Investing in Academic Excellence

The Lewiston Education Fund,established in
2002, is a nonprofit organization created tp
fund projects and programs that expand educational
opportunities, foster creativity, and enhance
academic excellence in Lewiston's public schools.

Grants Awarded - Fall 2007

The first grant of $2500 was awarded to Giselle Cyr of the Lewiston Middle School. The proposal is entitled The Book Cafe. Targeted students, reading below grade level will be invited to read in the new Book Cafe at Lewiston Middle School from 2:15 to 3:00 three days a week. A literacy teacher will be available to help students select books and to lead book discussions.

The second $2500 grant was awarded to Samantha Wilson, Dennis Mancine, Linda St. Laurent, Tammy Thibodeau, Mary Rider, and Elyce Reavely. The group is from Lewiston High School. The math teachers will align the math curriculum to the updated MLRs and create classroom activities that focus on performance tasks, project based learning, differentiated instruction and integrated curriculum. Math concepts will be related to career choices and will be integrated into the curriculum. In particular, activities that integrate English and math will be implemented.

A $1000 grant was awarded to Dwayne Conway, Lindsey-Rae Delorme, Pamylah Brown, Sarah Levasseur, Howard Ellis, and Allyson White from Lewiston Middle School. Their proposal is entitled Get Connected, Stay Connected. The project is an interdisciplinary unit that will engage the students in celebrating their shared cultural heritage. Students will learn how quilts have traditionally represented the cultural, economic, and political atmosphere of the community. Ultimately the students will create a bloc quilt expressing cultural stories. See our news page for a Sun Journal article on this project.

A second grant of $1000 was awarded to Judy Radigan of Lewiston High School. This proposal involves rewriting the Algebra I curriculum into a Layered Curriculum format. This will include choices for the C Layer, the B Layer and the A Layer. The concepts will be organized into small units designed around student interests and learning styles.

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