GRANT RECIPIENTS

GRANT RECIPIENTS: Avon Community

Year	Grant Type	Program Name	Director, Organization	Age Group	Subject Area(s)	Description
2009	Program Grant	"Unplugged Learning" Project	Larry Sparks, Assistant Principal, RBS	Grades K-4 and the community	Natural Science	To create an ‘unplugged classroom’ behind Roaring Brook School. including an amphitheater stage and seating; providing ADA accessibility; developing a nature trail; and removing invasive poison ivy. The space, designed by the Unplugged Learning Project team, will be used for "place-based education."
2009	"Pavers for Posterity" Grant	Developing a "Sound" Theater Program	Doreen Cohn, Director, AHS Theater	All ages	Theater	Fund the purchase of sound equipment, including 12 wireless microphones, to enhance dramatic productions, augment technical theater instruction and complement the renovation of the stage area in the auditorium. Recurring production costs will be reduced enabling the theater program to use its proceeds from ticket sales to expand theater opportunities for students.
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.
2009	Program	Promoting Peace	Tina Panik and Patrice Celli, AFPL	Grade 7 - Adult	Humanitarianism	This program will host authors Alepho Deng, Benson Deng and Benjamin Ajak, three “Lost Boys” whose autobiography, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, recounts their survival of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. The high school, middle school and Senior Center are collaborating. Middle schoolers will read a less graphic companion book. The event is scheduled for October 2009.
2007	Program	Chidsey Brook 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)
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.
2006	Mini	Playgrounds for All Kids	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.