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| 2002 Grant Summaries for the 2002-2003 School Year |
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Boston Scientific Honor Grant
Applications of a Computer-Based Lab in the High School Biology Classes
Kathi Browne, Ven Larkin, Lisa Blomberg
Natick High School
This grant is for the purchase of Lab-Pro or CBL units with graphing calculations for NHS biology classes. These hand-held portable monitors, linked to data-collecting sensors or probes, can transfer data to a computer for analysis via spreadsheets and graphs. |
Eastern Telephone Honor Grant
Kids on the Block
Barbara Singer
All Elementary schools and Kennedy and Wilson Middle Schools
The Kids on the Block program is a series of interactive puppet performances designed to increase disability awareness. Puppeteers use life-sized puppets to act out various scenarios that teach children to accept and respect differences among them. |
Whitney Place Honor Grant
Building Biographies
Linda Broderick, Kristen Kupperschmidt, Betsy Mangan, Jodie Apeseche
Memorial and Johnson Schools
A collection of high-quality biographies for each of the five elementary schools will be purchased with funds from this grant. The books will be used in conjunction with the family Biography Celebration held at each school. |
MathWorks Honor Grant
Capturing the Big Picture “the Art of Photography”
Pamela Leblanc
Natick High School
The funds from this grant will be used to renovate and stock the High School darkroom, and will make possible an elective course in photography. |
Olive Sharrow Memorial Grant
Interactive Pillars of Our Nation
Jed Stefanowicz, Michael Albert, Denise Young, Bev Melchiorri
Brown School
The construction of a series of pillars in the hallways of Brown School will be funded by this grant. Each pillar will represent a particular region in the U.S and serve as a learning station for that region. |
Foundation Grants
Exploring Chinese Civilization through the Arts
Kathy Furst, Ann Horton - Brown, Lilja, Bennett
Hemenway Schools; Kennedy Middle School
This program will allow students to learn about ancient and contemporary China through Chinese arts, stories, music and games.
Freedom Flag
Nancy Jennett , Denise Girardini, Ruth Evans
Wilson Middle School
This program will allow students to learn about ancient and contemporary China through Chinese arts, stories, music and games.
Building a Home/School Reading Connection
Melissa Shields
Brown School
This grant will provide funds for the purchase of developmentally appropriate books for use in the classroom and at home.
Rock and Roll
Linda Broderick, Kathleen Anderson
Memorial School
This grant will provide for the purchase of rocks and minerals, working models of a seismograph, a CD-rom, books, soil test kits, and a volcano study set for the geology unit of study for the fourth grade class at Memorial School.
“A Little Bit of Soul:” African-American Voices in the Natick Curriculum
H. Camille Napier, Mandy Mondesir, Lincoln Ned, Nick Bernard, Lucien Henry, Perry Bonnett
Natick High School
A mini-course on African-American literature for 15 students will be funded through this grant. Five students designed this course, its goals, and its objectives. The class will be seminar-based, with each of the 15 students taking responsibility for leading the discussion at least once.
Building a Home/School Reading Connection
Melissa Shields
Brown School
This grant will provide funds for the purchase of developmentally appropriate books for use in the classroom and at home.
Banjos, Brushstrokes and The Way Things Were: “The Way West in America, 1800-1899”
Martha E. Curran
Wilson Middle School
The purchase of a set of classroom resources will be funded by this grant. The material will be shared by the eighth grade team at Wilson Middle School, and it will make possible an interdisciplinary study of America from 1800-1899.
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Mini Grants
Make-It-Take-It
Lynnell Connolly, Kerry MacIsaac
Johnson School
Math and language arts games for use at home by Title One parents and students will be purchased with the funds from this grant. Playing these games will be a fun, interactive way to involve struggling readers and concerned parents.
Measuring up to Math
Christine Mclarnon, Marianne Zogby, Jackson Patterson
Johnson Elementary School
A parent-led after-school math enrichment program will be made possible by this grant. Children from grades two, three, and four at Johnson Elementary School will learn to build solar cars and boats, make sundials, and cook breads and other yummy treats.
Curriculum Based Books on Tape
Nell Harder
Memorial school
The purchase of books on tape for the Memorial School will be made possible by this grant. The tapes will be used to supplement the K - 2 science and social study curriculum.
A Second Grade Picture Book Workshop
Ann Horton, Kathleen Montgomery, Meryl Waldman, Kathleen Ryan
Bennett-Hemenway School
This program will allow the applicants to purchase a variety of picture books for the second grade classrooms, to use them to teach the interdependence of text and illustration, and to encourage creativity as students write their own stories and create their own illustrations.
Grant for Calilfone Cardmaster
Sheila M. Friswell
Memorial School
The Califone Cardmaster is a magnetic audio card reader which will be purchased for the Memorial School through this grant. It will be used by the learning-disabled students to reinforce reading skills through visual and auditory input.
Learning Buddies
Robyn Snyder, Kristy Dandurand
Memorial School
This grant will support a program for kindergarteners and third graders to interact and learn together once a month. The goal of the program is for these students to answer the question, “How can we make the world a better place?” The students will learn about historical figures and participate in hands-on projects..
Choral Concert Funding
Julie Miller - Bennett
Hemenway School
This grant will allow the music teacher at Bennett-Hemenway to purchase a musical score that can be coordinated with other school projects.
Expanding Technology into the Curriculum
Peter Alderman, Kenneth Doyle, Amy Hawrylchak
Wilson Middle School
This grant is for the purchase of three additional licenses for web-authoring software (Dreamweaver, by Macromedia), so that more teachers will be able to integrate a Web site into their curriculum. |
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