From GEF
Grants Awarded 2005
The Groton Education Foundation awarded 20 grants for 2005-2006 total almost $10,000. GEF Board members distributed checks to teachers during school the week of December 12th. Fourteen different educational institutions will benefit from this year?s grants. Congratulations to all of the recipients and thanks to all who have contributed. Below we have listed all of the grant recipients along with a brief description of the project.
| Awardees
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| Institution
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| Description
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| Clough | | West Side Middle School | | Student Garden/Landscaping design project at GPS Admin Building
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| Winter | | Fitch Middle School | | Nature's Classroom Field Trip
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| Bayseuiz & Paivno | | Sacred Heart | | Mad Science Traveling Classroom Visit
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| Congdon | | Pleasant Valley | | Classroom Pets Project for special needs students
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| Pombrio | | Eastern Point | | Parent/Child early literacy intervention project
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| Barnes | | West Side Middle | | Soup group/Lunch bunch: improve practical math skills in real project
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| Pierson | | Groton Heights | | Parent literacy course
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| Supples | | Grasso Tech | | Purchase Equipment for a Digital studio
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| Carle | | Bill Memorial Library | | Bill Library Coloring Book Program
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| Brodie & Franco | | Pleasant Valley | | Purchase of Learning Backpacks for special education
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| Knobloch & Theadore | | Charles Barnum | | Videotape camcorder purchase
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| Lathrop & Holby | | S. B. Butler | | Speaker visit on dinosaurs
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| Horler & Timpano | | S. B. Butler | | Quilts & literature: Joint Kindergarten/5th grade storytelling and literature.
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| O'Friel | | Sacred Heart | | Teacher consultation program for R.I.S.E.N.
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| Donahue | | Mystic & Noank Library | | Summer reading program: 'Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales.'
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| Mitchell | | Groton Public Schools | | Summer reading program
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| DeMaio | | Fitch Middle School | | Purchase of Digital Camera and supplies for 'self portrait' project.
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| Poris | | Noank Elementary | | Book Nooks: To support Connecticut Family Literacy Initiative
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| Chapman | | Sacred Heart | | Field Trip to 'Dinosaur Crossing'
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Grants Awarded 2003
| Contact
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| Description
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| School/Organization
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| Carle | | Library Enhancement Using Visual Media | | Bill Memorial Library
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| Corona | | Dealing with Conflict | | Sacred Heart
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| Doutre, Stratton | | Diversity Partnership | | Noank/ClaudeChester
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| Griffin | | Author visit | | Sacred Heart
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| Hayes | | Mentoring Program | | Eastern Point
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| Horler | | Literacy Documentation | | Colonel Ledyard
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| Horler, Salpietro, Lorinsky, Dion | | Diversity Through Art | | SB Butler/Eastern Point
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| Jenkins | | Visit from Pequotsepos | | Sacred Heart
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| Knobloch, Theadore | | Hands-on Science | | Charles Barnum
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| Laing | | First & Fifth Grade Production of Mary Poppins | | Charles Barnum
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| Leonard, Lehofer | | Nutmeg Reading Program | | Noank
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| Marsiglio | | Summer Reading | | Board of Education
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| McMickle | | Health Through Music | | Sacred Heart
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| Morse | | Art in a box | | Mystic Art Association
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| Pombrio | | Parent/Child Reading Intervention reading training classes | | Charles Barnum
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| Riley | | Letterboxing | | Senior Center
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| Shepardson | | Sensitivity Using Puppetry | | Sacred Heart
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| Sim | | Assembling Computer Systems | | West Side Middle School
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| Sonnone | | Science Genie/ZooStation | | Sacred Heart
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| TVCCA | | FRED | | TVCCA
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| Whitehead | | Historic Groton Sites Visitation | | Sacred Heart
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Grants Awarded 2002
| Contact
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| Description
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| School/Organization
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| Ebbinghaus | | Reading challenge | | Groton School System
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| Boardman | | Hand chimes | | Fitch Middle School
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| Johnson | | Digital card guitar | | Noank
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| Sonnone | | Opera-tunity visit | | Sacred Heart
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| Doutre | | Latin & Hispanic dance troupe | | Noank
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| Stratton | | Latin & Hispanic dance troupe | | Claude Chester
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| Magesky | | Preschool music program | | Claude Chester
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| Morse | | Art in a box | | Mystic Art Association
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| Spena | | Discovery 5 senses science visits | | Sacred Heart
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| Smith | | Smith house cultural artifacts | | Jabez Smith House
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| Rogers | | Activity bags | | Noank
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| Pratt | | Senior & children Native American | | Groton Senior Center
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| Prior | | Books for family reading program | | Charles Barnum
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| Doyle | | Dog theme reading incentives | | illiam Seely
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| Grinzi | | Ceramics club | | Charles Barnum
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| Dalton | | Phys Ed camera | | Sacred Heart School
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| Bender | | 2 benches & tree for garden | | Pleasant Valley
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| Gunderman | | After school program/snacks | | West Side
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| Stankiewicz | | Immigrant musical production | | Groton Heights
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| Fleury | | Kindergarten pen pal/writing program | | Sacred Heart
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| Gramolini | | Photo album pre K for Navy parents | | Pleasant Valley
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| Bartick | | Social studies museum | | Cutler Middle School
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Grants Awarded 2001
| Contact
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| Description
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| School/Organization
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| Thomas | | Encouraging Library Use with Coloring Books | | Bill Memorial Library
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| Spalluto | | Literature/Math Integration Through Cooking | | Charles Barnum
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| Collin | | Enhancing Math Through Photography | | Charles Barnum
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| Magesky | | Understanding Careers Through Role Playing | | Claude Chester
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| Stratton | | Developing Literary Skills | | Claude Chester
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| Moffitt | | Mentoring Program | | Colonel Ledyard / Groton Heights
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| Ebbinghouse | | Summer Reading Challenge | | Groton Public Schools
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| Laterra | | Aquaponic Gardening of Herbs | | Ella Grasso Regional High
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| Greenleaf | | Art Enrichment | | Fitch Middle
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| Carsillo | | Bookstore Development | | Fitch Middle
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| Palmieri | | Update Boy Scout Badge Books | | Groton Public Library
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| Reiley | | Safety Matters for All Ages | | Groton Senior Center
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| Donahue | | Family Literature Program | | Mystic/Noank Library
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| Lehofer | | K'NEX System in Writing | | Noank
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| McCarthy | | K'NEX System in to Understand Motion | | Noank
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| Daigneault | | African-American Storytelling | | Pleasant Valley
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| Congdon | | Family Involvement with Digital Technology | | Pleasant Valley
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| Shepardson | | FAITH (Faith-Based Advocacy for Inclusion Together from the Heart) Program | | Sacred Heart School
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| Guest | | FRED (Families Reading Everyday) | | TVCCA Head Start
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| Duffy | | Cookie Sales Project | | West Side Middle
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| Franzone | | Fitness Walking | | West Side Middle
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| Galbraith | | ARETE Academic Support Program | | West Side Middle
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