FALL 2022
$238,970 | 26 Grants
DISTRICT $96,951 / 5 Grants
Healing Hounds | $2,400
Healing hounds will provide time with Certified Creature Comfort Therapy Dogs during times of instructional, emotional and behavioral need.
Applicant(s):
Lauren Banker
School(s):
District
Grade/Area:
K-12
Strategies and Assessments to Support all Readers and Writers | $19,752
This grant will provide each grade level at Jefferson and Franklin a fiction and nonfiction comprehension kit, as well as provide Lincoln-Hubbard, Franklin, and Jefferson teachers with a comprehensive reading and writing strategies book.
Applicant(s):
Abigail Emerson
School(s):
All Elementary Schools
Grade/Area:
Grade 1-5/Literacy
Art "Z" Stools | $12,329
"Z" stools will be the perfect stool for our young artists as they provide a safe, sturdy, and sleek stool option.
Applicant(s):
Anne Terkovich
School(s):
Primary Centers
All Elementary Schools
Grade/Area:
Grade 1-5/Art
Supporting All Readers with Quality Texts: Decodable Book Collections | $45,313
TThis grant will provide all kindergarten and first grade students and teachers with access to high-quality decodable texts.
Applicant(s):
Abigail Emerson
Staci Kaplan
School(s):
Primary Centers
All Elementary Schools
Grade/Area:
Grade K-1
Instrument based Vision Screening for Early Childhood and School-Age | $17,157
Instrument based Vision Screening will improve the accuracy and reliability of the school nurses vision screening process at our Primary Centers and Elementary Schools.
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Applicant(s):
Beatriz Mendez MS, RN, CSN-NJ
School(s):
Primary Centers
All Elementary Schools
Grade/Area:
Grade PreK - Kindergarten and Grades 1-5
PRIMARY CENTERS $38,478 / 3 Grants
Touch Math Multisensory Supports | $7,815
This grant is to provide Special Education teachers with the necessary curriculum and supplements that allow students to access learning through multiple learning styles. These materials will assist RTI (Response To Intervention) and MTSS (Multi Tiered Systems of Support) Tier 2 and Tier 3 learning interventions.
Applicant(s):
Theresa Jones
Theadora Amiel
Diane Driesbach
School(s):
Jefferson Primary Center
Jefferson Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade K-5/Special Education students/LLD and Resource Room students
Empowering our youngest learners - Flexible seating in Kindergarten | $18,597
To provide 2 Kindergarten classrooms with a truly flexible learning environment.
Applicant(s):
Victoria Jordan
Kara Saley
School(s):
Jefferson Primary Center
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Grade/Area:
Grade K
Improving Attention to Task in the Primary Centers | $12,066
This proposed grant will provide Kindergarten and Preschool teachers with tools to help support their students' regulation needs within the classroom setting to increase their time on task during work and instruction.
Applicant(s):
Ann Cutalo
Carolyn Kiley
School(s):
Jefferson Primary Center
Wilson Primary Center
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Grade/Area:
Grade PreK - Kindergarten
ELEMENTARY $20,442 / 8 Grants
Rain Garden at Franklin School | $551
This grant would support the creation and installation of a rain garden at Franklin School.
Applicant(s):
Kate Polles
School(s):
Franklin Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 5
Classroom Furniture for the 21st Century | $2,175
Last year, I received such amazing furniture to meet the needs of my 1st through 5th grade students and I would like to add a few more pieces to this 21st century learning environment.
Applicant(s):
Melissa Fusari
School(s):
Jefferson Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1-5
The Power of Read Aloud | $875
This grant will increase representation of diverse characters by supplementing special education classroom libraries with engaging fiction titles for class read aloud.
Applicant(s):
Diane Dreisbach
Suzanne Smith
Abigail Emerson
School(s):
Jefferson Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 1-5/Special Education
Ready, Set, Read | $1,216
The purpose of this grant is to provide a third grade class with a rich set of chapter book decodables to strengthen phonics, fluency, and comprehension.
Applicant(s):
Bianca Ratner
Abigail Emerson
School(s):
Jefferson Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 3
Adjustable desks that promote student productivity and well-being | $11,710
The purpose of this grant is to get adjustable desks to allow students the flexibility to sit or stand during the school day.
Applicant(s):
Nicole Breslauer
Cara Capone
Kelly Reynolds
School(s):
Lincoln-Hubbard Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 3
4th Grade Flexible Seating | $1,807
This grant will allow us to purchase some flexible seating options for our students.
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Applicant(s):
Donna Anderle
Diana Doolittle
School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 4
Peer Leaders Facilitating Recess Games | $888
Fourth grade peer leaders will provide a calm space for students to enjoy indoor recess and learn new games, both as participants and as future peer leaders.
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Applicant(s):
Andrea Sadow
Cindy Abramov
Anne Hammond-Alpert
School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grades 2-4/Recess activities
Mindful Morning Tubs | $1,220
Create a variety of Mindful Morning Tubs that are filled with activities for students to ease into their day and get the most out of their learning time in school.
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Applicant(s):
Diana Doolittle
Andrea Sadow
School(s):
Washington Elementary
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Grade/Area:
Grade 4/ Mindfulness & Preparing for a Day of Learning
MIDDLE SCHOOL $57,599 / 4 Grants
New Equipment for FIlmmaking in Film Studies | $4,075
Sixth grade film studies students need upgraded filmmaking equipment to properly produce, shoot, and edit their films.
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Applicant(s):
Laurie McCormack
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grades 6
Creating an inclusive classroom| $21,940
The furniture will be utilized to create a fully immersive and functional inclusion classroom. The furniture will not only create positive outcomes for student learning and how they learn, but will ensure that the needs of individual learners are met.
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Applicant(s):
Debbion Hyman-Campbell
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 7/Social Studies
21st Century Classroom Update | $25,644
This furniture will bring a much-needed update to the classroom, making a positive impact on student learning by creating possibilities for flexible seating layouts to ensure all students needs are met.
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Applicant(s):
Tiffany Bennett
Katarina Trench
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 8/math
LCJSMS Mural Art Project | $5,940
The LCJSMS Mural Art Project will aim to beautify our campus while supporting a unifying message of community.
Applicant(s):
John Ciferni
School(s):
LCJ Summit Middle School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 8/community service program
HIGH SCHOOL $25,500 / 6 Grants
Slab Roller and Clay Extruder for Ceramics Studio | $3,198
A slab roller and new clay extruder will contribute to the overall workings of the ceramics studio
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Applicant(s):
Meghan Scozzari
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/ Visual Arts
Summit High School Big Band 50th Anniversary Commission Project | $4,500
To commission SHS alumni Dan Rufolo to write a piece for our Big Band in commemoration of the 50th Big Band Dance.
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Applicant(s):
Alex Bocchino
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/Band
Tin Types at Penumbra Foundation | $750
Students will spend the day at the Penumbra Foundation in Manhattan and learn how to produce Tin Type imagery, an historical process that dates to 1853 as well as experience hands-on demonstrations of antique cameras.
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Applicant(s):
Don Standing
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 12
College Counseling Professional Development | $14,100
Professional development opportunities to support college counseling expertise and post-secondary networking for the SHS Counseling Department.
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Applicant(s):
Alison Grill
Laura Kaplan
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12/College Counseling
The Coffee Bean | $952
Our plan is to have the students read a book with a simple message; a message that could serve as a foundational stepping stone in moments when times get challenging, or anxious.
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Applicant(s):
Brian Erickson
Christine Bohan
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 12/Health
Statista: Empowering Students with Data and Statistics | $2,000
Purchase access to Statista, an online hub of statistics and data, for the 2022-2023 school year.
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Applicant(s):
Rebecca Zarabi
Judith Shue
School(s):
Summit High School
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Grade/Area:
Grade 9-12