GRANT RECIPIENTS: Avon Community
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Year |
Grant Type |
Program Name |
Director, Organization |
Age Group |
Subject Area(s) |
Description |
| 2007 | Program | Pine Grove Community Nature Trail | Leigh Ann Bacevich, Community Project Leader & Gail Dahling-Hench, PGS | All Ages | Natural Science | The mission is “to provide a fun and educational classroom where the whole community can explore, learn, and develop a relationship with one another and nature.” Located on 2 acres adjacent to PGS. Broad community support and collaboration. |
| 2007 | Leo & Jean Duffy Memorial Grant | Fitness for the Future | Tim Feshler, RBS & TBS | Grade 4 -12 | Physical Education | Incorporate use of technology into Physical Education to enable students to track their fitness levels and progress and to enable educators to evolve the curriculum to meet needs. |
| 2007 | Avon Chapter of UNICO Mini Grant | Dallas Brass Performs in Avon | David Winer, AHS | Grade 5 - 12 | Band Music |
Three events in one day--workshop, rehearsal for selected students and evening performance with this brass quintet plus percussionist. (Funding also provided by Friends of Avon Music Education and the schools' Parent Teacher Organizations) |
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2006 |
Program |
Town-wide Choral Festival 2006 |
Avon Public Schools Music Department |
Grade 4 - 12 |
Choral Music |
Support the participation of approximately 600 students in the Choral Festival held at Bushnell Auditorium on March 13, 2006. |
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2006 |
Mini |
Playgrounds for All Kids
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Caryl Goldberg, RBS, & Playgrounds for All Kids Committee |
Children |
Diversity |
Purchase Braille and sign language educational panels for a fully accessible playground planned for the Buckingham neighborhood. |