Our Vision:

  • Develop inspired and motivated students prepared for the 21st century
  • Teacher innovation & teaching excellence
  • Partner with the Scarborough School District for a shared vision of academic excellence
  • Enhance educational opportunities at all levels of the Scarborough School District with exceptional projects and programs
  • Inspire community wide support for high quality public education
  • Become the preferred donee offering informed and responsible stewardship of funds

The pages on this site are designed to provide you a central place to learn about the foundation and what it does.  You can find out about recent grants awarded by SEF, our fundraising efforts, and events which generate the resources to fund those grants.  You can learn how to support SEF with a financial contribution or your time and it’s now possible to donate online with your credit or debit card and our PayPal link which is found in the left-hand margin of every page.  Subscribe to the SEF Blog to receive news and updates about the foundation.

Boy building legosWe hope that you find all the information you are looking for about SEF and the answers to any questions you might have on the following pages.  If you don’t see what you are looking for use the link at the bottom of each page to send us an email.  Please help us spread the word–tell your friends and neighbors about SEF and this site.  Thank you for visiting us here and taking time to learn more about the Scarborough Education Foundation.  Your interest and support are greatly appreciated.

“In times of change, the learners will inherit the Earth while the knowers will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists”. – Eric Hoffer

For more information, please email us at info@SEFMaine.org – to express your interest in volunteer opportunities, please use our Volunteer Form.

  • Spring Grants to be Awarded

    It is an exciting time for us!!! We will be announcing our spring grant recipients in the next week or so. We had a record number of grant requests submitted with over $42,000 requested. Unfortunately, we cannot fund all of these grant requests, but are excited to have such great ideas coming from our teachers and staff...
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  • Spring Grant Cycle

    Attention Teachers and Staff:  Applications for the spring grants cycle must be completed and submitted to SEF by March 19, 2013. A final determination on each application received will be conveyed to the applicant no later than April 22, 2013.

  • Fall Grants Awarded

    It’s an exciting time for SEF…we just awarded our 2nd round of grants to the schools!!! We are proud to say we awarded over $10,000 this cycle to outstanding, exciting and creative ideas brought forward from the teachers and educators!! In the days ahead we will highlight some of those ideas. Thank you to all...
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