Helena Education Foundation

HEF Receives Friend of Education Award The Helena Education Foundation received the Friends of Education Award at the 59th annual Montana Association of Elementary and Middle School Principals conference held last week in Missoula. Broadwater School Principal Sue Johnson nominated HEF for the award. “After moving to Helena last year I saw this group that raises all this money for our teachers and students, they were a perfect nominee,” Johnson said. “They go above and beyond, and what they do benefits the entire community.

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Has The U.S. Government Ceased to Function? Come watch a debate between Congressman Pat Williams and Bob Brown about the state of the U.S. government at Carroll College, Tuesday, March 23rd. This event is brought to you by the Helena Education Foundation, Carroll College, and the Mansfield Center at the University of Montana.

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HEF Names 2010 Distinguished Students and Educators

Possibly nothing is more rewarding for a teacher than a student paying tribute to his or her efforts.

The Helena Education Foundation helps students make such recognitions with its Celebration of Excellence award.

On the basis of exceptional academics and other achievements, HEF selects area high school seniors who are then asked to pick an educator who most affected their lives. The students and their selected teachers are honored at a dinner banquet in May.

Helena Education Foundation Executive Director Lisa Cordingley said delivering the nominations is the best part about her job.

“I get to see students reward teachers in a way that may be the most significant event in their professional life,” she said. “I get to be the messenger.”

Read the full story in the Independent Record or the full list of students and educators.

Helena Education Foundation Awards Spring Grants

The Helena Education Foundation recently awarded $20,000 in grants to Helena School District teachers.

That brings HEF’s total grant funds invested in creative programs for Helena’s public school students very close to $300,000, executive director Lisa Cordingley said.

The Great Ideas Grants program is in its ninth year and has awarded 148 grants.

The grants have affected virtually all of the district’s more than 8,000 students, according to HEF board president Lee Harrison.

Read more in the Independent Record or view the photo album of grant presentations.

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The Helena Education Foundation is in its seventh year of enhancing the public education of students and teachers in Montana's capital city. HEF sponsors a wide array of community and school events annually: the Celebration of Excellence, Hot Topics in Science, Vigilante Academy, Trading Places, Great Conversations, Fabulous Firsts and Carnival Classic.