The NR Fund supports New Rochelle public school programs that help all students thrive and succeed along their educational journey.

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SAT Summer Bootcamp

Registration is open for the NRHS Summer SAT Bootcamp, Aug. 3-7

We are partnering with Applerouth again to make high-quality SAT prep more affordable for students this summer. Only 25 seats are available, and enrollment is first-come, first-served for current NRHS and Huguenot Academy students. Don't wait— this program will fill quickly!

Highlights from the 2026 Awards Gala

Cheers to an amazing night celebrating our schools!

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Programs

Afterschool Chess Instruction

The NR Fund brings expert instructors from the National Scholastic Chess Foundation to teach chess to third through fifth graders across the school district.

Getting exposed to chess at an early age helped me develop a strategic and tactical mindset.
Andre Candido, Aerospace Engineer, NRHS Class of 2010

Grants

Since 2018, the Fund’s hallmark Grants to Schools can bring opportunities that might not happen otherwise, or help launch an innovative new idea. Grant applications are encouraged from parents, teachers, administrators and students across the school district.

$163K funded since 2018

130 grants

Each May, Poetry Out Loud celebrates poets in grades 3-6 who read their original poems onstage at the high school. The NR Fund's Jeremy Scheinfeld Publishing Center publishes a bound volume of these wonderful poems annually for the poets and their schools. Harmony Hopwood, a Poetry Out Loud alum, was selected as Westchester County Youth Poet Laureate in 2023.

Poetry Out Loud

28 years

80 poets each year

2,240 original poems so far

Museum of Arts and Culture

The Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) at New Rochelle High School provides students with a unique on-site experience of gallery installation and display. All the museum's events and programs are open to the public and free, providing a cultural asset for the entire community.

From the very beginning our preschoolers were immediately engaged. They loved seeing the students' artwork and were able to make connections to their own work in portraiture, color studies, and clay hand sculptures.
Meaghan Fullerton, Curriculum Coordinator, Weekday Nursery School

SAT/ACT Prep Classes

To reduce the barriers to college acceptance, the Fund offers six-week SAT or ACT prep programs at a substantially reduced price to all interested NRHS juniors.

Civics Fair

Since 1998, the NR Fund has helped students explore the issues of citizenship and governance. The Civics Fair, held in each spring, features research projects by students earning the New York State Seal of Civic Readiness on their diplomas. A panel of elected officials and distinguished scholars engage in thoughtful discussions about the points presented in the student projects.

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