Fall 2007 Grants
Bretton
Adams, Stevens Elementary School
5
Kodak Easy Share digital cameras with internal memory were purchased
for fifth grade special education students to use in the
documentation of the people, places, and things that are important
to them. These photos will be used to create a hard copy book about
the student and their life, potentially used in the creation of
digital stories. When not in use for the project the cameras will be
available to other teachers for classroom projects.
Amount granted: $433
Ed Hanlon, O'Rourke Middle School Technology
Six GPS systems were provided to the technology classes at the
O’Rourke Middle School. The systems will be used to gather data
(surveying, mapping, landscape design, tracking systems, search and
rescue) that would be uploaded to the computer, manipulated and be
used by students to solve various real world problems.
Amount granted: $1,250
Beth Larson, High School Social Studies Dept
A
sound system was added to the DVD projector that the Foundation
granted the previous year. It will be available for those who make
presentations in the high school’s red room and with the movies the
SS Department shows during an after school movie program.
Amount granted: $680
Rosine Leloir, High School Language Dept.
Foundation funds purchased an Elmo document camera for classrooms at
the high school. The document camera has the unique capacity to
display any document through a video display, projector or TV
monitor. These documents can be images, transparencies, 3-D
documents, photographs, slides and objects. It also has a zoom
feature, which allows the students to see details of a document.
Amount granted: $730
Regina Reals, High School Science Dept.
A
Gateway E 295-C tablet computer was purchased for use in the
"Science Research in the High School" program.
Amount granted: $1,302
Marge Rizzo, Middle School Library
Frames were purchased for six oil paintings done by Edward Sutphen,
a graduate of BH-BL from one of the first classes from the high
school. The paintings are used during the local history unit because
the paintings depict life in Ballston Lake 75 years ago.
Amount granted: $400
Susan Schultz, High School Library
Frames were purchased to showcase artwork from the computer and
graphic art classes.
Amount granted: $220
Brian Watts, High School Science Dept.
Grant funds purchased a lockout buzzer system to be used in practice
for the Regional Science Bowl Competitions. The system would also be
available to teachers of different subject areas to help their
students prepare for tests, midterms, finals and Regents.
Amount granted: $691
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