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CSDEF News
![All Alumni Picnic with Alumni and Foundation logos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1720465392/colonial/btbt9tcgbu5txlu3jzfb/PicnicThumbnail2.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1720465392/colonial/btbt9tcgbu5txlu3jzfb/PicnicThumbnail2.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1720465392/colonial/btbt9tcgbu5txlu3jzfb/PicnicThumbnail2.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1720465392/colonial/btbt9tcgbu5txlu3jzfb/PicnicThumbnail2.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720465392/colonial/btbt9tcgbu5txlu3jzfb/PicnicThumbnail2.png","width":1280}])
Meet up with fellow alumni at Foundation Day! 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Food trucks, kids' activities, performances, more!
![Mr. Santiago holding certificate]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1716217441/colonial/ipkcjifvzh3bki4twpzx/CSDEFAuctionSantiago.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1716217441/colonial/ipkcjifvzh3bki4twpzx/CSDEFAuctionSantiago.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1716217441/colonial/ipkcjifvzh3bki4twpzx/CSDEFAuctionSantiago.jpg","width":800}])
Congratulations to Tomas Santiago and the Santiago family!
![Girl smiling at camera and holding a large pinecone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712760444/colonial/tqjuoqpevnv6ks6qm2qf/CEEMUPinecone.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712760444/colonial/tqjuoqpevnv6ks6qm2qf/CEEMUPinecone.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712760444/colonial/tqjuoqpevnv6ks6qm2qf/CEEMUPinecone.jpg","width":800}])
The students explored nature with four of their five senses. The program was paid for by a grant from the CSDEF.
![Food for Thought Weekend Edition text with lightbulb and dinner plate graphic and Update banner]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1710263881/colonial/wjewiaowkpoowypadvqs/FoodForThoughtupdateThumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1710263881/colonial/wjewiaowkpoowypadvqs/FoodForThoughtupdateThumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1710263881/colonial/wjewiaowkpoowypadvqs/FoodForThoughtupdateThumbnail.png","width":800}])
Since November, the CSDEF and the Pupil Services department have distributed $3,375 in grocery store gift cards.
![students hold books that were donated]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1709044063/colonial/s3ovnxsakeychhkpnyek/IMG_0112.jpg","width":2200}])
For the sixth year, Colonial has received approximately 250 children's books that were candidates for AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.