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.
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.
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.
School: Sea Road School
Date: Spring 2011
Total: $$1,160
Sea Road School 4th and 5th graders view and participate in presentations by the Boston Museum of Science on various topics associated with the learning goals of the Science Frameworks for Maine schools.
Date: Winter 2011
Amount: $899
Two classrooms at Sea Road School get stability balls. Stability balls have been a great success at Kennebunk Elementary School.
Date: Spring 2010
Amount: $2,097
K through 5 students learn Spanish phrases through signs in classrooms paired with recorded messages that provide correct pronunciation.
Date: Spring 2010
Amount: $1,740
Sea Road School students will see Museum of Science programs in Motion, Electromagnetism, Cryogenics and Animal Adaptations.
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: Spring 2009
Sponsor: Kevin Crowley, Sara Zito
Amount: $4,800.00
A collaboration with the Kennebunk Land Trust and the Kennebunk Free Library to enable students to experience the natural environment and introduce them to the beauty, history, and ecology that surrounds us.
Date: Spring 2009
Amount: $10,000.00
A variety of specially-designed 2-day workshops taught by regular Heartwood faculty. Classes provided hands-on experiences, exposure to new art media, and tangible creations for students to bring home. (Read article)
Date: Fall 2008
Amount: $13,000.00
Supported construction of greenhouse at Sea Road School, enabling students to be involved in all aspects of growing plants. (Read more)
Date: Spring 2008
Amount: $10,000.00
A variety of specially-designed 2-day workshops taught by regular Heartwood faculty. Classes provided hands-on experiences, exposure to new art media, and tangible creations for students to bring home.
Date: Spring 2008
Amount: $1,000.00
Assisted Odyssey of the Mind teams to obtain materials. Odyssey of the Mind is a nationwide competition in which teams generate and perform creative solutions to complex problems.
Date: Spring 2007
Amount: $5,000.00
A variety of specially-designed 2-day workshops taught by regular Heartwood faculty. Classes provided hands-on experiences, exposure to new art media, and tangible creations for students to bring home.
Date: Fall 2006
Amount: $2,000.00
Provided supplemental materials and manipulatives for K-5 pilot math program to support alternative learning styles and to enhance hands-on learning and 21st-century skills.
