June 13, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 19 The Wyckoff Education Foundation will allocate $50,000 to the Wyckoff School District for additional purchases of iPad devices. The funds will be designated for iPad purchases, teacher training, and applications. This year’s funding is in addition to the 2011 WEF funding allocation, which covered the purchase of 125 iPads that were distributed among the four Wyckoff elementary schools and the middle school. “The continued support from Wyckoff Education Foundation is critical to the development of our tools for learning. This new round of iPad purchases will allow us to offer more students a diverse learning experience,” said Wyckoff Superintendent of Schools Rich Kuder. “We are thrilled to continue this important funding initiative,” said Robert Bayer, president of the Wyckoff Education Foundation. “We launched this pilot program last year and, after the enormous success and positive feedback from teachers and students, WEF is proud to participate once again. The new iPad purchase will contribute to the ‘one to one’ science initiative at Eisenhower School and WEF allocates $50k to finance more iPad purchases will also provide additional iPads to the elementary schools for math, reading, and literacy initiatives.” The Wyckoff Education Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1990 in response to declining govern- and has awarded the funds through grants to the Wyckoff Board of Education. More information is available at www.wyckoff.org. ‘This new round of iPad purchases will allow us to offer more students a diverse learning experience.’ -- Wyckoff Superintendent of Schools Rich Kuder. ment funding of schools. The WEF’s fundraisers directly benefit more than 2,300 Wyckoff students in the four elementary schools and at the Eisenhower Middle School. Since its inception, the foundation has raised $1.2 million