SEED Update: Scholarship Award, Lego Team Support & New Board Member

SEED is now an official 501c(3) not-for-profit corporation and all donations to SEED are fully tax deductable.  Donations to SEED for any amount – may be mailed to P.O. Box 1 , Bayport, NY 11705 or made on the website.  Donations will be applied toward the mission:

“Providing excellent educational experiences to the students of the Bayport Blue Point School District.”

Since obtaining its status SEED has teamed up with the Academy Street Lego Lion Bots First Lego League Team and helped the team garner support for their competition in the First Lego League North American Championships in California.   

The Lion Bots, coached by Jonathan and Cara Spier,  had an outstanding showing and SEED was happy to help donors support them in their endeavor.

SEED also worked behind the scenes with funding for the Excellence in Education Dinner, an annual event that honors outstanding teachers and administrators selected by district students demonstrating the highest levels of achievement.

SEED is pleased to announce the appointment of an eleventh member to our board.  Katherine Brand, formerly an original advisory member, a now retired BBP Teacher, Teacher’s Union President and Science Research Teacher, Kathy will now be serving SEED as a full board member. 

SEED congratulates Aoife Mahood, BBP senior and this year’s winner of the SEED Founder’s Award, which was presented at this year’s Senior Awards Ceremony.  

This year’s  $500 SEED Founder’s Award was dedicated in the honor of the late Edward Draffin and was funded only through contributions made by the SEED board.  

The Founders Award honors the student who best described by essay, the needs and benefits of educational enrichment for students in the Bayport Blue Point School district based on their own experiences within the district.