Village School--

Staff:
1. Carol Dempsey: Library STEM, $2452.33
2. Lauren Naperski, Allison Seman, Christina Damas, Melissa Seigel: Ready Sign Go, $1250.27.

Indian Hill School--

Staff:
3. Lisa McTague: One read Celebration, $1000 (100 copies of library books).

Satz School--

Student:
4. Daniel Gulko: William R. Satz Chess Club, $175

Staff:
5. Melissa Caliendo, Betsy Smith: Hooking the Reluctant Readers; Classroom Lending Libraries of Unconventional Text, $1580,(* Books only, No gift cards and e-reader)
6. Christen McCafferty: Glowforge- 3D Laser Printer $2500

Holmdel High School--

Student:
7. Jennifer He: A Determination of the Efficiency of a Novel Oleophilic Self-Sufficient Oil Skimmer $330
8. Shravya Justi: Evaluation the effectiveness of the anti-microbial properties of silver, copper,and zinc in water purification through the use of ceramic pots $225.83
9. Russell Kamback: Water Purification of Organic Waste Using Electrocoagulation  $500

Staff:
10. Josephine Blaha: The Wireless Spectrophotometer in the Chemistry, Bioligy and Physics Classroom $ 2492
11. Caren MacConnell with Eric Wu (HHS student): The think Create Innovate  Makerspace $599.80
12. Beth Hobeb: PASCO Probes in the Chemistry Classroom $1654

Total: $14759.23

Thanks to our runners and sponsors for the successful 5K on June 5.

More information on the 5K will follow later!

Please support our 2016 Sponsors!

Gold Sponsor:
Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate Doreen DeMarco and Brooke O’Brien
All Mile Markers Sponsor:
Serini Family Dentistry
DJ Sponsor:
The Hinds/Pearly Group Merrill Lynch
Silver Sponsors:
Lilli Design L.L.C.
NY Waterway
Cuozzo Orthodontics
Monroe Sports Center
CDW-G
David Ellis Events
Holmdel Bagels
Stiffel Outlet
Samra Group
Dearborn Market
Bell Works
Apollo Plumbing
Chartwells
Rook Coffee

Please see this new video released in April 2016 created with the help of high school teacher Bryan DeNovellis and students in his TV3 class. Pay attention to this website and our HFEE youtube channel for more videos expected soon!

Few things are as enchanting as springtime along the Seine, and the Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence (HFEE) Gala Committee strived to captivate à la Paris in the 2016 Gala. Held in the Navesink Country Club on April 9th, the HFEE’s 14th biennial spring gala, Springtime in Paris, hosted over 250 guests from Holmdel in what became an elegant and record-breaking affair.

Vice Chairperson, Dima Mousselli, spearheaded a two year effort by the Gala Committee to achieve unprecedented success by raising $117,000 toward the Foundation’s Chromebook Initiative. In 2015 and 2016, the HFEE has been instrumental in getting Chromebooks into the hands of every child from second through, now, sixth grade at the Holmdel schools.

2016 Spring Gala Committee

From left to right: Kristen Striano, Chair, Design Subcommittee, Dima Mousselli, Vice Chair Spring Gala, Judi Rabkin & Nicole Kennedy, Co-Chairs,  Auctions Subcommittee, Michelle Sottile & AnnMarie Harrison, Co-Chairs, Baskets Subcommittee

View More 2016 Spring Gala Photos

2016 HFEE Spring Gala Ad Journal

The Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence provides funding in all four Holmdel District schools, in all areas of study, and at all grade levels. The trustees of the HFEE make every attempt to maintain equitable distribution of gifts and donations among each school based on need. The following tables illustrate the breakdown of gifts from the HFEE specifically by school and by area of study for the previous eleven school year cycles.

• New Second Grade Standardized Testing was conducted last week. This was the first time the second graders participated in Standardized testing and the first time Holmdel utilized the electronic MAP assessment
• PARCC End of Year testing is being conducted this week, May 11-13th.

The 40th Jersey Shore Science Fair The 40th Jersey Shore Science Fair was held at Stockton University on March 21. Ten of our Honors Advanced Research students attended this competition, entering six papers in four categories. Five out of the six papers won ribbons!

The Jersey Shore Science Fair has 17 categories such Biology Chemistry, Physics, Math, Engineering, Microbiology, Medicine. There were over 600 papers presented from 35 schools, with entries from middle school all the way to high school. We participated in the Upper Level Microbiology, Medicine, Botany, and Team Projects.

• The PE department’s Jump Rope for Heart is set to take place this week and next.
• The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Indian Hill February 12th -23rd!! Parents are welcome to accompany their children at their homeroom’s scheduled time. Happy reading!

Good Evening.  My name is Teresa Graw and it is my pleasure to join you tonight as a representative of the Holmdel Foundation for Educational Excellence.  Many of you are here tonight to share in the wonderful occasion of accepting awards earned by your children for their school performance this year.  I sincerely congratulate you all on such a happy occasion.   

In April 2012, HFEE received more than 20 applications for our 2012-2013 Mini-Grant Program throughout the Holmdel schools from teachers and students. In June 2012, we were proud to announce that 12 grants were approved and distributed, totaling $11,165, to fund exciting initiatives at each of our schools. Some of our projects to be funded during the 2012/13 school year include a 7th grade Weather Station for Satz classrooms, Tumble Book program at Village School, and infusing technology into the Health and PE programs at the High School. We invite you to consider applying for a mini grant. Please look for our 2013-2014 mini-grant program applications which will be posted in January 2013.