“Country Bank has helped us provide programs for our middle school students that have given them enrichment and academic support, while keeping them engaged in positive ways beyond the end of the school day," Belchertown school superintendent Judith Houle said on Tuesday.
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Belchertown school superintendent Judith Houle BELCHERTOWN - Many years of quiet philanthropy - $175,000 the past 10 years - by Country Bank to the School Department will be recognized by the district at an upcoming board meeting.
Superintendent Judith Houle said the bank will receive a Friend of Education Award at the Sept. 10 School Committee meeting. The session starts at 7 p.m. in the Swift River Elementary School library.
The committee will formally recognize Country Bank at the meeting.
Paul Scully, president and CEO, and Shelley Regin, first vice president and director of marketing and public relations for Country Bank plan to attend and receive the award, according to Houle.
The bank's support allows expanded after-school enrichment activities at Jabish Brook Middle School, and they underwrite financial aid to the district's literacy programs.
In a statement, the school chief said: “Country Bank has helped us provide programs for our middle school students that have given them enrichment and academic support, while keeping them engaged in positive ways beyond the end of the school day."
Houle said that the "gap between the end of school and the dinner hour is often a difficult time for students of this age with working parents and we appreciate all that Country Bank has done to assist us.”
The superintendent also lauded the bank's help with "literacy programs for our students as well," adding that Country Bank "are also a proud sponsor of the Pioneer Valley Excellence in Education Awards, along with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Their commitment to education is to be commended and the Belchertown Public Schools have been blessed by their support.”
Swift River Elementary School is located at 57 State St.
