CLC Grant Recipients

 

                                                                                   2008 Grant Winners
Bread
Berkeley Community School

This project enables students to learn how, where, and why bread is made. They will observe grains of wheat through the processes of planting and harvesting, to the production of food. This activity provides hands-on demonstrations and student will watch educational DVDs about yeast and dough. They will engage in creative writing by having weekly bread tastings and writing their impressions in their "bread book". Finally, there will be a "bread day" activity where the students will form business partnerships creating their own "bakery" name & logo.
Cooking up Language
 L. G. Nourse Elementary School

 The Project Early Speech-Language Pathologists are facilitating three cooking groups targeting children who present a variety of different needs.
Group #1 is a thirty minute Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) group targeting four children who are 3 years old and have all been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Group #2 is a weekly lunch group for three 5-year-old students with ASD who attend a full-day program.
Group #3 is a literacy-based lesson that is taught weekly in two integrated preschool classrooms.

Exploring Electric Circuits
 Berkley Community School

Students in the fourth grade will participate in a 16-week after-school program offered once a week.  The children will be guided in the study of electricity, learning skills and recording ideas in a journal. Students are to create a model house and will be assessed on how accurate they are with their wiring and design concepts.

Historical Quilt
Whitman Middle High School

This project will include 100 seventh grade students, the English Language Arts teacher, the Art teacher, and the Librarian. Children will choose a historical book from the library, read it, and choose one component or time period from history that could easily be illustrated. An assortment of craft items will be chosen by each child to create a quilt square to share their outcomes.

 

Learning Math Through Literature:
An After School Math Program
John W. Decas School

Fourth grade children will be offered an after-school program where they will read an enriching grade-appropriate math story followed by a hands-on lesson. 

 

Leveraging our Rural Community Through an Outdoor Classroom
Palmer River Elementary School

Behind Palmer River is a nice, sunny area nestled on the edge of the woods; the perfect place for an outdoor classroom. The "room" will be constructed on a relatively small area (approximately 20 ft. x 8 ft.) on the school grounds. Second grade students will participate in the design, building and maintenance of the outdoor classroom during the 2008-2009 academic year. Once the site is built, general use of the schoolyard classroom by all students will be encouraged. Future plans include the maintenance, and possible expansion, of this venue.

 

Mathematics in My World
Middleborough High School

Throughout the summer photographs will be taken of historical sites in the town of Middleborough.  In the beginning of the school year MCAS-style questions will be crafted to correspond with those photos. A binder with this information will be given to members of mathematics and special needs department to help students with disabilities that need to re-take the MCAS test. This project will help students develop an understanding of mathematical terms, and shared with various departments in the school system.

Organic Gardening Club
Plymouth South Middle School

Students will create an organic garden on school property to learn about construction, maintenance, and continual harvest. They will be assisted by the efforts of students from the Ecology Club and Technical Studies as well as other school staff members who will contribute research, knowledge, tools and their time.

 

Plymouth Red-belly Turtle Headstart Project
Hingham High School

Students will study turtle biology and aquarium maintenance by measuring turtles and recording size and weight gain. Other areas of study will explore the importance of the Endangered Species Act, species recovery plans, threats to endangered animals, and the importance of biodiversity. Students are responsible for submitting a laboratory report at the end of the year, and providing data to Headstart program directors.

 

 

Weather Stations
Martinson Elementary School

Approximately 165 students from the second and fifth grades will track the weather.
Eight weather stations will be  introduced to each classroom to create discussion and promote learning. Math classes will utilize the data to create graphs and charts to illustrate averages and forecast predictions.
 
2007 Grant Winners

Nancy Dawson
Plymouth North/South High Schools
Plymouth, MA
Project PIE (Pod Casting in Education

 Kevin Tavares
Old Hammondtown School
Mattapoisett, MA
Courtyard Garden Project

Todd Kefor & Eric Greene
Norton High School
Norton, MA
Images of War

Kristin Bateman
Middleboro High School
Middleboro, MA
Digital Portfolio

Victoria Bragg & Donna Haymes
Franklin School
Brockton, MA
See the Math

Pam Oliver
William Seach Primary School
Weymouth, MA
Stories of our Forefathers through Nonfiction Juvenile Literature

Toby Early
Thomas V. Nash Primary School
S. Weymouth, MA
Tagging Butterflies

Kathleen Babini
Plymouth Public Schools
Reading Across America, Geography and Math Too

Lauren Samek
South Elementary School
Bellingham, MA
Creative Curators

Marie Forte
Bellingham High School
Bellingham, MA
Commissioning Project for Band

Lori Kelly
Delaney Elementary School
Wrentham, MA
A Field Trip into the Past-Visiting Colonial Williamsburg

 Susan Segaloff
Norton Middle School
Literature and Social Topics School  
Wide Read, Write, Discuss, Act
               
   

Ask Me About Whitman
Whitman Middle School
Lisa Amadei, Jeanette Conroy, Lauren LaPointe

The Ask Me About Whitman project enriches the Whitman Middle School curriculum in a number of ways. The students in the seventh grade at the Whitman Middle School will participate in an across the curriculum project in which they will study their community and its history.  Utilizing courses in Art, English, Math, Technology and Social Studies they will research the Town of Whitman and its history. 
           

We′re Web Wise
Dennett Elementary School - Plympton
Geri O′Riley

 

 We′re Web Wise will give the students the tools they need and also will give them a concrete reminder of the need to stay safe. The focus of this grant application is to create a mini-curriculum to address Internet Safety including Cyberbullying.  Students increasingly use the Internet for research and recreation. Becoming savvy Internet users is an important skill for students to possess.
     

Coastal Ecology
Whitman-Hanson Regional HS
Laurie Bianchi

 

The main objective of the Coastal Ecology project is to present a course that involves experiential learning, with students actively engaging in current research projects.  Students will develop an understanding of the importance of harbors, salt marshes, estuaries and bays in the environmental well-being of the earth while learning about the affects of pollution and other human impacts on watershed.  The program will enrich the curriculum by allowing students to play the role of scientists while participating in an active project .
        

  Guatemalan Adventure Project
  Cohasset Middle School
  Margaret Jordan

 

The Guatemalan Adventure Project integrates Spanish curriculum with authentic learning activities that will focus on teaching the art, music, people, customs, and tourist attractions of Guatemala.  The goal of this project was to enhance the curriculum of all levels of Spanish language study. 
During their April vacation a group of students took a trip to the colonial city of Antigua.  Their studies will provide an intimate and personal view of the daily life of native Guatemalans whom they encountered.

Last Modified: May 29, 2009