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Support & Partners

Sources of Support
Every Consortium member contributes resources – human, material, and financial – to CONNECT-ED. Thank you!
 

Donors

  • 3M
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
  • Martinson Family Foundation
  • New Jersey Department of Education
  • Princeton University’s Program in Teacher Preparation and QUEST Program
  • Rider University Science Education and Literacy Center (Rider SELECT)
  • Sigma Xi, Princeton University Chapter
  • The Wachovia Foundation Teachers & Teaching Initiative
     

Partners
The CONNECT-ED regional consortium includes 14 public school districts (a total of 121 schools), 2 independent schools, two 4-year universities, one community college, a major pharmaceutical company, and other community partners.  The consortium includes four counties (Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset) in Central New Jersey.  Rider University is the lead institution for the Consortium, which is guided by a Leadership Team.
 

Public School Districts

  • City of Burlington Public Schools
  • East Windsor Regional School District
  • Ewing Township School District
  • Hamilton TownshipSchool District 
  • Hillsborough Township Public Schools
  • Hopewell Valley Regional School District
  • Lawrence Township Public Schools
  • Montgomery Township School District
  • Princeton Regional Schools
  • South Brunswick Township Public Schools
  • Trenton Public Schools
  • Warren Township Schools
  • Washington Township Board of Education
  • West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Schools
     

Independent Schools

  • Newgrange School
  • The Pennington School
     

Universities

  • Rider University
  • Princeton University
     

Community College

  • Raritan Valley Community College
     

Corporation

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
     

Supporting Partners 

  • National Science Resources Center (NSRC)
  • Science To Go
     

CONNECT-ED Leadership Team

  • Andrew Bocarsly, Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
  • Carol Brown, Assoc. Dean, College of Lib. Arts, Ed. & Sciences, Rider Univ.
  • Kathy Browne, Director, Rider SELECT & Academic Dir., TLC, Rider University
  • Christine Burton, Director of Mathematics,Montgomery Township School District
  • Anne Catena, Director of Special Projects, Princeton University
  • Victoria D'Apice-Loh, Corporate Philanthropy Associate, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Beverly Dezan, K-5 Science Supervisor/Staff Developer,South Brunswick Public Schools
  • Naomi Drewetz, Teacher and Math/Science Content Specialist, East Windsor
  • Kim Feltre, Supervisor of Science, Hillsborough Township Public Schools
  • Ann Harris, Elementary Science Specialist, Hillsborough Township Public Schools
  • S. Anders Hedberg, Director of Corporate Philanthropy, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
  • Jessica Heller, Teacher, Lawrence Township Public Schools
  • Todd Kent, Assoc. Director, Program in Teacher Preparation, Princeton Univ.
  • Jean Kutcher, Admin. Director, Teaching & Learning Center, Rider Univ.
  • Lorraine Marinelli, Supv. Curriculum & Instruction, Newgrange School
  • Erin Peacock, Supervisor of Science, Montgomery Township School District  
  • Miriam Robin, Grade 4-8 Supervisor of Science, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
  • Deadra Rosenberg, Director of Education, Newgrange School
  • Carrie Tretola, CONNECT-ED Project Manager, Rider University
  • Jerry Vinski, Director of Planetarium, Raritan Valley Community College