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Middlesex Savings Bank Honor Grant
Application of Microscale Techniques in the Chemistry Laboratory
Kathi Browne, Science Dept. Chair
Natick High School
This grant will introduce students to microscale techniques in the chemistry laboratory, thereby reducing the production of chemical waste within the laboratory. This technique also allows students to perform experiments which produce results with both high precision and accuracy. Many colleges, as well as industry, currently conduct research using microscale techniques. |
Cognex Honor Grant
Hollywood Natick: Synthesizing Social Studies Curriculum Through Video Production
Mary Breen, Social Studies Teacher, Kennedy Middle School, Marie Norton, Instructional Technology Specialist
Kennedy Middle School
This grant will establish a video production facility at Kennedy Middle School. This facility will have the capability of enriching all academic programs by stimulating and motivating students to synthesize academic knowledge and creativity. |
Millennium Grant
Expansion of Use of Computer Based Laboratory in High School Science Classes
Kathi Browne, Science Dept. Chair, Natick High School, Joel Bradford, Physics Teacher
Natick High School
The Computer Based Laboratory (CBL), used in conjunction with TI-graphing calculators, allows students to collect real-time data which can then be immediately graphed and analyzed. Use of these instruments, with the appropriate probes, will allow students to collect and analyze greater amounts of data in a shorter period of time. |
Mini Grants
Baskin and Johnson
Lynnell Connolly, Title 1 Teacher, Johnson Elementary School; Kerry MacIsaac, Title 1 Teacher
Johnson
This is a six week summer program which provides at -risk students with weekly language arts and math activities essential to success.
Native Americans/Multiple Intelligences
Beth Altchek, 2nd Grade Teacher
Lilja Elementary School
Through setting up learning centers based on each of the Intelligences, children will be given a rich opportunity to learn about the customs and traditions of several different Native American peoples.
Phearless Physics
Julie Szymczak, Student
Natick High School
This grant will enrich regular classroom instruction in physics through the integration of interactive software and web-based resources.
This Is The Way We Go To School In Natick
Lynne S. Hunt, Kindergarten Teacher, Brown Elementary School; Jo Ann O’Brien Forester, Kindergarten Teacher, Lilja Elementary School; Martha Wells, Technology Assistant
This project will be a photographic tour of each of the five elementary schools, with photos taken by kindergarten students with a digital camera. |
Foundation Grants
Baby Think It Over
Karen Maguire, Health Educator
Kennedy Middle School
This is a realistic infant simulator that will allow Grade 8 students to realize that parenting impacts on their sleep and social lives.
Connecting the Rhythms of the World
Hilda J. Zinner, Music Specialist
Memorial Elementary School
This grant is a continuation of two projects begun last year: (a) to acquire a full range of Orff instruments and (b) to acquire instruments crafted in countries studied by the children as part of the mandated curriculum.
Colonial Life Study
Diane Demskie, 3rd Grade Teacher, Lilja Elementary School, Danice Smith, 3rd Grade Teacher
Memorial Elementary School
This grant will fund curriculum material for the study of Colonization and the Revolutionary War that will provide a hands-on approach. This is a new area of curriculum developed to meet both the new State Frameworks for Social Studies, and to teach what is needed for the MCAS.
Digital Video: A Revolutionary Multimedia Solution to Video Production
Marie T. Norton, Instructional Technology Specialist
Kennedy and Wilson Middle Schools
Currently, all Grade 8 computer classes produce a curriculum related final project. With this technology, students can quickly and easily include high quality video into their presentations.
Emergent Guided Reading Program
Nina Kazlas, Learning Center Chairperson; Bebe Zaniboni, Learning Center Teacher; Laney George, 1st Grade Teacher; Mary Thomas, 1st Grade Teacher; Gael Daly, Reading Specialist; Pat Ditullio, Educational Assistant; Donna Moore, Educational Asistant, Parent Coordinator
Johnson Elementary School.
This grant is an extension of a Title 1 pilot program for emergent readers called "Success From the Start". It targets at-risk first grade readers. It involves staff training, pre- and post-student assessments, books for emergent readers and a consistent schedule where students work with a trained instructor.
Land Ho!
Suzanne V. Murphy, Music Specialist
Brown and Johnson Elementary Schools.
This is a journey to the lands once visited by Columbus, Coronado, Cartier, Balboa and Hudson. The students will use the world of music to explore how the native cultures adopted, adapted and resisted these explorers from the Old World.
"One Bird in the Bush Is Worth Two in a Book: Establishing a School Bird Feeding Station"
Lisa Char-Smith, 1st Grade Teacher; Laura Erwin, 1st Grade Teacher; Susan Getty, 1st Grade Teacher; Marcy Klay, 1st Grade Teacher
Bennett-Hemenway Elementary School
This grant will provide first graders with the opportunity to observe native birds as they fly, perch, eat and interact with each other in the wild.
Seeing the World in New Ways
Amy Bruns, 5th Grade Teacher, Kennedy Middle School; Gwendolyn Arrusian, 5th Grade Teacher
Wilson Middle School
Fifth grade students in Natick will be Seeing the World in New Ways through the use of culture kits from Africa and Asia, and through participation in an interactive web experience called AsiaQuest. |
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