Benefits students in speech therapy in grades K – 12.
Increasingly, new technology is having a greater impact on education, as sophisticated equipment and software provides customized learning modules to address very specific needs. This grant will provide for 3 iPads to be used for assistive therapy and speech-language therapy.
Grant Recipient: Corina Bone
Grant Award: $2200, Feb. 2011 

Benefits all boys in grades 9 – 12
It is challenging to provide relevant and interesting materials to keep teenage boys engaged in daily reading activities. By high school, many boys have moved away from reading popular fiction and prefer other types of books. This grant will purchase books for an expanded collection of biography, autobiography, survival, sports, mystery, historical fiction, adventure and science fiction titles for the high school library.
Grant Recipient: Rachel Lewis, later assumed by Georgette Hoskins
Grant Award: $1000, Feb. 2011 

Benefits all middle school students.
The Edugame Student Response System allows teachers to question, receive instantaneous results of the questions and provide immediate individualized feedback on responses to students in review of any curriculum material and in preparation for any curriculum test. This grant provides for one Edugame system which can be shared and utilized in any middle school classroom.
Grant Recipient: Rich Allen, James Ryan, Ginnine Ranalli, Carrie Viggiano and Sue Sterling
Grant Award: $2759, Feb. 2011 

Benefits all grade 9 - 12 students in art classes.
Students participating in photography courses learn basic and advanced photography and processing techniques. Many of these students will go on to pursue college degrees in architecture, photo journalism, graphic design and other related fields. To achieve the best results for photography projects and to provide them access to photography tools that are used in the “real world”, this grant will fund the purchase of a professional grade tripod and an expanded suite of Adobe Photoshop software.
Grant Recipient: Linda Torrey
Grant Award:$670, Feb. 2011

Benefits all college bound 11th and 12th graders.
Keeping current on college information and forging relationships with college admission staff is critical for HS guidance counselors as they help families determine the best fit for their college bound student. This grant will provide funding support to visit Gettysburg College (PA) and Wake Forest, Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC).
Grant Recipient:Barb Drozynski
Grant Award: $500, Feb. 2011 

Benefits all students in 8th grade.
The Lego Mindstorms program is utilized in the 8th grade technology course, to teach science, technology, engineering and math skills (STEM). This project was originally funded by the Allyn Foundation (2007) and expanded by the Skaneateles Education Foundation (2010). This grant will provide funding for additional equipment and sensors to provide expanded opportunities for hands-on instruction of STEM skills. Grant Recipient: Scott Stagnitta
Grant Award: $2879, Feb. 2011 

Benefits all students in Skaneateles Central Schools.
Currently, hundreds of national and international museums, and historic and natural sites of interest, provide classroom virtual field trips. Conducted by a docent or staff member of the museum, these field trips utilize cameras and microphones for real-time interaction and viewing with and by the students. The distance learning equipment and programs will open up endless opportunities for students in our community, to take field trips to locations such as the Smithsonian Institute, the Holocaust Museum, and the Great Wall of China, without leaving their classroom. The equipment purchased with this grant can be utilized by any teacher in any building to enrich their curriculum.
Grant Recipient: Dr. Paul Blair
Grant Award: $4345, Feb. 2011 

Since the Skaneateles Middle School music curriculum at each grade level covers pieces of music history, this new unit will provide students with a logical and direct link to all it all started – African drumming. In addition, this unit will cover other aspects of the music curriculum – composition and improvisation – key components of African drumming. This grant provides funds to purchase 19 pieces of drumming equipment and provide for 2 two hour workshops conducted by Wacheva Cultural Arts, Inc.
Grant Recipient: Colleen Anna
Grant Award: $2648, Sept 2010 

Today's high school guidance counselors are under increased pressure to have comprehensive knowledge of college and university opportunities available to their graduates. Parents and students often rely on their guidance counselors to help them determine a “good fit” for their college futures. College visits by guidance counselors garner invaluable information on entrance requirements, program and degree offerings, merit and financial scholarship requirements and an in-person view of campus student life. This grant provides an opportunity to visit The College of Saint Rose in Albany, SUNY Plattsburgh and SUNY Cobleskill.
Grant Recipient: Mark Barnes
Grant Award: $510, Sept 2010

Musical theatre is a uniquely American genre of theatre that has been embraced worldwide. The study of musical theatre, including its history, is conducted in high school and middle school choral classes, as well as in required general music classes. This grant provided tuition and hotel costs to allow faculty members Mickey Kringer (H.S.) and Colleen Anna (M.S.) to attend an intensive 3 day workshop, The Broadway Teachers Workshop, designed to inspire teachers with new curriculum materials and teaching methods, and enhanced production skills related to musical theatre.
Grant Recipients: Mickey Kringer and Colleen Anna
Grant Awards: $1878, June 2010

Lori Usifer and Mitch Major have designed “Time Travel” movies for the 6th grade social studies curriculum. These movies allow students to “travel” to Neolithic times, ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. The funding to develop this curriculum was provided by summer grants from the school district. This grant provided funding for Final Cut Express software,to be utilized by both teachers, to expand the level and ability of the “time travelers” to visit unique locations. Final Cut Express provides for a “green screen” allowing “visits” to anywhere they have video (i.e. standing on the Great Wall of China).
Grant Recipient: Lori Usifer
Grant Award: $200, June 2010

All 4th and 5th grade students in Skaneateles Central Schools participate in a program called “Six Traits of Writing”. Developed to teach mandated NY State Dept of Education standards, “Six Traits” teaches ideas and content; word choice; organization; voice/personality; and sentence fluency. This grant provided curriculum development time to create innovative programming using music to teach these writing fundamentals. Formal lesson plans incorporating various forms of music including podcasts, video of famous musicians, original recordings and NPR segments were created.
Grant Recipient: Donna Dennihy
Grant Award: $700, June 2010

Recently, a unit of study has been created covering digital photography. The original monies for this unit, including the purchase of 5 Macintosh computers, was provided by a grant from Senator DeFrancisco. This grant request expanded the unit of study by providing a calibration device called “The ColorMunki” which allows controlled communication and color profiles to improve the ability to print what you see on your screen. This technology, utilized by most art and design professions, provides a more “real-world” experience for students. In addition, a secondary benefit is the elimination of ink and paper waste. Finally, because of this, more students will be able to print their portfolios and enter them into local and state-wide competitions.
Grant Recipient: Linda Torrey
Grant Award: $400, June 2010

Today's high school guidance counselors are under increased pressure to have comprehensive knowledge of college and university opportunities available to their graduates. Parents and students often rely on their guidance counselors to help them determine a “good fit” for their college futures. College visits by guidance counselors garner invaluable information on entrance requirements, program and degree offerings, merit and financial scholarship requirements and an in-person view of campus student life. This grant allowed our high school counselors the opportunity to visit 3 New York based universities including Canisius, D’Youville, and Buffalo State.
Grant Recipients: Mary Lou Ingram, Mark Barnes, Barb Drozynski
Grant Award: $174, June 2010

This grant provided financial assistance for 5 eighth grade students to participate in their class trip to Washington, DC.
Grant Recipient: Identified students
Grant Award: $416, May 2010

Often students in pre-algebra have difficulty conceptualizing and visualizing geometric solids. While students must learn algebra concepts for testing purposes, often they do not understand the concepts. These polydron manipulatives aid in spatial visualization and make abstract concepts more concrete and have been recommended by the National Council of Math Teachers (NCTM). The manipulatives come with curriculum aids and worksheets for students. Lamphere suggests that these manipulatives will help balance “teaching to the test versus teaching for understanding.” This grant purchased one classroom set for each 7th grade algebra teacher.
Grant Recipient: Keith Lamphere
Grant Award: $740, February 2010

Currently, students in the 8th grade technology course utilize the Lego Mindstorm Program, a national award-winning program to promote hands-on learning of STEM principals in the classroom (STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). The original Mindstorm Program was funded in 2008 by a $10,000 grant from the Allyn Foundation. This new grant provided money to expand the program by purchasing and utilizing advanced sensors to allow students to expand the capabilities of the robots they are required to program and build during the class. These RFID, radio frequency identification detectors, allow students to program commands into their robots, instructing them to do a certain reaction (movement or sound). By providing this higher level of robotic capability, students will have increased knowledge and hands-on experience of STEM principals.
Grant Recipient: Scott Stagnitta
Grant Award: $1992, February 2010

Currently, the Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics and Engineering Design and Development classes use Fischertechnik equipment to teach STEM principals. This program is part of the national Project Lead the Way pre-engineering program through the Rochester Institute of Technology. The grant provided for a new unit of study by purchasing equipment to allow students to explore hydraulics, pneumatics and control systems, taking this program to a higher level of hands-on learning. Students will benefit as these components will allow them to understand real world manufacturing applications.
Grant Recipients: Matt Slauson and Robert Tuttle
Grant Award: $2275, February 2010

This grant provided financial assistance to allow a student that was at risk of drop-out to attend a highly effective camp to help get the student back on track. Funding for this grant was made possible by a gift from an anonymous donor.
Grant Recipient: Identified Student
Grant Award: $500, July 2009

This grant provided funding for a faculty member to attend a teacher’s workshop by renowned children’s book author Eric Carle. Teaching methodologies learned helped enrich the Kindergarten curriculum.
Grant Recipient: Barb Delmonico
Grant Award: $500, June 2009

Financial assistance was provided for students who were not able to afford supplementary music education lessons. Funding for these grants was provided by a restricted gift from the Skaneateles Music Guild.
Grant Recipient: Identified Students
Grant Award: $1600, June 2009

This grant provided funding to develop a program to integrate educational websites for enrichment of the 2nd grade curriculum. This pilot program was reviewed by other grade levels for possible integration into their curricula. More than 75 websites were identified and grouped according to content. Student activities were created to go with each website, thereby offering teachers easy access to very usable content and material to enrich the second grade curriculum.
Grant Recipient: Mary Arnott
Grant Award: $700, June 2009

This grant provided financial assistance for 7 eighth grade students to participate in their class trip to Washington, DC. Funding for this grant was made possible by a gift from the Skaneateles High School Class of 1951.
Grant Recipient: Identified Students
Grant Award: $918, May 2009