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RACE for Education

Eliot Elementary School’s annual RACE for Education is our one and only fundraiser.

Students will walk or jog around a designated area as many times as they are able for one hour's time. We invite all family & friends to sponsor a student to raise funds for all the different enrichment programs at Eliot Elementary such as educational assemblies, field trips, guest authors & speakers, in classroom enrichment, local history projects, wellness programs, science & wildlife exploration and so much more!!! 

Programs Funded by PEEPs/RACE for Education

  • Center for Wildlife Program

  • Gundalow fieldtrip

  • Playground clean up and updates

  • New swing set

  • Outdoor classroom

  • STEM supplies for 1st graders

  • Page to Stage theater production 

  • PEEPS bucks $100 for each teacher

  • Gardening supplies for PreK

  • Author visits such as Matt Tavares and Chris Van Dusen

  • Interactive artists visits

  • Popcorn Fridays

  • New teacher’s lounge & outdoor patio

  • Laser light show

  • Frogtown Puppets theater productions

  • Seacoast Rep Theater shows

  • Laptop for yearbook enrichment club

  • Strawbery Banke fieldtrip

  • Headphones for 3rd graders

  • Treats for grade level celebrations

  • School garden upkeep

  • Local Stories project for 2nd graders

  • One room school house models

  • Eyes on Owls program

  • Mr. Negley Plantetarium

  • Classroom supplies

  • Guidance monthly video subscriptions

  • Leveled books for K

  • Dunk tank

  • Children’s Museum trip

  • Food to Play theater productions

  • Pengui play

  • New sound equipment in the gym

  • Refrigerator for the nurses office

  • 2 Music Hall trips

“As an EES teacher, I can't say enough kind things about our wonderful PEEPs! They put in so much of their own time to make sure that EES kids have the BEST possible experiences and memories.”

—Devan W.