North Penn School District Educational Foundation

The Foundation is committed to enriching the education and lives of more than 13,000 students in the North Penn School District's (npsd) 18 schools. The Foundation provides grants to npsd educators to support and complement their subject area's curriculum and create innovative student engagement which leads to improved learning and comprehension. The variety of grants cover every core curriculum area and dozens of diverse, specialized areas of Educational enrichment. Grants from the Foundation provide classroom equipment, field trips, project materials, program software, guest speakers and more. See additional information on schedule o. In fy 2022-2023, highlights include a grant to provide five career exploration virtual reality headsets for students at North Penn high School. The cutting-edge technology provides exciting, virtual opportunities for students to explore different career options. The program is designed to engage traditionally under-represented students in learning about career paths in numerous fields. The headsets provide a virtual reality experience of a "day in the life" of different professionals to experience what a future career could be like. Other highlights include supporting the reading is fundamental program at the elementary School level which includes a district-wide play for all first graders to celebrate the importance of reading in a fun and interactive way, other year-long activities to support literacy, and three book distributions when students choose a book to take home to their personal libraries.