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The Foundation is a non-profit organization formed in 1987 to raise funds to provide educational enhancements for students in the West Irondequoit School District.  The Foundation made its first grant to the district in 1990 and since then, has granted $463,000 to the district. These funds have been used to purchase equipment such as computers, library technology, musical instruments, and science and math equipment, as well as fund pilot programs such as the Kids' Institute and Home to School Literacy Link.
 

 West Irondequoit Foundation Officers

Dave Whitehouse, President
Kevin Marren, Vice President
Paul Dreher, Treasurer
Fran DiPrima, Secretary

West Irondequoit Foundation Projects Funded

2009 Grant Award: $30,370

- Flip cameras for elementary school students

- Digital video mixer to create video productions

- Video data projectors for classroom use

- Technology updates for Performing Arts


2008 Grant Award: $23,572

- Document cameras (ELMO's) for IHS math,

IHS English and elementary classes

- Texas Instruments Navigator System for

Dake math classes

- AV Rover system with ONFinity technology

for IHS special education classrooms


2007 Grant Award: $40,785

-Interactive classroom media equipment for Dake social studies classes

-Programs to support the goal of a Regents level diploma for all students

-Photography equipment for IHS art classes

-Graphing calculators for IHS math classes

-SMART Board for IHS math classes

-Animal skeletal models for the Helmer Nature Center

-Grand piano (final payment)

 

2006 Grant Award: $26,603
—Lab Pro science equipment for IHS
—Grand piano (partial)
—Digital Video Server
—Digital Imagery Equipment
—Teleprompter for the Dake Morning Show
—Two additional relief maps for the Helmer Nature Center

2005 Grant Award: $27,647
—Lab Pro science equipment for Dake Junior High classrooms
—Grand piano (partial)
—Dake Junior High Morning Show
—Parent-Educator Resource Library
—Non-Linear Digital Video Editing System
—What a Relief! (Maps that is!) for the Helmer Nature Center

2004 Grant Award: $22,553
— Video Data Projection systems for student instruction & staff development
— Humanities gallery
— Portable stage shared by K-3 schools
— Digital wireless weather station with web cam
— Digital equipment for IHS Art Department

2003 Grant Award: $28,040
— Full Stage Acoustic Shell (partial)
— Mastering Math A
— Iroquois School Data Projectors
— Climbing to Peak Performance climbing wall extensions
— Anatomical Models for Instructional Support
— Madrigalia Concert & Symposium (partial)
— MPEG Multicast Network Streaming

2002 Grant Award: $25,000
— Full Stage Acoustic Shell (partial)
— Sensation and Perception Story Book
— Data Projectors for Instructional Support
— Stereo Microscopes
— Non-Linear Digital Video Editing System
— K-12 Visual Art Reference Library

2001 Grant Award: $30,000
— Physical Science Kits
— Wireless Mobil Computer Lab
— Doubling Our Efforts in Math A

2000 Grant Award: $19,000
— Elementary Summer Math Lab
— NYS Social Studies Begins with Technology
— ED Tech Cart

1999 Grant Award: $18,720
— English Language Arts summer tutorial program
— 3 Flex cams for scientific inquiry during lab projects
— Groundwater Simulation Program
— 6 ECOLOG 5 Probeware Data Logging Systems
— Resource Room technology purchase for updated equipment

1998 Grant Award: $12,500
— 2 Banks of Wood Bleachers
— Electric Winches for Main Court Backstops

1997 Grant Award: $33,500
— 221 Cooper Road Project

1995 Grant Award: $20,000
— Home to School: The Literacy Link
— Kids Institute at Dake
— Dake School Music Center

1994 Grant Award: $25,000
— Computers for Peak Performance
— Mathematics, Reading and Writing Technology
— Promoting Mathematics and Reading Outcomes through Computers for Grades 2/3
— Computer Bulletin Board System
— Operating Seismograph Instruction
— Communications System for Video Production
— Continuation of Alumni Courtyard Project

1993 Grant Award: $25,000
— Math Computers in Elementary 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms
— Video projector at Middle School level
— School's Out Contractors
— Irondequoit High School Library Automation
— Continuation of Alumni Courtyard Project

1992 Grant Award: $30,000
— Operation Complete Instruments
— K-3 Math Manipulatives
— Dake Library Automation
— Day with a Scholar
— Interactive Multi-Media in Science
— Continuation of Alumni Courtyard Project

1991 Grant Award: $30,000
— Information Up and Running
— Laser Videodisk Technology
— Operation Complete Instruments
— Library Media Project
— West Irondequoit Alumni Courtyard

1990 Grant Award: $25,000
— Library/Media Project

Alumni Courtyard at IHS

 

 

 

ALUMNI COURTYARD BRICK
ORDER FORM

 

Courtyard map

 

West Irondequoit Foundation
Meeting Dates

October 19, 2009

November 16, 2009

December 14, 2009

January 25, 2010

February 22, 2010

March 15, 2010

April 26, 2010

May 10, 2010

June 14, 2010

Graduation Reception: June 20, 2010

 

 

THE SLATE PROJECT

GRANT PROPOSAL APPLICATION
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