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EBEF Awards Grants for a Variety of Projects The EBEF has awarded more than 800 grants totaling over $1.2 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 is the 22^st time out of a possible 23 that EBHS IPLE students will represent the State of New Jersey at this national competition.

First Lady of the Foundation Grants   What is it?

East Brunswick High School - Outdoor Play Environment, Kathryn Suleski and Joan Winters  An outdoor playground will be installed at EBHS which will be utilized by the participants of the preschool lab program.
This will allow the high school students to design and implement lesson plans that will teach the importance of supervising children during outside play and also teach the importance of exercise.

East Brunswick High School - Advanced technology for the advancement of Science, Louise Jasko and Anne Sanelli This grant will allow for the purchase of lab equipment that will allow for interactive science learning that includes probes that conduct field and water quality studies. The students will be trained in experimental design and gain opportunities to experience science in action.

Warndsdorfer Elementary School- Holocaust Education Day , Sandra Wodakow and Claudia Weiss This grant will allow for a full-day event devoted to teaching the students about the Holocaust. The focus of the day will be on performance of "The Last, The Very Last Butterfly" which complies with the New Jersey State Holocaust education mandate.

HSBC Grant
Arts Education- East Brunswick Arts in Education Concert Series 2010, Jeffrey Lesser. Funding of this series has been made possible in part by a grant from HSBC Bank which sponsored performances by the Shanghai Quartet and the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company.

The Shanghai Quartet melds the delicacy of Eastern music with the power of Western repertoire, from traditional Chinese folk music to the most challenging classical works. The quartet regularly tours the great music centers of North and South America , Asia and Europe. They have appeared frequently at New York's Carnegie Hall, and their travels have taken them from London, Vienna and Prague, to Australia's Sydney Opera House.
The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company will perform selections from "The Legacy Project" remembering the Holocaust and celebrating culture through contemporary dance. Hailed as the consummate storyteller of work that honors her Jewish Legacy: its trials and triumphs, its treasured uniqueness and, most importantly, its precious commonalities with the human race.

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

East Brunswick High School - May the Force Be With You, Maricar Korff and Dianna Eastep Students will be able to study force in a hands-on manner through the purchase of Force Tables. Students will get a more concrete idea about force on a conceptual and mathematical level.

Mario "Chic DeCarolis Memorial Music Grant What is it?

All That Jazz-  Arts Education, Jeffrey Lesser
This grant will be used to purchase supplemental jazz instruments to be used at the middle school and junior high school as part of the two "feeder" jazz programs. The  goal of these "feeder" programs is to increase the level of the jazz ensemble at the high school level.

Kupchynsky Memorial Music Grant What is it?

Arts Education- Shanghai String Quartet, Jeffrey Lesser A spectacular day of master classes, clinics, rehearsals, and workshops will occur with the visit of the Shanghai Quartet, a world-class string quartet now in residence at Montclair State University. Students from beginning to high school level will hear the quartet perform, listen to performance advice, and perform for the quartet with adjudication. In the evening, a concert will be presented with pre-concert performances by our own string groups followed by the Shanghai Quartet. One selection will feature the East Brunswick Chamber Orchestra with the Quartet.

Blue Ribbon Grants

Lawrence Brook Elementary School-Climbing Every Mountain Together, Suzanne Naturale, Michael Finnegan, Colleen Gill, Lauren Paris, Samantha Pianko,  Patricia Houser, Julie Berezin, Lori Goldstein, Maryann Lair, Judey Girshon, Melissa Santantonio, Stacey DeSio, Cynthia Mazza, and Robin Bodenstsein
This grant will allow for a school-wide learning event centered on the diversity of the school population through workshops and the integration of arts and ILA. Purchased will include DVD's, books, art supplies, and a performance by FiddleKicks.

Hammarskjold Middle School – Hammarskjold's Faces Of the Future, Jessica N. Data  Students in grades 6 and 7, through their art classes, will create a "Faces of the Future" wall by creating self-portraits on tiles that will be displayed for all to see.

Churchill Junior High School- Gel Electrophoresis Separation Technology, Andrew Hiarczyk and Diana Thomas  This grant will be used to purchase equipment that will increase scientific literacy regarding molecular genetics and biotechnology. Students will be able to directly manipulate DNA and utilize various techniques associated with electrophoresis.

Arts Education-There's Always Room for Cello! Jeffrey Lesser This grant, funded by a donation by the Kupchynsky family in memory of Jerry Kupchynsky, the former Supervisor of Music for the East Brunswick Schools, provides for the purchase of four appropriately sized cellos to be provided to deserving elementary students through their elementary and middle school years. Once arriving at Churchill Junior High School, these instruments would be returned to a new beginning student, with the original student receiving a school provided instrument.

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Partnership Grants

East Brunswick High School - April Poetry Festival, Daniel Moran and Audrey Nelson In partnership with the Dodge Foundation, the English Department, and East Brunswick High School, this grant will provide for published poets to spend the day with the students in an interactive format. Eight Dodge Foundation poets will come into the high school to work with the students and teachers.

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Excellence Grants

Frost Elementary School - Join the Bug Patrol, Kathleen Parkinson and Karen Albenberg  Through the use of games, books, posters, and bug habitats, "future entomologists" will participate in an in-depth study of ladybugs, ants, and butterflies

Frost Elementary School -  You Say You Want a Revolution?,  Vickie Albert, Lisa Berry, Jeff Bravman, Barbara Carr. Katie Fabiano, Jill Green, and Patty Knouse  This grant will allow the fourth graders to have the opportunity to bring New Jersey colonial history to life through colonial crafts. Students will also participate in Revolution-type activities that will include a performance by re-enactors of the American Revolution.

Frost Elementary School - Frost Comfort Zone, Nancy Kaboski This grant will be used to create a space where parents, teachers, and children can access resources to promote better mental health for all involved. This room will also serve as a "cool down" space if a child needs to be removed from a situation.

Hammarskjold Middle School - "Not So Current Event" Information Station, Donna Morelli Students will act as archaeologists and reporters as they investigate ancient cultures. A computer and video camera purchased with this grant will allow for a computer station to be created to aid in creating a fast-finding station.

Warnsdorfer Elementary School - A Day at the Museum: Warnsdorfer Authors Present Their Recent Work, Susan Mizerak and Janice Rana Classes in grades 1-5 will pair up across grade levels to provide mentors during Writer's Workshop. ELMOs will enable student mentors to display their work on the SMARTboard. This will increase the mentor's self-esteem wile increasing the younger student's writing skills.

Frost Elementary School -Tune In To Reading, Michele Castaline and Beth Warren  This grant will allow for a summer school program to implement a reading program for the at-risk group of readers through the use of computer reading programs and headsets.