BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro School Endowment recently distributed funds to three area elementary schools for use in their winter sports programs.
Funds from the nonprofit can be used to support all the extras that make a good education even better, said its president, Jill Stahl Tyler.
“Winter sports has been a specific emphasis for the endowment since its creation,” Tyler said. “We hope that the money eventually given each year to the schools can help with paying for such things as artists-in-residence, winter sports programs, field trips - all those things that enrich the quality teaching that already happens here in Brattleboro.”
Funds were released to Green Street School, Canal St./Oak Grove Schools, and Academy School at $2 per student, Tyler said. The Endowment is working with the schools, parent groups, and donors to support enrichment opportunities not already funded by tax dollars.
“We're not going to fund a Spanish teacher, say … we knew winter sports were struggling and that's where we felt we could help,” explained Tyler.
By having a source of funds over and above what is provided for through the school district budget, the Brattleboro School Endowment can make a difference and offer special opportunities in education. Winter sports programs, field trips, visiting artists, writers and after school programs can all benefit from Endowment gifts.
Through gifts and bequests the Endowment will provide a financially stable funding source with annual assistance that goes directly to the schools for the benefit of the students of Brattleboro. Principal is preserved through careful and conservative management and increased with continued support from the community.
Donations are tax-deductible.