SALEM — The Foundation for Salem Public Education doled out nearly $37,000 in grants last week to fund innovative projects at all the city's schools.
The grants, awarded to 65 teachers, will fund everything from computer software to kite-making projects. The group raises money, largely through an annual auction, to fund programs that cannot be supported in the regular school budget.
"I am very appreciative of having the opportunity of doing very creative work with the students," said Jennifer Tolar, a graphic design teacher at Salem High School who got $750 for a Salem travel poster project.
Jesse Stansfield, a photography teacher at the high school, got a $745 grant for a Camera Obscura project.
"I am excited for the kids. I am excited for the project that is going to be completed with the money that was given," she said.
Following is the list of grants awarded:
Bates School
Kim Rae Jolie: Using Specialized Software to Improve Students' Writing Skills, $375.
Eleanor King: School/Home Partnerships Book Bags, $375.
Ann Berman: Can You Feel the Rhythm, $139; Have You Heard Those Third Grade Recorder Players, $124.
Bentley School
Kevin Andrews and Mariann Mehr: Books Alive! Literacy with Puppets, $250.
Maryellen Stone: We Both Read — Parents and Children Reading Together, $375.
Marlene Turner: The Art of China, $185.
Kevin Andrews: Sensing, Measuring and Graphing Data From our Environment, $732.
Amy Copp: Streams in the Second Grade, $475.
Carla Meagher and Kathleen Boucher: Let's Go Fly a Kite, $747.
Carlton School
Elizabeth Lutts: Science Court, $278.
Anne Leblanc and Laurie Mendoza: Fit for Travel, Next Stop Salem, $350.
Mary Tuttle: Taking Art to the Streets, Playgrounds, Parking Lots or Green Spaces, $689.
Laurie Mendoza and Mike Lister: Planet Protectors, $650.
Jenifer Aldrich and Mary Tuttle: The Science of the Arts, $708.
Collins Middle School
Roger Perham: Vernier Motion Probes for Technical Education, $431.
Bonnie Muse: Praise for Literature, $300.
Spiridoula Politis: Fabric of our Lives, $250; Painting with the Masters, $400.
Cheri Saltzman: Francophone Festival, $300.
Ellen Finn: Fun with World Percussion, $688.
Oscar Lazo: The Little Zoo of Survivors, $750.
Ruth Hendrickson and Martha Tierney: Chariots of the Sun, $650.
Stephen Choate: Kite Manufacturing, $748; Clock Manufacturing, $750.
Bob Brown: Gravity Race Car Challenge, $749.
Collaborative
Alyce Davis: Rainy Day Activities for School Readiness, $500.
Carl Johnson for Horace Mann Laboratory School, Bates and Witchcraft Heights Elementary School: Legends School Program — Salem Expansion, $2,250.
Horace Mann School
Benjamin Chertok: Bowditch Meets the BSO, $320. Stomp, Boom, Blast, $350.
Heather Burke: Now We're Reading, $749.
Seton Wood: A (PVC) Pipe Dream, $750.
Anne Hayes: Propaganda Project, $385.
Salem Academy Charter School
Robert Pelletier: History Day, $202.
Stephanie Coats: Ancient Civilizations, Past to Present, $749.
Chris Maniachi: Turbulence: America's 19th Century Paradigm Shift, $750.
Shamus Mruk: History Alive! The Salem Community Primary Source Project, $750.
Todd Schumacher: Hands and Feet on the World: A Geography Energizer, $750.
Salem High School
Meghan Martin: What Makes You Tick, $605.
Kacie Fryberg: Healthy Start for Teens, $375.
Jill Kalowinski and Lori Marenda: Maus I & II Teaching the Holocaust & Toleration, $406.
Susan Mickey: Learning the Language of Science, $750.
Cynthia Napierkowski and Sushila Day: Watch, Listen and Learn for $750.
Terri Russo: Vocational Business for Life Skills Students, $600.
Allyson Bachta: Food Production Methods Using Cell Functions, $737.
Janis Lavine: Visiting Artist Collaboration in Paper Art, $735; Environmental Art Indoors and Outdoors, $706.
Jennifer Toler: Salem Travel Poster, $750.
Jesse Stansfield: Camera Obscura, $745.
Kenneth Wilson: Tech Ed, $695.
Danielle Marquis: Astronomy: Making the Intangible ... Tangible, $749; Hands on Plate Tectonics, $411.
Saltonstall School
Melissa Horemiotis, Katherine Gasper, Jan Morris, Adrianna Lopez, Susan Morgenstern and Cindy Hatcher: The Dance of the Simple Machine, $750.
Felice Kachinsky, Darryl Huntington and Sue Brown: Justice and Humanity, $750.
Nalani Fujiwara: Tuning in to the Music, $300.
Kathryn DiPietro: Exit Portfolio, $550.
Katherine Gasper: Weaving Tradition in Our Lives, $350; Worms, $149.
Julie Carter and Darryl Huntington: Project Adventure for Middle Schoolers, $750.
Susan Brown, Pam Schorr, Rich Stafford and Susan Spang: Africa and America — Our Roots in History, $750.
Witchcraft Heights School
Kristen Clark, Jocelyn Sheahan and Kathy Karch: Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum, $450.
