2025

Todd School:

Seat Sacks 896.25 (Alyson Tully & Kim Andrews - 1st Grade)

Addiitonal Seat Sacks for three of the 1st grade classrooms.

A Simple Seed of Growth, Gratitude and Giggles $3,776.70 (Gillian O'Connell 4th Grade)

Continuation of last years grant. This includes journals for the 4th grade students as well as a prestation by the author.

Building Thinking Classrooms $9,211.66 (Veronica Fazzini and Meera Rajani, K-5)

This grant includes 90 heavy duty Wipebooks, 140 easels, 20 books, whiteboard cleaner, whiteboard markers, microfiber cloths.

Middle School:

Science Choice Project $1,573.11 (Jodi Shearer, 8th Grade)

Students will choose one of five books about science, from one of five topics: epidemiology, physics & energy, biology, chemical/nuclear physics, physics & ecology. They will read the book in class over ten days, then they will have five days to plan, create and present thier book to the class/grade.

Ti 84 Plus CE Graphing Calculators $1,369 (Ashlee Devlin 8th Grade)

10 calculators for students to use when in class. The goal is also to be able to provide students with a calculator if their families do not have the funds to buy their own or if someone forgets to bring to school.

Middle Room Beautification Project $3,000 (Alicia Moraitis, 7th Grade)

Funds to add beauty and comfort to the middle room in the seventh grade wing. This grant covers art, artificial plants. lighting, salt lamps, pictures of the kids, shelving for a book recommendations, and other decorative pieces to make this a space students will LOVE coming into.

Building Thinking Math Classrooms $6,340 (Robert Connolly, Middle School)

14 vertical, moveable whiteboards to be used across three-grade level teams throughout the building. These whiteboards will be made available to any staff members and their students going forward to create our own thinking classrooms.

Vertical Whiteboards for MS Science Classrooms $1,306.26 (Jodi Shearer, Jessica Loprieno 7th and 8th Grade)

10 Quartet Glass Magnetic Desktop Dry-Erase Panel, White, 17" x 23" (6 for 8th grade and 4 for 7th grade)

High School:

Mobile Vertical Whiteboards for HS Math Classes $3,750.63 (Tracy Campanile, High School)

4 Mobile, Vertical whiteboards for hands on learning.

Puzzle Tables for Middle and High School Libraries $1,993.12 (Teka Keane, MS & HS)

2 Puzzle Tables - 1 for the middle school and 1 for high school for students to use in the school libraries.

Art Display System $5,347.45 (John Brooks, High School)

The Walker Art Display Hanging system is a unique, practical, and professional way to hang artwork in the middle and high schools. It will add to the Walker Art Display system that is currently in the schools.

BearBots Robotics Team $2,695.00 (Joseph Tedesco, High School)

This grant will fund tools including rachet and torx sets, assorted hand tools and wireless drills, Toolbox and various parts such as motors and sensors. Competition field components, FIRST Tech Challenge registration and Community events are also included.

Support for the World Language Student Trip $7,500

This grant helped offset the cost to families and get the World Language Student Trip trip back up and running.