GRANT RECIPIENTS

GRANT RECIPIENTS: Avon Middle School

Year	Grant Type	Program Name	Director, Organization	Age Group	Subject Area(s)	Description
2009	UNICO Grant	"A is for Avon"	Jan Brennan, AMS	Grade 2, 7 and Avon community	Civic History, Writing, Editing & Publishing	Her 1979 alphabet book, A is for Avon, highlights points of historical interest in the town. It is being updated by 25 volunteer 7th graders and will continue to be used in the 2nd grade civic history unit. Copies will be available in the 5 public school libraries and the Avon Free Public Library. The Avon Historical Society will be involved in its distribution and promotion.
2007	Sponsored by Farmington Savings Bank	*AEF Service Award*	Doreen Cohn, Technology Integration Coordinator grade K-12	Grade 7 & 8	World Language	Pilot personal audio player technology in World Language studies
2006	Program	Research in Real Time	Kelley Lanahan & Math and Science Depts., AMS	Grade 7 & 8	Math, Science	Establish a mobile research laboratory using laptop computers with scientific probeware and graphing calculators to enhance math and science outcomes. (Funding also provided by the AMS PTO)
2006	Mini	Avon Summer Theater: “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”	Thomas Kawiecki, AMS	Grade 7 & 8	Music, Theater	Costume rental to aid student actors dramatically interpret their roles which require them to imbue inanimate objects (e.g., candlestick) with human characteristics.
2005	Dos Santos Family Mini Grant	Connecting to a World of Learning Using Streaming Digital Videos	Kelley Lanahan, AMS, & Doreen Cohn, TBS	Grade 5 - 8	Multi-disciplinary	Provide teachers and students a new and powerful learning tool – real-time video through United Streaming--to change student-teacher interaction in ways that facilitate student achievement.
2005	Lounge Lizards Mini Grant	KidWind	Christopher Jones, AMS	Grade 8	Science, Ecology	Experiment with the variables affecting wind turbine electrical generators to explore current energy issues using hands-on scientific methodology.
2004	Farmington Savings Bank Mini Grant	Salmon Egg Rearing	Christopher Jones, AMS	Grade 8	Science, Ecology	Raise salmon in the classroom for release into local waterways while teaching the fragility of the ecosystem. Corresponds to the 8th grade Ecology Unit and offers a community benefit through environmental stewardship.
2004	Silverman Family Mini Grant in memory of Kenneth Sargent	Digital Video Editing	Patrick Mulligan, AMS	Grade 7 & 8	Multi-Media	Create a television editing studio incorporating multi-disciplinary connections for multi media projects.