Among this year’s AEFI grant recipients was the Visual Image Projection project at Amesbury Middle School. This image was created by Eli Segal.
2011 Grant Awards
Program: Storytelling on the Move • $1,408.92
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Not Your Mother or Father’s PE • $3,000.00
Teacher: Sarah Bixby Centric • Amesbury High School
Program: Art Department Plus • $1,949.75
Teacher: Kenneth Parkinson • Amesbury High School
Program: The Great Shake Continues • $1,733.00
Teacher: Gale Regis • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Exercise “Mat” ters • $3,952.00
Teacher: Patty Bradley • Cashman Elementary School
Program: One Small Step on the Way to One Big Impact • $742.08
Teacher: Connie Wall • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Sticks and Stones • $1,830.00
Teacher: Bethany Noseworthy • Amesbury Academy
Program: Natures Speaks • $3,475.00
Teacher: Brett Manoloff • Amesbury High School
Program: Wow Your Audience/Teaching with Imagination • $4,500.00
Teacher: Cathy Jackson and Susan Kakides • Amesbury Middle School
Grant: Jeffrey Donovan Scholarship for the Arts • $10,000
Recipient: Ashlie Lima • Amesbury High School
Grant: Jordan M. Shay Memorial Grant • $10,000
Recipient: Barbara Leary/AHS Math Department • Amesbury High School
Project: Making Math Accessible
2010 Grant Awards
Program: Leaving Only Footprints • $2,435.53
Teacher: Karen Iworsky • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Miles, Meals and Meters • $2120.00
Teachers: Margaret Welch and Suzanne Morin • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Free Weight Lifting Program for All • $3,000
Teacher: Sarah Bisby Centric • Amesbury High School
Program: Field Notes on the Fly • $1492.90
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Picture Perfect • $160.00
Teacher: Ann Bartkiewicz • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Uncovering Amesbury’s Geologic Past – One slice at a Time – a Multi School Approach • $3,550.00
Teacher: Mark Casto • Amesbury High School with both Elementary Schools involved
Program: The Big Splash – Halting Bullies While Feeding Creative Minds • $2395.00
Teacher: Stacey Sheehan • Amesbury Middle School
Program: The Sounds of Music • $2225.00
Teachers: Bethany Noseworthy and Erik Smith • Amesbury Strategic Academy
Program: High School Choral Risers • $3885.00
Teacher: Tom Horan • Amesbury High School
Grant: Jordan M. Shay Memorial Grant • $10,000
Project: Foundations for Fitness • Amesbury Elementary School
Grant: Jeffrey Donovan Scholarship for the Arts • $10,000
Recipient: Rebecca Donohue • Amesbury High School
2009 Grant Awards
Program: Feed your Body, Feed your Brain • $2,750
Teachers: Louise Cramer, Carole Ann Quinlan & Cynthia Shields • Amesbury High School
Program: Lego Robotics Lab • $2,160
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Mind Tools in the Classroom • 2,800
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Dear Mr. Woodwell: Letters from AHS Alumni Preservation Project • $368
Teacher: Patricia Hoyt • Amesbury High School
Program: How to Make a Big Splash and Win an Emmy • $1765
Teacher: Patty Hoyt • Amesbury Middle School and High School
Program: Rocket Math • $95
Teacher: Cathy Jackson • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Interactive Whiteboard Technology • $2800
Teachers: Glynis Cooney, Derek Bent and AMS 6th Grade • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Character for Life – Educating Youth for Life Beyond School • $1340
Teacher: Bethany Noseworthy • Academy of Strategic Learning
Program: Multimedia Art Package • $1,240
Teachers: Ann Bartkiewicz and Susan Olsen • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Studio Easels for Class Work • $1984.35
Teacher: Kenneth Parkinson • Amesbury High School
Program: Poultry in Motion – Egg Hatching • $758
Teacher: Liz Morris • Amesbury Elementary School
Grant: AEFI Fall Grant • $10,000
Project: Gallery Spaces • Amesbury High School
Grant: Jeffrey Donovan Scholarship for the Arts • $10,000
Recipient: Meghan Little • Amesbury High School
2008 Grant Awards
Program: Movie in the Classroom • $3,300
Teacher: Cathy Jackson • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Greenhouse Studies • $3,575
Teachers: Pam Gagnon and Peg Welch • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Real Time Science • $4,000
Teacher: Mark Joseph Casto • Amesbury High School
Program: Creating Alternative Art Forms • $3,000
Teacher: Kenneth Parkinson • Amesbury High School
Program: Visual Art Technology Package • $2,996
Teachers: Ann Bartkiewicz and Susan Olson • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Quizdom in the Technology Multimedia Center • $2,398
Teacher: Beth Cavalier • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Music and Movement Material, Instrumental and Music Request
Teacher: Sandra Stanton • Amesbury Elementary School and District
Program: Leap Frog Early Literacy Systems • $1495
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Digital Science Lab • $1893.30
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Grant: AEFI Fall Grant • $10,000
Project: Green Thumbs to a Greener Earth • Cashman Elementary School
Over $23,000 in grants were awarded this year, bringing our total amount awarded in the last 6 years to over $93,000!
2007 Grant Awards
Program: Boston College Seismology Project • $2,149
Teacher: Gale Regis • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Enhancing Instruction Assessment and Learning in Mathematics • $3,652
Teachers: Karen Iworsky and Beth Cavalier • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Jump Start • $500
Teacher: Margaret Welch • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Historical Perspectives Through the Arts • $3,700
Teachers: Maggie Furlong and Tom Horan • Amesbury High School
Program: Visual Image Projection – $1,500
Teachers: Ann Bartkiewicz and Ken Parkinson • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Poster Outreach Project • $2,500
Teachers: Leslie Barnaby and Peg Laufer • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Basic Aid Training for Grade 5 • $375
Teachers: Laura Mirandi and Catherine Hill • Amesbury Middle School
2006 Grant Awards
Program: Spotlight Assemblies • $2,450
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Vote for Your Favorite Book • $3,000
Teacher: Maureen Hardin • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Art Tech III • $2,000
Teachers: Ann Bartkiewicz & Ken Parkinson • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Historic Amesbury Preservation Project • $500
Teachers: Paul Jancewicz & Russ Munroe • Amesbury High School
Program: Cashman Game Night • $1,825
Teachers: Laurie McAllister, Beth Cavalier & Dee Vachon • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Graveyard Local History Project • $1,000
Teacher: Carol Grosky • Academy of Strategic Learning
Program: Year Round Student Art Exhibitions • $485
Recipients: Karen Greenfield & Carol Bartlett / Central Office • All Schools
Program: ABC Quilt Project • $1,540
Teachers: Laura Mirandi, Catherine Hill & Sean Rogers • Amesbury Middle School
Program: US History Alphabet Book Project • $470
Teachers: Sue Dosick & Kristin Walsh • Amesbury High School
Program: MCAS Math Remediation • $4,000
Teacher: Cindy Yetman • Amesbury High School
Program: The Next Step in Recycling • $600
Teacher: Patti Sanborn • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Headphone Haven: Escape to Learning Island • $3,910
Teachers: Leslie Barnaby, Cathy Eddy, Lisa Dupere & Marianne Mueller • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Spotlight Student Success • $1,000
Teachers: Susanne Morin & Margaret Welch • Amesbury Elementary School
2005 Grant Awards
Program: Cashman Enclosed Playground • $964.99
Teacher: Florence Emerson • Cashman Elementary School
Program: CO2 Dragster Motion Project • $1,210
Teacher: Bill Gallant • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Art Tech II • $2,000
Teacher: Ann Bartkiewicz • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Music and Movement • $1,000
Teacher: Cathy Mamakos • All Schools
Program: Global Institute for Student Aspirations • $2,500
Teacher: Peter Hoyt • Cashman Elementary School
Program: Design and Implementation of a Wireless Computer Lab • $1,487.95
Teacher: Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Establishing Low Brass Inventory • $2,000
Teacher: Nick Costello • Amesbury Middle School
2004 GRANT AWARDS
Program: Reading Through the Ages • $715
Teachers: Anita Marsh, Maureen Hardin, Maureen Donahue & Margie Shepard • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Food and Nutrition Mentoring • $1,500
Teachers: Margaret Furlong & Linda Young • Amesbury High School
Program: Ignite Mentor Program • $1,000
Teachers: Mark Casto, Margaret Furlong & Ralph Noon • Amesbury High School
Program: ArtTech • $1,962.30
Teachers: Ann Bartkiewicz & Ken Parkinson • Amesbury Middle School
Program: Drumming Circles • $2,000
Teachers: Cathy Mamakos, Linda Young, Sandy Stanton, Chris Perry,
Bonnie Joe Koester-May & Kristina Raymond • District Wide
Program: Staging Social Skills • $1,500
Teachers: Suzanne Morin, Margaret Welch & Carrie Keefe • Amesbury Elementary School
2003 GRANT AWARDS
Program: Historic Amesbury Preservation Project • $460
Teachers: Paul Jancewicz & Mia Rowlands • Amesbury High School
Program: Music Movement Therapy for Special Needs Students K-12 • $1,500
Teachers: Bonnie Jo Koester, Cathy Mamakos, Chris Perry, CaroleAnn Quinlan, Sandra Stanton, and Linda Young • Amesbury High School, Middle School, Elementary School & Cashman Elementary
Program: Literacy Loft & Family Literacy Center • $970
Teachers: Geraldine Fegan, Billie McLane, Elizabeth Morris & Diana Sanborn • Amesbury Elementary School
Program: Home I School Literacy Connection • $970
Teachers: Lisa Dupere & Maria Ferrandini • Cashman Elementary Schoo
Project: Woodlands Trail Project • $1,100
Teachers: Pamela Gagnon & Bruce McBrien • Amesbury Elementary School
