The Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded 22 mini-grants for projects in Kindergarten to grade 12, totaling $7,866.79.
The mini-grants were presented during the chamber's membership breakfast last Thursday, chamber officials said in a press release.
Receiving grants were:
- Westborough High School World Language teacher Mary Flanagan: "Advancing Foreign Language Speaking Skills Through Storytelling and Games."
- Fales Elementary School Reading Specialists Kate Finn and Beth Ramos: "A Community of Readers."
- St. Bernadette School art teacher Peg Lien: "Community Labyrinth."
- Peaslee Elementary School fifth-grade teachers Lisa Miranda and Andrea Daunais: "Engaging Scientific Inquiry Through Technology With Elementary Students."
- Peaslee Librarian Nancy Kellner: "Find Your Voice: Using VoiceThread to Motivate and Engage Young Learners."
- Proctor Elementary School Library teacher Joanne Giancola and Reading Specialist Sylvia Pabreza: "An Author Study of Jacqueline Davies."
- Proctor School Nurse Diane Gage, Library teacher Joanne Giancola and Physical Education teacher Fernando Ferreira: "Jump. Skip. Run ... Read!"
- Proctor Fifth-Grade teacher Liz O'Neil and Learning Center teachers Lois Shaughnessy and Amanda Sharpe: "Let's Catch the Reading Bug: Investing Struggling Learners in Independent Reading."
- Proctor Second-Grade teacher Amy Mara: "It's in the Bag! Math Games for Families."
- Algonquin Regional High School Visual Art teacher Danielle DeCiero: "Permanent Gallery."
- Algonquin Science teacher Susan Vaughan: "Crime Scene Investigation."
- Zeh Elementary School Reading Specialist Mary Lincoln: "The Missing Link! Advancing Knowledge in Science and Literacy."
- Zeh Special Education teacher Tami Johnson: "Manipulative Mania: Math and Literacy Methods for Mastery."
- Melican Middle School Seventh-Grade English/Language Arts teacher Steven Knight: "Elective Affinities: Skate Club."
- Trottier Middle School Grade Six/Seven Science/Math teacher Amy Reilly: "Bringing Cells to Life for All Students Through Interactive Models and Visualization."
- Oak Middle School Eighth-Grade Social Studies teacher Jason Ponticelli: "Scrabbled Eggs: Hatching Better Spellers!"
- Paton School First-Grade teacher Camille Viscomi: "Award Winning Broadway Production."
- St. Mary's School First-Grade teacher Cheryl Dolan: "Practice Makes Perfect! Fluency Fun in Grade One!"
- Parker Road Preschool Classroom teacher Melissa Johnson: "Creating Little Scientists: Empowering Creativity Through Science and Math."
- Parker Road Preschool Program Director Lisa Robinson: "Mathematicians in Preschool."
- Director of K-12 English Language Education Kathleen Lange-Madden: "Increasing Literacy Through Dual Language Libraries."
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