Grant History
Instrumental Music Enrichment
Instrumental Music Enrichment
Professional instrumentalists support ensemble music programs and give individualized instruction to students who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity for private lessons.
Applicant: Richard King, K-8 Fine Arts Coordinator
Schools: Lincoln-Eliot and Horace Mann
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $6,000
Integrated Arts Curriculum
Integrated Arts Curriculum
Science and social studies curriculum coordinators collaborate with art teachers to enrich and deepen children’s understanding of all three areas of study.
Applicant: Alexandra Etscovitz, art teacher, Memorial Spaulding
Schools: Memorial Spaulding
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $5,600
LETRS Units 5-8 Reading Intervention Professional Development
LETRS Units 5-8 Reading Intervention Professional Development
Professional expertise is needed to diagnose and remediate reading difficulties. Participation by a Title 1 reading teacher in this program will help struggling readers at an early age.
Applicant: Alli Franke
Schools: Bowen and Countryside
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $410
LIPS: Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech Training Course
LIPS: Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech Training Course
A multi-disciplinary team will use this training to support students that struggle to learn to read and do not respond to the general special education materials from which most students benefit.
Applicant: Ellie Pinsky
Schools: Williams
Date Approved: Jan. 19 2021
Amount: $1500
Middle School Engineering and Sustainable Energy Generation: Wind Turbines and Blade Design
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Middle School Engineering and Sustainable Energy Generation: Wind Turbines and Blade Design
The middle school engineering teachers designed an integrated and innovative curriculum with a focus on energy generation through new blade design for wind turbines. This program will engage students in hands-on STEM projects that haven’t been offered before. NSF funded probes, measurement tools and curriculum development materials at all four middle schools.
Middle School Peer Leadership
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Middle School Peer Leadership
Newton middle schools offer the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Peer Mentorship program, “A World of Difference.” Teachers participate in advisory meetings, and students attend the ADL Congress in Boston and later present to younger students on bullying, cyber bullying and anti-bias behaviors to build social responsibility and a more inclusive and respectful school community.
Applicant: Middle School Principals
Schools: Bigelow, Brown, Day, Oak Hill
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $2,000
Modern Classrooms Project Summer Institute
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Modern Classrooms Project Summer Institute
The Modern Classrooms Project 2021 Summer Institute is a four week professional development workshop which contains expert-led presentations, connections with experts and peers and close work with an expert mentor to build instructional videos, mastery checks and other content materials for 8th grade science classrooms.
Applicant: Jessie Cadigan
Schools: Oak Hill
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $495
Music for All
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Music for All
Music is a critical part of the preschool curriculum and classroom experience. Music is used as a teaching tool throughout the day and across all curriculum areas. Students with disabilities often require adaptive materials, such as switch accessible instruments, in order to access musical activities and the general education curriculum. NSF will fund music materials so all can participate.
Applicant: Melissa Rice, Chelsea LeBlanc, Ashley Raven and Michelle Simon
Schools: Newton Early Childhood Program
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $4260
Narrative, Self-Expression, and Identity Through Film
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Narrative, Self-Expression, and Identity Through Film new
Students with divergent learning needs often struggle to find their voice. Film offers a unique approach for all students to express themselves. Film is expensive, however; our goal is to increase equity by expanding access to this powerful medium.
Applicant: Jasmine Lellock
Schools: NSHS
Date Approved: June 2023
Amount: $5,000
National Educator Anti-Racist Conference
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National Educator Anti-Racist Conference
A group of 10 Newton South teachers spearheaded a Summer 2020 national conference. Over 10,000 teachers and educators across all 50 states participated in this week-long book read and discussion by notable multi-cultural speakers on how to embed Anti-Racist teaching in Teacher Preparation Programs, School and District Leadership, Teaching Social Studies, Educator Unions, English and ELL (dual language speakers) and Foreign Language Teaching. In addition, there were sessions with practical tips for educators teaching English, Math, Science, Special Education, Early Childhood and Upper Elementary.
Applicant: Joana Chacon, Newton South English Teacher
Schools: All Schools
Date Approved: FY 2020
Amount: $5,000
New Media Communities at Newton South
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New Media Communities at Newton South
New Media Communities at Newton South (NMC) is a project-based, innovation-focused smaller learning community that joins English and History with media production and media analysis. Students elect to join during their Sophomore and Junior years, and during that time, they study standards-based skills and content in English and History while applying them to the world around them through audio and audio-visual projects. This grant will help elevate the media production work that students will complete, allowing students to gain a new understanding of how the media shape consciousness and how to use media to change the world.
Applicant: David Weintraub
Schools: Newton South
Date Approved: Jan. 19 2021
Amount: $13,000
New Text to Talk Diverse Book Library
New Text to Talk Diverse Book Library
A new curated a set of books for K-3 teachers to use as a supplement to their literacy instruction and their SEL and anti-racist instruction.
Applicant: Brenna Green
Schools: Cabot
Date Approved: May 3, 2021
Amount: $2632