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Donation Energizes Foundation Grant Program
The District 62 Foundation recently received a $1,000 contribution from Johnson Controls. The contribution will fund student enrichment grants focused on ecology, the environment, biology and science. Dawn Collazo, Johnson Controls Sales Solutions Manager, presents a $1,000 donation from Johnson Controls to Foundation Co-Presidents Maxine Hubbard and Betty Murphy.



D62 Foundation Announces 2008-2009 Mini-Grant Winners

Maxine Hubbard and Betty Murphy, District 62 Foundation Presidents, announced that $22,500 was awarded in 31 mini-grants to teachers and administrators in every one of the District 62 schools.

The District 62 Foundation Prize Patrol awarded mini-grants on Thursday, May 29.

The Foundation raises and distributes funds to support innovative classroom projects and teaching models.

"We were delighted with the quality of the projects" Hubbard and Murphy said, "and pleased to be in a position to expand the program. We had planned on awarding $15, 000, but after the screening committee reviewed the applications, the Board of Trustees realized that we could and would do more for our teachers and their students.”

Mini-Grant funds were provided by Cents for Kids, a District 62 employee contribution program; Comedy Review 2, the Foundation’s annual benefit; local businesses and retired District 62 employees and Board of Education donations.

For more information, contact MeLinda Ward, at 847-824-8070 or visit the Foundation website at www.d62.org/d62foundation/index.html.

The following mini-grants were awarded:

Algonquin Middle School

Junior Great Books
Allison Wohl

Math “Lifelines”
Vanessa Swakow

Pi Day
Tina Beer & Suzanne Mynard

Central Elementary School

The Soil Adventure Mobile
Clarice McGee

Lego Engineering On-Site Field Trip
Alicia Liakopoulos, Lori Schoen, Sandy Sobon, & Gary Paustian

Six Traits Writing and Digital Storytelling: Awakening Student Voices
Leigh Radnitzer, Mark Lenzini, Clarice McGee, & Mary Fink

Spirit of the Eagle Native American Presentation
Gary Paustian

Chippewa Middle School

Chippewa Courtyard Beautification Project
Elisabeth Duszynski & Dayle Kolak

“Y” Swim
Jeanne Lightfoot, Monica Moser, & Silvia Kovacs-Langan

Student/Teacher Mentor Program
Mary Jane Morley & Asia Gurney

Cumberland Elementary School

Test Talk
Cheryl Wasserman & Rose Breitzman

Awesome Audio Adventures
Cheryl Wasserman & Rose Breitzman

Forest Elementary School

Making Meaning Strategies That Build Comprehension
Allison Wolfe & Ania Figueroa

Meeting the Needs of Every Student in Math
Gabriella Laurino

Move ‘n Sit Air Cushions
Kathy Giambeluca

Iroquois Community School

Art Therapy in District 62
Marise Goveia

Reading A-Z
Melissa Lenki

North Elementary School

“All Season Orchard” Field Trip
Kristine Kiesel, Bridget McIntosh, Nancy Llanos & Jaime Sloan

Caravan of Learning
Kathleen Clifford & Heather Hills

You’ve Got Mail
Natalie Stevens & Karen Higginson

Orchard Place Elementary School

Classroom Jeopardy
Theresa Straub

Duck For President
Laura Rosland & Vanessa Stalter

Non-fiction Immersion and Buddy Reading
Lindsay Santiago

Plainfield Elementary School

Primary Book Talks
Cara Cordaro

Arte Ambalante-Dia de los Muertos
David Lynch

South Elementary School

Graphic Novels
Kathryn Hauser & Jennifer Rubis

Healthy Earth Explorers
Beatriz Bradley & Cynthia Reynolds

Glossaries Give Us the Word
Christine Trujillo

Reading Olympics
Debra Muraiti

Terrace Elementary School

Multilingual Literacy Bags
Martha Danan, Bonnie Danielsen, & Cheryl Stephanopolis

Using Smart Talk to Enhance Literacy
Martha Danan, Bonnie Danielsen, & Cheryl Stephanopolis

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