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Goals & Accomplishments
The East Windsor Education Foundation provides grants to educators in the East Windsor Public Schools. The goal of the Foundation is to finance and promote innovative and enriching educational opportunities for the children of East Windsor.
The Foundation seeks to fund projects that are innovative, have educational merit, a high student impact and sustainability.
The Foundation's goals are to:
. Provide funding and resources to enrich the educational experience of East Windsor 's children.
. Provide extended learning opportunities in academics and arts.
. Encourage creative teaching ideas and innovative programs in the East Windsor school system.
. Provide all children the means to explore their potential through funding, resources and mentors.
Grants Awarded
It is only through your efforts and generosity that the foundation was able to fund these grants.
Kindergartener's Writers' Workshop
Broad Brook School Kindergarten Teacher, Amy Lupoli, led the Kindergarten team in revising their Writers' Workshop to increase student achievement. The Kindergarten teachers attended a Writers' Workshop conference presented by Julie Lay in 2007 and then implemented a procedure for tracking and assessing student growth over time. Students now have age-appropriate references and a self-assessment to use during Writers' Workshop. Broad Brook School Kindergarten Teacher, Amy Lupoli, noted that by incorporating writing into every facet of their school day Kindergarten students increased their scores on the Kindergarten writing prompt rubric.
Electric Guitar vs. Acoustic Guitar
East Windsor Middle School Music Teacher, C. Tracie Shutter, introduced Sixth and Seventh grade students to playing the electric guitar. Previously students only had access to an acoustic guitar. By incorporating the electric guitar, students were motivated by hearing how their playing sounds like the music they listen to on the radio. Ms. Shutter noted that students were more motivated to reach a higher level of learning on acoustic guitar in order to play the electric guitar. Multiple students started taking private guitar lessons to continue learning how to play the electric guitar.
Art New England: Summer Workshop '08 at Bennington College, VT.
Mark Paradise, the Middle School Art Teacher was awarded funds to attend a week-long course in Monotype and Monoprinting at Bennington College in Vermont. This will enable him to write a unit of instruction on printmaking for all grade levels at the Middle School.
Using Assistive Media to Support Literacy Instruction at East Windsor Middle School.
Casey Rondini, the Middle School Library Media Specialist, was awarded funds to purchase assistive media for students.
The audio and large print books will provide greater accessibility to literature for all students.
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