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2009 Grant Completion
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 June 1, 2010.

  
   

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2007 Grants

Brownville, Calais, Eagle Lake, Greenville, Guilford, Madawaska, Milo, Windsor and Winslow

  1. Brownville Elementary School, Brownville
    BES's Natural Treasure

    This year-long unit is designed to teach students in grades K-6 the unique beauty and adventure awaiting them in the forest surrounding their school. Students will study the characteristics and components of a forest ecosystem. They will plan and create a nature trail, complete with markers depicting the various plant species located along the way. The trail will be used for both learning and recreation.

  2. Calais High School, Calais
    Introduction to Business

    Eleven life skills students will work together with the school's alternative education program to expand upon an already successful cooking business. They will continue making and marketing cookies bi-monthly, but they will also do marketing studies to see if it is feasible to add a monthly boxed lunch sale as well. This program will integrate English Language Arts with math and hands-on life skills. It is designed to help students with special needs work within a group situation to accomplish various tasks, set deadlines, and reap the rewards of hard work.

  3. Calais High School, Calais
    Performing Arts

    Students will gain English, reading, math, history, visual and performing art skills by participating in a rock and roll band. This program is open first to alternative education students and then opened up to all high school students.

  4. Eagle Lake Elementary School, Eagle Lake
    Fitness and Nutrition Program

     Thirty students in grades K-2 will attend a 12 week fitness aquatic program . Students will also be involved in increasing physical activity on their own as well as documenting and charting such information individually. The intent of the program is to promote healthy lifestyle changes to students and families.

  5. Greenville High School, Greenville
    LEGO Robotics Program

    LEGO Robotics will be offered as a curriculum unit of study in a high school exploratory science class. Students will build and test robots and then work with early middle school students as mentors. High school/middle school teams will demonstrate their robots' ability to complete certain tasks.

  6. Madawaska Middle/High School, Madawaska
    GPS (Global Positioning System): Inside and Out

     This is an interdisciplinary project where math and science students are introduced to the science and mathematics behind GPS systems first in the classroom and then outdoors as part of their Physical Education class's orienteering program. As a capstone experience, they will engage in an exciting geocaching activity enabling them to use their newly aquired knowledge outdoors.

  7. Madawaska Middle/High School, Madawaska
    Take Me Fishing Dad!

    This grant supports development of a cross-functional fly fishing unit that includes study of the life cycle of insects as well as fish. The unit teaches not only fishing but observance of laws, respect for the environment and includes as a side benefit physical activity as well as mental stimulation.

  8. Madawaska Middle/High School, Madawaska
    “Step-Up Day” Video

    7th graders will produce a “Step-up Day” video to share with incoming 6th graders and their parents. The film serves as a creative introduction to our school by highlighting positive attributes of the school, as well as providing needed information about many different aspects of the school. The video will be run on the public access channel in the high school and posted on the school web site for easy access.

  9. Madawaska Middle/High School, Madawaska
    Engineering Inspirations

    This after-school program emphasizes the use of Lego robotics to develop logical reasoning and experimentation with an actual model to test hypotheses and change conditions to achieve desired results. Five teams of students will research and create projects involving five different robots.

  10. Madawaska Elementary School, Madawaska
    Little Owl Press Report Studio

    Fourth grade students produce “The Little Owl Press”, an elementary school newspaper, which summarizes important events, activities and programs at Madawaska Elementary School for each trimester. This newspaper will be transformed into “The Little Owl Press Report”, a student produced newscast that will incorporate digital video, digital photos, music, and voice recordings.

  11. Madawaska Elementary School, Madawaska
    Pedal Power

    This grant funds the purchase of 20 mountain bikes to be used as part of a cross-curriculum program in which 4th and 5th grade students will be exposed to bicycle riding as a life long physical activity. Students will have the opportunity to take part in a bicycle safety program, presented by a certified bicycle safety instructor and participate in a bicycle maintenance program.

  12. Madawaska Elementary School, Madawaska
    Children’s Stage Adventure

    The Children’s Stage Adventures program will come to Madawaska Elementary School for a week long residency, allowing approximately 50-70 fourth and fifth students to participate in a theater production. Students will have a chance to experience the process involved in a theatre production and expose them to theater workshops put on by trained professionals.

  13. Madawaska Elementary School, Madawaska
    Digital Storybooks For Kids

    Grade Five students will author, illustrate, film, edit, and publish their own stories for the purpose of sharing them with younger or non-reading students school wide and beyond. These virtual stories will be created as video Podcasts, allowing students and teachers to experience the books via personal computer or iPod.

  14. Maranacook Community High School, Readfield
    LEGO Robotics

    Additional equipment is being provided for use in this high school's robotics program.

  15. Milo Elementary School, Milo
    Robo Club

    This after school club for students in grades 4-6 will meet twice a week, and will require a behavior and participation contract. Students will learn science and technology skills as well as teamwork, programming and hands-on skills.

  16. Nickerson Elementary/Greenville Middle School, Greenville
    Appalachain Trail Project

    This project gets students onto The 100 Mile Wilderness of The Appalachian Trail. Students will engage in hiking, develop leadership skills, and be immersed in place-based education that makes them aware of the maintenance needs of the AT. These physical activities are linked to reading books and articles about the AT, writing about hiking experiences, hiking with a blind Thru-hiker and engaging in service projects along the trail.

  17. Piscataquis County Middle School, Guilford
    Real Guys Read!

    Using high interest, engaging, quality “guy” literature, “Real Guys Read” will motivate, formerly reluctant, young male students to enjoy reading.

  18. Winslow Junior High School, Winslow
    Mission Enke (Year 2)

    A matching grant has been provided to allow this year's eighth grade students to experience NASA's Rendezvous with a Comet mission at the Challenger Space Center in Bangor, Maine.

  19. Windsor Elementary School, Windsor
    Parents as Partners (Year 2)

    The project is a partnership between Title 1 staff, students, and parents. The purpose is to expand the already existing Parents as Partners literacy piece to include a math component. This component will increase math knowledge of both parents and students by instruction, support and the use of highly engaging multi-sensory learning tools. The tools will be checked out by students and used to reinforce the math skills they are working on in school in a supportive and engaging way at home.

  20. Windsor Elementary School, Windsor
    A Sculptural Exploration in Clay (Year 2)

    Last year, students designed, created, glazed and fired sculptural clay projects. This grant funds the purchase of a kiln to enable glazing and firing to be done entirely within the classroom.

  21. Windsor Elementary School, Windsor
    Outdoor Classroom

     An Outdoor Classroom will be created on school grounds that children and staff will have access to throughout the school year. The area around the Outdoor Classroom will be landscaped by the 7th graders. Students will help to pick out plants, bushes, trees and will be responsible for helping to plant and maintain the gardens.