|
Grant Title |
Grant Amount |
Brief description |
| Music and
Poetry Collaborative |
$500 |
Funds workshops that engage children in the
creation of poetry through musical expression
(Prescott - Grades 1 & 2) |
| Drawbridge
Puppet Theatre |
$700 |
Enhances the Arts curriculum with a
performance by a puppetry troupe, as well a demonstration explaining the
many techniques used to create and manipulate puppets and marionettes
(Boutwell - Pre-school) |
| Author's Visit
and Presentation |
$500 |
Allows 6th grade students to
engage in the publishing process through an interactive presentation by
author and illustrator Sharon Wooding
(Middle School - Grade 6) |
| Sing-A-Long
with Kevin McNamara |
$350 |
Allows students to participate in a musical
program utilizing a variety of musical instruments and genres
(Boutwell - Pre-school) |
|
Grant Title |
Grant Amount |
Brief description |
|
HDTV and High Definition Technology Lecture |
$500 |
Funds a lecture by Charles Roberts,
Associate Professor of Communications Media at Fitchburg State College,
regarding this expansive new broadcast technology
(High School) |
|
Professional Learning Community Leadership Group |
$500 |
Provides materials to support a study group
among district administrators with the goal of creating and executing a
plan to improve academic achievement for all students
(Districtwide) |
|
Materials for Middle School Counseling Groups |
$491 |
Provides therapeutic games and materials
that will engage students in small group activities to improve social
competency
(Middle School) |
|
Weather: Wind, Water and Temperature |
$349 |
Funds an interactive Museum of Science
program that allows students to understand how the Earth's elements
interact to create weather systems
(Prescott - Grade 4) |
|
Listening Centers for Differentiated Instruction |
$490 |
Funds auditory learning centers for the
school library, allowing students the opportunity to reinforce lessons
using non-visual techniques
(Middle School) |
|
National Science Teachers Association Convention |
$655 |
Enables K - 8 Science Curriculum Coordinator
to attend national forum for the latest science information, techniques,
labs and technology, to be held in Boston in Spring 2008
(Professional Development - Elementary &
Middle Schools) |
|
Middle School Education Resource Library |
$500 |
Provides funding to expand Middle School
resource library on differentiated learning techniques to enhance the
educational experience for children at all levels of learning
(Middle School) |
|
Elementary Schools Education Resource Library |
$500 |
Provides funding to expand elementary school
resource libraries on differentiated learning techniques to enhance the
educational experience for children at all levels of learning
(Elementary schools) |
|
Smartboard Training |
$540 |
Enables teachers to attend workshops to
learn creative teaching methods that utilize their interactive whiteboard
systems
(Professional Development
- Middle School) |
|
Engineering is Elementary: A Stick in the Mud |
$458 |
Curriculum materials to pilot a hands-on
engineering and technology program where students will create models of
real-life riverbank systems and see how different factors impact a simple
bridge structure
(Florence Roche -
Grades 1/2 & 2) |
