$90,000 COMMITTED IN GRANT AWARDS FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR
THROUGH 2 APPLICATION CYCLES

*25 grants for $43,388 awarded in June 2022 through Cycle 1 listed below

 

Alexander M. and Catherine Maus Wright Grant: Music Therapy - Webster Hill - Julie Cosker, Lead Teacher

 

Carson Family Grant: Choral Fest-A Day of Singing as a Community - Webster Hill - Jessica Nix (Webster Hill), Lead Teacher & Andy Mayo, Keith Traver (Sedgwick), Samuel Eurich (Conard), Katie Frewin (Bristow)

 

Catherine and Martin Woods Family Grant: Specialized Writing Instruction for All - Sedgwick Middle School - Tracey Rotella, Lead Teacher

 

Duncaster Retirement Community Grant: Julie Anne Collier: The Wind Beneath - Charter Oak - Adrianne Giammatteo,  Lead Teacher & Nora Brown

 

Elizabeth Rocco Grant: Biotechnology and the Genome Generation - Hall High School - Benjamin Norland, Lead Teacher

 

Frank Webb Home Grant: Building Thinking Classrooms with Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces - Conard High School - Heather Russell, Lead Teacher

 

Goldbeck Family Grant: Learning as we Grow Our Community Ecosystem - Webster Hill - Randi Leopold, Lead Teacher & Kelsey Dahling

 

Greenspan Family Grant: You are You! I am Me! Exploring Community Diversity! - Webster Hill - Elizabeth Cannone, Lead Teacher

 

GYL Financial Synergies Grant: 3,2,1 Lift Off! - Charter Oak - Michele Hadlock, Lead Teacher

 

Hawkins Family Grant: One Book, One School Experience - Aiken - Jessica Tamaccio, Lead Teacher

 

Heather Congdon Memorial Grant: Learning All About Communities - Morley School - Jennifer La Forte, Lead Teacher

 

J.P. Carroll Grant: Mythology - Up Close and In Person! - Whiting Lane - Dawn Beckley, Lead Teacher & Laurie Perry (Morley)

 

Langsner Family Grant: Black Gold Project - Hall High School - Noreen Branley,, Lead Teacher & Leanne Nolan

 

Lexham West Hartford Grant: Storytelling with Robots! - Charter Oak - Kathy Hardesty, Lead Teacher & Kelly Habif, Amanda McNamara

 

Macca Plumbing & Heating Grant:Learning Floats Our Boat! - Smith - Sharon Zajack, Lead Teacher & Jennifer Russell

 

Michelle and Paul Sullivan Grant:Immerse Yourself in Connecticut History - Whiting Lane - Wendy Martin, Lead Teacher

 

Papasavas Family Grant: Diversity and Equity through reading, writing and Art! - Aiken - Daniel Golden, Lead Teacher

 

Robert F. Edmunds Jr. and Mary Louise Edmunds Grant: National Circus Project - Braeburn - Bonnie Arcari, Lead Teacher

 

Rocktaschel Family Grant: Representing History, Updating the story of slavery in the West Division - Bristow Middle School - Jessica Blitzer, Lead Teacher & Jennifer Omartian, Chad Ellis

 

Smith Brothers Insurance Grant: A New England Harvest Tradition for English Learners - Whiting Lane - Ryan Cronin, Lead Teacher

 

Teich Family Grant: Reading From A to Z - Bugbee - Patti Farquhar, Lead Teacher

 

Triumph Engine Control Systems Grant: NGSS creating future scientists - Whiting Lane - Karen Bridges, Lead Teacher

 

West Hartford Administrators Association Grant: Let's Go To Auerfarm! - Charter Oak - Emily McMurray, Lead Teacher & Kimberlee O'Connell

 

West Hartford Chamber of Commerce, In memory of Tony Leesha Grant: Bits and Bytes - Smith - Alison Foley, Lead Teacher & Michael McCarthy (Conard High School)

 

West Hartford Education Association Grant: Making recreation and leisure accessible for all - Post-Secondary - Elizabeth Emanuelson, Lead Teacher

 

*The following named grants listed below will be awarded in December 2022:

 

Bridgewater Chocolate Grant

Anne and Jim Carroll Grant

Crate & Barrel Grant

Jack Darcey Memorial Grant

Dr. Robert and Gladys Dunn Memorial Grant

Mr. and Mrs. David Dupee Grant

James M. Ellis Memorial Grant 

Thomas and Cornelia Ford Memorial Grant

Goldbeck Family Grant

MARCUM LLP Grant

Tom Moore Superintendent Grant

O’Meara Real Estate Grant

Jeffrey A. Palmer Memorial Grant

The Rocktaschel Family Grant

The Small Business Collective Grant