The City School District of New Rochelle received the Education Award from the Westchester Arts Council in April, 2007 in recognition of its commitment to arts education.

About the New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence

The New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence supports critical aspects of public education that fall outside the purview of government-funded operating budgets.

The Fund procures outside resources for special programs and facilities that cannot be provided within the school budget and promotes a spirit of community involvement, enthusiasm and support for our schools. Among the programs supported by the Fund :

Chess in Our Schools
SAT Preparation Program
The Jeremy Scheinfeld Publishing Center
The Rubie Saunders Literary Festival
Poetry Out Loud
Theatre Arts Production Assistance
Band Recognition Luncheon
Civics Week
Agenda Books for Freshmen
Science Speakers Bureau
The Museum of Arts & Culture

You can support the New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence by making a tax-deductible contribution and by attending these fundraisers:

Annual Pancake Breakfast (held right before the Thanksgiving Day Parade)
Foundation Awards Gala (annually except every fourth year)
Benefit Concert (every four years) held this spring at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall on
April 25, 2007.

The New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence
265 Clove Road
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 576-4657
Donna Weissman, Executive Director

The Museum of Arts & Culture I New Rochelle High School I 265 Clove Road New Rochelle, NY 10801 I Phone (914) 576-6518