Marshwood Education Foundation Awards Fall 2012 Grants

MEF fall grants awarded:

Eliot Elementary School: A 21st Century Twist to Nurture Reading Achievement — proposed by Joanne Hoerth, Ann Shisler, Christal Villemaire, Reading Intervention teachers – Awarded $1,227.80

The reading intervention teachers will use their grant to use web-based resources (RazzKids and Reading A-Z) for maximizing student achievement in the area of literacy. The use of online subscriptions to these programs would provide families with another opportunity to partner with school staff to develop and strengthen literacy skills in their students.

Marshwood Great Works School: Choice Books — proposed by Susan Goettlich, Reading Specialist– Awarded $2750.

This project will provide opportunities for disengaged readers to assume the role of reader as book researcher, book spokesperson, book selector and book promoter for the school, essentially creating a student book choice award program.

Marshwood High School: Hawks Outdoor Leadership Development — proposed by Scott Patch, Health and Wellness Teacher – Awarded $3,132.

HOLD is a student lead group that began last year and provides all students the opportunity to experience the outdoors. They will establish a partnership with the Marshwood Great Works School to provide their fifth grade students with mentors leading up to and with them at Pinkham Notch.

The MEF is now accepting applications for the Spring grants with a deadline of April 15, 2013. For more information on how to submit a grant application, contact Janice Hastings, MEF Grants Committee Chairperson at hastings.janice@gmail.com.

About the Marshwood Education Foundation (MEF)

The Marshwood Education Foundation was established as a non-profit corporation, wholly dedicated to enriching and supplementing the educational programs of the Maine Regional School Unit 35, representing the communities of South Berwick and Eliot. The MEF has granted more than $52,000 to the district, funding creative and innovative ideas brought forth by school administrators, teachers and staff. To learn more about the MEF or to donate online, visit www.marshwood-education-foundation.org.

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