The Sparta Education Foundation held their annual meeting on June 4 at Mohawk Avenue School. Changes to the board and a newly approved grant for a Maker Space at Alpine School were on the agenda as the SEF completed their last meeting of the 2018-19 school year. “The annual meeting was bittersweet as we said good-bye to our longstanding trustee and former SEF President Dorothy

Dr. Robert Pampin of Sparta attended the March 5 board meeting of The Sparta Education Foundation (SEF) where he donated an electric bass guitar to the Isak Anderson Recording Studio at Sparta High School. After a patient of Dr. Pampin’s gave him the five-string Ibanez electric bass guitar, he restored it for use by the high school students. Dr. Pampin is a family practice physician

The Sparta Education Foundation (SEF) approved a grant to expand the Sparta High School Community Garden during their February board meeting. This grant was presented by Adrienne Castorina, Supervisor of Special Services, and Courtney Hyland, Life Skills teacher for grades 9-12. It includes seven raised garden planter boxes, three cold frame greenhouse boxes, a rain barrel kit and six barrel planters. “The expansion of the