Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $2,097   K through 5 students learn Spanish phrases through signs in classrooms paired with recorded messages that provide correct pronunciation.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $450.00 Kennebunkport Consolidated School counselor will attend the conference for the American School Counselor Association.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $2,097 K through 5 students will learn Spanish phrases through signs in classrooms paired with recorded messages that provide correct pronunciation.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $1,740 Sea Road School students will see Museum of Science programs in Motion, Electromagnetism, Cryogenics and Animal Adaptations.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $2,247 Kennebunk High School students can take part in career and college exploratory activities, including testing and tours at area colleges.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $9,750 Middle School of the Kennebunks and Kennebunk High School students and staff will have access to downloadable books supporting curriculum.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $3540 Kennebunk Elementary School 1st Graders/Multiage students will use Movin’ Sits in their classrooms. The wedge-shaped seats sit on students’ chairs and allow them to have better posture and focus in the classroom.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $1200 Elementary students who excel in math will have an accelerated on-line math program to challenge them in mathematical concepts, abstract reasoning and computations.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount:  $663 Some of the transportation costs for the Chinatown field trip for 7th graders studying China will be funded.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $300 MSK will pilot an after-school Science Club for students interested in additional science exploration.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $3,000 The band room will receive a Retrofit Unify LCD projector to allow the music teacher to better apply techniques and approaches discovered at a Learning and Brain Conference.

Date:  Winter 2010 Amount:  $1,500 Middle School of the Kennebunks students immerse themselves in a French or Spanish marketplace to test their language skills.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $11,900.00 Fifth graders from RSU #21 went to Heartwood College of Art to receive training in varied art media ranging from photography and pastels to jewelry and paper making.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $11,900.00 Fifth graders from RSU #21 went to Heartwood College of Art to receive training in varied art media ranging from photography and pastels to jewelry and paper making.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $11,900.00 Fifth graders from RSU #21 went to Heartwood College of Art to receive training in varied art media ranging from photography and pastels to jewelry and paper making.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $900.00 Fourth– and fifth-grade instructors received the digital component of the “Science Companion” curriculum kits, allowing them to integrate six units of study with existing interactive whiteboards.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $900.00 Fourth– and fifth-grade instructors received the digital component of the “Science Companion” curriculum kits, allowing them to integrate six units of study with existing interactive whiteboards.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $900.00 Fourth– and fifth-grade instructors received the digital component of the “Science Companion” curriculum kits, allowing them to integrate six units of study with existing interactive whiteboards.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $900.00 Mildred L. Day students are introduced to GPS technology and geocaching during physical education classes with funding for purchasing GPS units and geocaching supplies.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $1,260.00 K–5 Macintosh computer labs received software that helps children learn keyboarding in a fun way; the software allows the tracking of student progress as well.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $1,260.00 K–5 Macintosh computer labs received software that helps children learn keyboarding in a fun way; the software allows the tracking of student progress as well.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $1,260.00 K–5 Macintosh computer labs received software that helps children learn keyboarding in a fun way; the software allows the tracking of student progress as well.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $6,075.00 Third-grade students identified as being at risk of not meeting New England Comprehensive Assessment Program standards attended school for ten half-days in August to work on math and literacy.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $6,075.00 Third-grade students identified as being at risk of not meeting New England Comprehensive Assessment Program standards attended school for ten half-days in August to work on math and literacy.

Date: Winter 2010 Amount: $6,075.00 Third-grade students identified as being at risk of not meeting New England Comprehensive Assessment Program standards attended school for ten half-days in August to work on math and literacy.

Date: Spring 2010 Amount: $9,750.00 Kennebunk High School students and staff have access to downloadable books supporting curriculum.

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…