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EBEF Awards Grants for a Variety of Projects The EBEF has awarded more than 750 grants totaling over $1 Million to teachers throughout the district.

Year Round Free Choice Reading
Grant awarded to: John Wolk, Erica Stufsky & Shari Sullivan

To build upon the success of EB's new "free choice" summer program, students were asked to choose/read/share an additional book during each quarter of the school year. This EBEF grant enabled high school English teachers to acquire a classroom library that would accommodate the diverse interests of their students.

Where in the World are You? Grant awarded to: Lois Solomon, Lawrence Brook School

Maps of the world, the United States and New Jersey have been painted on the school playground to enhance the social studies curriculum. In-service training will be provided to the playground aides so they can help children in all grade levels benefit from the use of the maps.

We the People Grant

EBHS IPLE II Honors Program -  “We the People” ….. National Competition, Alan Brodman
The Center for Civic Education organizes a National Championship in Washington, D.C. for champions at the state level.  EBHS students have earned the right to compete after winning the New Jersey competition.  Students, the State of New Jersey, and the Center for Civic Education are partnering to provide funds for these students to compete at the national level in Washington, D.C. This grant matched amounts raised by other donors and funded the participation of East Brunswick High School students in the National We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Competition. This was the 21^st time out of a possible 22 that EBHS IPLE students represented the State of New Jersey at this competition where they placed fourth in the nation.

First Lady of the Foundation Grants   What is it?

East Brunswick High School - Taking the Use of Technology to a New Dimension in the Teaching of Mathematics, Lauren Eberhardt, Laura Femenella, Glen Pazinko, Urmil Sharma, Jack Blalock, Kathleen Dynarski Using the Tablet PC, lessons are geared toward today's students who are visual, computer oriented and who respond in a very positive way to the use of interactive technology with color, movement and web interaction. This technology enhances the teaching and understanding of geometry, algebra and calculus in all classrooms at all levels of learning.

Irwin School - The Living Bookshelf, Kelly Perno The aim of this project is to increase the Irwin students' love for literature and the arts by bringing books to life through a cross-curricular project. The Living Bookshelf provides the students with the opportunity to explore their creativity, collaborate with actors and actresses, and create their personal interpretation of a story.

Hammarskjold Middle School/Arts Education Department - Grand Piano for the Performing Arts Center, Jeffrey Lesser Purchasing a grand piano for the new Performing Arts Center provides a first class instrument that will fill the space with warm, inviting sounds. It is a quality instrument that the students will appreciate as well as the community.

Dr. David Lloyd Kabus Foundation Memorial Grant   What is it?

East Brunswick High School - "i-click" Your Way to Success, Maricar Korff and Dianna Eastep The goal of this grant is to assist student understanding of complex physics and chemistry concepts through the formative assessment of visual demonstrations. Students will be able to see these concepts in action which will solidify their understanding. Teachers will be able to measure their comprehension immediately through feedback given by the i-clicker system. Along with funding from the Kabus Foundation Memorial Grant, two sets of the i-clicker will be purchased.

Mario "Chic DeCarolis Memorial Music Grant What is it?

East Brunswick High School, Churchill Junior High School and Hammarskjold Middle School- GRACE KELLY MASTER CLASS, Jeffrey Lesser
Having studied saxophone since the age of ten, Grace Kelly is rapidly making her way up in the jazz music world. Grace's talents far outstrip others her age. Now just sixteen, Grace has already recorded and/or performed with many notable musicians and is being called by some "the next Charlie Parker". Students will hear a professional quality, live musical performance (including sax, bass, guitar, drums) and can ask questions regarding technique, repertoire, practice habits and improvisation and will be exposed to one of the best current performers in the jazz idiom, with many cultural and age references common to both audience and performer.

Blue Ribbon Grants

Warnsdorfer School - Involvement made E.A.S.I.E.R. (Everyone Answers with Senteo Interactive Response, Donna Anderson and Susan Mizerak The goal of this grant is active involvement of all students. The Senteo interactive responsive system makes participating in class easy and fun for each and every student. The system allows for frequent questioning and feedback ELMO allows students to view literature, texbook pages or student work instantly as they are projected onto the SMART Board.

East Brunswick Public Schools – Classroom Technology Update, Updating Technology in the Classroom, Hank Stankiewicz Combination VCR/DVD players donated by Gabowitz TV & Appliance will replace outdated VCR's throughout the district. This project will enhance the curriculum by allowing teachers to use existing materials (VHS) while still viable and allow them to purchase up-to-date materials being released only on DVD.

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Partnership Grants

Warnsdorfer School - Out in the Town, Stephanie Papa This Partnership Grant with the HOPE Foundation will allow students to practice their life skills in the real world. Students will be taken to different community settings and use the skills that they have been taught in the classroom The goal is for the students to be more independent and more acceptable in the community.

East Brunswick High School - 18th Annual Poetry Festival, Daniel Moran, Audrey Nelson This Partnership Grant with the Dodge Foundation will enable EBHS to host its 18th poetry festival. On the first day of the two day festival published poets will share and discuss their work with students. The second day features a nationally acclaimed poet who will read from past works as well as from works in progress. After these readings the poets will conduct small-group workshops in which students' work is discussed and critiqued by their peers and by working published poets.

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Excellence Grants

Frost School - Courtyard Revitalization Project, Vicki Albert, Beth Warren, Carol Carattini, Jeffrey Bravman, Amanda Coyle, Donna Bynonem, Janet Larkin and Kerri Smith During the 1997-1998 school year the EBEF provided funds to establish the outdoor classroom. The goad of this phase of the Courtyard is to restock the pond with plants and animals, add native new Jersey plants which attract birds/butterflies, develop an art garden and finally construct a pergola. The outdoor learning environment supports all grade levels and areas of the curriculum.

Central School - Can You Picture It? Zooming in on Visual Literacy, Tara Corcoran-Clark, Laura Holland and Susan Goodman Two ELMO document cameras will be purchased for the school. Teachers will use the ELMO to enhance instruction in all content/subject areas. Students will collaborate with each other and take on the role of teacher as they present their work and ideas to the entire class.

Frost School - Projected Text (to enhance reading and writing growth), Jill Ursino and Donna Rynone Two ELMO projectors will purchased to provide a viewing image system which immediately reinforces student efforts, allows teachers to demonstrate "teachable moment" concepts as well as planned lesson objectives and easily access text as an instructional tool.

Lawrence Brook School - Using our "SMART" Senses, JoAnn Peterson, Amanda Pari, Gretchen Schwinghammer, and Lois Solomon Students will be able to view charts, diagrams, pictures, text pages and other graphics projected onto the SMART Board with the use of the SMART Board camera.

Central School - Teaching Piano to Children with Autism, Steven Braun Keyboards and software will be purchased to teach children on the autistic spectrum to play piano. The Learning Helper Piano software follows the Applied Behavior Analysis teaching methodology used in the autistic program and employs errorless Discrete Trial Teaching format. What is unique about this program is that only the correct key will produce a sound on the keyboard, making the child immediately successful when they play the correct key.

Chittick School - Teaching Piano to Children with Autism, Steven Braun Keyboards and software will be purchased to teach children on the autistic spectrum to play piano. The Learning hHelper Piano software follows the Applied Behavior Analysis teaching methodology used in the autistic program and employs errorless Discrete Trial Teaching format. What is unique about this program is that only the correct key will produce a sound on the keyboard, making the child immediately successful when they play the correct key.

Warnsdorfer School - Finally Fun Machines, Sandra Wodakow and JoAnn Yonchiuk High Touch High Tech of CNJ will come to the school on four afternoons. Fourth grade students will participate in this hands-on 90 minute science program entitled "Finally Fun machines". The information in this program correlates to the "Motion and Design" segment of the science curriculum.

Memorial School - It's Show Time - Readers' Theater, M. Maldari, K. Motusesky, C. Stanton, R. Pancione, C. Sce and K. Schumann Readers' Theater scripts will be purchased and shared by first and second grade students. The scripts are leveled by reading ability which will give all students the opportunity to explore, express and perform different types of literature. Readers' Theater will assist these emerging readers in developing fluency while strengthening decoding skills and building reading confidence.

Memorial School - A Visit From Dan Gutman, Abby Hocko, Robin Levy, Katie Motuseski, Kristy Cognata and Jen Margolies-Smith Students will have a visit from author, Dan Gutman. Many of Mr. Gutman's books deal with the subject of promoting good sportsmanship and ties in very well with the school wide theme of "Good Sportsmanship". The author not only discusses the process of writing and becoming an author, but he also shares his philosophy on setting goals and following through with hard work.

Lawrence Brook School - GREEN! The new RED, WHITE and BLUE, JoAnn Peterson, Gretchen Schwinghammer and Nita Landman The goal of this program is to increase awareness of the students and staff to be conscious of the environment. Through education, students and staff will learn how their actions impact the environment at school, home and in the world. Students will research a topic from the Trash Power Curriculum and present it at a school-wide event. Throughout this full day event students will make solar bead bracelets and learn that the sun is an energy source, learn how to plant seeds and care for plants, build bird feeders and learn about the local birds, create art for an art museum displaying works of art made from trash and participate in a fashion show where fashions made from used products will be modeled.