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Feb 22
Bowling for Education is Back!
Bowling, Beatniks & Bell-Bottoms Bowl to the best of the 1960’s Rock and Roll spun by DJ Frank Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024, 12 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. Where: Rim Bowling & Entertainment Center, 23991 Lake Drive, Crestline Cost: Teams of six players – $330 ($55/player); Pick a Team Name! Includes: bowling, …
Jan 26
Donations help support student programs
Mountain News January 25, 2024 Members of the Rim of the World Educational Foundation were surprised to receive two unexpected donations in December 2023. Third District Supervisor Dawn Rowe – who is a big supporter of the mountain’s nonprofit organizations – donated $5,000 to the Foundation. Rowe also recently donated funds to Rebuilding Together Mountain …
Nov 17
Rim Educational Foundation presents AVID and Partnership checks to the School Board November 16, 2023
By Mary-Justine Lanyon – Alpine Mountaineer NOV 23, 2023 Members of the Rim of the World Educational Foundation presented checks to the principals of the seven schools that make up the district. The Foundation, President Jo Bonita Rains said, was started in 1983. Since 2010, the Foundation has donated $685,046 to the district, a fact …
Jun 26
A whole new world of frog dissections
By Macie Whieldon – Special to the Alpine Mountaineer (Photos: Tracy Marinaro) Recently Mrs. Marinaro’s sixth-grade science class participated in the first-ever synthetic animal dissection for Rim of the World Unified School District. The synthetic frogs were a result of two grants that Mrs. Marinaro applied for: the first from The National Antivisection Society and …
Feb 08
Rim of the World Educational Foundation Supports AVID
Anne Marie Van Hulle, chair of the AVID committee for the Rim of the World Educational Foundation, presented a check for $36.981.86 to Brian Willemse, principal of Rim High, and a check for $7,698.00 to Jennifer Whiteside, principal of Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate School, and Richard Peetz, the MPH AVID coordinator. She noted that, in …
Feb 08
Partnering with schools a second time
Three members of the Rim of the World Educational Foundation – Priscilla Williams, Jo Bonita Rains and Dana Chapin – presented six more Partnership with Schools grants to Rim High School ($27,977.30), Charles Hoffman Elementary ($546.70), Mary Putnam Henck Intermediate ($7,160.18), Valley of Enchantment Elementary ($10,743), Mountain High ($1,229.15) and Rim Virtual Academy ($840.89). Holding …
Feb 08
Enriching students’ learning experiences
At the Oct. 20 meeting of the Rim of the World Unified School District board of trustees, several members of the Rim of the World Educational Foundation presented checks to three of the district’s schools. These Partnerships with Schools grants, said President Jo Bonita Rains, are intended to “enrich the learning experiences of our students …
Jun 04
Achieving and advancing through individual determination
By Mary-Justine Lanyon (Photos by Mary-Justine Lanyon) “These students are the embodiment of individually determined people.” Those were the words of Jessica Erlanger, the coordinator of the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program at Rim of the World High School, at the seniors’ celebration on May 17. The 18 seniors shared a PowerPoint presentation documenting …
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