| Previously Funded
Grants: |
| 2007-2008
|2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005
| 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 |
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The
twenty-five grants awarded for the 2005-2006 school year totaled over
$80,000 and are as follows:
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- *Educator's
Series:
District-wide, Teachers, Grades K-12
Professional development program for all teachers
and the community, consisting of four lectures by well-known educators
and authors focusing on literacy, assessment, community and the
arts.
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- *Finding
One's Voice-Authors to Students:
all Elementary, Grades 2, 4, & 6
Three nationally known authors will speak to students
about the writing process, how writers find their voices and how
to commit ideas to writing.
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- *Student
Book Publishing:
Village School, Grade 5
Provides funding for each student to write and
illustrate a sixteen-page full color manuscript, professionally
printed and bound by a children's book publisher.
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- *Responsive
Classroom Training:
Village School, Grades 4-6
One-day introductory training for ten teachers
and a week-long intensive training sessions for six teachers at
the Northeast Foundation for Children, focused on practical classroom
strategies.
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- *Project
Adventure:
MVMS, Grade 7
Students participate in team/community building
to help build confidence and trust.
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- *Senior
Project/Internship :
MHS, Grade 12
Provides funding for materials and expenses to
support seniors' personal design of independent studies and internships
that take place for four weeks during the spring school quarter.
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- Lester
Laminack Literary Workshop:
District-wide, Teachers, Grades 4-8
Professional development program featuring renowned
writer, teacher and presenter, Lester Laminack.
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- Disc
Golf Across Districts:
Charter School, Grades 4-8
Six chain basket holes will be purchased to promote
the fun, social activity of Frisbee Golf. The equipment will be
shared by MCCPS with any Marblehead public school that would like
to play.
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- Historical
Perspectives for Children:
District-wide, Grades K-3 and 5
Professional actors will bring history alive by
portraying historical figures such as Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller
and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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- Mastering
the Art of Teaching Reading and Writing:
Teachers, Grades 1 & 2
First and Second Grade teachers and literacy specialists
will have professional development textbooks to support their
monthly study groups.
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- Safe
Routes to School:
District-wide, Grades K-6
Teaches K-6 students the benefits of walking to
and from school safely using the "Safe Routes to Schoo"l
model offered by WalkBoston.
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- Infinities
Chamber Ensemble:
District-wide, K-3
An introduction to the individual instruments
that make up a woodwind quartet. Elements of classical music will
be explored using Prokokiev's "Peter and the Wolf."
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- What
are you READing?:
Village School, Grades 4-6
A program for students and their parents that
will promote reading for pleasure using selected books in "book
bags" complete with discussion questions and examples of
how to run a book night.
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- Reading
to Learn Across Curriculum:
Teachers, Grades 4-6
An online professional development reading course
for all teachers to promote reading strategies/practices across
curriculum.
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- Modeling
Six Traits Writing Skills with Picture Books:
Village School, Grades 4-6
Picture books will be purchased through the library
for teachers to model examples of Six Traits writing skills.
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- Marblehead
Literacy Volunteers:
Village School, Grades 4-6
A volunteer-based literacy program will be developed
by training volunteers to help students who are struggling in
the classroom.
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- Challenging
Enrichment Math:
Village School, Grade 4
This program offers challenging math enrichment
to students with high math abilities using Lego Robotics.
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- *Storytelling
in the Classroom by Kacy Pierce:
Village School, Grade 4
Kacy Pierce will engage students through participation
in storytelling as both listeners and tellers.
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- Charging
into Piano Lessons:
Charter School, Grades 4-8
Augments ongoing keyboard class by providing keyboards,
headphones and adapters and power chords.
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- Growing
a Community Vegetable Garden:
Charter School, Grades 4-8
Promotes a greater appreciation for food, farming,
hunger issues, seed-to-table cycle and the environmental impact
of organic farming. Vegetables are donated to local shelters.
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- 4th
Grade Science by Experiment:
Charter School, Grade 4
Provides necessary materials to support bridge
building activities, which are part of the fourth grade science
curriculum.
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- Video
Technologies in the Classroom:
Village School, Grades 4-8
Provides students and teachers with professional
grade television media equipment to augment learning in the classroom.
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- Memorial
Gardens and Outdoor Learning Environment:
Veterans' Middle School, Grades 7 & 8
Will engage students by using math and science
skills in an outdoor learning environment. Various gardens around
the MVMS campus will be planned and cultivated.
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- Mixed
Media, Digitally Enhanced Self-Portraiture:
Veterans' Middle School, Grade 8
Students will create four self-portraits using
the latest digital photography and software.
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- A
Cappella Instruction:
Marblehead High School, Grades 9-12
A second A Cappella Group will be created by music
teacher Amanda Roeder so that more students can become involved.
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- Graduation
Follow-up for Special Education:
Marblehead High School
Information retrieved by a survey to graduates
of the Special Education program will yield important information
for current teachers and students.
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- Marblehead
High School Remembrance Garden:
Marblehead High School
A teaching area for fine arts, biology and special
education will be created by cultivating a garden. Planning is
collaborative between students, parents, faculty and community
groups.
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- Marblehead
Model Yachts
Marblehead High School, Grades 9-12
Combining math, science and applied and fine arts,
model yachts will be designed and built. The project culminates
in a race to see which design is most sea-worthy.
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| *Past
recipient of partial or full funding |
