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.
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
