Awardees Announced, Projects Underway
Friends of CRLS is delighted to congratulate the 2017/18 school year awardees of our Faculty Innovation Grants! Thanks to numerous generous donors, FOCRLS was able to award a total of$12,415 (a$4,195 increase over last year). These grantees bring the grand total of teachers and staff members receiving Faculty Innovation Grantees to 191 since 2007. Please visitfocrls.orgto support innovation at CRLS.
- Elizabeth Hansel, Physics Teacher–”Team America Rocket Challenge” ($1,000)to design and build a rocket that qualifies the CRLS team to fly their creation in the world’s largest student rocket competition.
- Jeff Gaglione, Dean of Curriculum & Program, Mathematics–”CRLS Mathematics Department Summer Math Preview Program”($1,000)to help students succeed in AP and Honors classes with advance preparation through a curriculum of higher level math and the development of studentship skills.
- Drew Pierce, Math Teacher at HSEP, and Sam Matson, History Teacher at HSEP–”Mountain Classroom Trip for the Students of HSEP”($1,000)for students to learn environmental science and ecology as well as leadership and teambuilding by spending three days exploring the White Mountains.
- Brenda Divelbliss and Mila Thigpen, Dance Teachers– “Residency with Brother(hood) Dance!” ($500)to expand students’ exposure to contemporary dance beyond the greater Cambridge/Boston area and increase their creative potential by hosting and learning from a New York based dance duo. (In collaboration with the CRLS Arts Committee and the CRLS Department of Visual & Performing Arts.)”‹
- Kendall Boninti and Emily Houson, Library Media Specialists– “Collaborative Learning Spaces at CRLS Pearl K. Wise Library” ($1,000)to empower student choice and foster a participatory culture by establishing two technology-rich collaborative learning spaces in the school library.
- Allison Deban, Vanessa Black, and Caitlin Plummer– “Accessing Cambridge through Community-Based Instruction”($500)to provide students on the autism spectrum with opportunities for community-based instruction, building a foundation for functional life skills that will carry into adulthood.
- Marya Wegman, English Teacher–”We Need Diverse Books”($865)to increase the classroom library to reflect a broader variety of cultures, races, religions, genders, and identities.
- Vera Duarte, Teacher-in-Charge, ELL Department–”Community-Building Opportunities for CRLS Immigrant Students”($600)to provide half-price prom tickets to immigrant students so that money is not a barrier for them to fully immerse themselves in the CRLS community.
- Marlin Kann, Computer Science and History Teacher–”I am CS @ CRLS”($1,000)to boost the interest of more students in computer science with a STEM Classroom Invention Literacy Pack of Makey Makeys and “I am CS @ CRLS” T-shirts for the Computer Science Fair and classroom.
- Lynette Belle, Club Advisor, Falcon Friends– “Falcon Friends Expansion”($1,000)to provide support and inclusion for students with disabilities, promote awareness, and provide training about disabilities.
- Amy Dolan, Math Teacher–”T1 84 Graphing (in color) Calculators for Easier Access to Math”($1,000)to inspire more students to enjoy Algebra 2 and discover the benefits math can bring them by increasing the classroom supply of graphing calculators.
- Kathleen FitzGerald, Teacher, Civics Teacher and Internship & Project Coordinator– “Storied Landscapes: An Exploration and Sharing of Cultural and Natural Resources Across Urban and Rural Youth Communities” ($1,000) to provide students with an opportunity to experience a region and a way of life vastly different from their own by collaborating with students in Lubec, Maine.
- Laura Bor“‹relli, Biology Teacher and Advisor of the Student Bike Advocates–“Bike Advocacy Club Helmets” ($950)“‹ to provide 30 bike helmets that Student Bike Advocates can customize for bike safety promotion events to increase enthusiasm for helmet wearing.
- William McDonald and Barbara Dorritie, Biology Teachers – “Antibiotic Resistance Lab” ($1,000) to give students the opportunity to witness evolution in real time over the course of two weeks using current techniques used by lab researchers.
For a full list of our Faculty Innovation Grantees, please click here.