To: Democrat & Chronicle, Irondequoit
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From: Carol A. Crumlish, Director of Public Information, 336-3067
Date:
June 16, 2006
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
West
Irondequoit Foundation president Barbara James presented a check to the school
district at the Board of Education meeting on June 15 in the amount of
$26,603.21. The money will fund the
following grants requested by district faculty:
$10,516.00 for Data Collection
Probes - requested by Michael Liener,
Science Supervisor and Gail Grinnell, Director of Technology. The grant will provide probes for students at
IHS, to expand the opportunities started by a similar grant for Dake Junior
High in 2005. The equipment will allow
students to gather data, input it into a computerized spreadsheet, and graph
and analyze their work. It supports
student-centered, inquiry based experiments already in place and develops them
to a higher level of understanding.
$7,600.00 to purchase a Digital
Video Server –
submitted by David Marshall, Technology Teacher and Daniel Reardon, Coordinator
of Media Services. The equipment will
allow students to output class video projects to local cable access television,
showcasing student work to the entire community. Students will now be able to follow the steps
of video production from conception to broadcast.
$644.91 for Digital Imagery
Equipment for Brookview School Web Site and Electronic Newsletter – proposed by teachers Mary Marianetti and Kate DeVoldre. The purchase of a digital camera with video
capabilities will allow teachers to add pictures and video to their Web pages
and to the school newsletter. This will
strengthen the communication between school and families as parents will have
the opportunity to
view teacher lessons and student demonstrations via computer.
$2002.30 for What a Relief! (Map,
That Is) -
requested by Mary Anna Russo, Director,
$840 for a Teleprompter for the Dake
Morning Show –
submitted by Bryan Swanson, Technology Teacher.
Dake students plan and deliver morning announcements in a news show
format each morning at the school.
Students watch the broadcast on televisions in their classrooms. The teleprompter will improve the quality of
the show by allowing the student anchors to maintain eye contact with the
camera while reading the news instead of reading from sheets of paper as they
have been doing. Students will gain
hands-on experience in both reading from and setting up the teleprompter.
$5,000 toward a Grand Piano – requested by Stephen Beamish,
Music Coordinator. This is the second of three payments of
$5,000 each toward the Yamaha Grand Piano which was delivered to IHS in
December 2005. The instrument is used by
7-12 music groups and for theatrical performances. The piano was specially selected to be used
in the newly renovated auditorium at
The West
Irondequoit Foundation (WIF) is a not-for-profit organization established in
1987 to receive gifts, bequests and donations in order to provide funding to
enhance the educational programs of the West Irondequoit Central School
District (WICSD). It raises funds to underwrite teacher-initiated grants for
projects, equipment and programs that cannot be supported by the district’s
annual operating budget.
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For further
information contact Carol Crumlish, WICSD Liaison to the West Irondequoit
Foundation @ 336-3067 or 703-6460.