Congratulations to IPEI's Teacher Grant Recipients and Community Partners

Teacher Grants 2015-16

Harmonious Harps at Belle Sherman                                                                                                         

Cindy Daly/Belle Sherman with

Lisa Craig Fenwick, Professional Harpist

Inside Outside Upside Down: Discovering the World through the Language of Dance      

          

Sheri McWhorter-Wyckoff and Mary Anne Camel/Beverly J. Martin with

Lisa Tsetse, Choreographer

Scaffolding to Infinity   

Katie Dietrich Cacciotti/Beverly J. Martin with

Sarah Wolff, Poet

Yoga Storytelling and Strengthening a Sense of Self                                                                               

Sarah Smith and Kelly Craft/Fall Creek and Beverly J. Martin with

Diane Hamilton, Yogi and Storyteller

ELEVATE Science Learning with Drones*                                                                                     

Brian VanGorder/Caroline with

Matt Sacco, Cayuga Nature Center, and CUAIR Cornell University Drone Club

Where in the World                                                                                                                                       

Kerri Burke/Caroline with

Mary Beth Ihnken, Artist

Energy Decisions: Problem-Based Learning for Enhancing Student Motivation and Critical Thinking in Middle and High School Science *                                                                                                               

Laurie VanVleet/DeWitt and Ithaca High with

Karen Edelstein, GIS specialist

Using Rhyming and Music to Build Early Literacy Skills                                                                           

Sharon Ciferri/Enfield with

Judy Stock, Musician

Barry Deutsch Author Visit                                                                                                                           

Allison Andersen/Fall Creek with

Barry Deutsch, Author

Fall Creek Family Dance **                                                                                                              

Karla Notarianni/Fall Creek with

Victoria Armstrong, Dance Caller, and Dave Davies, Musician

English 10 / English 12 Viewing of Macbeth (2015) at Cinemapolis                                                     

Michael Reiff  and William Asklar/Ithaca High School with

Brett Bossard, Cinemapolis

Medieval and Renaissance Extravaganza*                                                                                                

Cassidy Fisk/Ithaca High School with

Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art, and Maryterese Pasquale-Bowen

Reforesting Chestnut Street                                                                                                                         

Sarah Jane Bokaer/LACS with

Pamela Markham, Horticulturist

LACS presents  Wassa Pan Afrikan Dance Ensemble                                                                              

Marcy Little/LACS with

Nana Kwasi Anim, Director of Wassa Pan Afrikan Dance Ensemble

How to Keep Our World Healthy and Clean for Everyone and Everything         

                                 

Emily Kerry/Northeast with

Tompkins County Solid Waste, and Cayuga Compost

Take One Picture                                                                                                                                            

Alison Pritz/South Hill with

Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art, Jai Hari Meyerhoff, Yogi

*Selected to be funded by the Charles E. Treman Jr. Teacher Grant Endowment of the Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund in memory of the former president of the Tompkins Trust Company.

**Selected to be funded by a gift from a retired ICSD teacher who encourages the integration of music into elementary classrooms.