2009-2010 Recipients
Lauren Anderson: Oneida MS $500.00
To buy French language books for a classroom library.
Beth A. Chatnick: Elmer Avenue $517.00
To buy books for a book club for sixth graders (about 50 kids) They will be reading materials and discussing them.
Lisa David: and the other 4th & 5th grade teachers: Pleasant Valley $500.00
To be spent on building supplies for sets and costumes for The Pleasant Valley Players.
Margaret Foley: Schenectady HS $513.00
To purchase a portable printing press/pads for the School of Fine Arts multi-discipline room.
Jennifer Gensinger: Mont Pleasant MS $850
She had 80 string students and wanted to buy 2 base outfits, 3 cello outfits, and 2 viola outfits. This grant will help with part of it.
Lisa Longe: Elmer, Keane and Woodlawn $600.00
To buy percussion bell kits for the three schools, which will enable students to learn keyboard/mallet percussion.
Elizabeth Mark: Mont Pleasant MS $500.00
To fund an ESL project, Welcome to Schenectady: Discovering Schenectady’s Treasures. Students will do interviews, research, go on field trips, etc. and end up creating a book.
Michele Stewart-Mannino and others: Oneida $100
To engage in Double Dutch Connections experience; students read and experience the lives of our Dutch settlers.
Baran, Andrea: Van Corlaer Elem. $1278.50, $860
To continue purchasing Orff musical instruments enabling each student to be actively engaged in an ensemble.
Coleman, Danielle: Central Park International Magnet $690.00
Fifty 8th grade students will do a field trip to the Mass. Museum of Contemporary Art.
Daus, Jamie: Keane Elem. $571.26
To purchase poetry anthologies, mentor writing texts, and books for interactive read alouds for her second graders.
Mahoski, Walter & Kimberly DeLucia: Van Corlaer $833.87
To put literacy centers in two K-2 classrooms. They will buy carpets, whiteboards, clipboards, etc..
McCrum, Jean: Hamilton $900.00
To buy critical thinking games to help students improve their math, thinking, strategizing, analyzing, and social skills.
Standart, Tracy: ML King. $650.00
To buy books for a classroom library to support literacy in her Family & Consumer Science classes.
Zebrowski, Gretchen: Lincoln Elem. $580.00
To introduce students to the concept of lifecycles through studying the lifecycle of a chicken.
