Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $6,000.00 Mildred L. Day teachers learn methods for teaching written language used at the three other RSU#21 elementary schools.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $5,665.00 Twenty-two Middle School of the Kennebunks staff received introductory or advanced training in the use of the adventure course.

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Tracy Mason Amount: $5,613.20 The EFKA supported this program last year for K – 1 classes. In this second phase, the program is expanded to include second grade teachers, RTI tutors, Title 1 and special education staff. As part of this project, a Handwriting Without Tears representative would come to our Read the full article…

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Mary McCarthy Amount: $2,000.00 To engage Michael Chase, founder of “The Kindness Center”, to be a part of the Middle School of the Kennebunks for the ’09-’10 school year. He will help develop a culture of kindness, empathy, self respect and respect through his work with students, staff, parents and community.

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Tom Taylor and Ruthellen Cialfi Amount: $6,195.00 Exchange City is an economics and civics-based program for sixth grade students. Through experiential learning students develop skills in job search process, election campaigning, economics principles, and running a mini-business. The students will work collaboratively as well as independently as they run a mini Read the full article…

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Molly Pierce Amount: $1,500.00 The current staff of Kennebunk High School’s student-run newspaper, Rampage and the staff of the Yearbook, will be attending Columbia University’s annual Scholastic Press Association national conference in New York City. The conference is a gathering of student journalists from all over the country who attend seminars Read the full article…

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $2,961.00 Grade 1 and multiage teachers attended a conference on the The Daily Five, an approach to literacy instruction.

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Tracy Mason Amount: $5,613.20 The EFKA supported this program last year for K – 1 classes. In this second phase, the program is expanded to include second grade teachers, RTI tutors, Title 1 and special education staff. As part of this project, a Handwriting Without Tears representative would come to our Read the full article…

Date: Winter 2010 Sponsor: Tracy Mason Amount: $5,613.20 The EFKA supported this program last year for K – 1 classes. In this second phase, the program is expanded to include second grade teachers, RTI tutors, Title 1 and special education staff. As part of this project, a Handwriting Without Tears representative would come to our Read the full article…

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Iris Sherman Amount: $250.00 Assisted with travel expenses for Odyssey of the Mind team to attend World Finals competition at Iowa State University. Odyssey of the Mind is a nationwide competition in which teams generate and perform creative solutions to complex problems.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Beth Carlson Amount: $650.00 Assisted in travel expenses for KHS teacher Beth Carlson to participate in National Conference that she was asked to speak at. (Read More)

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Cynthia Hayes, Joycelyn Roux, Sara Zito Amount: $4,913.00 Five staff members attended a week-long summer training on student-centered innovations such as academic choice, collaborative problem solving, and classroom organization.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Superintendents Office Amount: $6,300.00 A district-wide program to foster continuity in ongoing professional development through a mentor induction team, which will partner with all new teachers to the school system.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Stacey Schatzabel Amount: $2,250.00 Based on research indicating that active sitting contributes to active learning, this grant provided stability balls for experimental use in multiple classrooms to replace traditional chairs.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Kevin Crowley, Sara Zito Amount: $4,800.00 A collaboration with the Kennebunk Land Trust and the Kennebunk Free Library to enable students to experience the natural environment and introduce them to the beauty, history, and ecology that surrounds us.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: L KES AR Committee Amount: $1,800.00 Comprehensive, standards-based, online mathematics games and activities that support differentiation and 21st-century skills.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Go Green Committee Amount: $10,000.00 A comprehensive plan involving the entire student body to “green up” the school in practice and throughout the curriculum. Themes include reduce, reuse, and recycle; alternative energy sources; and vermiculture and composting. The project also constructed a greenhouse, an outdoor classroom, and solar panels to produce Read the full article…

Date: Spring 2009 Amount: $10,000.00 A comprehensive plan involving the entire student body to “green up” the school in practice and throughout the curriculum. Themes include reduce, reuse, and recycle; alternative energy sources; and vermiculture and composting. The project also constructed a greenhouse, an outdoor classroom, and solar panels to produce electricty for the school.

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Kevin Crowley, Sara Zito Amount: $4,800.00 A collaboration with the Kennebunk Land Trust and the Kennebunk Free Library to enable students to experience the natural environment and introduce them to the beauty, history, and ecology that surrounds us.

Date: Spring 2009 Amount: $10,000.00 A variety of specially-designed 2-day workshops taught by regular Heartwood faculty. Classes provided hands-on experiences, exposure to new art media, and tangible creations for students to bring home. (Read article)

Date: Spring 2009 Sponsor: Nathan Hall, Laurie Jacques Amount: $600.00 Sixth-grade students developed and published their own books in this innovative workshop program aimed at young writers-those who already love writing as well as those who come to it more reluctantly.

Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Tom Taylor, RuthEllen Cialfi Amount: $5,040.00 As virtual consumers, citizens, and business owners of Exchange City, students gain experience with loans, interest, expenses, debit and credit cards, and campaigning for public office. The culminating activity is a trip to Exchange City in Portsmouth, N.H., to run the city for a day. Read the full article…

Date: Winter 2009> Sponsor: Mary McCarthy Amount: $2,639.33 Students use podcast technology to create guided tours of the school and the local community. (Read article)

Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Luke Howell Amount: $5,069.90 Purchased curriculum and materials for a comprehensive, laboratory-based unit that develops energy concepts in ways that relate to student’s lives and concerns.

Date: Winter 2009 Sponsor: Emily Flaherty, Jennifer Niese Amount: $1,300.00 Students learn about alternative sources and uses of energy through a program at Chewonki Foundation Outdoor Classroom.