Project Description Massachusetts legislators recently passed a new law that requires school districts to provide means to screen students for a potential language based learning disability, such as dyslexia. The […]
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Bring the World to International Night
Project Description Wareham Public School’s International Night has been a hugely popular community event since 2003. We usually have 300-500 community members in attendance including students and their families. Volunteers […]
Read moreNurse’s Office Library
Project Description Creating a library/reading nook has the potential to impact all students that visit the Nurse’s Office. To give an idea…throughout the 2018-2019 school year, the Nurse’s Office logged […]
Read moreRotary Tool Kits for STEM/Engineering Lab
Project Description Handheld Rotary Tool Kits will serve to provide a safe, multiple use tool that a wide age range of students can use in the STEM/Engineering Lab. During the […]
Read moreInclusion Connection
Project Description These recordable buttons allow me to pre-program words, phrases and sentences. Non-verbal students can participate in a variety of activities throughout the school day- from social greetings and […]
Read moreComputational Thinking in PE
Project Description Computational Thinking in PE Class – Collaboration project with Technology and PE: Teaching computer science concepts with movement! Small Scale 2nd Grade Implementation – 3 classes: Coding without […]
Read moreListening Center for Elementary Music Class
Project Description This listening center project will help me move away from teacher directed learning model in the general music class toward a student led, center-based model. Research shows that […]
Read moreHands on Literacy Centers
Project Description As first grade teachers, we do a lot of reading instruction! We have found that a major piece of learning to read is developing phonics skills. Through phonics […]
Read moreA Piece of Peace Parade #3: LIVE WELLfleet
Project Description The theme of this year’s parade is LIVE WELLfleet. The project entails a variety of projects throughout the school year culminating with a rally and parade to which […]
Read moreGIVE IT OWL YOU GOT, BCIS!!!
Project Description This year, we have transitioned from a Horace Mann Charter School to an Innovation School and our new mascot is the owl. The culminating project will be a […]
Read moreProtect and Serve Mural
Project Description Creating a mural near the lobby at MES. The mural will pay tribute to the people who protect and serve our community (police, police dogs, fire, public servants, […]
Read moreVirtual Reality Across the Curriculum
Project Description The Innovation Studio at Bourne Public Schools strives to integrate STEM learning into all subject areas at all grade levels. Adding virtual reality technology to our existing technologies […]
Read moreFrom Seed to Table
Project Description Harwich Elementary has 8 beds that we are able to use for planting. The plan is to have students and all grade levels start seeds and seedlings in […]
Read moreThe Minot Mitten and Giving Trees
Project Description Mittens, hats, scarves and jackets are all items we are looking for to keep the children of Wareham warm this winter through the Minot Mitten Tree program. The […]
Read moreNew Books for Special Ed Students
Project Description Funds from this grant will be used to purchase educational materials from the Rainbow Resource Center and the Institute for Multi Sensory Education. The Alphabet Series of readers […]
Read more360 Degree Field Trips
Project Description With a 360 degree camera, we can take photos and videos in 360 degrees. The camera also records audio, so in a video we can also have sound. […]
Read moreFamily Fun Math and Engineering Night and Day
Project Description The project entails both a day and night aspect. The first day/night will be centered around geometry and physics (the Phys Ed teacher will be a part of […]
Read morePuzzles for All
Project Description What child doesn’t love a puzzle? Puzzles provide children with essential life skills. The purpose of the grant is to purchase a variety of developmentally appropriate puzzles for […]
Read moreCreating a Splash with Cross Curricular Activities
Project Description This project is a cross-grade level opportunity where high school students will design and build a water table for the playground at KCC, the elementary school in Mashpee. […]
Read moreFull STE(A)M Ahead at Forestdale with the Cricut
Project Description A Cricut Machine would be a great addition to our revamped STEM Lab at the Forestdale School, which serves 600 students K-2nd Grade. The Cricut machine will allow […]
Read moreLiteracy for All
Project Description This literacy project, which specifically helps students develop phonemic awareness, will be utilized year upon year. Each phoneme is taught individually as part of a multi-sensory approach to […]
Read moreSensory Helpers For First Graders
Project Description I am looking to add sensory supports for the first grade class. Currently, I have introduced sensory tools to a handful of students. The two tools I am […]
Read moreRe-usable Bags for Book Fair
Project Description The funding from this grant would pay for the purchase of 350 re-usable, non-plastic bags for our annual Book Fair. These would be given to students and parents […]
Read morePollinators of Peace Garden
Project Description It is in the WES mission statement to help children create a “foundation for lifelong learning, responsible citizenship, and the realization of their potential”. Enrichment opportunities and community […]
Read moreActive Seating
Project Description First grade students will use Kore Wobble Chairs for seated learning instruction during reading, math and writing lessons. The Kore Wobble Chairs will be implemented to promote slight […]
Read moreInteractive Family Literacy Reading Bags
Project Description The goal of this proposed project is to have families come together around notable fiction and informational texts by engaging in shared reading and the completion of included […]
Read moreFull STEAM Ahead
Project Description GOAL: In my new role as STEAM teacher for students in Pre-K-Grade 5, I am looking to create STEAM Kits to share and leave with each Grade-Level Teacher […]
Read moreClean Up Closet
Project Description Goal: To improve student self-esteem and positive body confidence. Objectives: 1. Create a resource to provide personal hygiene products and emergency changes of clothing for students in need. […]
Read moreMulti-Sensory Learning
Project Description Students learn differently and require different stimuli to learn. I will be using these multi-sensory learning tools to help ALL children succeed. These various tools such as sand, […]
Read moreGroup Resources for the ESL Classroom
Project Description The goal of this project is to provide a conducive work space for (ELD) English Language Development groups. Our growing population of ELLs requires that we take larger […]
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