Newport Public Education Foundation Programs

2008-2009 Excellence Grants

Grants in 2008-2009 were awarded to the following people and groups:

• Kate Dusel and Grade 8 Teachers at Thompson Middle School for a field trip to Christmas Carol at Trinity Repertory Company



• Vikki LePree at Thompson Middle School for the All City Honors Chorus



• Kate Gardullo at Thompson Middle School for a Narrative Procedure Unit



• Jean MacLean at Cranston Calvert School for Writing For Reading



• Aaron Sherman at Carey School for Field Studies at home in coordination with the Norman Bird Sanctuary



• Jennifer Booth at Cranston Calvert School for a Birthday Book Library



• Jane Perry at Cranston Calvert School for March Into History, a unit on Anne Hutchinson



• Jennifer Booth at Cranston Calvert School for the Physics of Roller Coasters



• Tina Brownell and the grade 6 teachers at Thompson Middle School for study of the Narragansett Bay



• Barbara O’Neill and Liza Sporcic of Cranston Calvert School for “Watch The Seeds of Reading Grow”



• Brian Ferreira at NACTC for building picnic tables to support “Watch The Seeds of Reading Grow” at Cranston Calvert School



• Claire May at Cranston Calvert School for Science kits



• Jennifer Adams and Abby Dunn at Sullivan School for an after-school program about Cultures Around The World



• Alan Bernstein for All City Band and Orchestra at the elementary, middle and high school



• Barbara Wunderler at Rogers High School for an after school Anime art class



• Nicole Silvia at Carey School for an afterschool photography class



• Barbara Walton-Faria and middle school science teachers for Plankton Monitoring in grades 6,7 and 8 and for Exploring Narragansett Bay



• Donna Kelly at Underwood School for Ready, Set…Kindergarten



• A community grant for Alan Bernstein and the K-12 art department to work with Newport Restoration Foundation.  Students in grades 3, 8 and at the high school work with staff at Rough Point to learn about and create art around the current theme of textile and fashion



• A community grant for Newport Art Museum to work with the Art Department at Rogers High School around a project called MUSE, an introduction to Museum Studies