About Us

Overview

Inspire Nyack is a community-based, non-profit organization whose goal is to help develop, implement and maintain educational excellence in the Nyack Public School system.  Inspire Nyack strives to support creative learning opportunities for all the students and faculty in the Nyack schools through innovative educational programs.  The foundation's contributions have been targeted towards science, technology and math programs including the successful pre-engineering and robotics curriculum.

 

Why Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)?

  • According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 15 of the 20 fastest growing occupations will require significant training in math and/or science by 2014.
  • Professional information technology (IT) jobs will increase 24% by 2016.
  • U.S. ranks 20th internationally based on our share of graduate degrees in engineering, computer science, and mathematics.

 

Inspire Nyack Foundation Contributed Over $200,000 to Fund:

  • Purchase of Computers & Materials for Robotics in the Elementary and Middle Schools
  • Consultant for Professional Development
  • Expansion of the Authentic Science Research Program at the High School
  • 22 High School students to attend the Science Inventions and Technology Competition
  • Inspire Nyack Day -- In honor of Thomas Edison’s birthday, schools present assemblies in celebration of inventions and inventors.

 

Nyack School District

Results - Our Children Learn

  • Elementary Level
    Engineering concepts, problem solving and construction design.
  • Middle School
    Use of hand tools and small power tools.  Students learn precision measurement, DC electronic circuits and soldering wires.
  • High School
    Students engage in authentic science research such as bacteria communication, planetary volcanoes, neurotransmitters and tissue engineering among other areas of interest.

 

Board of Directors

Michael D. Leifer

Michael P. Lagana

Giuseppe Pagano

Patrick B. Mahoney

Cara M. Bonomolo

Karin J. Buchholz

Michael Camacho

Donna Castellano

Dr. Jill Meyer-Hindin

Karen Hughes

Daniel M. Juechter

J. David MacCartney, Jr.

Marcelo D. Reggiardo

Terence Rock

Noel Vazquez

Jeffrey Wanamaker

Annie Hekker Weiss

Michele Whalen

 

As a 501 (c) (3) organization registered with the office of the NY State Attorney General, all donations to the foundation (IRS ID# 26-0754883) are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.