3rd Annual Frederick Robie Adult Spelling Bee – Oct. 22!
October 5, 2011
Don’t miss the 3rd Annual Frederick Robie Adult Spelling Bee, October 22 at the Old Robie School. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the Bee starts promptly at 6:30. This year, as in the past, we expect hilarious good fun, incredibly hard words, and great community spirit as we raise funds for excellence and innovation in our schools. This year, food is provided by The Salty Dog Cafe, with cash bar. We are amassing an incredible array of silent auction items, door prizes and other surprises for contestants and audience members alike. Stay tuned on Facebook for instant updates! Many thanks to our fabulous sponsors and community partners - Wright Express, Moody’s Collision, Nappi Distributors, Great Falls Construction, and Boom Technology.
Tickets are $10, adults only please. Tickets are available by emailing GEF at gorhamef@maine.rr.com or calling 233-1919. Limited tickets are available at the door. Enter a team or just come and support your brave friends. See you there!
Fall 2011 Grant Cycle Opens October 15!
March 21, 2011
Download the new GEF Grant form and tell us about your great idea to support excellence in education in Gorham. We will award $1,200 grants to ideas that support our goals. Call us with questions – we are happy to help.
Fall Grant Cycle Opening Soon!
October 6, 2010
GEF’s Fall grant cycle, for grants from $250 to $1,200 will open on October 15, 2010. The application deadline is November 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm. Applications will be accepted via email only. The application will be available for download by October 10, 2010. Great ideas are welcome!
The Second Annual Frederick Robie Cup Spelling Bee – October 23rd, 2010
September 16, 2010
Here’s the buzz on the BEE…….
We are very excited to be in the midst of planning for our second annual spelling bee. This event was an absolute blast last year, and raised almost $6,000 for GEF! We want to keep the momentum for this event going, and we’d love for you and your friends, co-workers, or neighbors to be a part of it! We have spent a great deal of time thinking about last year’s launch of this event, and what we can do to make this year even better for bee participants and audience members. We hope that you will join us by putting together a team (three people) to participate in the event, buying tickets so that you can come to the event to support your favorite team(s), or by donating an item to our silent auction.
The bee will be held on Saturday, October 23rd at the Old Robie School ( the big white building right after the entrance to Little Falls Rec. area). Check in and refreshments will begin at 6:30, with the bee starting promptly at 7:00. Team members are encouraged to come with a great sense of fun, and wearing their most creative team “uniform”.
Tickets for audience members can be obtained from GEF (call us at 222-1009, or shoot us an email at gorhamef.org), and at various locations around Gorham TBD. The price for tickets is $10, and the price for entering a team is $150.
Team registration information and bee rules can be found under the GEF EVENTS tab (under Spelling Bee in the dropdown menu).
Thanks for your support and we hope to see you at the bee!
100 STARS in 100 Days!
September 16, 2010
Can we get 100 teachers acknowledged with 100 STARS in the first 100 Days of Scho0l, and raise $1,500 for GEF grants and programs? Yes, we can! Please roll over the STARS tab and access 100 STARS in 100 Days from the dropdown menu for more information and to see how your favorite teacher can receive a STAR!
GEF Has a New Phone Number!
February 25, 2010
GEF has recently moved into beautiful new space in the Shaw Municipal Center. We have a new phone number, please make a note of it: 222-1009. Please bear with us while we make the transition.
Our Fall Grant Recipients
February 6, 2010
GEF awarded two grants during its new Fall grant cycle! The awards totaled $2,320 to benefit programs in the Gorham schools.
The grant recipients are:
• Chuck Peters and Aaron Landry at Gorham High School – $1,120 to purchase equipment to complete and implement a microscopic digital photography project that will allow students to make detailed observations of, and digitally document, microorganisms in student-constructed Living Machines.
• Ray Mathieu and Matt Murray at Gorham High School – $1,200 to bring composer Samuel Hazo to Gorham High School as Composer in Residence for Instrumental and Vocal Music, who will work with students in performance technique and composition, and to rehearse an original piece that was performed for the public on December 20.
“The day with Sam Hazo was intense and exciting, rehearsals leading up to the concert were done with great anticipation, and the performance was superb. The entire process was certainly one that our students will always remember as part of the outstanding and balanced education they received at GHS,” said Gorham High School teacher Ray Mathieu, the co-recipient of a $1,200 grant.
In its three years of existence, GEF has awarded 20 grants totaling nearly $18,000 to programs in the Gorham schools, supporting the arts, literacy, technology, science and civic learning in grades K-12.
GEF’s Spring grant cycle will begin in March, with grant applications accepted between March 15 and April 15, 2010. Applications will be available online by February 22, 2010. Check back then.
Galaxy of STARS
December 27, 2009
Gorham’s teachers and school staff are STARS! We can prove it. Check out our STARS pages for the teachers you have nominated for our School Teachers Are Really Special program over the last 3 years. This year, building adminstrators have allowed us to hang the stars each teacher receives in the school lobby so we all can enjoy the Galaxy of Gorham Star teachers! You can nominate any teacher or school staff member for a star right here on our website. Go to the STARS pull down menu to access the appropriate page.
And the winners are……
October 26, 2009
Sara Nelson, Kathy Garrard and Kristine Biegle celebrate their victory.
The final tally is not yet in, but preliminary results indicate that through generous community support, we raised in excess of $5,000 for GEF programming! Thank you to all who made this possible. We will be posting a complete list of sponsors, donors and participants later this week.
Awesome!
It’s “BEE” day!
October 24, 2009
We’re buzzing here at GEF! Tonight is the Spelling Bee, and we are ready for a wicked good time! There are a limited number of tickets available at the door, so if you are looking for a last minute date opportunity, come early and get one of the last few tickets. Remember, the fun starts at 7 pm, today, Saturday October 24 at the PTA Building (aka Old Robie School) just off the Little Falls traffic circle on Rt. 202, Gray Road in Gorham. Tickets are $10, and include food by Chef Mo Terry of the Pine Crest Inn, live music, exciting spelling from 11 spelling teams, silent auction, random games and prizes for the audience, a raffle for a beautiful Pandora bracelet and charms from D. Cole Jewelers, and a cash bar. How can you beat that for entertainment?? We are so excited to have received a matching fundraising grant from Modern Woodmen of America, so join us to support our schools and students by helping raise funds for GEF’s ongoing programs.
See you tonight!
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