GRANTS AWARDED 2001-2002
CPS: K-8
Wisnia Kapp Reading Training |
| Grant Amount |
$7,700 |
| Project Leader |
Sharon McArdle, Director, Student Support Services
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| This grant will provide training opportunities to early elementary (K-2) and special education teachers and tutors. The training will provide a strong, structured phonological approach to language decoding, which represents a solid foundation skill for the development of fluency and proficiency in reading. |
Best Practices: Writing |
| Grant Amount |
$4,800 |
| Project Leader |
Sharon McArdle, Director, Student Support Services
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| This grant is a follow-up to the successful Project READ Best Practices: Reading grant supported by the Concord Education Fund for the 2000 – 2001 school year. The grant will provide training to teachers (grades 1-5) in Written Expression, which is another element of the project READ program that focuses on writing skills. The training will present a structured foundation for writing instruction that is found to be compatible with several alternative writing methodologies. |
Professional Development Collaboration Model |
| Grant Amount |
$9,500 |
| Project Leader |
Linda Penniston, Grade 5 Teacher, Alcott School |
| Project Proponents |
Philip Benincasa, Principal, Alcott School
Pat Fernandes, Principal, Willard School
Alex Popp, Principal, Thoreau School
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| Most elementary school teachers will note their most precious resource is time. Time to plan, to differentiate programs for individual needs, to share ideas and strategies with colleagues, and to evaluate instructional approaches. This grant will allow for time outside of the school day for teachers to collaborate around their best practices. |
Audiobook Initiative |
| Grant Amount |
$3,514 |
| Project Leader |
Robin Cicchetti, Librarian, Willard School
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| This grant will fund the creation of a collection of approximately 75 unabridged audio-chapterbooks as well as two-dozen cassette recorders for students in grades 3-5. The grant is designed to enhance the excitement of literature, provide support for transitioning to independent reading, and to help instill a love of books and reading in children. |
Browsing Baskets |
| Grant Amount |
$3,660.00 |
| Project Leader |
Susan Chafe, Language Arts Curriculum Specialist, Willard School
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| This grant will fund the creation of mini-libraries in the second-grade classrooms at the Willard School. These libraries will include an assortment of books, varying in genre and text levels, designed to support the acquisition of decoding, comprehension, and fluency skills in emerging and early readers. |
Expanding Our Understanding of Contemporary World History through Children’s Literature |
| Grant Amount |
$550.00 |
| Project Leader |
Bina Sareen, Grade 4 Teacher, Willard School
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| This follow-up to a 1998 grant will use children’s literature to examine the many varied perspectives that comprise the “making of history”. Using a collection of books selected by the project leader, students will evaluate considerations of human and civil rights, social justice and activism, and the need to better understand government choices. |
CCHS: 9-12
Weather Station |
| Grant Amount |
$9,830.00 |
| Project Leader |
Jeffrey Yuhas, Earth Science and Physics Teacher
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| This grant will provide funding for the purchase and installation of an Air Watch Weather system, including computer, software, and Lightware Projection system. Ninth grade Earth Science students will use the technology for meteorological studies; physics and chemistry students can use station data to examine heat and moisture variables; and math classes can use data for various area plotting exercises. In addition, the project leader anticipates forming a meteorology club to explore further potential of the system. |
Optics Lab Module |
| Grant Amount |
$10,154.33 |
| Project Leader |
Kevin Pennucci, Physics Teacher
|
| This grant will provide funding for the implementation of a nine-station optics lab for use by 11th and 12th grade physics students. The availability of lab materials will allow for the instruction in a range of optical experiments that could not otherwise be evaluated within the physics program. |
Connecting School, Community, and Workplace |
| Grant Amount |
$6,350.00 |
| Project Leader |
Debbie Barr, CCHS Guidance Department
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| This follow-up grant will provide continued funds for the creation of a sustainable internship program for Concord-Carlisle High School students with strong connections to CCHS curriculum. The grant will support the expansion of academic, community, and workplace connections by a team of community and business leaders, allowing for the design of a comprehensive internship model and a multi-year operational plan. |
WIQH Radio Initiative |
| Grant Amount |
$7,200 |
| Project Leader |
Lt. Paul Macone, Concord Police Department
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| The newly reopened WIQH radio station has been an enormous success at CCHS, with more than 120 students actively involved. Many have become certified radio broadcasters. This follow-up grant will provide equipment which allows for station improvements and which can expand hours of operation for the station, thereby allowing for greater student participation in the activity. |
ALL SYSTEM
Summer Enrichment |
| Grant Amount |
$6970 |
| Project Leader |
Court Booth, Director of Community Education
|
| This follow-up grant will provide continued funds for course development in support of a comprehensive summer program. Courses for K-12 students include academic enrichment as well as extra support services in a broad range of subject areas. |
Developing Responsible Behavior in Schools |
| Grant Amount |
$2,750 |
| Project Leader |
Peter Badalament, Dean of Students, CCHS
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| This grant will provide funds for a one day professional development workshop available to all K – 12 teachers during the summer of 2001. A nationally known and locally popular facilitator will focus on concrete ways that teachers, administrators, and students can create an atmosphere of respect, civility, and self-discipline in schools. |
Webmaster - Curriculum and Instruction |
| Grant Amount |
$6,000 |
| Project Leader |
Terry Duggan, Technology Coordinator
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| The system’s Strategic Planning Process has highlighted the need for clear, cogent, and easily accessible communication between school and community. This grant will fund a stipend to hire a qualified consultant for the purpose of designing a district website. The consultant will identify information sought by likely website users; design a plan and corresponding web architecture; and provide recommendations to the system on implementation and maintenance of a website. |
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