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Grants awarded to date: Almost $100,000!

HIGH SCHOOLS

Fairfield Warde High School

  • Forensic Science Geocaching, 2010, teacher Claire Gloria, 11th and 12th grades, $1,088.
  • Teen Parenthood, 2011, Martha Becker, 9th through 12th grades, $511.85.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Trout in the Classroom, 2013, teacher Tim Foster, 9th through 12th grades, $907.
  • Warde Day, 2013, Sara Peck, 9th through 12th grades, $2,000.
  • Java Lego Rebots, 2014, teacher Paul Zhitomi, 9th through 12th AP Computer Science, $2,150.
  • Health Education/Special Education Guide, 2014, teachers Lori Mediate & Cathleen Hamill, $3,090.
  • Bluebirds in Paradise, 2014, teacher John Kassay, 9th through 12th grades, $486.
  • Google Cardboard, 2016, teacher Karin King, 9th through 12th grades, $600.
  • Still Life for the High School, 2016, teacher Monica Cimina, 9th through 12th grades, $1,000.
  • The Creative Studio, 2017, teacher Allison Norrie, 9th through 12th grades, $695

Fairfield Ludlowe High School

  • Forensic Science Geocaching, 2010, teacher Claire Gloria, 11th and 12th grades, $1,088.
  • Light in Art Classroom, 2010, teacher Monica Cimina, 9th-12th grades, $500.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Health Education/Special Education Guide, 2014, teachers Lori Mediate and Cathleen Hamill, $3,090.
  • Google Cardboard, 2016, teacher Karin King, 9th through 12th grades, $600.
  • Still Life for the High School, 2016, teacher Monica Cimina, 9th through 12th grades, $1,000.
  • Creating a Reading Life, 2017, teacher Molly D’Andria, 9th through 12th grades, $250.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Fairfield Woods Middle School

  • Listen Up – Audio Books to support Independent Reading, 2011, teacher Kevin Donovan, 6th-8th grades, $400.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Teaching Diversity through Latin Dance, 2013, teacher Karin Martel, 8th grade Spanish students, $600.
  • Health Education/Special Education Guide, 2014, teachers Lori Mediate and Cathleen Hamill, $3,090.
  • Everyone Reads: E-Readers to Support Literacy in Classroom, 2014, teacher Anne Joyce, 7th grade, $860.17.
  • Cinco de Mayo Celebration, 2015, teacher Karin Martel, $400.
Roger Ludlowe Middle School
  • Salmon-in-School Program, 2010, teacher Leah Brown-Wilnsz, 7th grade, $870.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Health Education/Special Education Guide, 2014, teachers Lori Mediate and Cathleen Hamill, $3,090.

Tomlinson Middle School

  • Audio Books in a Language Arts Classroom, 2010, teacher Karin Shaughnessy, 7th and 8th grade, $1,150.
  • SAM Animation, 2012, teacher Catherine Audet, 8th grade, $708.95.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Health Education/Special Education Guide, 2014, teachers Lori Mediate and Cathleen Hamill, $3,090. 
  • #Word Matter, 2017, teacher Barbara O’Brien, 7th grade, $1,730

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 

Burr Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500. 
  • Sphero STEM, teacher Judy Salemme, 3rd through 5th grade, $1,030

Timothy Dwight Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500. 

Holland Hill Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Social Centers, 2013, teachers Lisa Santiana, Maureen Mocker, Paulette Paoetti, Fran Wider, kindergarten, $3,770.78. 

Jennings Elementary School

  • Life Skills Enhancement Program, 2011, teacher Christine Daria, $1,500.
  • Assess, Inform, Enable!, 2011, teachers Lisa Friedrichs, Catherine Scholl, Lou Deprofio, K thru 5th, $1,650.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Music and Books, 2014, teachers Mariana Psenicnik and Lorraine Fiero, $1,049.
  • Lego STEM Exploration, 2016, teachers Mariana Psenicnik and Kathleen Ruppert, 3rd through 5th grades, $1,752.

McKinley Elementary School

  • Spanish Lending Library, 2010, teacher Angelina Giovanetti, $300.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • American Mural Project/Instrument Fountain, 2015, teacher Kathleen Reddy, $2,459.
  • The World’s Greatest Artists!, teacher Amy Gorruso, K through 5th grade, $531.

Mill Hill Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • One Book One Town, 2014, teachers Joan Huff and Ann Oliver, $1,8000. 
  • Take A Stand for Learning, 2016, teachers Cara McDermott and Susanne Stephens, 4th grade and special education, $1,110.
  • Lego WeDo, 2017, teacher Gina Han, $934.

North Stratfield Elementary School

  • Supporting Inclusion Students with an iPad, 2010, teacher Paula Healey, 1st grade, $816.
  • Music and Games from Abraham Lincoln’s Era, 2011, teachers Tricia McDonald and Patti Kassay, 4th grade, $1,079.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500. 
  • Kinesthetic Learners – Using Desk Cycles, 2017, teacher Tracie Alley, K through 5th grade, $990.

Osborn Hill Elementary School

  • There’s An App for That, 2011, teacher Alan Lipman, 2nd-5th grades, $540.
  • Butterfly Garden & Communication with Experts in the Field, 2011, Denise Rehder, K-5th grade, $860.
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • We Care! Book Bag Project, 2014, teacher Deanna Renzulli Behpour, $1,850.
  • Lego WeDo, 2017, teacher Sandy Kosh, 3rd through 5th grade, $1,000.
Riverfield Elementary School
  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • The News is Elementary, 2014, teacher Diane Faiella, kindergarten through 5th grade, $610. 
  • Riverfield’s Buddy Bench, 2016, teachers Kevin Nealy and Jackie Manzo, kindergarten through 5th grades, $1,188.
  • Flexible Seating, 2017, teacher Kevin Nealy, 4th grade, $620.

Roger Sherman Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500. 
  • STEM Lab Startup, 2017, teacher Stephanie Goldberg, K through 5th, $1,039

Stratfield Elementary School

  • Electrify Your Strings!, 2012, teacher Cindi Eckhardt, 4th through 12th grade string students, $3,500.
  • Enhancing Fitness with a Traverse Wall, 2013, teacher Amy Gagnon, K through 5th grade, $1,325.
  • Linking Student Success with Data and Interactive Technology, 2016, teachers Tara Bainer, Darren Molony and Johanna Dyki, $1,899.

ECC Special Education & Pre-K

  • Let’s Grow A Lunch, 2016, teachers Caitlyn Willcox-Biron and Susan Doucette-Cox, $704.