About SFEEF
“Deeply committed to the educational enrichment of all Spanish Fort school children”
How SFEEF came to be:
SFEEF was incorporated as Spanish Fort High School Enrichment Foundation a 501(c)3 organization in October, 2002 to focus on the educational enrichment needs of the proposed new Spanish Fort High School.
Over $150,000.00 was raised to provide books for the library, start-up funds for office and administrative needs, athletic department, band instruments and music equipment, educational reading & assessment programs, teacher training & conferences, exterior lunch/break/bus area facilities, reception area, laptop computers/projectors/programs/carts for each of the 14 educational departments of the Spanish Fort High/Middle school, extra security cameras along with numerous other educational enrichment needs such as sponsoring a ACT Preparation Seminar twice each year to help students advance their test scores.
After the oepning of the Spanish Fort High School, the Foundation’s focus and name were changed to SFEEF (Spanish Fort Education Enrichment Foundation) to address the enrichment needs for ALL Spanish Fort schools. Currently $55,000.00 has been awarded to the Teacher/Student Grants started in 2007 to provide enrichment request from advanced elementary reading programs to foreign language teaching programs which will truly lead to the advancement of all our students. $12,000.00 was given to provide a Snoezelen Teaching Program for students with Autism and learning disabilities. Spanish Fort Middle School scheduled to open August, 2008 was given $6,000.00 for start-up administrative needs. In total over $250,000.00 has been provided to the schools for our students and teachers.
All these funds have been provided by the dedication and participation of members, individuals and businesses of Spanish Fort and the Eastern Shore community through donations, annual membership and sponsorship of the annual fundraisers -”Community Concerts”, Personalized Brick Pavers. “Fiesta at Five Rivers” and “Haulin’ Hooves Bull Run.”
One of SFEEF Goals is a Distance Learning Program to provide facilities for students (and adults) to have the opportunity to link via computer to take new and/or advanced courses being taught online ar at distant locations by very accomplished teacher/professionals/professors.
”The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life” - Plato
“The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth” - Eramus
