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Previous AFE Grants
AFE Grants: 2009-2010 School Year |
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Project Title |
Amount Awarded |
Description |
Teacher(s) - School |
Fall 2009 Grants
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| The Road to Afghanistan |
$545 |
Comprehensive, project-based study of Afghanistan, including history, culture, and politics, culminating in an informational fair |
Gregory, Bent, Singleton, Brodeur, Sunderland - Wood Hill Middle |
| Infection: Role in American History |
$665 |
Investigation of disease and its impact on history, the science behind infection and disease, and current biotechnology |
Anthony - Wood Hill Middle |
| Solar System Expansion |
$775 |
Expansion of previously funded alternative-energy engineering projects, including solar energy classroom lighting |
Miley - West Middle |
| Environmental Science: Sustainable Garden |
$1,000 |
Highly interdisciplinary sustainable garden project, including correspondence with counterparts in Costa Rica, and local sale of garden produce |
Cutler, Cantwell - Andover High School |
| Document Camera |
$400 |
Document camera to enable sharing of resources and student material |
Wesley - West Middle |
Spring 2010 Grants
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| Math Challenges |
$500 |
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King - Bancroft Elementary |
| Book Club |
$300 |
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King - Bancroft Elementary |
AFE Grants: 2008 - 2009 School Year |
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Project Title |
Amount Awarded |
Description |
Teacher(s) - School |
Fall 2008 Grants
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| Literacy Center Library |
$400 |
Books for tutoring and encouraging literacy |
Blasi, Ganley - Andover High School |
| This Is Your Brain on Music |
$1000 |
Experiments to investigate the science of sound and music |
Anthony, Murray - Wood Hill Middle |
| Bioavionics |
$150 |
Principles of aviation through model building |
Bachmann - Doherty Middle |
| Music, Poetry, and ELA |
$300 |
Sound equipment to enable student-created music or readings |
McCormick, Hansberry - West Middle |
| Blasting Off! |
$450 |
Space exploration through experiments and projects |
Harkins -- West Elementary |
Spring 2009 Grants
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| Assistive Technology Project |
$300 |
Assistive technology to improve written communication skills |
Aronson - South |
| Writer's Workshop |
$380 |
Developing a writer's workshop |
McCormick, Hansberry - West Middle |
| Book Clubs |
$350 |
Book clubs to explore psychology through contemporary nonfiction literature |
McCarthy, Farina, Berard - Andover High School |
| Shawsheen Puppet Masters |
$599 |
Literature-based student puppet show performances for all-school assemblies |
Patten - Shawsheen |
| Phonemic Learning Center |
$368 |
A learning center focused on phonemic awareness |
Messina, Dougherty - Shawsheen |
| Air Pressure Experiments |
$508 |
Hands-on experiments studying air pressure |
Lawrence - Wood Hill |
| Document Camera |
$450 |
Document camera for in-class use |
Chapman - Andover High School |
| Shawsheen Mail |
$150 |
School-wide project for letter writing to encourage writing fluency |
Kirsten, Hewitt - Shawsheen |
| Zumba! |
$60 |
Foreign language study during Latin dance program |
Gaudiano - Andover High School |
| American Progress: A Walk Through Time |
$300 |
Art gallery focused on westward expansion and Industrial Revolution |
Manship, Heidenrich - West Middle |
| Study Island |
$601 |
Dynamic web-based program |
Clapp - Sanborn |
| Improve Technology Applications in the Core-Plus Math Classroom |
$741 |
Applied technology to augment investigation and discovery process in math courses |
Haltmaier- Andover High School |
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AFE Grants: 2007 - 2008 School Year |
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Project Title |
Amount Awarded |
Description |
Teacher(s) School, Grade |
Fall 2007 Grants |
| 10 grants totaling $4,980 awarded to teachers for projects at 6 schools |
| Sowing Seeds of Inquiry |
$ 450 |
Plant cart for seed used to study science, math, health |
Dene Kouletsis, Wood Hill |
| Celebración |
$ 500 |
Quinceaños Performance Art |
Gina Murray, Norma Villareal, Zee Soffron, Wood Hill |
| How our Environment Shapes our Identities |
$ 600 |
Writing an photography to explore relation of self to environment |
Frank DeFusco, Kathy Conti, Wood Hill |
| Ecosystem of a Pond |
$ 680 |
Investigation of ecosystem using writing, science, art |
Chris Brodeur, Chip Gregory, Katie Bent, Donna Sunderland, Betty Singleton, Wood Hill |
| Velco/White Boards |
$ 350 |
Two-sided boards for creating small-group materials/activities |
Lisa Menschel, Lori Belligreri, Aimee Dubois, Linda Kane, West Middle |
| Foreign Language in 5th Grade |
$ 400 |
Transportation costs related to getting high school students to teach 5th graders foreign languages |
Foreign Language Department, AHS |
| Chinese Cultural Awareness |
$ 400 |
Chinese cultural activities |
Mei Lynn, AHS |
| The Earth Balloon |
$ 700 |
World Geography portable classroom |
Stacey Feldt, South |
| Now You're Building Workshops |
$ 750 |
Workshops in designing and building architectural structures |
Ernest J. Perry III West El |
| Planting a Rainbow |
$150 |
Garden to enhance study of science units |
Ann Carlson, Laraine Woo, Mary Beth Smith, Sanborn |
AFE Grants: 2006 - 2007 School Year |
14 grants totaling $7,195 awarded to teachers for projects at 9 schools |
Project Title |
Amount Awarded |
Description |
Teacher(s) School, Grade |
Fall 2006 Grants
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5 grants totaling $3,195 awarded to teachers for projects at 3 schools |
| Talkin' Trash |
$ 500 |
Projects investigating plastic recycling and effects on environment |
Jane Anthony, Wood Hill, Gr. 8, 100 students |
| Alternative Energy Technology |
$ 950 |
Solar generation of energy; powering lights and radio-controlled airplanes |
Dan Miley, West Middle, Gr. 7-8, 320 students |
| Archaeology |
$ 645 |
Building an archaeological dig and display; guest speaker |
Charles Gregory, Brian Carey, Wood Hill, Gr. 6, 85 students |
| Masks and Carnivals |
$ 500 |
Understanding world cultures through carnival masks |
Norma Villarreal, Wood Hill, Gr. 7, 122 students |
| Pre-K Story Telling Project |
$ 600 |
Books and materials for developing student storytelling skills |
Gretchen Curtis, Shawsheen, Pre-K, 72 students |
Spring 2007 Grants
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9 grants totaling $4,000 awarded to teachers at 8 schools |
| Outdoor Cafe |
$ 500 |
Students design, estimate materials, costs, build and landscape an outdoor cafe adjacent to the cafeteria. |
Amy Brady and Steve Tisbert, Gr. 6, Wood Hill |
| Story Retelling |
$ 500 |
Retelling explored with visit from resident author. Children will practice retelling stories, writing retellings with assistance of the teacher, and write/retell their own stories. |
Linda Meltzer, Ann Carlson, Larainne Woo, MaryBeth Smith, Gr. K, Sanborn |
| Tote Tree of Knowledge |
$ 300 |
Fabric bags containing a book and activities for students to take home and do with parents. |
Daphne Winders, Shawsheen, Gr. 2 |
| Guppy Genetics |
$ 400 |
Learning genetics by selectively breeding guppies. |
Thomas Desjardins, Gr. 8, Doherty |
| Foreign Language Tutoring for the Fifth Grade |
$ 600 |
High school foreign language students teach foreign language lessons to 5th graders.
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Charlene Clinton, Gr. 10-12, Andover High School, and Gr. 5 at Middle Schools |
| Soaring through Science with Scrapbooks |
$ 400 |
Students define and illustrate major science concepts in scrapbooks from second through fifth grade to serve as a spiral, continuous review. |
Sally Magner, Susan Farquhar, Deb O'Connor, Nicole Brezinski, Gr. 2-4, High Plain |
| Problem Solving Strategies |
$ 600 |
Math "question of the week" and "question of the month for each grade |
Stacey Feldt, Gr. K-5, South School |
| Hold the Fossil Fuels, Please |
$ 500 |
Global Warming and climate change |
Jane Anthony, Gr. 8, Wood Hill |
| Proofs Are All Around Us |
$ 200 |
CSI video that uses mathematical proofs to solve a crime |
Minda Reidy, Gr. 9, Andover High School |
AFE Grants: 2005 - 2006 School Year |
Project Title |
Description |
Teacher(s) School, Grade |
| Bridge Engineering Project |
Students researched, designed and constructed a bridge to cross a stream in a nature area near their school. |
Mr. Steve Tisbert, Grade 6, Wood Hill Middle School |
| Bay Circuit Trail |
Wood Hill students explored the hiking trails of Andover |
Ms. Dene Kouletsis, Wood Hill Middle School |
| The Brain is One Amazing Organ |
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Ms. Lana Reuss, Ms. Jane Anthony, Wood Hill Middle School |
| Aquarium Laboratory |
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Ms. Terry McNulty, Shawsheen Elementary School |
| Read to Succeed |
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Ms. Lynn Willey, West Middle School |
| History Alive |
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Ms. Suzanne Crowley, Sanborn Elementary School |
| Weather Station |
Set up to study and forecast weather using technology |
Mr. Tim Harkins, Ms. Chapin, West Elementary School |
| Live Ocean Animals |
Michael Glaser presents the work involved in writing and publishing a book in conjunction with Ocean Animals unit. Children will be allowed to touch crabs , starfish, and other ocean animals presentation and story writing |
Ms. Connie Barber, Ms. Ridley, Ms. Georgian, South Elementary School |
| Preschool Sensory Day |
Sensory learning stations to develop sensory and movement skills |
Ms. Crystal Perez, Shawsheen Elementary School |
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