The Mahwah Schools Foundation celebrates the granting of its one millionth dollar
	The Mahwah Schools Foundation celebrated the granting of its one millionth dollar at an event funded by the Mahwah Education Association.  Dr. Charles Montesano, Superintendent of Schools, Catherine Bennett, Principal of Betsy Ross School, and Angela Clarkin, President of the Foundation, spoke to about 70 attendees.  Demonstrations included Promethean Interactive Whiteboards as a classroom tool, a robot created by the high school’s Robotics Club, and Mandala tiles made by Joyce Kilmer art students. Programs funded by the Mahwah Schools Foundation have won national awards and the Foundation has received national recognition for its community involvement

Meeting the challenges of today

Mahwah is one of the fastest growing towns in New
Jersey. We are deeply proud of our town and our schools,
but keeping up with unprecedented growth comes with
many challenges for our school system. More students,
more state mandated programs and a limit to the money
that can be raised through taxes have stretched traditional
resources to capacity.

In order to meet this challenge, a group of concerned
citizens formed the Mahwah Schools Foundation.
This foundation seeks alternative ways to fund programs
that might otherwise remain beyond the reach of a hard-
stretched school budget.

MSF purpose

To encourage, solicit and accept contributions of services, monies and property for the benefit of the public school children in the township of Mahwah. To seek and to assist others to seek gifts, grants, donations, endowments and other contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and local, state and federal governments, their agencies or commissions. Lastly to enter into contracts with individuals, corporations and other entities under which the foundation would carry out any and all of the above activities for the benefit of the foundation.

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