FALL 2021
$186,831 | 33 Grants
DISTRICT $10,528 / 3 Grants
Otoacoustic Emission Screenings (OAE) | $6,528
Otoacoustic Emission Screenings (OAE)
Applicant(s):
Nicole Johnson
School(s):
All Elementary Schools
LCJ Summit Middle School
Summit High School
Grade/Area:
Grade K-12
"Take a Mulligan" | $1,600
"Take a Mulligan" will provide time with a Certified Creature Comfort Therapy Dog during times of instructional, emotional and behavioral need.
Applicant(s):
Janice Tierney
School(s):
Franklin Elementary
LCJ Summit Middle School
Summit High School
Grade/Area:
Grade K-12
Shifting the Balance Professional Development Book | $2,400
Purchase Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom to support professional development sessions in the district.
Applicant(s):
Matthew Santos
Staci Kaplan
Caitlin Crimmins
School(s):
Primary Centers
All Elementary
Grade/Area:
Grade K-2/SPED, ESL, etc.
PRIMARY CENTERS $12,472 / 3 Grants
Multisensory Materials for Letter Learning | $1,394
This grant establishes a lending library of hands-on multi-sensory materials to help kindergartners learn and apply the basic lowercase letter names and sounds.
Applicant(s):
Carolyn Kiley
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School(s):
Jefferson Primary Center
Wilson Primary Center
Grade/Area:
Grade K/Mathematics
Cricut Maker for Use Throughout the School | $2,469
The Cricut Maker machine is a smart cutting machine that will enable all staff members to create templates and die cuts for various projects.
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Applicant(s):
Kelly Klaif
Jennilee Curran
School(s):
Jefferson Primary Center
Wilson Primary Center
Grade/Area:
Grade PreK-K
Let’s Get Creative | $8,609
To provide a dedicated art center within the classroom that will enrich studentsí learning experience and provide a means for self expression through creative activities.
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Applicant(s):
Amy Chambers
School(s):
Wilson Primary Center
Grade/Area:
Kindergarten
PRIMARY CENTERS & ELEMENTARY $8,100/ 1 Grant
The Sensory Path | $8,100
Installation of research based Sensory Pathway at the Wilson and Jefferson Primary Centers and Lincoln Hubbard Elementary school to improve students self-regulation, attention and focus during the school day.
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Applicant(s):
Patricia Vesper
Kristine Parente
Rachel Killeen
School(s):
Primary Centers
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
Grade/Area:
Preschool, 1-5, Special Education
ELEMENTARY $43,796 / 15 Grants
Logic and Reasoning Games | $780
This grant will provide logic and reasoning games for students in grades 1-5 across all 5 elementary schools.
Applicant(s):
Brittany Schwartz
School(s):
Brayton Elementary
Franklin Elementary
Jefferson Elementary
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1-5
Native American Culture and History Brought to Life | $350
This grant will provide students with the opportunity to experience hands-on cultural elements of Native Americans from the region.
Applicant(s):
Kate Polles
Jessica Breznak
Catherine Harter
School(s):
Franklin Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grades 5
Classroom Furniture for the 21st Century | $3,787
This furniture will make a positive impact on students' learning and create a new learning environment in which all students' individual needs can be met.
Applicant(s):
Melissa Fusari
School(s):
Jefferson Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grades 1-5/Basic Skills
Noise Canceling Headphones and Creating Our Best Learning Environments | $1,950
This grant would provide students with noise canceling headphones that allows students to create their own quiet learning environment and do their best work.
Applicant(s):
Emily Bean
Nicole Higgins
Kristin Cacicedo
Rosaly Kovach
Kelly Reynolds
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1-4/quiet concentration
Increasing Student Access to Just Right Nonfiction and Decodable Texts | $4,094
The purpose of this grant is to build a classroom library of nonfiction and decodable texts so that students can practice reading strategies and comprehension with a variety of genres and text types
Applicant(s):
Emily Bean
Matt Santos
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1/nonfiction and decodable texts
Calling All Engineers! | $4,751
The purpose of this grant is to get STEAM bins in classrooms for morning choice, indoor recess, Fun Fridays and more, to foster 21st century skills in students.
Applicant(s):
Kelly Reynolds
Caitlin Gabriele
Michelle Ehrich
Nicole Higgins
Emily Bean
Rosaly Kovach
Kristen Caciedo
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1 & Grade 3
Can You Hear Me? | $1,801
The purpose of this grant is to get FrontRow Juno FM systems in classrooms.
Applicant(s):
Kelly Reynolds
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 3
Therapy Dog Reading Buddies | $1,920
Therapy dogs will provide a soothing, comforting environment for readers to practice reading aloud.
Applicant(s):
Kristin Cacicedo
Rosaly Kovach
Nicole Higgins
Emily Bean
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1
GaGa Grant | $12,925
This grant will allow us to purchase and install a GaGa Ball pit on our field.
Applicant(s):
Matt Carder
School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grades 1-5
Third Grade Seating | $1,337
To provide comfortable appropriate chairs for grade 3 students.
Applicant(s):
Anne Hammond
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 3
Building a Biosphere | $1,144
Students will engage in a STEAM project in which they are challenged to build a biosphere
Applicant(s):
Cheryl Brennan
Suzanne Pilipski
Stephanie Toledo
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 5
Fantasy Books to Support Fantastic Club Work | $1,223
We are requesting sets of fantasy books to support our required Fantasy Book Clubs Reading Unit of Study.
Applicant(s):
Suzanne Pilipski
Stephanie Toledo
Cheryl Brennan
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 5
Geometric Art Project |$2,204
Engage students in a geometric art project to bridge math and art disciplines. This will be a fun and engaging STEAM project.
Applicant(s):
Donna Anderle
Lara Donohue
Diana Doolittle
Melissa Nestor
Jaimie Woodruff
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 4/woodshop students at SHS.
Comfortable Chairs for Fourth Graders | $3,377
Two fourth grade classrooms need new chairs for the classroom that will provide students with comfortable seating to improve focus and learning!
Applicant(s):
Lara Donohue
Melissa Nestor Gavarny
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 4
High Interest-Low Level Books | $2,153
This grant will provide striving readers with appropriate level texts that visually appear to be on level with their peers within the general education classroom.
Applicant(s):
Jessica O'Connor
Caitlin Crimmins
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School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grades 3-5/Learning Workshop Reading Students
MIDDLE SCHOOL $72,718 / 5 Grants
Movin’ with Mariachi on Multicultural Night | $1,600
To provide cultural entertainment for our students and their families during Multicultural Night.
Applicant(s):
Melissa Sarracino
Hannah Gallagher
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 6-8
Say it Loud | $64,800
This grant is to provide Juno FM Systems in 48 classrooms to improve clarity and intelligibility by eliminating background interference for students with auditory needs.
Applicant(s):
Donna Gallo
Amy Sweeney
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grades 6-8
Comics Plus for LCJSMS | $925
This grant would provide a subscription to Comics Plus, a digital collection of thousands of comics, graphic novels, and Manga from more than 100 publishers.
Applicant(s):
Beth Thomas
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School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grades 6-8/Library
Mad for Manga | $1,963
This grant will be used to build our collection of middle-school level Manga books.
Applicant(s):
Beth Thomas
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grades 6-8/Library
Peer Leadership Program | $3,430
The Peer Leadership program will continue to empower a selected group of 8th grade to become student ambassadors and lead programs throughout the school.
Applicant(s):
Stefanie Jurista
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 8
MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL $10,460 / 2 Grants
Using mote to Improve & Enrich Feedback and to Increase Accessibility | $3,486
Mote is a powerful tool for improving, streamlining, and enriching feedback through the use of voice comments and audio content, along with automatic transcriptions that can be translated into over 20 languages.
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Applicant(s):
Carrie Odgers
Nicole Finnegan
Corey Walsh
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 6-12
Artist Workshop Series for Middle & High School Student Artists | $6,974
The middle and high school art departments seek a grant to support the development of an "Visiting Artist Workshop Series" to bring professional artists, working in unique mediums, to deliver a series of creative art & design workshops to students in Grades 8-12.
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Applicant(s):
Karen Forgione
Kelly Wright
Juana Rodriguez
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 8-12
HIGH SCHOOL $28,756 / 4 Grants
Treble Choir/Colla Voce | $3,629
The funding of a new extracurricular select vocal ensemble at Summit High School called "Colla Voce"
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Applicant(s):
Daniel King
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Summit High School
Creating A Modern Mathematics Classroom | $16,668
Redesign the current SHS math class (Room 115) to allow for flexible seating arrangements, small group lessons, differentiated instruction, discussion groups and collaborative learning.
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Applicant(s):
Casey Sink
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/Math
SHS Art Magazine 2021| $1,154
This grant will support the printing of the fourth annual issue of the Summit High School Art Magazine - The Artifact
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Applicant(s):
Lindsay Morse
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/Visual Arts
Pugmill for Ceramics Studio | $7,305
A pugmill is a machine in which clay is mixed into a plastic state.
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Applicant(s):
Meghan Scozzari
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/Ceramics classes