MWMA Donations
Help Local Schools Soar
Through its annual donations, the MetroWest Master Association helps schools enhance and enrich the learning experience for teachers and students. By Nancy Glasgow
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he MetroWest Master Association (MWMA) donates $5,000 each annually to MetroWest Elementary School and Westpointe Elementary School. These funds allow the schools to enhance and enrich the learning experience for teachers and students. “I want to thank the MetroWest Master Association for their generosity and for continuing to support our school,” says Westpointe Elementary School Principal Dr. Atresa F. Grubbs-Holmes. “Their donations allow us to do things that we would not be able to do otherwise.” At Westpointe Elementary, funds previously donated by MWMA have been used to start the Green Schools Initiative. The Orange County Public Schools’ Green Schools Recognition Program challenges schools to be aware of the environment around them, to incorporate sustainability into education and to create a sustainable future for students. For Westpointe Elementary’s Green Schools Initiative, MWMA’s donation has funded items for a butterfly garden. The MWMA donation also has been used to provide refreshments for an array of school events in the past,
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including math challenges, door decorating contests, Teach-In, National Elementary Honor Society Induction, Student Honor Roll Breakfast, faculty meetings, and the AAA Safety Patrol End of the Year Celebration. In addition, the school has used the donated money to purchase science lab experiments, and annual piano tuning services for the Music Department. As soon as the school is permitted to do so, it will continue student celebrations and induction ceremonies and provide student incentives, as well as continue the Green School Initiative by purchasing more supplies for the butterfly garden, all with funds donated by MWMA. MetroWest Elementary School has used its MWMA donations to have vibrant murals painted in the Front Office, Cafeteria and Clinic. The school has also used the funds to purchase umbrellas for rainy dismissal days, supplies for the art class, professional development books for teachers, breakfast for parents, holiday snacks, staff gifts, car loop signs, teacher awards and rewards, and flowers for the Teacher and Support Person of the Year.
