|
Grant Title |
Grant Amount |
Brief description |
| Nutrition
Resources |
$100 |
Provides funding for resources to promote
the new USDA food pyramid
(High School) |
| Enhancing
Academic Performance Through Theater Arts Workshop |
$488 |
Provides funding for teachers to attend a
workshop on using theater to enhance academic performance and social
skills
(Professional Development - Middle School) |
| Fitness, Fun &
Friendships |
$493 |
Playground equipment for individual classes
to promote active play and responsibility for
equipment care
(Prescott) |
| Alive in '75 |
$400 |
Provides materials to allow students to
immerse themselves in colonial times for the day with a "walk through
history" and hands-on activities - funded in conjunction with the Groton
Commissioners of Trust, who provided an additional $100 to make this
grant possible
(Middle School) |
| Quality
Read-Aloud Literature Collection |
$500 |
Funds to start a collection of read-aloud
books to support the Guided Reading and Writing program
(Middle School - Grade 5) |
| Classical &
World Music Library |
$400 |
Provides funding for a collection of
classical and world music CDs, including music from other countries and
cultures
(Prescott) |
| "The
Enviroscape" NRWA Youth Education Program |
$238 |
Provides partial funding for an interactive
program on watersheds and the effects of various pollutants that affect
our rivers, streams and wetlands, presented by the Nashua River Watershed
Association -
funded in conjunction with the Groton Commissioners of Trust, who provided
an additional $556 to make this grant possible
(4th grade throughout the District) |
| Education
Resource Library |
$847 |
Provides funding to establish a
district-wide resource library on differentiated learning techniques, to
enhance the education experience for children at all levels of learning
(Boutwell, all elementary schools &
Middle School) |
| Target
Strategies for Assisting Students with Learning Disabilities |
$500 |
Allows five paraprofessionals to attend a
workshop on new teaching strategies to help children with learning
disabilities to achieve success in school
(Professional Development - Middle School) |
| Independent
Word Work |
$1414 |
Enhances reading by providing materials to
better develop student understanding of word decoding
(Florence Roche: K-1) |
| Creating
Strategic Readers |
$700 |
Provides funds to expand the Shared
Literature collection
(Swallow Union) |
| "Second Step"
Training |
$2,046 |
Funding for training in the "Second
Step" research-based social competency curriculum, designed to promote
healthy social interaction
(Professional Development - Middle
School) |
| Rock with
Science: Pilot Geology/Landform Project |
$2,100 |
Enhancement of the science curriculum with
hands-on, multidisciplinary program, including teacher training
(Prescott - Grade 4) |
| Assessing Math
Concepts |
$3,549 |
Provides materials and teacher training to
enhance students' learning and understanding of mathematical concepts
(All elementary schools - Grades K-3) |
|
LCD Projector & Cart for Physical/Behavioral
Health
|
$300 |
Provides partial funding for LCD projector
to help integrate technology into the Physical & Behavorial Health
curriculum, allowing students to view educational fitness materials -
funded in conjunction with the Groton Commissioners of Trust, who provided
an additional $3,000 to make this grant possible
(High School) |
|
Enhancing Middle School Science & Math with
Vernier Technology |
$3,000 |
Hardware and software to improve data
collection and analysis in Middle School Science classes
(Middle School) |
The Reading Workshop in
Grades 3 & 4 |
$1,200 |
Funding to expand the Shared Literature
collection for Guided Reading curriculum
(Prescott - Grades 3 & 4) |
|
Pilot: Integrating Technology for Effective
Instruction |
$4,762 |
Funds equipment and teacher training for
pilot program to allow effective integration of technology in the
classroom, enhancing student learning of curriculum content
(Florence Roche) |
|
Vernier Technology with Computer &
Calculator-Based Labs |
$3,000 |
Expands previous grant of hardware and
software to improve data collection and analysis in High School Science
classes
(High School) |
