Patricia Bachman Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Patricia Bachman Memorial Scholarship Fund has as its primary purpose the financial support of Pat's CUBs, a summer educational program offered in the Palmyra Area School District, Palmyra, PA. Patricia Bachman was a principal in the District and was instrumental in starting the program primarily for disadvantaged children. She was a special education teacher prior to becoming a principal and knew that the "summer slide" - the loss of academic progress from the prior school year -affected disadvantaged children more than others. She wanted to provide a way for these kids to practice skills in math, reading, and the arts with professional teachers so that they would be closer to grade level when they returned to school in the fall. The program consists of four weeks of instruction, practice exercises, and other educational activities to maintain and advance reading, math and other academic skills