2009-2010 Grants
The Tantasqua Education Foundation has awarded a total of $11,612.91 to six projects in the 2009-2010 academic year. We look forward to learning over the next year how the newest grants have helped these projects come to fruition. Please check back as we update this page with more information about how our students have benefitted from our teachers' innovative ideas.
Grant |
Description |
Teacher(s) |
Amount |
Students Affected |
Compassion Cards |
Junior high art students will create note cards and calendars to help raise money for local non-profit organizations.
|
Carol Willard, Julie Guerin |
$1180 |
Junior High |
Lights, Camera, Literacy |
An interdisciplinary project to facilitate video podcasting that will be made available to the community through the Tantasqua News Network.
|
Robert Jefferson, Amy Polito, Katherine Troy, Carol Willard |
$2793.87 |
Junior High |
Sharing the Reading/Writing Connection |
Teaching elementary students about genre categories through reading and writing with the assistance of a nationally known author.
|
Janet Downing, Tammy Howe |
$891.27 |
Elementary |
The Shakespeare Experience |
Period costumes will help engage high school English and drama students in the acting of Shakespeare's plays and allow them to better understand his work.
|
Joe Earls, Sean Cusick |
$1482.12 |
High School |
21st Century Mapping |
8th grade students explorations in geology, topography and astronomical calculations will be aided with hand-held GPS units.
|
Toni Berthiaume, Robert Jefferson |
$3500 |
Junior High |
Forensic Investigations |
Students will employ evidence kits to understand crime analysis and use physics, math, and life sciences to analyze how C.S.I.-style investigations unfold.
|
Robert Jefferson |
$1765.65 |
Junior High |
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