Many teachers have great ideas on how to make their classrooms a better place for their students to learn math. The teachers’ ideas frequently outrun the budget schools have for supplies and their own ability to subsidize their classroom. The Somerville Mathematics Fund tries to fill this need through the generosity of their donors. Jay Landers & Jasper Lawson and the Apple Tree Fund each sponsored multiple grants. Lali & Jay Haines, Tufts University, Winter Hill Bank and Rebecca Wood-Spagnoli each sponsored a teacher's grant. The rest of the grants were funded thanks to the combined generosity of everyone who contributed to the Math Fund’s annual fundraiser. The following teachers won grants to encourage and support mathematics achievement in the classrooms of Somerville.
These Teacher Grants were funded by the many generous donors who together contributed enough in our annual fundraiser to support all of them. There is power in donations of many sizes coming together to support the larger whole.
• Leah Jaenicke, Albert F. Argenziano School (2nd Integrated SEI), Montessori Math Materials
• Lauren Reilly, Arthur D. Healey School (2nd), Math Games for School and Home
• Angela Rodriguez, Albert F. Argenziano School (3rd Integrated SEI), Math Kits Materials & Games
• Kelsey Schroder, Arthur D. Healey School (2nd), Math Center Materials & Games
• Halley H. Snelling, Albert F. Argenziano School (Integrated 2nd), Rekenrek Materials
• Barbara Strell, Arthur D. Healey School (Resource Room, K - 2nd), Manipulatives for Number Sense and Operations
• Meaghan Tubridy, Albert F. Argenziano School (Special Education Teacher, 2nd - 3rd), Mathematics Manipulatives
The Math Fund wants to thank the Apple Tree Fund for generously underwriting the following teacher grants:
• Sandra Dumas, Benjamin Brown School, (5th), Math Games
• Diana Garity, Albert F. Argenziano School (2nd SEI Newcomers), Kathy Richardson books and Materials
• Rene Holtzman, Albert F. Argenziano School (1st, SEI), Magnatiles
The Math Fund wants to thank Jay Landers and Jasper Lawson for generously underwriting the following teacher grants:
• Yasmina Belatreche, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (Middle School SEI), IXL
• Jennifer Kuszmar, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (2nd, 3rd Autism Classroom), Math Manipulatives
• Margaret M. O’Connell, Somerville High School (Math), Intro to Hardware Engineering Materials (math class)
• Andrea Palmer, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (K-8 Math Coach), Online Harvard’s MQI Course + Math Materials
• Meredith Rothstein, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (4th - 6th Autism Classroom), Math Adapted Materials & Math Manipulatives
• Katie Starbuck, Arthur D. Healey School (Math Coach), Online Harvard’s MQI Course
The Math Fund wants to thank each of the following for generously underwriting a teacher grant:
• Sandra Dumas, Benjamin Brown School, (5th), Math Games
• Diana Garity, Albert F. Argenziano School (2nd SEI Newcomers), Kathy Richardson books and Math Materials
• Rene Holtzman, Albert F. Argenziano School (1st, SEI), Magnatiles
Lali and Jay Haines:
• Michele Moreno, Albert F. Argenziano School (3rd Integrated ELL), Math Center Materials & Games
Tufts University:
• Caroline Martha Burkard, East Somerville Community School (6th Math), Math Center Materials
The Winter Hill Bank:
• Susanne Douglas, Arthur D. Healey School (2nd), Math Center Materials & Games
Rebecca Wood-Spagnoli:
• Emily Elahi, Albert F. Argenziano School (1st, SEI), Math Center Materials & Games
The Somerville Mathematics Fund was chartered in 2000 to celebrate and encourage achievement in mathematics in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. Over nineteen years, the Somerville Math Fund has awarded $121,865 in teacher grants supporting three hundred eleven teachers’ projects in the city of Somerville along with emergency grants to East Somerville teachers after the devastating school fire.
In early April, the fund will be seeking applications from students who reside in Somerville for college mathematics scholarships. Links to the scholarship application form is available at www.somervillemathematicsfund.org For more information, to volunteer or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact Erica Voolich (617-666-0666 or mathfund@gmail.com).
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© Erica Dakin Voolich, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019
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