|
Title |
Summary |
Schools |
Grades |
Project Director |
Amount |
Areas |
|
Mentoring Program |
Expands last year's program by funding
training for new mentors and site-based seminar leaders, and
providing mentoring for second year beginning teachers. |
All |
All |
Kelly McCausland, LPS Director of Human
Resources and Vito LaMura, LEA President |
$30,250 |
Professional Development |
|
Standards Based Counseling Services |
A wide reaching Professional Development
Program aimed at strengthening counseling skills and strategies
across all Lexington grades and schools in order to improve
student achievement and school climate. |
All |
All |
Elaine Sterzin on behalf of the Counseling
Department |
$10,445 |
Professional Development |
|
Meru School Workshops on Arts and Culture
of India |
Expands on an existing LEF-funded program
for new offerings in Grade 3,5, and 7 that include World
Religions, Maritime Trade between Salem and India, Gandhi and
Martin Luther King |
All |
Grades K--1, 3--5, 7and 12 |
Vanita Shastri, Executive Director, Meru
Foundation and Mary Tambor, Social Studies Elementary Curriculum
Specialist, |
$12,930 |
Arts and Culture, History and social
sciences |
|
Saving Lives in our Community |
A ‘hands on’ and ‘life skills’ based
Training Course for LHS students and LPS staff in CPR, AED
(Automatic External Defibrillator) and First Aid. |
LHS |
9-12 |
Sandra Curt, LHS Phys. Ed. Teacher and Jane
Franks, RN |
$6,224 |
Sciences |
|
Probing Earth Science |
Enhances the Earth Sciences Program and
student engagement through support of inquiry-oriented
laboratory explorations into the curriculum for the newly
created weekly, double blocks of earth science for all freshman
students. |
LHS |
9 |
Sarah Damassa and Steve Wilkins, Science
teachers, LHS |
$19,996 |
Sciences |
|
Aligning American History with American
Literature Curriculum |
Restructures Grade 11, level-1 curriculum
to reinforce key concepts that make up American history through
literature – primarily focusing on diversity. |
LHS |
11 |
Robin Strizhak and Henry Turner, English
Teachers, LHS |
$6,700 |
Humanities |
|
LHS English Curriculum Project Follow Up |
Continuation and completion of English
Department curriculum renewal previously funded by LEF, to
develop curricula for 2 new course offerings |
LHS |
9--12 |
Deborah Perry, Head, English Department,
LHS |
$2,442 |
Humanities |
|
Writing the Sophomore Usage Guide |
Creation of a grammar guide for Grade 10
English students which is intended to serve as a resource for
students through their high school career. |
LHS |
10 |
Kathleen Coleman, English Teacher, LHS |
$3,894 |
Humanities |
|
Building an On-Line Community |
Enables the establishment of an online
Community for students through First Class, an on-line
conferencing system, to extend academic and other discussions
to the entire faculty and student community |
LHS |
9--12 |
Jim Williams, Math Department, LHS |
$16,916 |
Technology |
|
Middle East in Depth |
Creates and builds an in-depth LHS Library
collection and resource on the Middle East and Middle Eastern
countries covering History, literature, politics, society, arts,
and culture. |
LHS |
9--12 |
Susan Lum, LHS Librarian |
$5,700 |
Humanities |
|
Web Ventures |
Supports training of teachers to develop a
course in web design, using the Youth Tech Entrepreneurs
curriculum and trains students in webpage development for
community and non profits |
LHS |
9--12 |
William Fahnley,
Rachel LeCompte, Jeffrey Harris, Teachers, LHS |
$9,300 |
Technology |
|
Wetlands Restoration of Pond at LHS |
Supports the LHS Envirothon Team’s plan to
restore the wetland area destroyed in the reconstruction of the
high school. The program aims to replace all non-native species
with lush, native species that will entice birds and butterflies
to thrive. |
LHS |
9--12 |
Steve Wilkins, Science Teacher, LHS |
$3,356 |
Sciences |
|
Roots and Wings |
“Project Roots and Wings”, a new biology
curriculum allows Level 2 teachers to present biological
concepts using two interrelated living systems: Brassica plants
and the cabbage white butterfly. |
LHS |
10 |
Whitney Hagins, Jim Keefe, Deb Perry,
Teachers, LHS |
$8,185 |
Sciences |
|
Collage of Voices |
Continuing support for LEF-funded project
consisting of an ever-changing mural housed in a glass case at
LHS and serving as “a gathering space for ideas, a showcase for
students, teachers, staff and family members to visually express
and reflect their concerns, feeling, and individual identities.” |
LHS |
9--12 |
Karen Watson Holton, Beth Kress, Beth
Ribeiro, Teachers, LHS |
$1,500 |
Arts |
|
Smart Writing |
Development of a writing curriculum for
Grade 6 using a color-coded technique that helps the students
engage in and evaluate writing with a more focused approach
using Smart Board Technology. |
Clarke |
6 |
Diane Eisner, Language Arts Teacher |
$5,222 |
Humanities and Technology |
|
Probing Science Data Part 2 |
Continuation of an LEF-funded project to
develop an integrated science curriculum around the probes
enabling students to focus on modeling and explaining science
experiments. |
Clark and Diamond |
6--8 |
Laura Krich, Rick Thibeault, Science
Teachers |
$11,130 |
Sciences |
|
The Book Shop: Handmade books for the
written word |
Creation of handmade books thematically
tied to curriculum for each grade level, and training of
teachers in handmade book techniques, with the goal of fostering
improved writing. |
Fiske |
K--5 |
Lynn Feldman, Consultant and Nancy
Peterson, Principal, Fiske |
$1,988 |
Humanities and Arts |
|
Picturing Writing |
Allows teachers to create mini-lessons for
students to learn to access writing through visual, kinesthetic
and verbal modes of thinking. |
Harrington |
1--5 |
Geraldine O'Neill, Jane Hussey, David
Crump, Roberta Wehmeyer, Teachers |
$11,691 |
Humanities and Arts |
|
Video on Demand |
Pilot project to use video clips to enhance
specific lessons within the elementary science and social
studies curriculum. Teachers will have the ability to access
over 2,000 educational video titles and video clips. |
Bridge |
K--5 |
Caryn Werlin, Library
Media Specialist, Mary Werlin, Instructional Technology
Specialist |
$2,330 |
Technology |
|
Printmaking Studio |
Seeds a printmaking art program, which will
connect the art of printing to language arts, science, and
social studies, and explore the origins of printmaking in Japan
and China . |
Estabrook |
1--5 |
Lynne Murray, Art Educator |
$3,985 |
Arts |
|
Open Circle Social Competency |
Trains teachers and staff members in the
Open Circle Social Competency program. Aims to improve
students’ social competency and academic skills and their
ability to identify and solve social problems; |
Bridge and Bowman |
K--5 |
Malcolm Astley, Bowman Principal and
Barbara Manfredi, Bridge Principal |
$25,000 |
Professional Development |
|
A+ Activities Promoting Learning,
Understanding and Success |
Targets METCO students in continuing a
successful program of after-school enrichment in literacy, math
and science. |
Bowman, Hastings and Estabrook |
1--5 |
Carol Pilarski, assistant to Superintendant
and Cheryl Prescott Walden, METCO Director |
$12,070 |
Humanities, math and science |
|
Differentiated Math Strategies |
Provides support and training for teachers
in differentiating math concepts and instructional strategies.
The content will focus on assessment and grouping, metacognitive
thinking, questioning, modifying and supplementing the
curriculum. |
All |
1--5 |
Karen Tripoli, Elementary Math Head |
$5,554 |
Professional Development |
