Jaworek School:

• $1,097 to kindergarten teacher, Tania Benedetto and the Jaworek kindergarten staff for "Book Contracts," a program aimed at challenging more advanced readers. Students will read the books purchased for the program and then complete ten corresponding extension activities within four to six weeks. Areas involved will include writing, math and science.
  
  
• $350 to Joan Cusson and Brenda Malone, Grade 1 teachers for "Gail Gibbons, Author Study and Complete Library." Funds will be used to purchase 2 non-fiction libraries that will enrich existing literacy program and will be used by all 8 first grade classes.
  

Kane School:

• $550 to Kane School Principal, John Collins and Assistant Principal, Mary Murphy for "School Store." This program will involve students in the grade 2-3 resource room. The grant will be used to purchase a rolling cart and cash register. The store will operate during lunches and at other times. Students will apply for various positions in the "store" and will learn to manage money, inventory and sales.

Marlborough Intermediate Elementary School:

• $1,100 to Elaine Exarhopoulos, grade 4 teacher for "Math Literature Extension Project." The grant will be used to purchase 4 sets of fiction books that will help all fourth grade students relate to and understand the math they learn in class through literature.
  
  
• $1,000 to Rebecca Zieminski, Literacy Teacher, for "Touchphonics", a nationally recognized, phonics-based reading system designed for students who need to improve their reading skills. The kit includes reproducible "little books" and masters that may be used for many years to come.

Marlborough Middle School:

• $2,046 to William White, grade 7 teacher, for the purchase of a wind tunnel and fog generator that will be used by all technology/engineering students to test the aerodynamics of the CO2 dragsters they design and build in class.
  
  
• Recipient of the FishEye Software, Inc. grant for the promotion of science and math technology within the schools: $2,910 to Phyllis Goldblatt, grade 5 and 6 D.E.L.V.E. teacher for "Robots Rule!" This grant will be used to purchase Lego Mindstorm kit(s) so that students can study, build and program their own robots.
  
  
• $539 to Phyllis Goldblatt, grade 5 and 6 D.E.L.V.E. teacher for "SpinS" (Students and Parents into Science. Parents and students will design and build parachutes or hot air balloons and test them in competitions against other family teams.

Marlborough High School:

• $450 to Sharon Buckley, Health teacher for the purchase of 3 video tapes dealing with the media’s portrayal of violence and stereotypes. These videos will be viewed by all 11th and 12th grade students.
  

• Recipient of the Zammatti/Carvalho grant for promoting literacy education within the schools: $1,010 to Mark Vital, high school English teacher for "Bringing Shakespeare into the Classroom". This grant will be used to purchase 37 Shakespeare plays on DVD that will be used by all high school English classes. The DVDs will also be available to other students throughout the Marlborough school system.

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