Date: Fall 2012
Amount: $4,000.00
All RSU 21 5th graders will attend Julia Robinson Math Festival at University of New England with help from Mathematical Sciences Research Institute professionals. The festival is a non-competitive event featuring math challenges and puzzles that require creativity and persistence to solve. 5th grade teachers, math teachers from MSK and KHS and KHS student mentors will participate as well.
Date: Spring 2012
Amount: $1,000
Group of MLD students placed 2nd in states competition for Destination Imagination and needed funding help to get to Global Finals in Knoxville, TN. Destination Imagination is an enrichment program where students work together as a team using creativity and ingenuity to problem solve. Destination Imagination creates challenges to connect with national education learning standards. The group also had team members from Korea, adding global awareness and communication to their experience. The parents/students raised much of their own expenses for the trip.
Schools: All elementary schools in RSU21
Date: Fall 2011
Amount: $15,825.00
Twenty-five classrooms in the elementary schools in RSU21 are getting stability balls, which are proven to improve posture and focus of children in the classroom.
School: Mildred L. Day
Date: Fall 2011
Amount: $1750.00
Junk to Funk is a unique combination of visual and performance art, fashion, sustainability education, interactive activities and entertainment. The program encourages positive behavioral change by asking audiences to reconsider their consumption and disposal choices in an innovative and playful way.
School: Mildred L. Day School
Date: Spring 2011
Total: $175
Twelve Reading Comprehension CDs for grades K – 6 are purchased to encourage use of Smartboards, which are new to the school. Mildred L. Day teachers researched the software and will pilot its use; if successful the program could then be introduced to other RSU#21 schools.
Schools: Kennebunkport Consolidated School, Kennebunk Elementary School, Mildred L. Day School, Sea Road School
Date: Spring 2011
Total: $3,200
Mobile carts outfitted with supplies allow students to cook in their classrooms. Students grow produce in school gardens and can enjoy healthy foods while learning math, reading, geography and life skills. This program aligns with district wellness initiatives.
Date: Fall 2010
Amount: $4,000
The library at the Arundel elementary school will receive new books and professional oversight to support and enhance the RSU#21 curriculum for K-5 students.
Date: Fall 2010
Amount: $$6,197.31
A Pilot Program will be developed to teach Metacognitive Higher Order Thinking Skills in third grade. Today’s students must be able to read and process large amounts of material; the program will put together a curriculum that will teach critical thinking skills at an earlier age.
Date: Fall 2010
Amount: $1,250
A three-season classroom will be constructed at Mildred L. Day school in Arundel to provide students and teachers with an opportunity to use the environment to support educational activities, including those in allied arts.
Date: Spring 2010
Amount: $2,097
K through 5 students will learn Spanish phrases through signs in classrooms paired with recorded messages that provide correct pronunciation.
Date: Spring 2010
Amount: $1200
Elementary students who excel in math will have an accelerated on-line math program to challenge them in mathematical concepts, abstract reasoning and computations.
Date: Winter 2010
Amount: $11,900.00
Fifth graders from RSU #21 went to Heartwood College of Art to receive training in varied art media ranging from photography and pastels to jewelry and paper making.
Date: Winter 2010
Amount: $900.00
Fourth– and fifth-grade instructors received the digital component of the “Science Companion” curriculum kits, allowing them to integrate six units of study with existing interactive whiteboards.
Date: Winter 2010
Amount: $900.00
Mildred L. Day students are introduced to GPS technology and geocaching during physical education classes with funding for purchasing GPS units and geocaching supplies.
Date: Winter 2010
Amount: $1,260.00
K–5 Macintosh computer labs received software that helps children learn keyboarding in a fun way; the software allows the tracking of student progress as well.
Date: Winter 2010
Amount: $6,075.00
Third-grade students identified as being at risk of not meeting New England Comprehensive Assessment Program standards attended school for ten half-days in August to work on math and literacy.
Date: Winter 2010
Sponsor: Tracy Mason
Amount: $5,613.20
The EFKA supported this program last year for K – 1 classes. In this second phase, the program is expanded to include second grade teachers, RTI tutors, Title 1 and special education staff. As part of this project, a Handwriting Without Tears representative would come to our district to present to our teaching staff (approx. 96) about the HWT program and how they could best implement their strategies into the classroom to ensure successful handwriting instruction and remediation. The grant also requests to purchase classroom tools and materials for each teacher.
