Grant History

2012-2013 Grants

AMOUNT
Barrington High School:  
A 3-D Printer for prototype creation in engineering, math, science, and art $5,233.00
Art display boards to enable HS Arts Night and community-wide display $4,705.00
Video Streaming Equipment for production of live broadcasts of school events $1,451.00
Lighting and Rigging equipment for the HS auditorium $36,000.00
Nayatt, Primrose Hill, Sowams, & HMS:  
Non-fiction books in support of Common Core for library collections ($2,000 each) $8,000.00
Nayatt, Sowams, and Primrose Hill School:  
iPads and iPad document camera stands for all classes in a single grade level $7,626.00
Primrose Hill School:  
Ukuleles – adding a stringed instrument program for the first time $744.00
Sowams School:  
Kiln, to allow students to experience the 3-D processes of working with clay  $2,784.00
 

$66,542.00

2011-2012 Grants

AMOUNT
Barrington High School:  
Vitual Synthesizer Software (3 sets) $2,745.00
Large capacity, production ceramics kiln $2,499.00
Vernier & Pasco Probeware for chemistry & physics $8,634.00
Laptop Learning–recharging cart plus laptops for library $10,000.00
Barrington Middle School:  
Cold Frame for garden project $375.00
Hampden Meadows:  
Learning in Motion: stability balls & standing desks $3,601.00
Innovative iPads pilot project $8,050.00
Nature Trail project with Audubon in woods behind school $6,500.00
Printing Press $625.00
Nayatt, Primrose Hill, Sowams, & HMS:  
STEM Materials for libraries ($1500 each) $6,000.00
 

$49,029.00

2010-2011 Grants

AMOUNT
Barrington High School:  
Elmo LCD Cart (camera system for artwork) $1,015.00
Rachel’s Challenge: character education program $4,050.00
Intercom/Communication Equipment for Sunrise show $9,152.00
Barrington Middle School:  
Archiquest Building Kits $1,144.25
Energy Transformations in a Power Plant: 10 steam engines for science $1,987.19
10 Clip-on microphones for theater $4,290.00
Ladibugs for Math Department (10 document cameras) $5,842.00
Hampden Meadows:  
Creating Writers in the 21st Century: 24 laptops on cart $15,930.71
Chime Ensemble for music department $950.00
Mindware: educational board games $279.44
Sowam’s:  
Multi-Media Monitor & Speakers $345.99
Multi-Media Presentation Unit (cart, projector, camera) $1,969.00
Nayatt:  
Developing Reading Fluency: books on tapes $596.00
Laptops on recharging cart $11,302.19
HMS, Nayatt, Primrose, and Sowam’s:  
Ready, Set, Research: $1000 in reference materials per school library $4,000.00
 

$62,853.77

2009-2010 Grants

AMOUNT
Barrington High School:  
24 laptops on recharging cart $14,314.49
Student Response Clickers & Interwrite Mobile for 3 departments $11,114.00
Reference eBooks for library $5,000.00
Barrington Middle School:  
Casio Camera w/ High Speed Video for Science Dept $430.00
Mobi Interactive Tablets & Clickers $4,644.04
Hampden Meadows:  
8 Netbooks $3,608.00
50 frames to display student artwork in halls $2,813.50
Book Club Books $1,800.00
Digital Storytelling: podcast technology for oral history work $1,531.88
Norah Dooley – Guest Speaker/Dance Instructor $800.00
Flip Camcorder for use in library and classrooms $523.79
Sowam’s:  
Intro. To Tai Chi: Physical/Social Movement for 4 weeks $2,880.00
Primrose Hill:  
Art Shapes the World: variety of art prints & books $601.24
Nayatt, Primrose, and Sowam’s:  
Healthy Kids, Healthy Learners: non fiction books for libraries $6,000.00
 

$56,060.94