GRANT RECIPIENTS: Thompson Brook School

 

 

Year

Grant

Type

 

Program Name

Director, Organization

 

Age Group

Subject

Area(s)

 

Description

2007 Farmington Savings Bank Mini Grant WAVN TBS Podcasting Mary Ramondetta, TBS Grade 6 Language Arts, Social Studies Application of personal audio technology to Language Arts and Social Studies; students will create podcasts which can be published to the internet for use by others.

2006

Program

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Lab

Carl Sauerbrunn, TBS

Grade 5 & 6

General Music

Complete the MIDI Lab so that every student has the opportunity to compose, notate and record original musical works on the computer.  The technology also enables new ways to integrate music with social studies, language arts and science projects. 

2006

Farmington Savings Bank Mini Grant

Regarding the Book

Judy DeVito & Ardith Franklin, TBS

Grade 5 & 6

Reading, Writing

A reading and writing program presented by Nutmeg winning author and journalist Kate Klise.

 

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

Avon United Fund Mini Grant

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) Lab

Carl Sauerbrunn, TBS

Grade 5 & 6

General Music

Create a pilot MIDI Lab to allow students to compose, notate and record original musical works on the computer.