Over the last two years the MEF has raised and donated $234,000* to help off-set some of the recent, devastating budget cuts.  (* this is a combined total from Spring 2009 and the 2009-2010 fundraising campaign.)

This year you will see your donations at work funding the Music Program in grades 4-8 and Instructional Classroom Aides in the elementary schools; two programs that would otherwise have been cut.

Research shows that elementary and middle school students who participate in a quality music program score 20% higher in English and Math*, and that Instructional classroom aides positively impact student attainment, participation, motivation, confidence, self-esteem and behavior.**

Community collaboration keeps these programs in our schools and collaboration will allow us to continue to do more, more programs, more staff and more for our children.

*from Teaching Music **From Educational Research