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The Perry Education Foundation is pleased to announce three grant awards totalling $25,000.00.

The awardees are:

Perry Stampede; Grant Award: $5,000. This project will bring life-sized fiberstock animals (think: cow, horse, goat) to PCS, a useful substitute for having live animals on campus, to provide students opportunities to study anatomy and learn saddling techniques, leg wraps, and coat colors/markings. Proposed by Veronique Woloszyn, Agriculture Teacher.  

Agricultural Mechanics Small Engine Curriculum; Grant Award: $9,000.
This award supports the Technology and Agriculture Departments goal to offer a joint class on Agricultural Mechanics. The course seeks to outline major mechanical systems such as engines, transmissions, hydraulics, electrical, and other concepts. The curriculum and materials will provide students with a hands-on, immersive learning experience. Proposed by Sean Sporleder, Technology teacher.

Give What You Can, Take What You Need; Grant Award $11,000. This award supports a proposal to establish added support resources for students of the PCS District where clothing and toiletries can be accessed. Inspired by 'The Loft' in memory of Dennis Bzduch at York, the objective is to decrease stress and improve wellness by discretely and respectfully making added support available in moments where it is needed. Proposed by Emma & Tess McLaughlin, Students.

Congratulations Awardees!

The 2023 application period is now open. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2023. Scholarships are awarded at graduation. Questions? Let us know at: questions@perryeducationfoundation.org.

The Foundation has received more educational project proposals for this cycle than ever before. We thank the students and faculty who have submitted proposals. 

The finalists are:

Perry Stampede: Life-sized fiberstock cows, horses and goats to provide students opportunities to study anatomy and learn saddling techniques, leg wraps, and coat colors/markings. The models are a great alternative to having animals on campus. Proposed by Veronique Woloszyn, Agriculture Teacher.

Agricultural Mechanics Small Engine Curriculum: The Technology and Agriculture Departments will offer a joint class on Agricultural Mechanics. The course will outline major mechanical systems such as engines, transmissions, hydraulics, electrical, and other concepts. The curriculum and materials will provide students with a hands-on, immersive learning experience. Proposed by Sean Sporleder, Technology teacher.

Give What You Can, Take What You Need: Inspired by 'The Loft' in memory of Dennis Bzduch at York, two (2) private locations will be established in the PCS District where students can access clothing and toiletries. The students "hope that by providing added support, at just the right time, in private, comfortable locations, we can decrease students' stress and promote their wellness." Proposed by Emma & Tess McLaughlin, Students.

Finalists will present their projects to the Foundation on December, 7 2022. 

The Perry Education Foundation is pleased to announce the award of two grants totalling $22,630.00. 

The first award issued in this round ($20,000.00) will enable the PCS Drama Club to bring the professional production team at Shake on the Lake together with students to provide new unique instructional experiences and productions.

The club seeks to increase the number of students participating in the performing arts and expand performance opportunities. 

The second award issued in this round ($2,630.00) will support students conducting science work through the Silver Lake Monitoring project. 

The Silver Lake Monitoring Project enables students to learn and experience the application of real science through surveying the physical and biological conditions within Silver Lake to monitor its ecological health.

The project's current goals include sampling fish populations to determine age classes of fish species and sediment core extraction and sampling to examine legacy phosphorus for dredging implications. 

Congratulations Awardees!   

The 2022 application period is now open. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2022. Scholarships are awarded at graduation. Questions? Let us know at: questions@perryeducationfoundation.org.

The Foundation for Perry's Educational Future (PEF) is pleased to award and recognize the 2021 recipient of the two-year college or trade school award through the foundation.

Thanks to the generosity of the donor who established these scholarships, the 2021 awardee, Gisselle Hernandez will receive $5,000.00.

Congratulations Gisselle!

Keep up the great work.

Good luck to you, and to your classmates in the PCS Class of 2021.

Additional information on scholarships is available online. 

Congratulations to the Perry Central School District Music Department!

The Foundation for Perry's Educational Future, Inc. awarded two (2) grants at its September 29, 2020 Board meeting:

- Sound Village ($45,000): This project will integrate audio and visual recording and mixing technologies in rehearsal and practice rooms to revolutionize in-person and remote instruction for students in the performing arts.

- Perry Ukulele Program ($2,594.86): Students in Grade 4 will begin learning how to play ukulele in general music.

The Directors were impressed with the comprehensive grant proposals and their impact across content areas.

Dillon Hirsch (Senior High School Instrumental Music Teacher), Erin Alexander (Junior/Senior High School Vocal Music Teacher), Giancarlo Levano (Grades 5 - 8 Instrumental Music Teacher) and Cathie Wheeler (Elementary Music Teacher) take a bow!

Thank you for submitting grant proposals that will continue to place the Perry Central School District at the vanguard of innovation.

The Foundation for Perry's Educational Future is pleased to award and recognize two students from the graduating class of 2020 with two-year college or trade school awards through the foundation.

Thanks to the generosity of the donor who established these scholarships, this year's recipients, Natalee Zwack and Mattea Wooster will each receive $5,000.00.

Congratulations Natalee and Mattea!

Keep up the good work, and good luck to you and to your classmates in the PCS Class of 2020.

The Foundation is pleased to announce a request for educational project proposals.

Through this request the foundation seeks to generate proposals that foster innovation and contribute to positive outcomes for Perry's students and educational community.

Submissions and supporting documentation are due to The Foundation by March 31, 2020.

Awards will be announced prior to November 1, 2020.

Submissions may be made online via: https://forms.gle/rLew6wqWZJWLwvmC9

On January 25th, the Perry Central School District and the School Board were recognized at the 2020 Genesee Valley School Board Associaiton (GVSBA) Legislative Day with an award for Excellence in Student Services. School Board members Chip Matthew, Deborah Uveino and Sue Beck accepted the award, as well as a proclamation from State Senator Pat Gallivan for The Habitat for Innovation in Education.

Superintendent of Schools Daryl McLaughlin cited the efforts of PCS students, instructors, and community support as factors resulting in such recognition. The Foundation thanks the Perry Herald for the publication of the news.