Lawrence Township Education Foundation

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
-- Albert Einstein

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
-- Mark Van Doren

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
-- William Butler Yeats

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if you think in terms of ten years, plant a tree; if you think in terms of a hundred years, teach the people.
-- Confucius

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.
-- Abraham Lincoln

The Lawrence Township Education Foundation has been fostering educational excellence, creativity and achievement in the Lawrence Township Public Schools of New Jersey since 1992. PHOTO GALLERY >>

New Leadership

Jen Wengler has taken on the presidency of the Lawrence Township Education Foundation as the organization enters its sixteenth year. She takes over from Theresa Wrobel, who shepherded LTEF through its 15th anniversary and its first gala.

Jen begins her term by leading the board through a strategic planning process to re-examine the education foundation’s position in an ever-changing public education environment. Jen has three children in the Lawrence public schools and is a doctoral candidate at Rutgers University in the field of educational assessment.

Pepper Evans is also assuming new leadership with LTEF. In her role as Vice President, Pepper will assume responsibility for board management and recruiting. Pepper has two children in Lawrence schools.

Gala Proceeds Benefit Lawrence Students and Teachers

The Foundation celebrated education at its first ever black-tie Gala as part of its 15th anniversary. The event held at ETS broke all previous LTEF records, raising over $100,000 for Lawrence Township Public School programs.
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