| Grant Title | Grant Summary | Amount Awarded | Subject
Area | Teacher | School |
| Traveling Journals: Exciting Adventures in Correspondence | Students will write friendly letters to people all over the United
States using uniquely designed travel journals. | $300.00 | Language Arts and Geography | Joanne Saul | LR |
| Butterflies L/R Style | Every project and/or
lesson created and taught in each subject on the Team will center around the main theme of butterflies. The
many activities will enhance and enrich students knowledge and meet many different learning styles. | $675.00 | Science - multidisciplinary | Team L | LR |
| Pizza Garden | The students will experience making pizza with ingredients grown in the school garden. Students will
prepare the soil, plat the seeds, maintain the garden with watering and weeding, and then harvest the crops. The
project culminates with pizza made with ingredients made in their garden. | $470.00 | Science | Ruth Watkinson, Kelly Freund, Carol Cherry | Nixon |
| Digging up the past | Digging Up the Past involves learning about dinosaurs and Native Americans in a fun and innovative way.
In science, students become "Junior Paleontologists" as they excavate dinosaur bones from the ground. In
Social Studies, students will explain the Native American legends that explain why things happen in nature. | $334.74 | Science and Social Studies | Second Grade | Nixon |
| Battle of the Books | Battle of the Books encourages students to read independently while
having fun demonstrating their knowledge of previously read books in a friendly competition using games and progress charts.. | $750.00 | Reading | Jennifer Sassaman, Amy Murillo, Maureen
Ferrentino, Barbara Fornari | LR |
| Wildlife Habitat | Students will create a natural wildlife habitat to enhance the school grounds and
to attract indigenous birds and butterflies. | $800.00 | Earth Science and Biology | Meg Fagan | RHS |
| Where Is Flat Stanley | Using the Flat Stanley stories, students will connect Flat Stanley with friends or relatives
that live in another state or county and create a travel journal that narrates Flat Stanley's experiences. | $350.00 | Social Studies, Language Arts, Math | Michelle Marzocca | Jefferson |
| Gardens of India | This project springboards Mrs. Delaney's experiences in India by teaching her
students about India, using math and science to develop a garden, and incorporate service learning to share students experiences
with someone else. | $300.00 | Math and Science,
Special Education | Barbara Delaney | EMS |
| I'm a Poet and I Know It | This program introduces students to various types of poetry through
reading, writing, illustration, and workshop presentations. | $600.00 | Poetry | Joanne Neilsen and Andrea Lombardo | LR |
| Notable
Americans In US History | Students will be introduced to the lives of notable Americans by using research skills. | $500.00 | | Roxana Caivano, Brenda Sumski, Bill Buro | LR |
