Syracuse, NY (January, 2020): This year's crop of grant awards from the Westhill Educational Foundation contains a first for both the foundation and the district: the foundation's biggest grant to date will fund a brand new course at the high school. A $15,000 grant for Westhill High School will launch a new Audio and Video Production program at the school with the addition of a class in Audio Engineering Arts. The new program is an extension of an Audio and Video Production club started by music teacher Corey Riley, who wrote the grant. The money will [...]

Westhill Foundation Awards Record Amount of Grants for 2019 Syracuse, NY (December, 2018) This year, a record number of grants were submitted to the Westhill Educational Foundation from teachers across all grade levels for creative programs involving the arts, music, STEM projects and more. As a result, the Foundation approved a record $40,000 to fund 17 programs. “This year we were truly overwhelmed with the outstanding ideas and innovative projects our teachers and staff came up with, and it made it extremely difficult to choose,” said Chris Centore President of the Westhill Educational Foundation. “We [...]