2014/2015 Grant Recipients

Fall 2014

• Music therapy enrichment from a certified music therapist
  Matt DeMooy and Daniea Beard
  Goldwood preschool
  $2,750.00
• Math work stations for kindergarten classes
  Janine Walsh
  Goldwood
  $2,157.97
• Technology to better play and listen to music for music and choir classes
  Mary Fancher
  RRMS (music) 
  $499.00
• Portable sound system
  Mark Harris
  RRMS (fitness) 
  $1,995.00
• Wiggle cushions
  Cheryl Bohrer
  Kensington
  $359.76
• National History Day competition participation
  Frank O’Grady
  RRMS & RRHS
  $3,000
• Weekly online newspaper (News to You) 
  Shawna MacDonald
  RRHS (special education) 
  $159.00
• “Build your own computer” hardware
  Christina Bright
  RRHS (computer science) 
  $1485.70
• 3D printer
  Christina Bright
  RRHS Computer Club
  $3,300.00
• Paint Marbling workshop
  Patty Tobin
  RRHS (art) 
  $500.00
• Keyboard/synthesizer
  Allison Paetz
  RRHS (vocal music) 
  $659.00
• Forensics tournament participation
  Adam Moeller
  RRHS
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  Preschool
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  Goldwood
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  Kensington
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  RRMS
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  RRHS
  $1,000

Spring 2015

• Musical instruments
  Karen Mahoney
  Goldwood
  $275.13
• Popular fiction for the 6th grade class to meet its “40 Book Challenge”
  Therese Konrad, Terri McNeely, Amanda Liskovec, Eileen Griffin
  RRMS (English) 
  $632.80
• Twenty-five manipulatives ("clickers") 
  Don MacDonald & Janin Miller
  RRMS (math) 
  $477.94
• Communicative devices for speech therapy
  Jana Randazzo
  RRMS & RRHS
  $664.80
• Graphic art tool for 3D modeling
  Yvonne Morbitzer & Patty Tobin
  RRHS Makerspake
  $1,899.99
• National Chess Tournament participation
  Russ Shuster
  RRHS chess club
  $325.00
• 3D printer to create Macbeth chess set
  Ericka (Mathews) Ghazoul - RRHS Intervention English (following the project, the printer was shared with the RRHS Makerspace.) 
  $2754.05
• Raspberry Pi display screen
  RRHS (computer science)
  $300.00

Summer 2015

• STEAM TinkerSpace
  Anne Tomazin
  Goldwood
  $2,500.00
• Sight word materials for kindergarten classes
  Janine Walsh
  Goldwood
  $2059.80
• Assembly to teach kindness and strategies to deal with bullies
  Kensington
  $600.00
• Indoor recess activity carts
  Melissa Liberatore
  Kensington
  $1,494.45
• Graphic novels
  Susan Weber & Kathryn Callentine
  RRMS (English) 
  $1,260.00
• Electron scales and hot plates to conduct science experiments outside of the classroom
  Kali Sullivan
  RRMS (science) 
  $1,778.00
• Bird feeding station for the high school Art and Science Courtyard
  Daryl Knauss
  RRHS (science) 
  $500.00
• Paper marbling encore
  Patty Tobin & Mary Baddour
  RRHS (art) 
  $500.00
• Portable display floor panels for project exhibitions
  Patty Tobin, Jennifer Bueck, Christina Bright, Mary Baddour, & Kristen Kalonowski
  RRHS
  $7,171.20
• Creative cash
  Preschool
  $500
• Creative cash
  Goldwood
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  Kensington
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  RRMS
  $1,000
• Creative cash
  RRHS
  $1,000