Next Step Living is now offering a $10 contribution to PTO’s for every parent who signs up for a free home energy assessment and $200 to the school with the most sign-ups. 

The Newton Eco-project, part of Green Decade Newton, is promoting the Mass Save residential energy incentive program.  It includes a “No Cost Home Energy Assessment” (free energy audits), free air sealing, subsidized insulation installation, generous rebates on appliances and heating equipment and a 0% loan program for new equipment and window replacements.

Through the end of February, an organization which provides audits, Next Step Living, is offering any Newton school PTO a $10 contribution for every free energy assessment scheduled by a household from their school. Next Step Living will also contribute an additional $200 to the PTO with the most assessments scheduled through February.

Home owners can call 866-867-8729 or go to NextStepLiving to order a no cost energy assessment from Next Step Living. The above link has been setup for F. A. Day Middle School.

The Day Annual Fund Drive is almost over. The official end date will be January 31st, 2012. We have raised $24,000 of our budget of $50,000 with 23% of families participating till today. We want to get as close to our goal as possible so please consider supporting us with any donation.  Every student benefits from the purchases made from this fund drive. 100% of the money raised is used to purchase items for the school.

From Brenda Doucette our Instructional Technologist at Day :

“Technology is one of the biggest challenges in preparing our students to work and thrive in the 21st century.

Teachers at F. A. Day realize that in addition to “traditional” basic literacy, we need to teach students the vital skills required in this digital age, such as critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. By providing up-to-date resources, we are able to weave technology into teaching and learning. This integration will help us to differentiate instruction and engage students in the quest for deeper understanding of concepts needed to flourish in a complex and ever-changing society. Like most K-12 enterprises, F. A. Day struggles with providing the funding for the infrastructure. The F. A. Day community is able to keep pace with fiscal constraints while ensuring that our students will thrive in today’s knowledge-based, global society thanks to our generous PTO.“

How have we used the money raised so far ?

We have purchased a laptop cart  which is already in the building and being put to great use! We have enough money to also buy some document cameras and some projectors and some PC’s. The more money we raise, the more we can buy.

What did we do last year ?

Last year’s fund drive was so successful, we were able to purchase an entire Mac lab.

Please click here to donate, or click on the “Annual Fund Donate” button on the right of this page. Thank you.