Our latest initiative is to support the mental health of students in the Pittsford School district

Mental Health Initiative

Mental Health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. One of the many negative impacts of COVID -19 has been its impact on mental health among our students. Our students have been much more isolated given the pandemic, significantly increasing mental health needs.

Donations will be used to support our students in the following ways:

• Provide supports through licensed mental health experts through targeted counseling when students are not in school (breaks, summer)

• Provide professional development to staff relative to best practices while addressing student mental health needs

• Universal benchmarks, surveys, screening tools to provide evidence-based interventions

• Support building wide club that focuses on suicide prevention

• Technology and supplies to assist with removing the stigma of anxiety; help to understand and manage symptoms and ways reach out for help

We are proud and grateful to share that this effort has raised over $60,000 and has served more than 250 of families in the PCSD

COVID-19 Family Relief Initiative

COVID-19 affects us all, but our most vulnerable neighbors, classmates, and friends will be impacted the most. The Pittsford Education Foundation (PEF) is focused on ensuring all students in the Pittsford Central School District (PCSD) have equitable access to exceptional educational opportunities and we know that no child can learn, if their basic needs are not being met. As the Pittsford Central School District moves to at-home learning, our community must come together to ensure that no family or student falls behind.

In response to this terrible pandemic the Pittsford Education Foundation established a COVID-19 Family Relief Initiative to provide direct support to PCSD families/individuals experiencing severe economic hardships due to COVID-19. 

When the community was asked to donate money to the Pittsford Education Foundation during the onset of COVID-19, the response was with overwhelming generosity of more than $60,000. These donations were used to purchase grocery store gift cards that provided meals on a regular basis to so many of our families who were suffering job loss or illness. There was great appreciation and gratitude from the recipients for being part of the Pittsford Community.

— PCSD Superintendent Mike Pero

Pittsford students, proudly cutting the ribbon to officially open their new amphitheater.

Pittsford Sutherland High School Amphitheater

Members of the PEF board at our recycling event

The Recycling Event