Barnstable Education Foundation Inc

Barnstable High School  $400.

Chinese Language Material: Gerard Wollak, Amy Lucier, Grace Lytle, Ken Van Cor

This grant funds the purchase of Chinese language materials. These will be used by students joining the East Asian Club, a BHS club that seeks to develop an understanding of Asian cultures.

Barnstable High School   $200

Baking and Nutrition Club: Carol Carlson, Ann Kane

This grant will help establish an afterschool Baking and Nutrition program.  It will provide students with more vocational experiences as well as the nutritional information to help make high quality food choices.  

Barnstable High School   $989.25

Fit for Life Yoga: Barbara Gleason, Chris Whidden

This grant is funded through a partnership with Emerald Physicians.  It will assist in creating a fitness course for young women.  Its purpose is to help build their fitness levels as well as increase their overall knowledge of basic wellness skills and stress management. 

Barnstable High School   $800

Biology-Inquiry Based Instruction: Diane Russell

This grant will purchase materials to assist in the transition from a traditional lecture teaching style to an approach which uses student designed experiments to teach scientific thinking in a manner that is relevant and revealing.  

Barnstable High School   $200

Warm Hands-Warm Hearts: Jon Watson

This grant will purchase materials to enable collaboration between high school students with severe special needs and their peers in the Community Service Program.  These students, along with their teachers, create original, handcrafted items for individuals under the care of Beacon Hospice.

Barnstable High School   $500

Harvard University: Here We Come: Susan West, David Gorrill

This grant will provide transportation to Harvard University in Cambridge so that AP Biology students can participate in “teaching laboratories” conducted by Harvard Biology students and post-doctoral fellows.

Barnstable High School and Centerville Elementary School   $500

Astro Buddies Program: Mike Gyra, Debra Brunelle

This grant will purchase materials to aide third graders in their communication with high school astronomy students about the sun, moon and stars.  Astro Journals will be kept by the youngsters which contain facts, questions and correspondence between the third graders and their Astro Buddies in the high school.  This learning experience will culminate in an Astro Party held in the Cobb Astro Park.  Third graders will meet their high school counter parts at this party during which learning activities and telescopic viewing of the moon, planets and constellations will take place.

Barnstable West Barnstable Elementary School   $256

Glow Germ Program: Pamela DeNappoli R.N.

This grant aims to reduce school absenteeism by providing Kindergartners with a hand washing and germ reduction program. It includes a video, worksheets, hand gel and a ‘germ light’ which demonstrates the presence of germs after insufficient hand washing.

Centerville Elementary School   $250

Focus, Focus, Focus: Julia McCormack

This grant will purchase materials for students who have motoric restlessness and trouble focusing in a traditional classroom setting.  It will provide adaptive equipment to enhance attention.

Centerville Elementary School   $495

Mayflower and Pilgrim Hall Museum: Lauretta Pfeifer, Donna Bowman, Ginny Gilbert

This grant will fund the visit to The Mayflower in Plymouth.  This is the culminating activity in an in depth study of Pilgrim life focusing on Pilgrim children, their trip across the ocean, their clothing, toys, activities and chores around the ship and their consequent homes. Staff will endeavor to dispel the myths that surround these concepts due to movies, cartoons and exaggerated story books. 

This grant was funded from money donated in memory of Eileen Hurley.

Centerville Elementary School   $422

Roger Williams Park Zoo: Donna Bowman, Ginny Gilbert, Lauretta Pfeifer

This grant will fund Grade One’s culminating activity in the study of animal life cycles and habitats.  This trip will be preceded by webinars with nationally known zoologists and instruction from naturalists employed by the Zoo. Funded from money donated in memory of Eileen Hurley

Centerville Elementary School    $484

English Language Arts Curriculum: Beth Neiser, Joy Pennington, Meg Fairbarin

This grant will purchase materials that support teacher developed units which align with the new State mandated Kindergarten English Language Arts curriculum.  These books will help students learn and use strategies needed to comprehend analyze and evaluate literary and informational text.

Hyannis West Elementary   $257

ELL Resource Library: Joan Kilbourne

This grant will help create a resource library for teachers to help them with those students who are English Language Learners. Creating a readily accessible resource will help teachers to gain more knowledge about language acquisition and provide specific examples of teaching strategies that promote English comprehension and speaking skills.

Barnstable Community Horace Man Charter School  $474

Ballet Background and Experience: Catherine Hamilton-Milne, Freya Hamley, Erin McGinness, Molly Sproul

This grant helps students to develop an understanding of and appreciation for the technical and artistic aspects of dance in general and specifically ballet. In advance of seeing The Nutcracker Ballet at BHS, four first grade classes will experience patterns in dance and music and learn about the Nutcracker story and music. They will create and share posters, a brochure, book or diorama on the topic that will be shared with the all first grade classes.

Barnstable Intermediate School  $1,000

Museum of Science Traveling Program: Patricia Gardiner

This funding will allow the sixth grade science teachers to bring in a Museum of Science traveling program on Engineering Design. Students will participate in a hands-on, 45-minute program where they will build a working wind turbine. This program is complemented by the MOS text being trialed at BIS, Engineering is Elementary, a series that supports student literacy, increases science content knowledge and helps teachers and students apply information to real life engineering problems.  

Barnstable Intermediate School $1,000

Enrichment Clusters: Bobbi Moritz, Linda Tetreault

Funding provided through the Patti Grenier Grant. This grant provides money to establish Enrichment Clusters that bring school and community together. Students interact with people from diverse backgrounds in an assortment of Cluster programs that give the young people project-based experiences. Projects will be showcased at a Cluster Museum in March. 

West Villages Elementary  $400

Going Graphic: Kim Keith, Laura Rosenfield, Jane Kenny

This funding will help to create a collection of graphic novels for K-3 students and will allow teachers to create lesson plans around these books using Thinkfinity’s web tool. It will provide more choices for all beginning readers and help them to experience the story elements such as characters, conflict, resolution, setting, theme and point of view. Offering a wide range of reading experiences helps to entice children who may be less willing to read other materials.

Barnstable Horrace Mann Charter School  $253.

Podcasting Materials: Holly Silva, Cindy Stewart

This grant funds the purchase of recording and editing equipment for the production of podcasts. Students will be able to record themselves reading stories or class projects and post audio of other assignments that class members and their families can listen to on-line.

Sharon Morgan, Barnstable High School $600   Poetry Slam (competitive art of performance poetry)

The grant will used to hold “in house” Poetry Out Loud and Poetry Sam events, procure judges from the community and help out with travel expenses for competitors who qualify for regional, state and/or national competitions.

Carl Lopes, Barnstable High School  $400   Icons of the Civil Rights Movement  

Nationally recognized visual artist Pamela Chatterton-Purdy will present a lecture/slide program to 800 or more students focusing on the civil rights struggles of the 1950’s -1970’s.  Ms. Chatterton-Purdy will share the historic details of important events that were the hallmark of the civil rights movement. An exhibit of 20 prints depicting some of the events of the times will remain on display in the BHS Lobby.

Wendy Johnson, Barnstable High School  $260   Grade 8 MCAS Math Mentoring Program

Members of the senior/junior Foundations of College Math classes will mentor small groups of eighth graders.  The purpose is twofold, to prepare the eighth graders for the MCAS test while strengthen the Algebra and Geometry skills of the upper classmates.   The funds will be used to purchase tutoring materials for the students.

Keith Caldwell, Barnstable High School   $300   Integrating the Arts: Literature and Music

The grant will fund resources for the classroom to use the art modality of music to learn and reinforce elements of prose, poetry and drama.  This approach appeals to the multiple intelligences of students who have a variety of learning styles. Students will be able to use music as a way to deepen their understanding of elements of storytelling, poetry and drama.

Mike Gyra & Debra Brunelle, BHS & Centerville   $590   Astro Buddies

This grant will purchase materials to aide third graders in their communication with high school astronomy students about the sun, moon and stars.  Astro Journals will be kept by the youngsters which contain facts, questions and correspondence between the third graders and their Astro Buddies in the high school.  This learning experience will culminate in an Astro Party held in the Cobb Astro Park.  Third graders will meet their high school counter parts at this party during which learning activities and telescopic viewing of the moon, planets and constellations.

DeAnne Johnson, Barnstable High School   $225   Replicate Ancient Roman Clothing

This grant will help procure material with which to replicate authentic Roman clothing worn during ancient times.  This will enhance the study of the everyday physical reality of living as a Roman, specifically, how Roman clothing looked, felt and fit.  It will also help the students understand that different Roman citizens wore different garbs depending on their station in life and the empire.

Michelle Carme, Barnstable Intermediate School  $450   Building a Math Community

The grant will purchase several Math OOPS Games for the grade seven students. The use of these games has a two pronged purpose: encourage student collaboration in order to: 1. Lessen bullying and 2. Solidify math skills to make Annual Year Progress in the MCAS test.  This game develops the understanding of almost every Strand in the Massachusetts Framework for seventh grade Math.

Judith Devaney, Team 6e Barnstable Intermediate School  $450   Building a Math Community

The grant will purchase several Math Muggings Math Games for the grade six students. The use of these games has a two pronged purpose: encourage student collaboration in order to: 1. Lessen bullying and 2. Solidify math skills to make Annual Year Progress in the MCAS test.  This game develops the understanding of almost every Strand in the Massachusetts Framework for sixth grade Math

Kim White, Barnstable Intermediate School  $513   Podcasting: Cross Curriculum Tool

The grant will purchase a podcasting booth and equipment to assist the students in creating and publishing high quality podcasts. These podcasts will be shared in a public library accessible by all students in the Barnstable Public Schools, as well as other students around the world via RSS feeds. This equipment will also provide opportunities for students to hone their 21^st Century skills.

Brenda Archambeault, Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School  $500   Family performance by Len Cabral, Cape Verdean Storyteller

The grant will fund “A Family Night of Folk Tales” that will encourage families to come together to listen to stories and celebrate folk literature contributions from a variety of cultures as well as focusing on the commonalities among cultures.  This will take place Family Literacy Month.

Grade One Teachers, BWB and BCHMCPS,  $300   Collaboration across the Town

Each first grader will be paired with one from another town school for a pen pal experience. Letter writing exchanges will take place over the course of the school year.  Field trips to visit each others’ schools will also be included.  Children’s writing skills will improve and use of technology, (work processing, Skyping) will be introduced.

Lynn Ohrn, Centerville Elementary School   $270   Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary Butterfly Walk

This grant will allow second graders attend a field trip to the Mass Audubon Sanctuary and participate in the Butterfly Walk at Long Pasture. The students will be broken into smaller groups each lead by a certified naturalist who will explain and demonstrate the life cycle of the butterfly and the habitats they frequent.  This is the culmination of a six week “in class” course at their school.

Sean Owen, Hyannis West Elementary   $513   Rekenrek Math Manipulative

The grant will purchase 78 Rekenrek Arithmetic Racks for use with the grade one students at Hyannis West Elementary.  This tool develops a superior sense of number relationships that form the basis for efficient calculation and allow for quick recall of addition and subtraction facts. Staff development will be provided by Mr. Owen at no charge.

Matthew Scheufele, Centerville Elementary School  $279   Lego WeDo Robotics, 1 kit

This grant will fund the continued development and implementation of a robotics program for grade three students using Lego™ WeDo robotics sets.  This program will support activities in science, mathematics, language arts and technology in an active and interactive manner.

Lindsay Anderson, Hyannis West Elementary School   $500   Interactive Storytelling by Ms. Andrea Lovett: Enchanted Tales, Traveling Storyteller

This grant will provide the funds so that Ms. Lovett can present her  skills as a storyteller and musician. Using many modalities she will engage students to tell their own life stories or create a story as a group.

This will result in the production of a DVD which can be viewed by other students.

Donna Bowman, Centerville Elementary School   $430   Mayflower and Pilgrim Hall Museum

This grant will fund the visit to The Mayflower in Plymouth.  This is the culminating activity in an in depth study of Pilgrim life focusing on Pilgrim children, their trip across the ocean, their clothing, toys, activities and chores around the ship and their consequent homes. Staff will endeavor to dispel the myths that surround these concepts due to movies, cartoons and exaggerated story books. 

Sandra Soares, West Villages Elementary School   $360   Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary Butterfly Walk

This grant will allow second graders attend a field trip to the Mass Audubon Sanctuary and participate in the Butterfly Walk at Long Pasture. The students will be broken into smaller groups each lead by a certified naturalist who will explain and demonstrate the life cycle of the butterfly and the habitats they frequent.  This is the culmination of a six week “in class” course at their school.

AnnMarie Curtin, West Villages Elementary School   $560   Lego WeDo Robotics, 2 kits

This grant will fund the development and implementation of a robotics program for grade three students using Lego™ WeDo robotics sets.  This program will support activities in science, mathematics, language arts and technology in an active and interactive manner.  

Grants Funded January, 2009

All Elementary Schools ~ Meg Drude, Elementary Physical Education Coordinator ~ First Tee Program $250 

This is a national program that develops competency, understanding, and character building through physical skills and the inherent values associated with the game of golf.  This curriculum is aligned and embedded within the regular Physical Education Curriculum now used in Barnstable. Since this is a “big ticket item”, the proponents of this program have also approached many other venues for funding.           

Centerville Elementary School ~ Third Grade ~ Katie Allbecker, Debra Brunelle, Kim White ~ How are people and nature connected?  $255  

This proposal will provide funding for materials to assist the children in creating a compost bin.  The children will observe the changes over time.  All composted materials will be donated to the second grade Butterfly Garden, thus enabling the children to become aware of the full cycle and benefits of composting.

Centerville Fourth Grade Teachers, submitted by Cynthia Stewart ~ Heritage Plantation, Botanical Bonanza Program $475  

This proposal includes a one-day classroom visit from Heritage Plantation staff, a one day visit to Heritage Plantation as well as pre and post visitation curriculum for teachers.  It addresses the Fourth Grade State Science Standards.

Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School ~ First Grade and Multi-age Teachers $450 ~ Christine Fawkes, Sheila Butler, Mary Jo Keenan, Cathy Milne, Janet Powers ~ Birds, Birds, Birds!

This proposal includes in-class instruction from a bird naturalist employed by The Green Briar Nature Center. The classroom lesson includes hands-on explorations using mounted specimens and artifacts including feather, beaks, feet, nest, models of eggs and bird songs. Classroom kits are also provided by the Green Briar Center for on going instruction.

Barnstable Middle School & Barnstable High School ~ Kristen Harmon Middle & High Schools Math teachers $300 ~ Mathematics E-workshops

This proposal funds two, 2-part workshops offered via the internet with and unlimited number of participants. These professional development workshops provide activities and tips for engaging student in Algebra. Each workshop includes a 90 minute follow up session to discuss how successful the implementation of these activities was, and to share the impact of these activities on student learning.

Barnstable High School ~ English Department $500 ~ Maureen Leveroni, Laura Walsh, Brooke Styche, Jennifer Brown, Sharon Morgan ~ Poetry Slam!

This proposal will fund the First Poetry Slam contest at BHS. The slam encourages high school student to bring their own words to life. It promotes the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events. Joe Gouveia (poet and writer from the Barnstable Patriot) will conduct writing workshops. The Slam will culminate with a competition in the spring which includes cash prizes for the winners.

Colleen Halloran, Community Learning Services $400  ~ Elementary & High School ~ You’ve Got Rhythm

This proposal is a collaborative endeavor between BHS Drum Line and seniors in the school’s Community Service Program.  It funds a visit to three district elementary schools to present a program on percussion and rhythm for fourth grade students. During this visit, the BHS Music Conductor, John Jamison will demonstrate and conduct short workshops which include both high school students and fourth graders. It will end with a performance by all combining the different cadences and drums in a grand finale!

Sharon Morgan, BHS Librarian $400 ~ Barnstable High School ~ Reaching All Students

This proposal will allow the purchases of audio books which will continue to build upon a collection of “core novels” that are part of the BHS required reading curriculum.  These audio books provide access for all students who may have difficulty accessing print novels, to comprehend and appreciate literature.  Research supports audio books as a proven strategy for reaching marginal teen readers and creating more literate young adults.

Special thanks to Alberto's Restaurant in Hyannis -www.albertos.net - for donating the lovely room where our awards ceremony was held.