Grant History
“Cultivating Genius” Book Group
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“Cultivating Genius” Book Group
This will be a four-session book group meeting to study the book Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy, by Gholdy Muhammad. Participants will meet four times and plan to incorporate this framework into literacy instruction.
Applicant: Deanna Lew
Schools: Districtwide
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $885
All Are Welcome — AAPI Library Books
All Are Welcome — AAPI Library Books
The All Are Welcome project will bring fiction texts to the Angier Library that features Asian American and Pacific Islander main characters.
Applicant: Liz Donovan
Schools: Angier
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $1140
Anti Racist Book Club for Faculty
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Anti Racist Book Club for Faculty
The Cabot Anti Racist Committee will run a book club with staff using the text "Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy" by Gholdy Muhammad. This book will support educators in designing instruction that reflects students' identities and engages them by recognizing their identity and the identity of their peers. The project will also be aligned with the district goal of meeting the needs of all learners to provide educational equity because it is designed for teachers to further their understanding of how to use literacy to empower students and help them think critically within our current socio-political-cultural context.
Applicant: Emily Nunez
Schools: Cabot
Date Approved: Jan. 19 2021
Amount: $1250
Anti-Racist and Diverse Representations in Classroom Libraries
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Anti-Racist and Diverse Representations in Classroom Libraries
Classroom libraries are a critical resource for students and are, right now, perhaps more important than ever to maintain. Research has shown that a student's academic achievement is closely tied to the amount of time spent reading. For classroom teachers to quickly and easily put contemporary and high-interest titles from their classroom library directly in the hands of students is critical for both reluctant and avid readers. It is also important to maintain a classroom library that is both current and represents the diversity of the student population by providing current to titles by authors of color and LGBTQ authors.
Applicant: Adrian Pickworth
Schools: Brown
Date Approved: Jan. 19 2021
Amount: $3900
AP United States History Summer Academy
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AP United States History Summer Academy
This summer program engages rising juniors of color with structured academic support to help them succeed in AP US History. During the academic year participating students are clustered together in a section taught by the summer lead teacher and meet bi-weekly for ongoing support.
Applicant: Ashley Chapman, History Teacher
Schools: Newton South
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $6,000
AuthorFest
AuthorFest
This one-day event presented by the Creative Arts and Sciences Committee brings authors and illustrators to all elementary and middle schools to engage students in the writing and illustrating process.
Applicant: Stacey Moriarty, NPS Director of Creative Arts & Sciences
Schools: Angier, Bowen, Burr, Cabot, Countryside, Franklin, Horace-Mann, Mason-Rice, Memorial-Spaulding, Peirce, Ward, Williams, Underwood, Zervas, Bigelow, Brown, Day, Oak Hill
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $11,000
Beyond The Classroom
Beyond The Classroom
This professional development conference helps international trip leaders craft meaningful and engaging international learning experiences for students.
Applicant: Samantha Mandel, Global Programs Manager
Schools: Newton North and Newton South
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $3,750
Book Study on Race and Culture for Teachers
Book Study on Race and Culture for Teachers
Teachers select to read one of four books about racial and cultural experiences prior to a spring professional development event, and continue discussions into the summer.
Date Approved: FY 2020
Chromebook Purchase for Distance Learning
Chromebook Purchase for Distance Learning
NSF responded to the urgent need to fund Chromebooks for students who needed access to remote learning during the spring of 2020.
Applicant: Superintendent’s office
Schools: K-12
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $85,500
Civics/English Language Arts Holocaust Unit
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Civics/English Language Arts Holocaust Unit
8th grade civics classes will learn the history of the Holocaust and its lasting impact, as well as to connect it to problems in society. At the same time, students will read The Boy on the Wooden Box in English classes. This text is a memoir written by the youngest person on Schindler's List. This will personalize the historical issue and bring the two contents together in a meaningful way.
Applicant: Victoria Munsell
Schools: Brown
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $500
Classroom Diverse Book Library
Classroom Diverse Book Library
This initiative provides classroom-based collections of fiction and non-fiction books that depict positive images of people of color and raise issues of social justice.
Applicant: Joanne Cudkowicz
Schools: Bowen
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $1,200
Computer Programming and Coding
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Computer Programming and Coding
Teachers at Newton South planned the transition of the programing classes to the Swift Programming Language, building capacity to teach the new program; while middle school math teachers and information technology specialists explored integrating coding into curriculum for next school year.
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