SOMEF: Large Grants

Requests for grants classified as "large grants" are for amounts over $1500.

School	Name of Applicant	Project Title	Objectives
CHS	Elissa Malespina	Digital Preservation of CHS Archives	The Columbia High School Archive is used often -- by Hall of Fame committee members, faculty preparing programs, students working on projects, outsiders doing research for articles or books, as well as alumni and community members. Lack of attention over the last ten years has left the collection disorganized and so difficult to use. Digitization would improve organization and enhance usability. Attention to preservation would insure that the collection remain a useful 21st century research tool for all
CHS	Steve McPherson	Shakespeare Festival	Funds will allow our successful Shakespeare Festival to grow and reach even more students.
CHS	Beth Johnson	Lead for Diversity	This grant will send five Columbia High School students to Lead for Diversity, Youth Leadership Institute sponsored by the American Conference on Diversity. Lead for Diversity is a weeklong leadership camp providing a unique experience where students (delegates) can break barriers, deal with biased behavior, and develop an action plan to reduce prejudice in their community.
MMS	Raymund P. Mantes	Hip-Hop U.S. History Workshop	Students are taught about the power of music and rhyme as techniques to learn about United States History.
SOMS	Kathleen K. Anderson	Middle-School Library Update	This grant will enable us to proceed with the third and final year of our plan to bring the South Orange Middle School library closer to the needs of students who are being educated for life in the 21st century. We are asking for $3000 for the purchase of books to replace the outdated materials culled from our shelves.
Special Ed MMS	Erin Murphy	LCD Projectors	I would like to purchase three LCD projectors to access vital assistive technology from the internet and the computer to support students in the classroom. There are limitless educational resources available, that if they were made to be viewable to whole class experiences, would dramatically enrich learning experiences and bring the curriculum to life for the students in our charge. This will be of particular benefit to the special education population as the projectors will allow for new, dramatic access to curricular topics that otherwise may be lost.
Tuscan	Noelle Stewart Sullivan	In Your Life – Pedometers	To expand the current Physical Education program at Tuscan by putting a pedometer on every child before, during and after school, consequently extending to the immediate family and ultimately the community. With this program the school will draw together in a common commitment to motivate our students and community to adopt lifelong patterns of healthy living. In addition, participants will strive to reach their personal best across gender, economic, physical capability and cultural diversity.
Special Ed Hybrid	Dawn Geannette for 13 special ed. Teachers	Yoga and Sensory: Enhancing the Balance	To provide teachers of self-contained special education classes, preK-5, with equipment necessary to institute an in-class yoga/sensory program