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DECEMBER,  2011 - WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!

 The Pasteur Elementary School Alumni Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), tax exempt organization.

    We started the alumni foundation in 1996 and are dedicated to helping the current students of Pasteur Elementary School. It is located on Stoepel and Pembroke in northwest Detroit. We are the first alumni association of an elementary school in Detroit. Bagley has now started one.

    Our database has over 1300 alumni who attended the school since 1939. We have members who live all over the U.S., Canada, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. We are diverse in many ways, but all have a special feeling for our old school, friends, teachers, and neighborhood. 

            We publish an annual newsletter and a member directory with contact information. The directory is sent only to members. Currently we have 231 members. Many old friends have been re-connected through our Foundation. 

    We read in the school each week and give books to students and their classrooms. We give dictionaries to all graduates and some scholarships for college. Please check out the whole website to view our many accomplishments, letters from students, news, interesting stories, photos, facts and our newsletter. We will add more soon!

   To be ecologically sound we send a hard copy of the newsletter only to alumni who are not on the internet. This saves money, paper and time. Please help by registering on our website  and check it each month for news. We have also started to send current news more often. If you would like the E-NEWS please email us at feldman248@comcast.net. If you are not currently a member we hope you join to help us continue our work at the school. We can make a difference in the lives of these children. 

PACKED FOOD, BOOKS AND PUZZLES THURSDAY, DEC. 22

 Thanks to our 14 volunteer packers 

who helped fill boxes for 50 families in need!

Thanks to all of you who contributed $1,400 in extra donations.

The foundation spent $2,300 + the Vesco Oil Corp. gave $3,000.

Because we had so many donations of books and puzzles

 every child who came to school received something.


WE MADE THE DETROIT FREE PRESS DEC. 27!

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JOURNAL JOURNEY WILL START IN JANUARY

WE NEED ALUMNI WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF MICHIGAN


   The Journal Journey project for 5th graders was a huge success with 240 people participating. Journal entries came from many states plus Israel, Hong Kong and Brazil. When asked what project they enjoyed the best this year  - Fifth Third Bank had a project as did Rock Financial - the students said they loved them all, BUT JOURNAL JOURNEY THEY WILL REMEMBER FOREVER!   The alumni foundation purchased 45 composition books for the 5th graders. The students wrote a page about themselves. We mailed them to alumni who wrote a page about where they live, what career they had, and a Pasteur memory. Then they sent their journal to another alum and so on.  Alumni also sent a picture postcard of where they live back to the child at Pasteur. The books traveled for many months. Each week the children in the class read and shared postcards with each other and posted them on a bulletin board. This was a great geography and history project! Some alumni offered to be pen pals! Some gave info on websites to learn about where they live. Some enclosed photos of their former house. Many of our students do not live in the area so they don't know about community. This was a nice lesson on the importance of life-long friendships.

   If you would like to participate, please let us know ASAP. When you receive a book you will be able to read the other memories of friends. We will need lots of volunteers so if you don't read this notice until January or February 2012, we still need you! Please email us to participate in this project! Contact Wendy Bernstein Wagenheim: wendywag@gmail.com 


THANK YOU FOR HELPING SEND 28 STUDENTS
 TO THE NASA SPACE LAUNCH IN APRIL

 Our students, teachers and chaperones had a great seat in the bleachers at the launch site, when they heard the launch was postponed indefinitely. Our students were still able to get a VIP tour of  the Kennedy Space Center in Florida! Most of the children and some parents had never been outside of Michigan. The parents were extremely grateful that the children had this amazing experience. Upon returning they spoke about everything they had seen. Interestingly, they said how close they all feel having experienced this trip together even though they were grades 3-5. 
Many thanks to all who helped fund this project!






             
"SUMMER IN THE CITY" RUNS CAMP PASTEUR FOR THE SECOND YEAR   

We donated money again this year for SITC to do programming for our students the last Friday of each week of summer school. They also ran a two week camp in August. The children had trips to Belle Isle, Wayne State, the Riverfront and more. The SITC volunteers directed art, sports and helped our kids have lots of summer fun.
Check out www.summerinthecity.com for photos!


 Want to start a book club? Please contact us!

 You can even come for an hour to read!

Want formal training? Contact DPS Reading Corps: (313)870-5669 or visit:www.detroitk12.org/readingcorps


Many thanks to the 20 women volunteers from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit who read to many classes on March 23, 2011 to promote the love of reading. The women donated the books to each class afterward. This was a huge success!

Marcy Tatken Feldman (class of ’62) 
President

Please send us your current email so that we can send you news.

Email it to: feldman248@comcast.net

 

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAMS WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP. 

WE HAVE 228 MEMBERS! Thanks to this website we are attracting more alumni!

Tell your friends and siblings to visit us!

The students, staff, and families of Pasteur Elementary School appreciate your support!

 

 

 PROGRAMS FUNDED IN 2009-10

 First Grade Reading/Book-Giving Program

 "Summer in the City" Program

Field Trip to Apple Orchard for pre-school class

 Holiday Meals at Christmas

 400 Books to Students

 Dance Classes after school

 Dictionaries for 6th Graders
Funded 17 students total to Grand Rapids
 for Academic Games in 2009 and 2010

 2 Jewish Ensemble Theatre plays
Field Trip to Detroit Science Center
Career Day
Earth Day

  

EARTH DAY IS COMING IN APRIL! JOIN US TO DISCUSS WITH THE STUDENTS!

Want to teach chess? Home economics? Help with a reading program?

Want to join in a field trip? Teach a hobby after school? Photography? Art?

Want to read to a class? Help a child learn to read? Speak on Career Day November 18?

Website sponsored by the William A. & Shirley P. Yolles Support Foundation
Holiday Gift Certificates donated by Marjory Winkelman Epstein & Donald Epstein and other generous alumni

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