Grants Awarded in Previous Years
2013-2014
Mary Pappas (LHS Art Department) Equipment for digital media program, 3-T3iDSLR Cameras 2 Lens Bundle and case; 3-Dolica Proline Carbon Fiber Tripod; 3-Sunpack PZ42X Flash for Canon DSLR Jillian Singer (LHS Drama Department) Boston Young Playwrights Festival; Membership to MA Theatre Guild, comedy workshop and DVDs LHS Music Department
David Samour (Middle Schools Music) Wind instruments, keyboards, guitars, stands Margie Keeping (Middle Schools Music) Prof. dev. workshops: Teaching and Learning with Technology in the Music Classroom and Intentional Movement in the Music Classroom; guitars, etc. Iris Goldfarb (Bowman Art Department) Art workshop Debbie Side (Bridge Music Department) Instruments Nick Hart (Fiske Music Department) Two primary sonor soprano glockenspiels, 3 primary sonor alto glockenspiels; iPad Holly Stumpf (Harrington Music Department) Sound system and floor stand Elementary Schools Music Program Bus fare for all third graders to Lexington Symphony program, Orchestrating Kids through Classics Elementary Schools Music Program Performances by New England Brass Quartet in all elementary schools, primarily for fourth graders 2012-2013 Mary Pappas (LHS Art Department) Equipment for digital media program ($1454) Jillian Singer LHS Drama Department Boston Young Playwrights Festival ($500) LHS Music Department Jazz artist workshop - Gary Smulyan ($1500) Diana Bilip (Diamond Art Department) Kiln and vent ($3012) David Samour (Middle Schools Music) Wind instruments, keyboards, guitars, stands ($3136) Margie Keeping (Middle Schools Music) Prof. dev. workshops: Teaching and Learning with Technology in the Music Classroom and Intentional Movement in the Music Classroom ($960); guitars, etc. ($1021) Iris Goldfarb (Bowman Art Department) Art workshop ($944) Debbie Side (Bridge Music Department) Instruments ($1243) Nick Hart (Fiske Music Department) iPad ($839) Holly Stumpf (Harrington Music Department) Sound system and floor stand ($1065) Elementary Schools Music Program Bus fare for all third graders to Lexington Symphony program, Orchestrating Kids through Classics ($1440) Elementary Schools Music Program Performances by New England Brass Quartet in all elementary schools ($2700), primarily for fourth graders 2011-2012 Damian Barneschi (LHS Art Department) Three digital cameras ($1,497) Mary Pappas (LHS Art Department) One-day workshop ($125) Jason Iannuzzi (LHS Music Department) Commissioned Work from composer Nathan Jones for Madrigals 40th birthday ($1500) Kate Bromley (Diamond Middle School Drama) gym mats ($798) David Samour (Middle Schools Music Department) Two Jupiter student baritone saxophones ($5634) Amanda Hughes (Clarke Middle School Music Department) Speaker system ($100), recording session ($1000), choral conference ($250) Iris Goldfarb (Bowman Art Teacher) Six-day summer painting workshop ($650) Martha Rogers (Elementary Schools Music teachers) Professional Development for elementary music voice therapy workshops ($900) Debbie Side (Bridge Elementary School Music) Orff instruments ($3907) Elementary Schools Music Program Bus fare for all third graders to Lexington Symphony program, Orchestrating Kids through Classics ($1200) Elementary Schools Music Program Performances by New England Brass Quartet in all elementary schools ($2700), primarily for fourth graders 2010-2011 Rachel Durocher (LHS Art Department) Paneka Thermal Imager, Thermal Screen Roll, and replacement lamp along with plastic frames ($1,450.33) Elementary Art Teachers Bowman, Bridge, Estabrook, Fiske, Harrrington and Hastings Elementary Schools the fall conference of the Massachusetts Art Education Association ($875.00 ) Sean Hagan, LPS Fine Arts Coordinator 15 Pro Panels to be purchased in the fall of 2011 ($2055) Steve Bogart (LHS Drama Department) iLife ’11 Family Pack, Final Cut Express 4.0, and Adobe After Effects ($577.95) Kate Bromley and Alyson Brown (Diamond and Clark Middle Schools Drama) 12 Sony Bloggie MP4 Cameras and chargers ($2,309.82) Jason Iannuzzi (LHS Music Department) Commissioned Work for Chorus and Percussion by Carson Cooman ($2000) Kenneth Gable (LHS Music Department) Djembe and Djun Djun drums along with African Bells and drum stands ($1916.85) Jess Delgado and Margie Keeping (Diamond Middle School Music Department) 1 Bose SoundDock, 1 Bose SoundDock Travel Bag, 2 iPods, and Registration fee for Guitar Workshop ($1256.90) Amanda Hughes (Clarke Middle School Music Department) Wave Music System w/connect kit for the iPod ($609.90) Alana Jacques (Hastings Elementary School Music) Remo 100 Series Key-Tuned Tubano drums ($2263.48) Holly Stumpf (Harrington Elementary School, Elementary Schools Music) Professional Development for elementary music specialists with Nani Agbelli and Colleen Casey-Nelson ($2600.00) Elementary Schools Music Program Bus fare for all third graders to Lexington Symphony program, Orchestrating Kids through Classics ($1080) Elementary Schools Music Program Performances by New England Brass Quartet in all elementary schools ($2700), primarily for fourth graders 2009-2010 Erin Mahoney (LHS, Art) Kiln ($4552) LHS Art: Student film festival support ($100) Middle Schools Music Program Brass instruments ($7768 in 5-year lease-to-purchase program) Iris Goldfarb (Bowman, Art) Digital camera ($200) Tami O'Leary (Fiske, art) Display panels ($400) Nick Hart (Fiske, Music) 25 Kids Percussion Djembe drums ($1415) Holly Stumpf (Harrington, Music) Flip Ultra camcorder ($150) Elementary Schools Music Program Bus fare for all third graders to Lexington Symphony program, Orchestrating Kids through Classics ($1500) Elementary Schools Music Program Performances by New England Brass Quartet in all elementary schools ($2700), primarily for fourth graders Elementary Art System-wide library of DVDs and video recordings of world music and dance ($2800) LHS Music Department $7768 per year for five years (total of $38,840) for the rent-to-purchase of six tubas, six euphoniums and two baritone saxophones for use by secondary-level bands. Fourth year payment. 2008-2009 Iris Goldfarb (Bowman, Art) Tripod screen and speakers, books and artifacts Nick Hart (Fiske, Music) Tambourines ($245.90) Mary Pappas (LHS, TV production) Multimedia equipment and workshop ($2412.79) Martha Rogers (Bowman, Music) Bose soundDock digital music system for iPod ($415.47) Debbie Side (Bridge, Music) Instruments, charts and visuals ($2510.44) Holly Stumpf (Harrington, Music) African dancer to work with students ($1500) Elementary Music Teachers Marantz recording system ($699) LHS Music Department $7768 per year for five years (total of $38,840) for the rent-to-purchase of six tubas, six euphoniums and two baritone saxophones for use by secondary-level bands. Third year payment. 2007-2008 Julie Burell (Estabrook, Art) Presentation board (easel) ($152.88) Amanda Hughes (Clarke, Music) sound, recording equipment (no more than $812) Mary Alana Jacques (Hastings, Music) Xylopones ($3702.50) Jeff Leonard (LHS, Music) Portable upright bass ($3309) Kristine Matthews-Buckridge (Estabrook, Music) Piano ($4896) Lynne Geiger Murray (Bridge, Art) Carts for ceramics ($1318) Big Books ($120) Martha Rogers (Bowman/Bridge, Music) Recording studio time to produce Cds as part of LEF project ($1470) Deborah Side (Bridge, Music) Orff instruments ($2544) Professional development opportunity for elementary music teachers( $1200) LHS Music Department $7768 per year for five years (total of $38,840) for the rent-to-purchase of six tubas, six euphoniums and two baritone saxophones for use by secondary-level bands. Second year payment. 2006-2007 Francesca Bini Bichisecchi (Clarke, art) Portable drying rack ($444) Anne Carey (LHS, dance) Multimedia, dance reserve/library ($789) Nick Hart (Fiske, music) Five-pitch open-end temple blocks with stand and mallets ($172) Lynne Murray (Bridge, art) Digital Camera with case, memory card, extra battery ($400) Tami O'Leary (Fiske, art) Digital camera ($400) Tami O'Leary (Fiske, art) Kiln supplies ($438) Walter Pavasaris (FPA Dept) Dancing Masters Workshop this June for faculty, focuses on the community-building power of traditional dance, song and storytelling/literature in schools. ($400 plus funds from the LHS/PTSA) Walter Pavasaris (FPA Dept) Computer and application upgrades for FPA secretary and FOLMADS. ($1230) Martha Rogers (Bowman, music) Six hand-held tape recorders, one for each elementary school ($315) Holly Stumpf (Harrington, music) Drums ($689) LHS Music Department $7768 per year for five years (total of $38,840) for the rent-to-purchase of six tubas, six euphoniums and two baritone saxophones for use by secondary-level bands. 2005-2006 Francesca Bini Bichisecchi (Clarke, art) Adobe Illustrator CS2 and Comic Life ($2,925) Diana Billip (Diamond, art) Lid and mirros for kiln ($462) Anne Carey (LHS, dance) Storage for costume room ($1000) Jeffrey Leonard (LHS, music) Support for Jazz Festival trips to Monterey, CA and Essentially Ellington Festival in New York ($1200) Kristine Matthews Buckridge (Estabrook, music) Choral risers ($1882) Tami O'Leary (Fiske/Hastings, art) 2DVD-R/-RW/AAM recorders ($588) Walter Pavasaris (LHS, music) Software upgrades to existing music software in Music Lab ($2,289) Martha Rogers (Bowman, music) 1 alto metallophone, 1 soprano metallophone ($612) Holly Stumpf (Harrington, music) 1 alto metallophone, 1 soprano metallophone ($867) Holly Stumpf and Deborah Side (Harrington, music) Support for workshop by Andrea Ostertag from the Orff Institute in Salzburg, Austria ($1000) Annie Zeybekoglu (LHS, art) Tuition for summer drawing workshop at Bennington College (through the Mass. College of Art) ($1440) Marcia Zichittella (Hastings, art) Books and videos ($158) 2004-2005 Eric Schedin (LHS, music) New sound system for room 131 - Band and Jazz room ($800.00) Deborah Side (Bridge, music) Studio 49 Bass Metallophone; Peking Gong with stand; Chau Symphonic Gong with stand ($1285.07) Marcia Zichittella (Hastings, art) Set of videos: Michelangelo, Kandinsky, Gargoyles, Mondrian including posters and book ($152.40) Annie Zeybekoglu (LHS, art) 3 felt blankets for printing press bed (press itself works) basic tools, itemized ($1349.75) Janet Haas (Diamond, music) Conductor’s folding podium ($295.00) Janet Haas (LHS, music) PSD Dual-Well Portable CD Recorder and carrying case ($1198.00) Iris Goldfarb (Bowman, art) Ettan Printing Press MS-12 ($1465.00) Lynne Murray (Bridge, art) Part of cost of Kiln ($1166.25) Sean Hagan (LHS, art) A grant for 25 Wacom Tablets, A.T. Cross Executive PC Pens and Adobe Photo Shop Elements was fully funded through the collaboration of LEF and FOLMADS. The majority of the grant ($6271.00) was funded by LEF. The remainder ($779.85) was funded by FOLMADS and will be used to purchase 3 of the 25 Tablets requested. 2003-2004 Holly Stumpf (Harrington School) - Music Registration, travel and lodging expenses to attend the national Amerian Orff-Schulwerk Association Conference (no more than $700) Tami O'Leary, Iris Goldfarb, Marcia Zichittella, Lynne Murray - Elementary Visual Arts Registration fees for the Art Conferences and Workshops in Boston ($500) Tami O'Leary, Iris Goldfarb, Marcia Zichittella - Elementary Visual Arts Three enclosed display bulletin boards for Bridge School ($1608) Tami O'Leary - Elementary Visual Arts Two external DVD RW Burner’s (Lacie D2 4X DVD -/+RW CDRW) -($567) Margaret Keeping (Diamond) - Music Two CD/cassette players, four music workstations, including four Alesis keyboard, 4 Midi Interface, and four headphones ($3,036) Francesca Bini Bichisecchi - Middle School Visual Arts Two permanent Infocus Projectors, one for each school, along with replacement bulbs for each ($2,656.) Elaine Celi, Fine and Performing Arts Secretary Dahle high speed letter folder and a Martin Yale collator costing $455. LHS Drama Program To help fund the August 2004 trip of drama students, teachers and chaperones to the Edinburgh, Scotland Fringe Festival ($2000) 2002-2003 Irene Gilbride (Bridge School) and Susan London (Hastings School) - Music Portable digital recording system ($1160) Martha Rogers - Bowman School - Music Recording Equipment ($157) MiYoung Lee - Diamond Middle School - Visual Arts Digital camera and equipment ($562) Brian O'Connell - Lexington High School - Music Eight Legacy acoustical shells ($13,488) Gloria Fox and Annie Zeybekoglu - Lexington High School - Visual Arts Glass display tower and divider display screens for new visual arts gallery ( $1263) 2001-2002 Steve Bogart - Lexington High School - Drama Speakers and a disc player for the drama sound cart. These items will be used extensively in the drama classes. ($500) Irina Chelnokova - Fiske School - Music Two sets of choral risers for Fiske Elementary School, given in conjunction with two sets from the Fiske PTA. ($594 for each riser). Tami O'Leary Fiske School Visual Arts Bulletin boards for Art display ($776) Art Cart ($243) Videos and posters ($300) Holly Stumpf - Harrington School - Music Orff instruments: two alto zylophones, two alto metallophones, one soprano metallophone. ($1993) Jack Zichittella - Lexington High School - Visual Arts One Nikon FM10 camera kit ($270) Marcia Zichittella - Hastings School - Visual Arts A radius reversible easel for presentations to students. ($231) Also a mobile storage cart to support the Hastings interdisciplinary Global Shelters and Colonial Dye Plants projects. ($340) 2000-2001 LHS Music Department A new Boston grand piano from M. Steinert & Sons in the amount of $16,952--our biggest single grant award ever, and a new upright rehearsal piano for $5,584. Irina Chelnokova - Fiske School - Music A series of audio CDs for elementary music instruction to support a world-view approach to music educationone set of CDs for either the third-grade ($495) or fourth-grade ($515) level. Holly Stumpf - Harrington School - Music One bass xylophone ($958) and one alto metallophone ($376) for a total of $1,441. Jack Zichittella - Lexington High School - Visual Arts A new dry mounting press to enhance the presentation of student work for $1,251.85. Marcia Zichittella - Hastings School - Visual Arts A series of reproductions of artists' prints and multimedia material to work toward a crosscultural arts program. $353.78 Susan London - Hastings School - Music Two Wenger risers to accommodate the growing student population. This request will also be matched by the PTA. $1,150.50. David Samour and Dan Riley - Clarke and Diamond Bands $1,300 towards the purchase of a refurbished baritone saxophone for the two middle school bands. Steve Bogart - Lexington High School - Drama $782 to purchase two head sets and belt packs for backstage crew use during performances. |