2025-02-25T14:53:40-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 817029003 PATRICIA BACHMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND PATR 7175072303 214 Eisenhower RD Palmyra PA 17078 Oren Bachman trustee 7175072303 2025-02-19 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X X 8778 X 4758 0 0 4020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8778 7500 0 0 0 0 0 8 7508 1270 63930 3919 69119 63930 69119 0 0 0 0 63930 69119 0 0 63930 69119 The Patricia Bachman Memorial Scholarship Fund has as its primary purpose the financial support of Pat's CUBs, a summer educational program offered in the Palmyra Area School District, Palmyra, PA. Patricia Bachman was a principal in the District and was instrumental in starting the program primarily for disadvantaged children. She was a special education teacher prior to becoming a principal and knew that the "summer slide" - the loss of academic progress from the prior school year -affected disadvantaged children more than others. She wanted to provide a way for these kids to practice skills in math, reading, and the arts with professional teachers so that they would be closer to grade level when they returned to school in the fall. The program consists of four weeks of instruction, practice exercises, and other educational activities to maintain and advance reading, math and other academic skills Attendance: 54 students signed up to participate in CUB. Of those 54 students, 74% of the students attended more than 70% of the 16 sessions. That means that 74% of the students did not miss more than 4 days of CUB. English Language Assessment: 22 skills assessed to differentiate instruction and monitor progress Skills included letter names, consonant sounds, vowel sounds, complex vowels, multisyllabic words , etc. Students received small group instruction throughout the four weeks to work on identified skills with a teacher. For students who regularly attended, they all gained in their specific skill at the end of the four weeks. Math: At the beginning of CUB some students showed a loss of skills taught during the school year. However, over the 4 weeks at CUB they were able to demonstrate their understanding of math skills taught which covered a wide range of standards. Standards that were reviewed included base ten, fact fluency, comparing numbers, word problems, and fractions. Students who needed extra practice showed mastery in skills from the previous grade level, while students who needed enrichment showed an understanding of newer standards.SEL: Students engaged in activities surrounding the following topics: * Growth mindset * Understanding feelings and emotions * Positive thinking * Solving problems and working together (using legos!) * Visiting with Millie the facility dog Each week students worked in different small groups and have improved in how they relate to each other. Students were encouraged to work any conflicts out with the group first, which was usually successful. Shy students who lacked confidence at the beginning of CUB became more confident in their ability to speak in front of other students as the weeks went by. STEM: Students engaged in activities surround the following topics: * Coding using Sratch Jr. and Code.org * K'nex building * Spheros Coding They practiced collaborating, data collecting, and creating. In STEM, students generally improved cooperation when working with others, gained confidence in exploring scientific concepts, expanded on prior knowledge of coding, and developed dexterity using K'Nex modeling toys. 7500 0 0 Oren Bachman Trustee 2 0 0 0 Deb Lang Trustee 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oren Bachman 214 Eisenhower Rd Palmyra PA 17078 7175072303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X X X 1 Patricia Bachman Memorial Scholarship Fund Pat's CUBs 817029003 10 1 7500 0 1 7500 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 Schedule A, Part IV, Section D, Line 2 Trustees of the scholarship fund maintain dialogue with the District's Director of Elementary Education and Director of Business Affairs as to the current year's programs, outlines and objectives as well as to determine support requirements, other sources of funding, student levels of participation, program accomplishments, etc. Schedule A, Part IV, Section E, Line 2a - Pat's CUBs exists to provide supplemental learning activities especially for disadvantaged children by attending an elementary level summer instruction program in the Palmyra School District. Pat's CUBs is funded by earnings of the trust assets, other private contributors and by the general fund of the district to the extent those funds are available. The annual program grant is funded by earnings on investments in the Fund and current contributions. Trustees of Pat's CUBs maintain dialogue with the District's Director of Elementary Education and Business Manager to exchange information regarding other contributors, fundraisers, trust asset earnings and to provide information about the current year's program structure, content, participants, and other program needs. Funding from Pat's CUBs assets provides only a portion of the money required to operate each summer. Schedule A, Part IV, Section E, Line 2b Pat's CUBs operates with approval of the District School Board and typically relies on outside funding to cover as much of the cost as possible. The program is also dependent on the caring dedication and hard work of the teachers who give up 4 weeks of their summer break to lead the instruction. These stakeholders recognize the need for children, especially the underprivileged, to practice what they learned the previous school year and thereby arrive more ready to proceed at grade level the following year. Availability of funding from Pat's CUBs and other donors helps assure the program can continue to operate. Form 990-EZ, Header, Line B Original 990-EZ was submitted with box A, Line 12, Part I, of Schedule A checked instead of box C, Line 12, Part I Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Foreign tax paid on mutual fund investments for the year Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Gain in market value of mutual fund investments for the year.