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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:

7,935.44

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