Chairman’s Letter
by Kit Smith
The Wilton Education Foundation raised and donated $75,000 to the Wilton schools this past school year. This is a new record for the Foundation, up 50% from last year. We are very grateful for the support we have received from the Wilton community in this difficult economic environment! The money will be used for [...]
Read MoreRead Aloud Day comes to Wilton.
by Jackie Guglielmo & Laura Martins
The Wilton Education Foundation’s annual Read Aloud Day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18th, and will be held at both Miller/Driscoll and Cider Mill Schools. An array of community members enter the classrooms and demonstrate the importance of reading for pleasure. Each volunteer emphasizes the love of reading by connecting [...]
Read MoreAcoustic Wilton harmonizes with WEF.
by Scott Weber
Building on strong CD and concert ticket sales from earlier this year, Acoustic Wilton will be supporting the WEF mission for music and the arts again this year and will continue its “Play it Forward” tour with two concerts – fall and spring. This project includes student singers, songwriters, and musicians from [...]
Read MoreGrant from Ambler Trust
by Kit Smith
The Wilton Education Foundation is extremely grateful for the $30,000 two year matching grant we received from Ambler Trust. The Ambler Trust granted the Wilton Education Foundation $15,000 a year for each of the past two years to be used to purchase “Smart Technology” with the stipulation that we would match the [...]
Read MoreLook out below!
by Patty Connor
The next time you walk into a Wilton Public School, LOOK DOWN and you will see a walkway adorned with personalized bricks honoring our students, teachers, teams and special groups in our community. You too can create a lasting impression for someone special by purchasing a personalized brick in support of the [...]
Read More“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” is coming back to Wilton!
by Maxine Berg
In March 2011, the Wilton Education Foundation won a place in local history for selling out the Clune Center in advance for a not-for-profit event. Forty-eight hours before master of ceremonies extraordinaire, Sal Giaimo, opened the Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? event, all 850 seats were accounted for. Mr. Giaimo, [...]
Read MoreMiddlebrook Career Awareness Day
For the past 20 years, WEF has sponsored Career Awareness Day at Middlebrook School. Each year, Wilton parents, teachers and friends volunteer an afternoon of their time to discuss their careers with over 1000 students. The careers span every part of the spectrum. This past year Middlebrook students learned about the fields of publishing, entertainment, [...]
Read MoreMiles for Smiles: Wilton Education Foundation’s Get Smart 5K.
by Kara Bingaman
In just three short years, the Wilton Education Foundation’s annual 5K has grown to more than 300 participants. On the last Sunday in May, runners and walkers of all ages come out to support Wilton’s greatest assets: our children and educators. The energy at the event is palpable. Everyone, from the elite [...]
Read MoreWilton Newcomers Club Event
by Carrie Preisano
On April 9, 2010, the Wilton Newcomers Club hosted “A Taste of Spring” to benefit the Wilton Education Foundation. The event was held at the Carriage Barn at Ambler Farm on a beautiful spring evening. Guests sampled delicious hors d’oeveres provided by Café Cogolulu of Wilton and a wine tasting provided by [...]
Read MoreWilton students raise funds from the roots up.
by Heather Borden Herve
With the school budget increasingly squeezed from all sides, a group of young students wanted to do their part to help contribute. In the Fall of 2010, five dedicated third graders and one second grader formed Bottled Up! for Wilton Schools, a grass-roots effort to use the change collected from recycling bottles [...]
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