Past Grant Awards
| 2018 Grants | ||||
| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| John Boucher and Ed Joyce | District Science Coordinator and RAL Principal | Lurgio | BC Educational Seismology Project |
$15,267 |
| Shannon Oliveira | 6th Grade Teacher | McKelvie | Collaborative and Proactive Solutions | $1,305 |
| Meghan Lydon | High School Spanish Teacher | BHS | Teacher Study Abroad in Costa Rica | $1,286 |
| Bob Jozokos | Dean of World Languages | BHS | Organic World Language Training | $4,032 |
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| 2017 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Heidi Colburn | Science Teacher | BHS | Save the Bees |
$2,000 |
| Kimberly Draper | 5th Grade Teacher | McKelvie | Coaching with ADHD |
$365 |
| Virginia Kemp | SUCCESS Teacher | McKelvie | Mindfulness Training |
$2,150 |
| Rosemary Nunnelly | 2nd Grade Teacher | PWS | Neuroscience of Reading |
$2,227 |
| Christena Lassonde | Special Education Director | School District | BSD Special Education Workshop Day |
$5,000 |
| Catherine Herrick | Health Education Teacher | Lurgio | Igniting Sparks |
$6,600 |
| Dawn Pons | 7th Grade Science Teacher | Lurgio | Yoga/Mindfulness for Children’s Well being |
$2,769 |
| Claire West and Colleen Norwalk | 4th Grade Teachers | PWS | Kagan Cooperative Learning Training | $7,000 |
| Mary Ellen Noble | World Language Teacher | BHS | Francophone Concert | S2,000 |
| 2016 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Chelsea Correia | PWS | Morning News Show |
$2,500 |
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| Meagan Read | RBS | UCONN Confratute |
$3,987 |
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| Tracey Gamache | RBS | Singapore Math Strategies |
$1,834 |
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| Abigail Bergen | SPED Gr 5 | McKelvie | Therapy Bunny “Noodle” |
$500 |
| Heather Brunelle | 8th Grade Science Teacher | Lurgio | Project Based Learning |
$2,800 |
| Georgia Brussard | Language Arts Teacher | Lurgio | Best Practices in Literacy Instruction with Technology |
$1,308 |
| Robert Jozokos | Dean of World Languages | BHS | French Sister School / Mandarin (Taiwan) Sister School |
$9,080 |
| Terry Bullard | School District | Digital Learning Day #futureready |
$5,000 |
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| 2015 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Jessica Ferenc | Physical Education Teacher | PWS | Child Light Yoga Basic Training |
$425 |
| Josefine Garcia | MEM | Mindfulness at Memorial School |
$1,000 |
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| Jodi Parson | Guidance Counselor | McKelvie | Lynda Mullaly Hunt Author Visit, “One for the Murphys” |
$1,255 |
| Georgia Brussard / Joanne Tranchemontagne | Language Arts Teachers | Lurgio | The Art of Teaching Grammar |
$1,065 |
| Lisa Dudgeon | BHS | AP Comparative Government and Politics |
$1,445 |
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| 2014 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Tristan Bowen | 4th Grade Teacher | RBS | NEAG Center for Gifted and Talented |
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| Mary Ellen Spain | Assessment Specialist | RBS | Brain Cogs – Executive Functioning Software |
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| J. Fine / H. Woods | 6th grade teachers | McKelvie | A Long Walk to Water |
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| R. Ramsey / H. Woods | 6th Grade Teachers | McKelvie | IMSE Advanced Continuum Training |
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| Heather Brunelle | 8th Grade Science Teacher | Lurgio | Flipped Classroom |
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| Bob Jozokos | Dean of World Languages | BHS | Sister School in Spain |
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| Laura Chanette | Spanish Teacher | BHS | Modern Language Study Abroad Program and Spain |
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| 2013 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Dan Caron | Technology Integration | BHS | Advanced Manufacturing |
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| Andrew Mezeskes | English Teacher | BHS | National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention |
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| Angela Dearborn / Michelle King | English Teacher | RBS | Author Visit for K-2 |
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| Mary Ellen Spain | Assessment Coordinator | RBS | Brain Cogs |
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| Kate Schoedinger | Assessment Coordinator | Lurgio | Columbia Writer’s Workshop |
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| 2012 Grants | ||||
| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Kubda Pomeroy/Maureen Liapri | Reading Specialists | BHS | BHS Reading Plus |
$1000 |
| Elinor Schwartz | Librarian | MEM | Institute on the Teaching of Reading |
$1175 |
| Abigail Bergen | SPED Gr 5 | McKelvie | LDA International Conference |
$1,350 |
| Kate Schoedinger | Reading Specialist | Lurgio | Katy Grant Writer’s Workshop |
$2,500 |
| Deborah Sinamark | Second Grade Teacher | MEM | Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning |
$950 |
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| 2011 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description |
Amount |
| Andrea Campbell | 2nd Grade | MEM | Natural History Drawing |
$1,710 |
| Nicholas Bellow | Librarian | BHS | Big 6 Summer Academy |
$773 |
| Carrie Christie | Speech/Language Pathologist | Lurgio | Opening Avenues to Communication |
$950 |
| Angelia Dearborn | 3rd Grade | RBS | Author Visit |
$1,210 |
| Donna Dennis | Technology Integration | Lurgio | ISTE conference |
$1,250 |
| Courtney Hannah | SEED Teacher | MEM | Renewable Wind Energy |
$200 |
| Sandy Hazelton | Math | BHS | Lunar Workshop for Educators |
$1,737 |
| Susan MacMillan | Instructional Tech Specialist | McKelvie | ISTE conference |
$1,250 |
| Wendy Morrow | Math | BHS | Lunar Workshop for Educators |
$1,995 |
| Rosemary Nunnally | 2nd Grade | PWS | Dinosaur Collecting Expedition |
$356 |
| Marianne O’Loan | 6th Grade | McKelvie | Brain Gym Training Level 3 |
$1,579 |
| Marianne O’Loan | 6th Grade | McKelvie | Brain Gym Training Level 1 & 2 |
$1,210 |
| Debra Rodd | Technology | RBS | ISTE conference |
$1,250 |
| Craig Shiel | Math | BHS | ISTE conference |
$1,250 |
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| 2010 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description |
Amount |
| Sara Cassin | 5-6 Health Educator | McKelvie | 4th National Conference on Girl Bullying |
$1180 |
| Jodi Parson | 5-6 Guidance Counselor | McKelvie | 4th National Conference on Girl Bullying |
$1180 |
| Lisa Pleat | Guidance Counselors | MEM/RBS/PWS | Elementary Guidance Media Library |
$900* |
| Robin Clark | Guidance Counselors | MEM/RBS/PWS | Elementary Guidance Media Library |
$900 |
| Martha Reese | Guidance Counselors | MEM/RBS/PWS | Elementary Guidance Media Library |
$900 |
| Amy Meserve | Special Educator, Gr 2 | Riddlle Brook | Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Problems in Mathematics |
$1800* |
| Jody Louison | Special Educator, Gr 1 | Riddle Brook | Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Problems in Mathematics |
$1800* |
| Maria Gray | Special Educator, Gr 3 | Riddle Brook | Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Problems in Mathematics |
$1800* |
| Donna Dennis | Technology Integration | Lurgio | International Society for Technology in Education 2010 Conference |
$1750 |
| Pam Ilg | Principal and 4th grade curriculum coordinator | MEM/RBS/PWS | Lego Engineering |
$4750 |
| Georgia Brussard | 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher | Lurgio | Summer Literacy Institute – Reclaiming our teaching passion |
$840 |
| Maria Bechis | Chemistry | BHS | Reducing Student Phobias in Mathematics and Experimental Design |
$1175 |
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| 2009 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Katie Curran | Music Teacher | Peter Woodbury | Growing Inside Out – Musical Landscape |
$4,850 |
| Georgia Brussard | Language Arts | Lurgio Middle | Literacy Institute |
$1,525 |
| Catherine Tuttle | Art Teacher | Bedford High | Jewelry – Imitative Techniques in Polymer Clay |
$688 |
| Bernadette Porat | Writing Coach | Bedford Elementary s | Children’s Literature by Celebrated Maine Authors |
$2,000 |
| Laurel Anderson | Special Educator | Memorial/BEEP | Complete Guide to Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome |
$725 |
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| 2008 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Description of Grant |
Amount |
| Kristin Possee | SEED | Peter Woodbury | Picture Writing |
$2,384 |
| Chip McGee | Asst. Superintendent | SAU 25 | Rechargers |
$2,361 |
| Chip McGee | Asst. Superintendent | SAU 25 | Schools as Fine Art Galleries |
$8,385 |
| Catherine Tuttle | Art Teacher | Bedford High | Art New England @ Bennington College |
$1,986 |
| Julia Astbury | Math & Science | Lurgio Junior High | The Galapagos Islands Experience |
$2,105 |
| Lynn Knoll | LD Specialist | Peter Woodbury | LD National Conference |
$1,130 |
| Michelle King | 3rd Grade Teacher | Riddle Brook | Math Exemplars |
$700 |
| Mindy Beltramo | Librarian | Peter Woodbury | Growing Fertile Minds Program |
$1,112 |
| Connie Roberge | 2nd Grade Teacher | Peter Woodbury | Growing Fertile Minds Program |
$1,112 |
| Diane Lonerhos | Technology Integration | Peter Woodbury | Picture Writing Program |
$685 |
| Anne Lederhos | Art Teacher | Peter Woodbury | Picture Writing Program |
$685 |
| Marilu Wilson | Reading Specialist | Memorial | Sea What Lies Beneath |
$5,180 |
| Joreen Hendry | Math & Science Instructional Specialist | All K-8 | Authentic Assessment Program |
$3,000 |
| Deborah Sinamark | 2nd Grade Teacher | Memorial | Columbia Teachers College Writing Workshop |
$2,000 |
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| 2007 Grants |
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| Name | Role | School | Project |
Amount |
| Andrea Campbell | 2nd Grade Teacher | Memorial | Natural History Drawing |
$1,276 |
| Denise Fournier | 1st Grade Teacher | Memorial | Columbia Teachers College Writing Project |
$2,150 |
| Kathy Effenerger | 2nd Grade Teacher | Riddle Brook | Columbia Teachers College Writing Project |
$2,000 |
| Jennifer Paguyo | 2nd Grade Teacher | Riddle Brook | Columbia Teachers College Writing Project |
$2,000 |