What We Support
Since our founding in 1991, we have awarded more than $770,000 to support Newport’s students and educators.
Enrichment Grants
Enrichment grants support innovative classroom experiences and experiential opportunities that are not otherwise funded through the school budget. Awards and projects span all grade levels, from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Bus for a Cause
Bus for a Cause provides transportation funding for experiential opportunities that arise throughout the school year. Each year, Bus for a Cause grants allow hundreds of students to explore their community and extend their learning beyond the classroom.
Scholarships
Annual scholarships are awarded to Rogers High School seniors who most closely model the following character traits: Involvement in the community, reliability and a strong work ethic, academic effort and financial need.
Annual Events
Newport Night Run
We annually partner with Gray Matter Marketing to present the Newport Night Run, the area’s only after-hours road race. Since its inception in 2014, the event has raised more than $150,000 for the Newport Public Education Foundation.
An Evening for Education
Held annually in the fall, An Evening for Education, a celebration and fundraiser presented by the Bazarsky Family Foundation, honors the recipients of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Education Awards and the Newport Public Schools teacher of the year.
Featured Grants
Animal Research Project
Students enhanced their ecosystems unit by building websites that profiled an animal found at Southwick Zoo, then visited the zoo for an on-site behavioral study.
Empowering Biology With Biotechnology
Students explored genetics by utilizing micro pipetting and gel electrophoresis techniques, engaging in a case study to test a fictional family for sickle cell disease.
Around the World With the Gingerbread Man
English language learners explored multicultural versions of “The Gingerbread Man” and created a class book retelling the story to share and reenact with props.
Pell School Gardens
In collaboration with Aquidneck Community Table, 400 elementary students worked with master gardeners to grow, harvest, sample and share their own foods.
Adaptations and Ecosystems With Project Chick
Students investigated the biology and ecology of chickens, birds in general and the cultural history of Casey Farm to consider the complex nature of ecosystems.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot … or Bust
Students learned how reusing, reducing, recycling and rotting will decrease the amount of trash and positively impact our community and environment.