Grants Funded by BEF 2012-2013
“A Video View of the World of Art”- Kuppens
This grant enhances all students’ art experience by providing a
projector that facilitates the display of videos and tutorials on art concepts
and famous artists. Students can now be immersed in the world of art through
this dynamic tool and experience art in a whole new way.
“High Interest, Low Readability Library”-
This
grant provides books that expand the current library offerings for the upper
grades at BES. Older students will have more diverse and meaningful reading
materials of their choice during Independent Reading Time.
“Morning Meeting/Let the Games Begin”- Fletcher,
LaPierre, Pascoal
This grant replaces older materials in the kindergarten
classes with newer materials such as: IPods, mats and games. These materials
support the kindergarten philosophy of “The Responsive Classroom” which is a widely used, research
and evidence-based approach to elementary education that increases academic
achievement, decreases problem behaviors, improves social skills, and leads to
more high-quality instruction. The
students can accomplish this through greeting each other on their welcome mats,
sharing news or educational objects, singing songs on the IPod and playing
games with friends.
“It All Adds Up”- Andrews,
DeLuca, DiFonso
This grant provides the fifth grade students with math
graphing whiteboards and clipboards that are compatible with the Smart Boards.
These materials will incorporate more real world connections into students’
learning of multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and critical
thinking. They will transform the way students view math and enable them
to be active learners who create, construct and apply critical thinking to
solve real world problems that arise in their lives.
“Opening the Doors to Web 2.0”-
DeLuca
This grant funds laptop computers for the fifth grade classes.
Because technology is a gateway to expanding the students’ experiences in the
classroom, these laptops will be cross-curricular and span language arts,
social studies and math. Exposure to Web 2.0 technologies helps to create
life-long, active learners and offers our students an opportunity to play on a
more level playing field with their peers.
“Learning With Leveled Literacy”-
Special Education Department
This grant funds books that round out the
current leveled literature offerings. They will be used to work with students
at their individual reading levels and help advance their reading skills and
abilities.
“Replenishing Resplendent
Reading”- Benson, Belbin, Koziak
This grant is for the fourth grade class
and replaces the older, soft cover trade books with new, hard cover ones. These
books meet the guidelines of the school’s Core Curriculum and help students
gain a broader understanding of different cultures, countries, and history
through the associated enrichment activities that are incorporated into their
units of study.
“The Show MUST Go On!”- Giguere,
Kelleher, Sabourin
This grant funds a dramatic puppet theater for the first
grade students. Engaging in pretend and dramatic readings benefits students
because it allows them to experience various roles in life that involve social
skills and emotional responses. This also leads to more success in academics as
well. Implementing the use of puppets in play provides a child with the
opportunity to gain stronger language skills through use of voice, use language
to control their surroundings and organize their thoughts.
“America the Beautiful”- Koziak
This
grant funds the fourth grade with updated state books in the award winning “America
the Beautiful” series. This series provides students with factual information
about each state’s geography, history, people, economy and government. The
students use these books throughout the year as a resource to learn fascinating
information and to complete their end-of-year project “The Parade of
States”.
“Colorful Carpets
Captivate Learning”- Keane, Lubarsky, Marineau
This
grant funds educational rugs for each of the second grade classrooms. These
rugs are an important component in the primary grades in providing daily
instruction and curriculum. The colorful rugs will help with classroom
organization by utilizing brightly colored spaces for children to sit and work
comfortably and possess an alphabet border that assists with letter formation and
spelling via visual cues.
Bingo Night Baskets
The following themed baskets to be raffled off at Bingo
Night (Saturday, April 6) will be assembled by classrooms as listed below. They
will be on display at the BES library starting Wednesday, March 27.
Tickets
will be online at the BES library during lunches on Thursday, April 4, and
Friday, April 5.
-Pre-School-
All classrooms - Davis Farmland
-Kindergarten-
All
classrooms - iPad Mini
-Grade 1-
Mrs. Giguere - LEGO
Mrs. Kelleher - Baker's
Delight
Mrs. Sabourin - Read a Book with a Nook!
-Grade 2-
Mrs. Keene -
Sharks/Sea
Mrs. Marineau - Webkinz
Mrs. Lubarsky - School Spirit
-Grade 3-
Mrs.
Cooper - American Girl
Mrs. Keirstead - Boston Sports
Mrs. LaMontagne - Gourmet
Food Basket
-Grade 4-
Mrs. Belbin - Let's Go to the Movies!
Mrs. Koziak - iPod
Shuffle
Mrs. Benson - Sports
-Grade 5-
Mrs. DiFonso - Everything Automotive
Mr.
Andrews - Scooter
Mrs. DeLuca - Dining Out
-Grade 6-
All classrooms - iPod
Touch
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