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 with grants of up to $500.
The Morris S & Florence H Bender Foundation, Jasper and Jay, Mr & Mrs Donald McGoldrick, Julie Schneider, and the Winter Hill Bank, each sponsored a teachers’ grants. 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.
The following teachers won grants to encourage and support mathematics achievement in the classrooms of Somerville.
The Math Fund wants to thank the Morris S & Florence Bender Foundation for generously underwriting the following teacher grants:
• Tahlia Brazdaluz, Argenziano School (K), Math Manipulatives and Tools
• Jayne Campos, Argenziano School (1st), Magnetic 10 Frame, Easel White Board Compatible
• Kayla Coleman, Argenziano School (1st), 10 Frames & 10 Frames Dry Erase Boards
• Samantha Ford, Argenziano School (3rd), Posters, Charts & Organizing Materials
• Diana Garity, Argenziano School (2nd SEI Newcomers), Grid & Plain Easel Pads and Dry Erase Sheets
• Rachel Graubart, Argenziano School (1st Shelter English Immersion), Family Math Night Introducing Math Games
• Molly Harrington, Argenziano School (2nd SEI Inclusion), Half-moon Table
• Alyssa Mackey, Argenziano, Brown and Kennedy Schools (K-8 Math Coach), Math Manipulatives & Materials
• Erin McGovern, Argengiano School (3rd), Chart Materials, Magnetic Manipulatives, & Storage
• Gianna Melone, Argenziano School (2nd), Kidney Shaped Table
• Michele Moreno, Argenziano School (4th), Wipeboard Materials and Math Manipulatives
• Halley Snelling, Argenziano School (2nd), Carpet Blocks & Easel Pads
• Ava Strezynski, Argenziano School (K), Math Manipulatives
• Diana Young, Argenziano School (1st), Family Math Games Night
• Christina Carroll, Brown School (K), Magnetic 10 Frames, Laminating & Protection Materials
• Johanna Cooney, Brown School (1st), Pinkcat Games, Materials & Supplies
• Francine Davis, Brown School (5th Math & Science), Math Games & Manipulatives
• Stephanie Vassillion, Brown School (K), Organizational Materials
• Julie Jones & Lauren McGlashing, Capuano School (K), Family Math Night
• Katie Dickson, Kennedy School (Life Skills), Touchmath
The Math Fund wants to thank each of the following for generously underwriting a teacher grant:
Jasper & Jay:
• Jessica Greenberg, East Somerville Community School (2nd), Wipebooks & Math Supplies
Mr. & Mrs. Donald McGoldrick:
• Eleanore MacLean, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (3rd), Math Manipulatives & Supplies
Julie Schneider:
• Julie Scafidi, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (7th & 8th Math), iRespond Lite Clickers
• Priya Thelapurath, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (Newcomer Academy Math Teacher 6th-8th), Math Manipulatives
The Winter Hill Bank:
• Tzu-Ting Han, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (1st), Math Games & Supplies
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.
• Heidi Given, District Wide Interventionist, Math Manipulatives
• Karen Kolman, District Math Interventionist, Materials for Integrow Numeracy Solutions
• Catherine Oldshue, Healey School (4th), White Boards and Manipulatives
• Katie Starbuck, Healey School (Math Coach), Building Thinking Classrooms Healey Teacher Professional Development
• Kayla Burgess, West Somerville Neighborhood School (6th Math & Science), Graph White Boards and Math Games
• Erin McDonald, West Somerville Neighborhood School (2nd), WipeBooks & Materials
• Dylan Sylvester, West Somerville Neighborhood School (7th & 8th Math), Calculators & Sticky Chart Paper
• Brenda Williams, West Somerville Neighborhood School (K), Math Manipulatives & Materials
• Kristin Day, Winter Hill Community Innovation School, (5th Math & Science), Charts, White Boards & Game Materials
• Swetha Kaluri, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (Math Interventionist), Materials for Integrow Numeracy Solutions
• Andrea Palmer, Winter Hill Community Innovation School (K-8 Math Coach), Math Manipulatives
The Somerville Mathematics Fund, was chartered in 2000 to celebrate and encourage achievement in mathematics in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. Over twenty-five years (a quarter century!), the Somerville Math Fund has awarded $176,065 in teacher grants supporting four hundred forty-two teachers’ projects in the city of Somerville along with emergency grants to East Somerville teachers after the devastating school fire.
In late March, 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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