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Our Accomplishments 2004-2005
Valhalla Schools Foundation and WestHelp
Partnership Team Up to Award More Than $32,000 in Mini-Grants to
Valhalla Teachers
The Valhalla Schools Foundation and the WestHelp Partnership are
pleased to announce the recipients of the Foundation’s 2004-05 Teacher
Mini-Grants:
At the Virginia Road School
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The kindergarten teaching team at Virginia Road School,
a grant of $2,176 for “Tadpoles to Frogs” science curriculum,
which will include the purchase of six River Tank Aquariums
and infiltration systems to enhance their study of the life
cycle of the Leopard Tadpole.
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The first-grade teaching team at Virginia Road School,
a grant of $975 for the scientific program,
“Nutty Nutrients,” a 90-minute in-house presentation
on diet, nutrition and how it affects health. The presentation
will include hands-“experiments” as students learn about the
food pyramid and about making healthy choices.
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Gregory McCrea, music teacher at Virginia Road School,
a grant of $2,399 to enhance the music curriculum by introducing “Our American Musical Heritage,” a program
that will feature the recordings of VRES students singing traditional
American songs, playing games and reciting poetry. Classes will
build a collections of their recordings, and final songs chosen
from each class will be recorded on a master CD that will be
sold to cover production costs.
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Kelly Doherty, Resource Room teacher at Virginia Road
School, a grant of $2,500 for purchase of a Smartboard.
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Laura Kulers, ESL teacher at Virginia Road School,
a grant of $2,781 for the purchase of Quantum LeapPad units
to supplement a thematic vocabulary curriculum and reinforce
reading strategies and skills through the “Leap Into Literacy”
program.
At the Kensico School
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Patrick Ward, Mona Voelkel, Bill Wright, Kathy Adams and
Sandro Prosperino, at the Kensico School, $3,062 for digital
multimedia equipment that will enhance the English language
arts curriculum by permitting students to write skits, plays,
and documentaries that will be performed and digitally videotaped.
Performances will be downloaded and edited by students on computers,
then displayed during an “Oscar Night” at the school.
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Glenn Carrozza and Melissa Salles, fifth-grade teachers
at Kensico School, a grant of $1,228 for Classroom Jeopardy
programs and equipment geared toward fifth-grade students.
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Matthew Curran, fifth grade teacher at Kensico School,
$2,631 for the purchase of Smartboard.
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Linda Carpentieri, Mona Voelkel, and Bill Wright of
Kensico School, for their grant proposal, “Family
Reading Nights.” This program will feature three theme-based
Family Reading Nights, during which time families will share
the joy of reading. The program advocates family reading time
and will provide exposure to Kensico’s inviting school environment
and state-of-the-art library media center. We are pleased to
award this program with a $725 grant. The same teaching
team was awarded a $500 grant in 2003-04 to launch “Family Reading
Nights.”
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Pat Trehy, fifth-grade teacher at Kensico School, a
grant of $2,500 to enhance the 5th grade science
curriculum in geology by introducing students to “Geology Rocks,”
which includes a field trip to the Franklin Mineral Museum in
Franklin, N.J., where more than 4,000 minerals are on display.
At Valhalla Middle School
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Roxanne Franquelli, foreign language teacher at
Valhalla Middle School, a grant of $700 for the purchase of
two digital cameras for the foreign language program, to be
used on field trips, to build foreign language scrapbooks and
albums, and to introduce different cultures.
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Lisa Patek and Sybil Daniel, ESL teachers at
Valhalla Middle/High School, a grant of $1027 for the purchase
of Letterville Carbo recorded books and short stories to dramatically
improve student reading.
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Kerry Morrison, speech-language therapist at Valhalla
Middle/High School, a grant of $1,551 for Classroom Jeopardy,
an interactive program based on the television game show that
can be individualized based on classroom and student skills.
The grant will permit students to participate in science, social
studies and math “games,” which include cartridges, scoreboards
and remote buzzers. The grant also will provide the program
with equipment that includes a television and a DVD/VCR.
At Valhalla High School
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Dr. Cathleen Hannigan, English teacher at Valhalla High
School, a grant of $2,301 for the purchase of a Smartboard,
which permits students and teachers to highlight, edit and annotate
text that is projected onto a white board in front of a class.
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John Philbin, teacher at Valhalla High School, $3,800
for purchase of laptop computer and LCD projector for use in
his senior year Entrepreneurship/Economics class. The equipment
will help students create and present their business plans using
PowerPoint presentations, both in the classroom and in competitions.
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Irene Torrieri, math teacher at Valhalla High School,
a grant of $2,400 for equipment and software that will enhance
math applications. Using a projector, students and teachers
will be able to view and interact with software to create and
solve problems. Software will permit students to view three-dimensional
math problems, and AP Statistics students to use ActivStats.
The Valhalla Schools Foundation presented the Valhalla Board of
Education with a lump-sum donation of $17,784 at the Board’s June
29th meeting.
Accomplishments
in 2003-2004
Accomplishments
in 2002-2003
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