999 Tompkins Trust Company 3D Cinemation and Multimedia Mack and Carol Travis Company Robbert Van Renesse and Robert Abrams Lesley Greene Bob and Laura Andolina West Hill Graphics In honor of Boynton Middle School, Jason Trumble and 8A $200-$499 Teachers Anonymous Anonymous B & W Supply Co., Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Bank of America Private Bank BAE Systems, Inc. Kevin and Vicki Brew

16 The Cats Pajamas Katherine Anderson and Cayuga Landscape Max Pensky CFCU Community Credit Union Beth Anderson Chemung Canal Trust Company Anonymous Clarity Connect Anonymous Timothy and Mary Ann Colbert In memory of Ruth Kaminer Cornell’s Office of Community Douglas and Lucia Armstrong Relations Mark and Judith Ashton Cornell’s Library Ellen Avril Cotterill Agency, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Baker Jr. C.S.P.Management Mr. and Mrs.W. David Banfield Bryan Danforth and Joan M. Barnes Marina Caillaud Philip and Susan Bartels Clover Drinkwater Randi Beckmann and Mike and Joan Duesing John Hoffmann eCornell William and Nancy Bellamy David Feldshuh and Myra Berkowitz Martha Frommelt Ann Marie Bleach Barbara Johnson Foote Susan Blumenthal Reeder and Sally Gates Lewis Golinker and Joy Blumkin Guthrie Healthcare Systems Frank Bonamie Harris Beach LLP Claire Borch Ithaca Cardiology Associates Karen Brazell Ithaca College Liese Bronfenbrenner Liz Karns Percy Browning In honor of Rehana Huq Wendy Bushberg Vally Kovary Wolfgang and Heidrun Bullmer Frances and Dexter Kozen John and Mary Beth Bunge Roland Lynch and Patricia Johnson Luke and Greta Colavito T.G. Miller P.C. Engineers and Robert Camacho and Surveyors Kristen Ciferri Ob-Gyn Associates Ann Caren David and Constance Patterson James and Deborah Casey Patterson’s Service Station, Inc. Pat Cassano and Ron Booker Arthur and Kathryn Pearce Millicent and Willoughby Clarke- Hunter and Elizabeth Rawlings Maynard The Service League Dan and Celia Clement Stewart Howe Alumni Service of Frank and Jean Clifford NY, LLC Charlotte and Ronnie Coffman Sunset Design Helen Cogan Patricia and Joseph Tempesta In memory of Howard Cogan Charles and Nancy Trautmann Royal and Susana Colle Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Alice Colquitt Eugene and Jeanne Yarussi Communique D&M, Inc. Caroline and Ed Cope UP TO $200 In memory of Trina Shevalier Margaret B. Adams Cornell Orchards Molly and Barry Adams Janet and Jon Corson-Rikert Robert Ainslie and Judy Singer Mr. and Mrs. G.Walton Cottrell Amy Cronin

Fall Creek teachers collaborate with area dancers for classroom activities and for a community dance. Fall Creek teachers collaborate with area dancers for classroom activities and for a community dance.

17 Sara and Michael Culotta Margaret Hill Peggy Darsie Ken and Kris Hodges In memory of Jack Conner Bob and Barbara Holdsworth Jay Davidson Janet and Brian How In honor of Heather Scott Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Peter Davies and Linda DeNoyer Surveyors, PC Maria DiFrancesco Sami and Catherine Husseini Jamie Dunnick Philip M. Iorio, MD Audrey Edelman & Associates Nita L. Irby and Thomas J. Divers Realty USA In honor of Northeast School Mary-Elizabeth and teachers Geoffrey Eddlestone Ithaca Teachers Association Lisa and Theodore Eisenberg Laurie Jacoby and Arthur Stern Lawrence Endo and Caron Bove Rebecca Jemain and Judy Epstein Marc Satterwhite Gregory and Sally Ezra The Jander Family Nicky and Rick Falck John and Susan Jaquette Fall Creek PTA Roland Lynch and Patricia Johnson Family and Children’s Service of Ralph and Jane Jones Ithaca Justine Kalka Paul Feeny and Mary Berens Marc and Phyllis Kaplan David Fernandez and Marsha and Fredric Kardon Elizabeth Lawson Michael Katz and Stephen and Elena Flash Ellen Cohen-Rosenthal Dick Flaville and Dooley Kiefer In honor of Jennifer Engel In memory of Phyllis Brodhead Sarah Keen Barbara Miller Fox W. Keith Kennedy William and Nancy Frank Walter Kilbourne Karen Friedeborn Chris and Mike Kimball Margaret and Craig Frey Bill and Carol Klepack Rob Gearhart and Kathy Krafft Marybeth Tarzian Paul and Julie Langenbacher Margaret I. Gibson Joan Lee Graham Gillespie Antoinette Levatich Jim and Rhonda Gilmore Deborah Levin Gwen Glazer Gilbert and Ilma Levine Marion Gnadt Diana Levy and Bruce Fabens Angus and Joan Godwin Catherine Porter Lewis and Steve Gordon and Jaime Wolffe Philip Lewis Carl and Jean Gortzig Michel Louge Fred and Fair Gouldin Ludgates Produce Farms Robert and Eileen Gravani Charles Goelzer Lyons Sally and David Grubb Matthew Mackerer Ann Halpern David Holmberg and Kath March Jeff Spence and Lisa Harris Terry and Randy Marcus Ellen and Rick Harrison Paul and Nancy Marino Ron and Rebecca Harris-Warrick Heidi and Steve Marschner Howard Hartnett Peter and Ann Martin Gregory and Beverly Hartz John and Karen Martin Carl and Susan Haynes Mary and Alan Mathios Second graders learned by doing about community needs, services and resources when they organized their own dog-biscuit baking effort which benefits the S.P.C.A.

18 Students explore the natural world through experiences outside the classroom and away from text books. Margaret and Frank Robinson In honor of Terry Byrnes David and Lee Romm Ellen and Art Rosten Mary Royer and Nelson Burdick John and Doreen Rudan Nerissa Russell Carolyn Sampson Fred Schneider and Mimi Bussan Ynte Schukken and Hetty Krol Shelly and John Semmler Shankar and Mala Sen Jan and Mike Shay Margaret Shepard David Shmoys and Eva Tardos David and Candace Shoemaker Michael and Karen Shuler Arthur and Charlotte Shull Kenneth Simpson and Mia Slotnick David Skorton and Robin Davisson Linda and Frank Slattery Thomas and Donna Sokol David St. George and Lisa Wood Paul Steiger Catherine McCarthy and Daniel Sternglass and Casey Carr Paul Davis Gregory Subtelny, D.D.S. Sally McConnell-Ginet Ava Sullivan Laura and Howard McCullough Lynn Swisher and Michael Kotlikoff and John Hermanson Carolyn McDaniel Milton Taam and Ed and Anne McLaughlin Barbara Lou Taam Philip and Mary Lu McPheron George and Carolyn Taber Carolyn J. McPherson In honor of Cal Walker, Jeff Rhoda and Michael Meador Furman and the Village at Ithaca Steven and Shawn Meyer Target Chrissie Schelhas-Miller and Eric and Kara Taylor Jim Miller Saul and Roselyn Teukolsky Lorraine Moran and In honor of Jacob Evelyn, Mark Glosenger David Halpern,Tyler Helmann, Everett and June Morse and Ben Yavitt Tim and Elizabeth Mount Deb Lynch Theisen Jane Mt. Pleasant and John and Betty Thomas Darol Chamberlain Katie and Bruce Thompson Margaret Munchmeyer Marshall Thrailkill Margaret Myers Tompkins Insurance Nobles Gems & Jewelry Sandy and Jay True John Oakley and Scott and Ann Tucker Margaret Hammond Julie and Rich Uhlig Mary Opperman Norman and Marguerite Uphoff Art and Carrie Ostrander Margaret Van Houtte Barbara Page Sanjeev and Meera Vohra Karen Powers and Jim Dennis Jodi Wadach Pre-K Parent and Family Charles and Jane Walcott Committee of Northeast School Kevin and Ellen Walsh Allen Quirk In honor of Kevin and Vicki Brew In honor of Kelly Craft, Lauren Janet Waterman Hamilton, and Sherrie Ulmer Lisa and Chris Watkins Esther Racoosin and Eric Alani Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton In memory of Lee Strebel Anke Wessels Owen and Donna Raymond Maria and Leon Wolff Frederick and Barbara Reimers Charles and Kathleen Woodcock Ellen Reuben Christina C.Wu Rosa and Frank Rhodes Eileen Yagoda and Ross Brann Martha and Steve Robertson Barbara Yale Susan Robey Stephen and Amy Yale-Loehr In honor of Heather Scott David Yeater and Cande Carroll Dolly Robinson Chris and Stephen Zinder

19 Language arts skills are developed when area artists guide students to create stories with illustrations and text on story boards.

FINE ARTS BOOSTER GROUP Judy and Alan Wagner Anonymous Zenon and Pat Wasyliw Autodesk Zehnder Family The Bookery I Joel and Cathy Zumoff Charles Brodhead Martha Brodhead CODE RED ROBOTICS Brooks Family Foundation Advion Bio Sciences Jim and Terry Byrnes Autodesk Helen Cogan BAE Systems Community Foundation’s Strebel BorgWarner Morse TEC Fund for Community The CBORD Group, Inc. Enrichment Cornell University Asian Studies Roy and Fran Dexheimer Department Judy and Jerry Dietz In memory of Joseph Brower Kim and Jane Dunnick Ithaco Space Systems, Inc. Lawrence Endo and Caron Bove KensaGroup LLC David Feldshuh and Kionix Martha Frommelt TransCOR Information Ernie and Masha Fontes Technologies Brad and Mary Grainger Triad Foundation, Inc. Joe and Gale Halpern Gary Vergason Jane and Ernie Hardy Finger Lakes Post 961 VFW Hickey Music–Zimet Musical Service CAROL J. BUCKLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Hirasuna-Hunter Family Ted and Janet Buckley Margaret Hobbie and Linda Miller Roger Haydon Glen and Christine Williamson Robert J. Holdsworth, Jr. Esq White Beth Howard and Russ Charif Susan J. Kaplan IAN ALBERTA FUND Ed and Michele Kiefer Chris and Mike Kimball In memory of Phyllis Brodhead Tom and Jackie Wakula Jeanne Lawless June Locke PHYLLIS B. BRODHEAD LIBRARY-MEDIA CENTER In honor of Gary Weisbrot TECHNOLOGY MEMORIAL FUND Risa Mish and John Lauricella Anonymous In honor of the teachers of Belle Bob and Laura Andolina Sherman and Lehman Alternative Stuart Basefsky and Claire Community Schools Germain Deborah O’Connor and Charles Brodhead Peter Lepage Charles Brodhead Susan and James Pabody In honor of Scott Brodhead and George and Dorothy Preston Margery Brodhead’s birthdays Larry and Marcie Robinson Terry and Jim Byrnes Six Mile Creek Systems, LLC. Olan and Katie Forker Tops Friendly Market Jeanette Miller Robbert Van Renesse and Lesley Greene

20 Fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, as well as nutrition information, are served each day at Beverly J. Martin School.

NOREEN MOORE SCHOLARSHIP FUND SENIOR CLASS GIFT 2009 Ann and John Augustine Julia Ann Kilgore Baker Jeffrey and Susan Bangs Wolfgang and Heidrun Bullmer Blackboard Inc. Kris Corda and Brian McAree BorgWarner Morse TEC Heather Delaney Walter and Sally Bunce Jerry and Jane Drumheller Janice Cornish Jennifer Engel and Larry Young James and Bonnie Desombre Robert G. Engel and Jane V. Engel Carole Fey Foundation Alfonso and Amy Gonzalez David Evelyn and Jennifer Susan Grimes Weinraub James and Kathleen Gros Renate Ferro and Tim Murray Eileen Huntoon and David Feldshuh and Sandra Ramsey Martha Frommelt George and Suzanne Huntoon Brad and Mary Grainger Sabra Isham Eric and Catherine Haines Beverly Laforse Joe and Gale Halpern Gregory May Hallie Magden Peter and Joella Moore Michael Kotlikoff and Timothy Moore Carolyn McDaniel Marie Myers Schelley Michell-Nunn Sandra and William Ramsey Jayne Port and Lewis Ward Jan and Paula Taraszkiewicz Nerissa Russell Lois Taraszkiewicz David Sally and Serena Yoon Ray and Mildred Thornton Bruno Schickel Lillian Tuskey David and Candace Shoemaker Kim and Amit Singh SENIOR CLASS GIFT 2008 Cyndi Slothower Ithaca High School Senior Class Steven and Shannon Thayer of 2008 Gary and Kristin Thompson Joe Yavitt and Sue Merkel Zehnder Family

Teddy bears are used to help young students learn communications skills and how to live in a community.

21 a Financials Thanks to the generosity of our community and your commitment to strengthening our schools, IPEI continues to provide financial support to the teachers and students of the Ithaca City School District through our grant programs and special donor endowments.We are proud to present the financial results for the fiscal year July 1,2008–June 30,2009.

SOURCES OF FUNDS

Individual Gifts $ 111,440 INDIVIDUAL GIFTS 43% Foundation Grants OTHER 38,375 4% Corporate Gifts INCOME TO ENDOWMENTS 68,770 6% Investment Income FINE ARTS FOUNDATION 4,206 SPONSORSHIPS 4% GRANTS INVESTMENT CORPORATE Fine Arts Sponsorships INCOME 2% 15% GIFTS 11,633 26% Income to Endowments 16,464 Other 11,243

Total Sources of Funds $ 262,131

USES OF FUNDS CASH RESERVES Grants Awarded 3% $136,221 PUBLIC RELATIONS/ PUBLICATIONS Program 7% Commitments DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 47,336 6% AWARDED 52% Educational DONOR Programs/Events ENDOWMENTS 5% 8,029 ADMINISTRATIVE/ PROFESSIONAL FEES Administrative/ 6% PROGRAM Professional Fees COMMITMENTS 14,709 EDUCATIONAL 18% PROGRAMS/EVENTS Donor Endowments 3% 13,179 Development 16,722 Public Relations/ Publications 18,669 Cash Reserves 7,266

Total Uses of Funds $ 262,131

22 Connecting School and Community Campaign

We invite you to join us in advancing IPEI’s mission. Your help and encouragement are very important to us.

I/We have enclosed a tax deductible gift of $______You may designate your gift for one or more IPEI priorities: $______Wherever the need is greatest $______Teacher Grants $______Fine Arts Booster Group $______Kids Discover the Trail! $______Red and Gold Opportunities Grants

NAME(S) AS WILL APPEAR IN THE ANNUAL REPORT

STREET

CITY STATE ZIP

PHONE E-MAIL Payment method: K Online contribution: www.ipei.org/getinvolved/contribute/php K Check enclosed for $ ______K Credit card K MasterCard K Visa AMOUNT $______

CARD NUMBER EXP. DATE

NAME AS IT APPEARS ON CARD

SIGNATURE K Please contact me about donating securities. K I would like to remain anonymous. K I would like to discuss gift planning. K Donation in honor / memory of______Please contact me about: K Volunteering with IPEI K Serving on the IPEI board K Volunteering with the Ithaca schools K Grants K Collaborations K Endowments K Other: ______Please make checks payable to IPEI. Gifts to IPEI are tax deductible. Return this form to IPEI, PO Box 4268, Ithaca, NY, 14852-4268 607 256-IPEI (4734) Thank you! 23 “Looking for the Alphabet” grant activities included photography of objects shaped like their letter that the students found or made. Students also posed like their letter by themselves or working with others. IPEI History The Ithaca Public Education Initiative grew out of a challenge set forth in the Ithaca City School District Strategic Plan of 1996 calling for help securing the resources required for the success of all students. IPEI was formed as a not-for-proﬁt tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. Its vision and mission were restated in 2008 after consideration by the Board of Directors.

IPEI Vision IPEI believes the education of every student in the Ithaca City School District is enhanced through community connections and support.

IPEI Mission The Ithaca Public Education Initiative facilitates community connections and support for students and teachers of the Ithaca City School District through engagement, collaboration, gifts, and grants.

g t i n e c n n o c www.ipei.org IPEI 2009–2010 Ithaca Public Education Initiative Board of Directors Terry R. Byrnes, President Jennifer Engel, Vice President Susan Piliero, Secretary/Treasurer David Shoemaker, Public Relations Committee Chair Mary M. Grainger, Development Committee Chair Matthew Mackerer, Finance Committee Chair Ann Caren, Endowed Awards Committee Chair Frances H. Kozen, Community Collaboration Grants Chair George Taber, Red & Gold Opportunities Grants Committee Chair Charles Brodhead Kevin Brew Robert P.Camacho Barbara Holdsworth Julie C. Langenbacher David R. Lee Paul Marino** Katy Pearce* Eric W.Taylor Pat Tempesta Gabriele Weber

BOARD LIAISONS eCornell staff members were the victorious team at the 10th annual IPEI Adult Spelling Bee. Martha Frommelt, Fine Arts Booster Group Sandy True, Teacher Grants Committee Chair Eldred Harris, ICSD Board of Education

*Through September 15, 2009 **Through December 31, 2009

IPEI is a community-based, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that develops supportive community and private sector relationships with the Ithaca City School District. IPEI does not discriminate regardless of race, gender, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, economic status, sexual orientation, or marital status. Furthermore, IPEI recognizes the importance of, and strives to ensure that, all students have equal educational opportunities. IPEI supports the non-discrimination policies of the ICSD.

DESIGN: Sunset Design, Jane MacDonald PRINTING: Arnold Printing

IPEI, P.O. Box 4268, Ithaca, NY 14852 Phone: 607-256-4734 (IPEI) Email: [email protected] www.ipei.org