Hamden Education Foundation
Mini-Grants Awarded 2010-11
This is the ninth year of mini grants for Hamden teachers, proudly sponsored by The Hamden Education Foundation. Our purpose in granting these funds is to encourage teachers and other certified staff to implement exciting and often long-cherished ideas for their students. The Foundation believes strongly in offering certified staff opportunities to enrich their curriculum and professional practice in ways directly affecting students' day-to-day classroom experiences. The amount of funding available this year was $10,000. The awards are up to a maximum of $750.
Below are the names and projects of the 2010-2011 awardees:
Teacher |
School |
Project |
Grant |
ELIZABETH BALL |
CHURCH ST. |
Using Kindle to increase fluency, etc. |
750.00 |
SCARLETT WONG |
DUNBAR HILL |
Fund a non-fiction classroom set |
500.00 |
BETSY PATTISON & ALAINE BRITTELL |
DUNBAR HILL |
Purchase books re fairy tales |
359.00 |
KAREN BUTLER |
RIDGE HILL |
Construction of a garden |
750.00 |
JENNIFER POHL |
SPRING GLEN |
Use Apple iPad in speech pathology |
738.00 |
JENNIFER D'ANTONIO |
WEST WOODS |
Non-fiction label materials |
679.60 |
BARBARA PERROTTI |
RIDGE HILL |
Family literacy outreach program |
750.00 |
CHRISTOPHER BROUGH |
MHS |
Tetrix robotics kit for engineering students |
500.00 |
KAREN KRAEMER & KG HUBBARD |
CHURCH ST. |
Use flip camera for ELL students |
165.00 |
JOE RIZZO |
HHS |
Enhance reptile club |
500.00 |
BILL HARRISON |
HHS |
Enhance greenhouse in HHS courtyard |
500.00 |
GREGORY COLONESE |
HHS |
Develop Astronomy Club at HHS |
750.00 |
DEAN DELGIUDICE |
HHS |
Buy VEX Robotics Design System |
500.00 |
ROSE PAWLIKOWSKI |
HHS |
Target African-American males --dropouts |
493.84 |
TOTAL: |
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7,935.44 |
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