Asian Studies Planning
System-wide | $2,850 |
| Seed money to fund the planning stage of an Asian-studies curriculum |
Healthy Needham
System-wide | $3,500 |
| A grant to fund the first stage of a town-wide, multi-agency wellness initiative for Needham students and their families. |
Teachers as Scholars
System-wide | $2,500 |
| An expansion of a program that allows teachers to attend seminars at Harvard University and brings visiting scholars and lecturers to Needham. |
Targeting Behavior Referrals
System-wide | $1,254 |
| New diagnostic software will streamline the assessing of students who may have attentional problems. |
Chemistry in the Community
High School | $3,500 |
| A collaborative project that will allow chemistry students to complete soil-testing fieldwork and analysis at the Needham RTS and along the Charles River. |
Robotics
High School | $3,500 |
| This project will fund an enrichment program and hands-on experience in the design and building of robotics circuitry. |
Contemporary American Legal Studies
High School | $3,500 |
| To update social-studies materials, including the purchase of on-line and multi-media resources, used in teaching contemporary legal and social issues. |
Post-Secondary Alternatives
High School | $2,500 |
| To launch an initiative that will offer resources and referrals for the one-in-ten high school seniors who defer or delay college enrollment. |
Homework Counts
High School | $3,500 |
| An alternative to tutorial assistance for students who are academically struggling and would benefit from a structured after-school program of homework support. |
Performance Enhancement
Pollard/High School | $1,500 |
| The grant will underwrite the purchase of a keyboard and CD-recording device so that composition students can record their own music. |
Transitions
Pollard/High | $3,500 |
| An initiative for eighth- and ninth-graders to ease their transition to high school. |
House of Blues Partnership
Pollard | $3,500 |
| Seventh-graders will learn about the history and traditions of African-American music, culminating with a live performance by House of Blues musicians. |
Snow-Shoeing: Winter P.E.
Pollard | $3,500 |
| Funding for the purchase of equipment that would expand out-door winter physical education opportunities for middle-schoolers. |
It's Character that Counts
Pollard | $3,500 |
| To implement a character-education curriculum in the middle school. |
Curriculum Enhancement—Nonfiction
Elementary | $3,500 |
| A grant to replenish and update the Curriculum Center's stock of non-fiction tradebooks in the social studies and sciences. |
Teachers as Leaders in Writing
All Elementary | $3,500 |
| Professional development in the teaching of writing for teacher-leaders throughout the school system. |
Civil War Museum
Hillside | $1,500 |
| Fifth-graders will research, design and develop exhibits for a Civil War museum. |
Research & Study Skills Support Center
Hillside | $3,450 |
| Weekly tutorials to assist students in grades 4 and 5 who could benefit from improved research, study and time-management skills. |
Writer-in-Residence
Hillside | $3,500 |
| All grades at Hillside will participate in fiction and poetry-writing seminars to be conducted by a writer-in-residence at the school. |
Behavior Management Training
Broadmeadow | $2,180 |
| Teacher-training to improve strategies for managing classroom behavior and resolving students' behavioral issues. |
Writers' Workshop: Young Authors
Broadmeadow | $3,400 |
| Teacher-training in writing instruction for Broadmeadow educators. |
Art in Architecture
Broadmeadow | $3,250 |
| An art installation to be designed by students and an artist-in-residence for the renovated Broadmeadow school. |
ISI Professional Library
Newman | $2,500 |
| A grant to fund the acquisition of professional resources and literature for a teachers' library at Newman. |
Writing on the Go--Tech Packs
Newman | $3,290 |
| Fourteen Alpha-smart word-processors will be purchased for home use (on reports, homework assignments, etc.) by Newman fourth-graders. |
Power of Painting
Mitchell | $1,000 |
| Art-enrichment for first-graders at Mitchell school will introduce concepts, vocabulary and techniques in drawing and painting. |
