Mini & Micro Projects of the Pelham Education Foundation

During the 06-07 school year, the Foundation awarded $20,000 in minigrants (grants of up to $5,000 each to fund teacher- initiated projects) for the following:
-      Successmaker software licenses were purchased for each elementary school for individualized math instruction.
-      A 30 hour course was funded to train teachers from all 4 elementary schools in the use of a multisensory approach to teaching reading, spelling and writing.
-      The sixth grade art and science teachers received funding to provide hands-on activities designed to create clear links between science and specific art forms and media.
-      Video cameras were purchased for students in the high school so that the students may develop instructional videos for the elementary, middle and high school students about the trout program (previously funded by a PEF grant), how aquariums represent ecosystems and other lab activities.
-      Funds were provided to develop an early identification and intervention program for math learning problems.
-      “Contexts for Learning Mathematics”, a math series to supplement and enrich math instruction, was purchased for a second grade teacher.
-      A third grade teacher was awarded a grant for her students to do an integrated study of reading and writing magazines.

PAST MINI-GRANTS

Year                        Project                                                  School
2003                Reading in the Content Area                    Siwanoy
                         FUR for Reading                                         PMS
                         The Empower Program                             PMS
                         Learning 20th Century America               PMHS            
                         Radical & Moderate Reform Groups       PMS
                         Math/Graphics/Art History                          PMHS
                         Art Department Camera                            PMHS
                         Writing Workshop                                       PMHS
                         JSTOR  Library Research Software        PMHS

2004                Debate Club                                                MS
                          Nature Books                                              Prospect Hill
                         TCCI college tracking software                PMHS
                         Forensic Science Mannequin                   PMHS
                         Character Education Through Art             All Elementary Schools
                         Science Immersion, Honduras                PMHS
                         24 Math Game                                             District-wide 4th – 5th
 
2005                Student-created E-commerce website   PMHS
                         After-school French Program                    PMS
                         24 Math Game                                              District-wide 4th-5th
                         Student-produced Mitosis flipbook           PMHS
                         Digital cameras                                            Prospect Hill
                         Student-illustrated note cards                   PMHS
                         Video microscopes                                      Hutchinson
                         Music workshop with a composer            Hutchinson
 
2006                Trout in the classroom                                PMHS
                         3D modeling                                                  PMHS
                         MIDI audio engineering                               PMS/PMHS
                         Enriching algebraic math instruction        District-wide 5th - 6th
                         Orchestral composer                                   District-wide 4th
                         Autistic social story                                       Special Ed

 

Ideas and initiatives can be submitted to the PEF Board of Directors at anytime.

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