IPEI Announces Red and
Gold Grants
The Ithaca
Public Education Initiative (IPEI) announced the first round of its quarterly
Red and Gold Grants for the 2014–15 school year. Twenty-four grants totaling $10,671
were awarded for projects and programs that will serve more than 3,500 ICSD
students. The grants assist teachers, students, and community members with
projects that strengthen and enrich the Ithaca City School District (ICSD)
curriculum, have a positive impact on students, and actively engage students.
Red and Gold
Grant recipients in this cycle include three first-time recipients highlighted
below.
Janet
Gordinier, Caroline Elementary School’s secretary, will provide all classrooms
with Wilderness Campus Outdoor Bags—containing field guides, water testing
kits, nature journal books, and animal track identification guides. The
materials will help students study and identify plants and animals as they
explore Caroline’s Wilderness Campus.
Vinnie
Alcazaren, a Boynton Middle School Social Studies teacher, will ask his students
where and how New Yorkers could survive a fantasy epidemic caused by zombies. Role-playing
as teams for the Centers for Disease Control, the students will research the
spread of pandemic diseases in historical outbreaks through graphs, charts and
data tables, and analyze how best to predict and increase survival rates in
various populations.
Cassidy
Fisk, an Ithaca High School Social Studies teacher, will take students to
Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art and Kroch Library to work with and analyze
ancient artifacts and artwork from Europe’s Medieval and Renaissance periods.
This educational exploration will allow students to compare the two historical
periods and learn how art and architecture reflect cultural values.
"The
amazing variety and ‘bang for the buck’ are the best part of IPEI's Red and
Gold Grants,” said IPEI Board President Jennifer Engel. “They excite and ignite
the imaginations and learning for Ithaca's students and teachers!”
Newly
awarded Red and Gold Grants are listed below. All 2014-15 grants can be found
at www.ipei.org under Grants. The deadline for Red and Gold Grants second round
is December 8.
Boynton Middle
School
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse:
A Study of Pandemics and Geography, Vinnie Alcazaren
Pourin’ Petri Dishes, Victoria
Benson
Creative Science Projects, Dennis
Carbone
Biathlon: Running and
Archery, John McNally, Jeanette Palmer, Shane Taylor
Caroline
Elementary School
Wilderness Campus Outdoor
Bags, Janet Gordinier
Fitness Program Equipment
Grant, Samuel Trechter
The Pre-K Rock Box, Johanna
B. Rice
Blurry vs. Clear: An Up-Close
Look of Our World, Deanna Crossgrove
Using Play Pods to Support
Positive Peer Interactions, Aileen Grainger
Farm to Table School Garden
and Food Processing, Eric Woodward and Mary Grover
Miles, Movement and Mapping:
Caroline Kids Create Their Own Movement Routes on the Wilderness Campus!, Amy
Seldin-Murphy
Cayuga Heights
Elementary School
Differentiated Instruction
Organization for CHES Kindergarten, Eileen Coller
DeWitt Middle
School
DeWitt Beautification
Project, Callie Bryant
Combining Visual Resources for Geography Awareness, Andrea
Volckmar
Fall Creek
Elementary School
Materials for Visual
Thinking Strategies, Lisa Trent
Encouraging Independence
through Game-Based Learning, Catherine Hart
Yoga Ball Seating for
Second-Grade Children of Fall Creek Elementary, Diana Lamphier
Ithaca High
School
Ithaca’s Youth Study the
Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Leslie Zolnik
Audio Books to Enhance
Literacy, William M. Asklar
Digital Photography Grows, Gina
Cacioppo
Medieval and Renaissance Extravaganza, Cassidy Fisk
Lehman
Alternative Community School
Building a Garden Tool Shed,
Debbie Cowell Mandl
Northeast
Elementary School
Adventure to Fitness: Learning
and Movement during Indoor Recess and More, Elizabeth Bolton
South Hill
Elementary School
Optimizing Focus/Attention
in the Classroom, Cynthia Buchanan, Marianne Stuart
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