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| Tri-Town Educational Foundation |
| Grant History |
Masconomet Senior High School: Math and Music - An Inseparable Duo Masconomet Middle School: Water Quest: Locating Key Factors in Promoting Safe Drinking Water Boxford Spofford Pond School: Waking Up Colonial America Globali: Mneumonics for the New Millenium Reconstructing History - Monuments and Mementos Boxford Cole School: Kids & Keys Middleton Fuller Meadow School: Fuller Meadow Science Atrium Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary - Naturalist in Residency Program Middleton Howe Manning School: Jambo! Africa Week at Howe Manning Exploring Words, Exploring Worlds: Poetry and Discovery TTEF Enrichment Collection for Students, Teachers & Community Topsfield Proctor School: The Movie Makers Topsfield Steward School: Discovering Our World in Our Own Backyard |
| 2000 Grants - $28,250 |
Masconomet Senior High School: Using MBL Technology in the 21st Century Science Classroom Freshman Orientation Program Masconomet Emergency Medical Education Masconomet Middle School: The Firebug Mystery: A Study in Bioluminescence Literary Magazine Sprouts: Food for Thought Boxford Spofford Pond School: Passports to the World The Virtual Field Trip Boxford Cole School: All Around the Big World Middleton Fuller Meadow School: You & Me Puppets Picture-writing to Foster Literacy Through Art Middleton Howe Manning School: Jeff Davis in "The American Sampler" LEGOs on Mars Lili(1) Farm to FActory Topsfield Proctor School: The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Curriculum Connection Topsfield History 2000 Math Madness Wild Mammals |
| 1999 Grants - $24,650 |
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Masconomet Senior High School: Masconomet Wellness Program Eddie Was Here Masconomet Art Festival Beezalbub Vocal Jazz Workshop & Performance Mentoring Michaelangelo Freshman Orientation Masconomet Middle School: Guidance Curriculum Development A Study of the Local Masconomet Ecosystem The Masco Chefs' Club African Arts Day Interdisciplinary Unit Creative Writing Workshop / Literary Magazine Literary Web Page Young Audiences of Massachusetts Boxford Spofford Pond School: Lego Dacta Control Lab Family Math Night Dad, Do You Know Where Katmandu Is? Boxford Cole School: Writing Readiness Acquisition Through Fine Motor Skills Development Middleton Howe Manning School: Words to Action: A Visit with Yoko Kawashima Watkins Appreciating Chinese Character Writing Gigantic Geographic Map Topsfield Proctor School: Lego Dacta Innovative Technology Learning Regions with My Buddy Part II Proctor School Science Discovery Center Topsfield Steward School: Multisensory Teaching / Learning Tool |
| 1998 Grants - $23,675 |
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Masconomet Senior High School: Freshman Orientation Interdisciplinary World Language / Music Dept Cultural Workshop on Russian & French Music Art & Literary Pages Community Build Local History Website Project Masconomet Middle School: Global Awareness Through the Arts Electronic Portfolio for Life Science Students Masco Chefs' Club Consumer Math Project Boxford Spofford Pond School: Connections in Clay Art Across the Curriculum Boxford Cole School: Where in the USA Are Awesome Authors Middleton Howe Manning School: Inspiring Webs Want to Show Words to Action: A Visit with Yoko Kawashima Watkins Middleton Fuller Meadow School Meet Gail Gibbons Topsfield Proctor School: Learning Regions with My Buddy Native American Culture The Keys to Happiness Making Waves Topsfield Steward School: World Language Pilot in Grade 1 Wiggle Works Beginning Literacy |
| 1997 Grants - $30,825 |
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Masconomet High School: Masco Home Page Masco Art Festival Minds on Science Boxford Spofford Pond School: Wildlife Writing Tales of a Traveller Boxford Cole School: US/AUS Art Correspondence Connect Math to Everyday World Middleton Howe Manning School: Hands on Archaelogy Lego Dacta Control Math Magic Middleton Fuller Meadow School There's More than Mammals Topsfield Proctor School: Searching the Solar System and Beyond Too Much Trash Mission 21 Cultural Diversity Topsfield Steward School: Science and Technology for Children Cultural Units |
| 1996 Grants - $13,650 |
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Masconomet High School: Genetics - Interdisciplinary Boxford Schools: Ethnic Differences A Whole New World Multimedia Music Instruments Laserdiscs History - Geography Classroom in the Woods Beyond the Forum Poetry in Motion Middleton Schools: Jackdaw Portfolios Foley for Computer Lab Backyard Science II Disability Awareness Author / Illustrator Hands on Archaelogy Topsfield Schools: Mac Connection Power Blocks The Grow Lab New Vision Through Microscopes Plant Tissue Culture Simple Machines |
| 1995 Grants - $12,100 |
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Masconomet High School: Masco Pride Masco Art Festival Cultural Diversity Assembly Program Boxford Schools: AIM for Success Materials A Microscopic View of the World Middleton Schools: Science Resource Kits Backyard Science / Nature Trail Balances Topsfield Schools: Greenhouse Growth Center Lego Logo Technology Weather Station Lasy Activity Center and Construction System |
| 1994 Grants |
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Masconomet High School: Paper Making Equipment Visiting Artists Boxford Schools: The Earth Is Our Mother: A Native American Unit The Ocean, Sea, and Beach China: Its People and Culture The Great Solar System Rescue Fine Arts: An Interdisciplinary Approach Geographic Safari Archaelogy Outreach Fifth Grade Challenge Middleton Schools: Shadow Puppets Tri-Town Talents Topsfield Schools: MCET: Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications |
| 1993 Grants |
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Masconomet High School: Camcorder Video Equipment for Physics Laboratory Broadcast Journalism Studio Masco Art Festival Boxford Schools: Junior Great Books Human Growth and Development You've Got the Whole World in Your Hands MCET: Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications Middleton Schools: Music and Movement Through Literature Topsfield Schools: Lego Logo Technology II Grow Lab Indoor Garden and Hydroponics Center |
| 1992 Grants |
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Masconomet High School: Living Textbook in Earth Science Wave Demonstration Equipment Broadcast Journalism Studio Boxford Schools: Geography Literacy Intergenerational Publishing Center AIMS Workshop Young Authors Middleton Schools: Computer Software Seeds of Self-Esteem Workshop and Materials Meet the Author Topsfield Schools: American History Videos Lego Logo Technology Motivational Materials Mira Math Enrichment Materials Dream House Video Disc Micrscopea Unit Blocks |
| 1991 Grants |
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Masconomet High School: Visiting Author / Young Adult Fiction BREACH Multimedia Presentation Computer Monitors Math Department Visiting Artists - Masco Art Festival Masco Forum Speaker Series AIDS Awareness Program via Strongest Link Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program Collaborative Learning Seminar Boxford Schools: Learning Language - French, Spanish Problem Solving Blocks Models of Human Body Systems Science Video Tapes Social Studies Enrichment Program Middleton Schools: Science Resource Kits USA Geography Software Library Resources Artist in Residence Flint Public Library Summertime Story-Telling Workshop Topsfield Schools: Lego Logo Software Materials Artist in Residence Beginning Reading Materials Math Resource Books |
| 1990 Grants |
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Masconomet High School: AABC News Video Equipment First Responders First Aid Program Masco Forum Speaker Series Strongest Link AIDS Education Program Boxford Schools: Storytelling Writing Residency French Language Learning Music and Study of Composers Odyssey of the Mind Middleton Schools: Literature Books Mr. and Mrs. Fish Author Visits Topsfield Schools: Science - Human Skeleton Literature Based Reading Artists in Residence Literacy Center Books |
| 1989 Grants |
Masconomet Senior High School: RAD Training Eureka! Using Animation to Enhance the Understanding of Physical Science Cycle of Life Stress Management Activities for Masconomet Students Contemporary Young Women's Health Issues Classes Masconomet Middle School: Time Travel: Using Primary Sources in the Social Services Curriculum A World of Differences Boxford Spofford Pond School: The Invisible World Middleton Fuller Meadow School: Audio/CD Production Image Making / Poetry Workshop Middleton Howe Manning School: Qing China! Week at Howe Manning Math Audio Visual Collection Topsfield Steward School: Reading Counts |
| 2001 Grants - $23,975 |
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Masconomet “A-Wing Café” – Masco Middle School (Susan Micus, health teacher). Students may reserve a supervised room at lunchtime, for friendship gatherings, birthday parties, or special activities. Party food may be dropped off early, and a take-out menu is available for those wishing to have food delivered. A CD player/boom box will be available. “Setting a Tolerant Tone” – Masco Middle School (Kristen Doe, Dorothy Flaherty, and Susan Micus, Health; Rob Beardsall, Diane Frampton, Jessica Goldberg, and Connie Mosher, Guidance; and Asst. Principal Paul Harrington). Students will attend a social issues theatre performance of “Resolving Rage.” Using music and theatrical techniques, the performer provides students with tools to deal with peer pressure, anger, and the frustrations of school. “A Gift for the Teenage Soul” – Masco High School (Donna Cameron, health). Using the book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens,” students will be encouraged to see themselves as the leaders of their own destinies, to have a clearer vision of their goals, and to work towards those goals through organization and planning. “Using Digital Photography to Chronicle Laboratory Experiences” – Masco High School (Deborah Markos, 9th grade science). As students do hands-on lab experiments, their work will be chronicled with a digital camera, enabling a PowerPoint review for each unit. Students can review key curriculum concepts before semester exams and MCAS. “SERT First Aid/CPR Training” – Masco High School (Greg West). Several students will be trained as first aid and CPR instructors. These trainers will teach 2 classes per month to teachers, coaches, middle and high school students, and the general public of the Tri-Town communities. “AIDS Memorial Quilt” – Masco High School (Donna Cameron, health). Twenty large panels from the AIDS memorial quilt will be brought to Masco for viewing by students and other Tri-Town residents. HIV-positive speakers from the Boston Living Center will come into the health classes to explain the seriousness of this disease. Boxford “Picture Books from Big Kids to Little Kids”– Cole and Masco High School (Susan Carson, instructional technology specialist, Masco; Deborah Gaillard, library media specialist, Cole; Patricia Puglisi, early childhood education teacher, Masco; Candyce Wainwright, technology integration coordinator, Cole). Students taking Early Education classes at Masco will create story books for children, keeping in mind what they know about how children learn and what topics children enjoy. The books will be scanned, printed, and bound, and shared with the Cole School. “Ceramic Tile Mural” – Spofford Pond School (Principal Barbara Wotherspoon and Pauline Boudreau, art specialist). Students will work with a professional ceramicist to help create a wall mural made up of hundreds of individual clay tiles. The students will create and design tiles, and glaze them after they have been fired in a kiln. “Family tiles” can also be created on Family Night. The mural will be on permanent display. “Nature’s Hot Tub” – Spofford Pond (Grade 6 teachers: Susan Robinson, Joyce Rains, Kim Economos-Smith). Students will study and certify vernal pools in Boxford, identifying animals (frogs, salamanders, snakes, turtles, insects) and plants (trees, shrubs, wildflowers) around vernal pools. Students will also monitor water depth and pH level over an extended period of time. Middleton “Howe-Manning Herald” – Howe Manning (Heidi Emmons, grade 5 teacher). Students will publish a newspaper six times during the academic year. Each issue will contain material created by students: news, editorials, book & movie reviews, cartoons, contests, etc. Students will participate in the planning, writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, and photography. “Kiln for Howe-Manning” – Howe Mannning (Meredith Laverty, art teacher). Students will use inexpensive kiln-fired clay and be introduced to sculpting techniques, including coiling, slab construction, pinch pots, casting, and molding. Topsfield “The Power of Visuals” – Steward School (Susan O’Brien, kindergarten teacher). Student lessons will be reinforced with curriculum-oriented age-appropriate educational videos, in subject areas such as science (seasons, environment, animals), math (addition, subtraction, time), language arts (phonics, alphabet), safety and social skills, and literature. “Reading Rods” – Steward School (Grade 1 teachers: Diane Lucchesi, Emily Contrada, Tracey Vinson, Kathleen Cronin, Caroline Shugrue, Michelle Foster). Students will use color-coded kits (containing rods, activity flip books, and trays) to learn specific literacy skills, such as phonemic awareness, word building, spelling patterns, grammar, and sentence formation. “Take Home Math Bags” – Steward School (Grade 3 teachers: Paula Klipfel, John Deveney, Linda Osburn, Wendy Serrano, Marianne Healey, Janelle Leonard). Students will explore specific math concepts (multiplication, fractions, measurement, etc.) at home using a canvas carry bag containing literature on the topic, a notebook for recording student’s reflections, and various manipulatives with directions. “Ancient Cultures Museum” – Proctor School (Melanie Sandman, Doreen Kelleher, Amy Clemens, Chris Trombley, Larry MacElhiney). Students will create projects and artifacts, and write stories, poetry, letters, and myths, about ancient civilizations (China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia), then create a museum of their work. “Improving Our Executive Skills” – Proctor School (Larry MacElhiney, Doreen Kelleher, Melanie Sandman, Gyoengyi Quinn, David Pruden, Kerry Kaplon). Students will learn a variety foundation skills, including organization and test-taking strategies, how to retain information for future use, time management techniques, effective work habits, how to conduct research, and efficient use of reference materials. |
| 2002 Grants - $28,000+ |
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Tri-Town Elementary Schools “Around the World in 180 Days” -- Steward School (from Grade 3 teachers: Paula Klipfel, John Deveney, Linda Osburn, Wendy Serrano, Marianne Healey, Janelle Leonard). Each student will make a passport at the beginning of the school year. Each week, students will have an opportunity to earn a sticker for their passport by answering a geography-related question. “Building Bridges through Reading” -- Spofford Pond School (for grades 2 & 3; from Principal Barbara Wotherspoon and Curriculum Coordinator Mary Mann). Spofford will welcome visiting second-grade students with a keepsake book, “Where the River Begins.” The book will be part of the social studies and science curriculum when the students become third-graders at Spofford. “Fiesta! Mexican Week” -- Howe-Manning School and Fuller Meadow Schools (for grades K through 6; from teachers Emily Clarke and Carolyn Colby). Fiesta will be a weeklong look at the Mexican culture. Students will read and write Mexican literature and poetry; learn Mexican music and dance; sample Mexican food; and learn about Mexico’s history, climate, geography, government, etc. “The Natural Classroom” -- Howe-Manning School (from Heidi Emmons). Behind the school, a gardening area with benches will serve as an outdoor classroom for students and teachers. Included will be a small pond, bird feeders, flowering plants, and a greenhouse. “Project Respect” -- Spofford Pond School (from Principal Barbara Wotherspoon; Robert Sparkes, Physical Education teacher, and Meredith Massarro, Guidance Counselor). This program addresses bullying as a whole-school effort, supporting teachers and parents in their efforts to make schools safe and respectful. Included are video-based lessons for class discussions, and materials for parents. “Turning Students on to Algebra” -- Howe-Manning School (from Judy Church for Grade 4 Math teachers). The board game Equate is similar to the board game Scrabble, and encourages positive math experiences for those who “hate” math. Students arrange tiles in vertical or horizontal math equations, requiring computing and strategic thinking. Masconomet Regional Middle and High Schools “Biomusic” -- Masco Middle School (from Donna-Marie Ryan, Life Science teacher). The “theory of multiple intelligences” outlines eight distinct intelligences, one of which is “musical intelligence.” Students will be able to tap into their “musical intelligence” to learn basic biology concepts. Some students find jingles and songs easier to remember than note cards. “Decisions, Decisions: A Process that Promotes Safe Choices” -- Masco Middle School (from Susan Micus, Grade 7 teacher). Computer simulations and role-playing help students develop critical thinking skills. Students are given a simulated problem based on real-life situations, such as a town dealing with prejudice or violence in the media. They decide what actions to take, enter it into the computer, then review the consequences of their decision. “Having Fun with Algebraic Thinking” -- Masco Middle School (from Patricia Bryan, Grade 7 Math teacher). Students will refine math skills and investigate math concepts using hands-on activities, classroom games, puzzles, “game sheets,” and other enjoyable learning methods. “Dramatic Performance about Substance Abuse by The Improbable Players” -- Masco Middle School (from Rob Beardsell, Guidance Counselor). Professional actors (who are also recovering alcoholics and addicts) perform scenes about peer pressure, drinking, smoking, marijuana, etc. Each performance is followed by a question-and-answer period. “Masco Online Blackboard” -- Masco Middle and High Schools (from Mary Mahoney, Special Curriculum Projects, on behalf of MARC, Masconomet Action Research Committee). Students can access worksheets, handouts, practice tests, and other materials posted online by teachers. Students and teachers may also access the discussion boards and “chat rooms” in a secure, self-contained system. “RAD Training” -- Masco Middle and High Schools (from Greg West). Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Training is a 16-hour course taught to women of all ages to prepare them to protect themselves in the event of a sexual assault. Due to an overwhelming response for more courses to be offered, another person will be trained as an instructor. “Team Jason Online” -- Masco Middle School (from Team 7 Blue teachers: Maureen Butler, English; Tom Cobb; World Cultures; Ryan King, Life Sciences; and Courtney Monaco, Math). “Rainforests at the Crossroads” is an interdisciplinary unit on the tropical rainforests of Panama. Via satellite or Internet, students will be able to observe and converse with real scientists as they make their way into uncharted territory within the Panamanian rainforest. “Yellow Dress” -- Masco High School (from Donna Cameron, Health Educator). A dramatic one-woman play based on the stories of young women who were victims of dating violence. A facilitated discussion immediately follows the performance. “Young Adult Literature” -- Masco Middle School (from Lynda McGraw, Grade 7 English teacher). Students will read the novel Hoot, a Newbury Honor Book which deals with environmental and social/peer pressure. The novel will be used to teach literary devices, plot, and appreciation of literature, and tie to other content areas of science and human cultures. |
| 2003 Grants -- $25,000+ |