PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
PO BOX 348, PHOENIXVILLE, PA 19460 www.pcefonline.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PCEF IS COMMITTED TO SECURING AND PROVIDING RESOURCES THAT ENHANCE THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE PHOENIXVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, INCLUDING LEARNING INITIATIVES, PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS, AND OUT-OF-THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES.

TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PHOENXVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT & COMMUNITY.

PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (PCEF) WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ITS SUPPORT OF MANY EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES IN PHOENIXVILLE THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:STEPPING UP SUMMER LITERACY PROGRAM: PCEF PROVIDED $22,181 FOR 177 STUDENTS IN GRADES K - 5 WHO WERE IDENTIFIED AS ACHIEVING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN READING, TO ATTEND SUMMER REMEDIATION PROGRAMS AT NO CHARGE TO THEIR FAMILIES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THEIR READING SKILLS OVER THE SUMMER AND BEGIN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL [CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O]YEAR AT AN ACADEMICALLY HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR.PACK A BACKPACK PROGRAM: EACH YEAR, PCEF DONATES BACKPACKS FILLED WITH GRADE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO STUDENTS IN NEED. IN AUGUST OF 2019 PCEF DISTRIBUTED OVER 400 BACKPACKS TO STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-K - 12 AND DONATED BINDERS AND OTHER SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO THE PHOENIXVILLE AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PHOENIXVILLE AREA HIGH SCHOOL. OVER $12,942.65 IN SUPPLIES WAS DISTRIBUTED. SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED IN 2004, PCEF HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER 6,483 BACKPACKS TO STUDENTS IN NEED.YOUTH & PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM: THROUGH AN ANNUAL GRANT FROM THE PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION, PCEF PROVIDED $8,200 IN FUNDING FOR THE YOUTH & PHILANTHROPY PROGRAMS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS THE STUDENTS TO BECOME YOUNG PHILANTHROPISTS IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR ADVISORS THEY LEARN ABOUT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITY BY VISITING WITH AND VOLUNTEERING FOR THEM AND SEEING FIRST-HAND THE SERVICES THESE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE. THE STUDENTS ACCEPT GRANT REQUESTS FROM THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THE FUNDS PROVIDED BY PCHF ARE ABLE TO MAKE GRANT AWARDS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.SUPPORT OF SCHOOL CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS: PCEF PROVIDED FUNDING TO SUPPORT MANY CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PHOENIXVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOME OF THE FUNDED GROUPS WERE: PAHS JR. AFROTC, SCIENCE CLUB, PAHS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM.WINTER DINNER & AUCTION: PCEF HOSTED ITS 17TH ANNUAL WINTER FUNDRAISER AT RIVERCREST GOLF CLUB IN FEBRUARY 2020. WE HAD OVER 300 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTEND! THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF LOCAL BUSINESSES' DONATIONS OF ITEMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR SILENT AND LIVE AUCTION, PCEF RAISED OVER $100,000 TO HELP SUPPORT ITS MANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.TEACHER MINI GRANT PROGRAM: $8,181.23 WAS PROVIDED TO THE TEACHERS IN THE PHOENIXVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT IN-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AS WELL AS STUDENT FIELD TRIPS FOR OUT OF CLASSROOM LEARNING EXPERIENCES.PRINCIPAL GRANT PROGRAM: PROVIDED $11,000 TO THE PRINCIPAL GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP FUND NEW AND ONGOING PRINCIPAL INITIATIVES IN THEIR BUILDINGS. FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THINGS SUCH AS THE PURCHASE OF CLASSROOM NONFICTION BOOKS, STEM KITS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, FIELD TRIPS, AND ONLINE READING SOFTWARE.DESTINATIONS WITH DIRECTIONS: CONTINUED FUNDING WAS PROVIDED FOR DESTINATIONS WITH DIRECTION (DWD). UP TO 30 HIGH ACHIEVING, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. THESE STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH GUIDANCE, MENTORING AND TUTORING THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY STUDENT TUTORS AND PAHS STAFF TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK FOR ENTERING COLLEGE AFTER GRADUATION. NORMALLY, THESE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A COLLEGE TOUR VISITING VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. DUE TO COVID-19, THIS TRIP HAD TO BE CANCELED. UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, THE STUDENTS ARE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPENSES BASED UPON THEIR PARTICIPATION LEVEL IN THE GROUP.OPERATION FOCUS: THIS ORGANIZATION OPERATES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF PCEF. THE ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION RAISES MONEY AND HOSTS A POST-PROM PARTY FOR PAHS JUNIORS, SENIORS AND THEIR GUESTS. NORMALLY, 300-400 STUDENTS ATTEND THE EVENT FREE OF CHARGE! THE EVENT PROVIDES A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PARTIES WHERE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL MAY BE PRESENT, PARTIES THAT MAY BE UNSUPERVISED, OR SITUATIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS. THE 2020 FOCUS EVENT WAS UNABLE TO BE HELD DUE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.SCHOLARSHIPS TO SENIORS: PCEF WAS PROUD TO AWARD FIVE PASD SENIORS WITH A $2000 SCHOLARSHIP. WE ALSO AWARDED $17,300 IN DONOR ADVISED SCHOLARSHIPS.PRE-KINDERGARTEN SCHOLARSHIPS: AS AN APPROVED EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT TAX CREDIT ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PCEF WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE $25,200 IN PRE-K SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO AREA PRE-SCHOOLS TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN NEED WITH PROVIDING OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS WITH A GREAT START TO THEIR EDUCATION.ACTIVITIES ACCESS/STUDENT GRANTS FUND: PCEF PROVIDED $5,356 IN FUNDING TO HELP FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN COVERING THE COST OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORED BY OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS. PHANTOM FOODPACKS PROGRAM: 88+ FAMILIES WITH K-2 STUDENTS WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL FREE & REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FOOD PACK PROGRAM. EACH FRIDAY THE STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH A BACKPACK FILLED WITH NUTRITIOUS FOODS, ALONG WITH RECIPE IDEAS FOR THE FOOD PRODUCTS PROVIDED, TO HELP FEED THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CURRICULUM GRANT: PCEF PROVIDED $12,400 IN GRANT FUNDING TO THE DISTRICT FOR VARIOUS CURRICULUM NEEDS, SUCH AS K-5 STEM CURRICULUM UPGRADES, HS ENGLISH PILOT PROGRAM, AND KINDERGARTEN PLAY-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM.DISTRICT HOME SCHOOL VISITOR: THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH PASD, PHOENIXVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION AND PCEF, AN ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE DISTRICT STAFF. WITH TWO SOCIAL WORKERS THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH TRUANCY RATES AND/OR MAY BE EXPERIENCING ADVERSE HOME/HEALTH CONDITIONS.COVID-19 SUMMER FOOD SUPPORT: OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS, PCEF HELPED TO PURCHASE FOOD TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO FAMILIES IN NEED IN OUR PASD COMMUNITY. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE $13,464 IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT.

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