Grant to Date

Educator-in-Residence
The Nature of Animals and Art                                              
Sculptor/teacher Sarah Seabury Ward will spend a week at Cole school working hands-on with all Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students to create sculptures, including those made with recycled materials, which connect art, nature and science. “Think Green”

Cole 

Dixieland/Modern Jazz Band                                                 
Jazz band performance for Spofford students, with supplementary instruction with performers for advance 6th grade band members.

 Spofford

Technology
SMART Board for Room 13 at Spofford                              
An additional 5th grade classroom will now have full-time access to SMART Board technology for curriculum enrichment.

Spofford
 
Touched by Technology:  Building Classrooms Without Walls- Final Phase

Laptop Computers for Classroom Teachers

 K, 1st, 4th – 6th

29 SMART Board™ Interactive Whiteboards  
PTO and Boxford Elementary School Board contributed to complete campaign.

 Cole and Spofford

Laptop Computers for Three Special Education Teachers
Made Possible through B.E.S.T.’s Harriet E. Ernst Endowment

Cole School

Lights, Camera, Action:  On-demand Video in the  Classroom

 Cole & Spofford 

Nettrekker di – Safe Educational Surfing   
Cole & Spofford 
   
Professional Education Grants:                                        Staff

Valley Academy SMART Board Summer Training  

Technologist In-Residence SMART Board Individualized
In-Classroom Training   
Cole & Spofford 
Best Books for Booktalks Librarian Seminar – Spofford
View Past Grants		  
SMARTYpants - SMART Notebook: Hands-On Workshop
Made Possible through B.E.S.T.’s Harriet E. Ernst Endowment 		Spofford
A Toolkit for Comprehension
Made Possible through B.E.S.T.’s Harriet E. Ernst Endowment		 Spofford
   
Educator In-Residence:       
Explorers Quest and Author Visit with Kathleen Brenner Duble   
 Spofford