The Peru Gazette

L-R JoAnne Beaudry, educator at the RISE Center for Success, (middle), and Simone Lutz (left) and Alison Brown (right), Co-chairs of the Educator Awards Committee (Northeastern Zone RENY).

This past June, the Northeastern Zone of the Retired Educators of New York (RENY) awarded the Hudson-Kramer Memorial Grant to JoAnne Beaudry for her project, “Intensive Therapeutic Support Program Snowshoe Teambuilding”. This $2000 award will be used to purchase a class set of snowshoes which will be used by some of the high school and middle school students at the RISE Center for Success at CVES in Plattsburgh. 

This grant honors Ross Hudson and Florence Coulter Kramer, dedicated and devoted members of RENY. This $2000 award is offered by RENY every other year to area educators in public schools in the Northeastern Zone’s region, which includes school districts in Clinton County, NY, and parts of Essex County, NY. The Northeastern Zone also offers the Kramer Memorial Educator Award of $1000 in alternating years. Information about these awards may be found on the NEZ website (https://www.renynez.com). Application information is sent to eligible districts in early March.