2023 GRANTS AWARDED
Song of the Sea, Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts (TCFA) - Marina Delaney ($640)
A celebration of Celtic culture for Trumansburg youth through music, art, food and film.
High School Publications Program Camera - Rebecca Czajkowski ($1,300)
The HS Publications program purchased a new camera with this funding.
Food is Elementary, Trumansburg After School Program (TASP) - Carol Bobertz ($1,000) November 2023
Children used hands-on exploration, tasting, and cooking activities to learn about nutritious foods.
Summer Theatre Arts Week (TCFA) - Marina Delaney ($958) July 2023
These funds helped to expand summer programming to include a “Teen Dance Theatre Intensive” (TDT) week for ages 13 and up.
The Lightning Thief Novel for every 6th grader - Juliet Thomas ($682) June 2023
This grant will help to cover the cost of 80 copies of The Lightning Thief for Ms. Thomas’ 6th Grade students, which will enable them to annotate their own text directly.
Women for afghan women high school presentation - rebecca czajkowski ($500) April 2023
High School students in 9th and 12th grade will attend a virtual presentation led by Najia Nasim, Executive Director of Women for Afghan Women to learn about the existing and historical conditions of gender politics in Afghanistan, as well as in the resettlement process. The presentation and discussion will complement the English 9 unit on "I Am Malala," where students will discuss human rights, and the historical context of US involvement in Afghanistan.
5th/6th Grade S.T.E.A.M. Career Day Presentations - Heather Bascom ($250) March 2023
This grant will help to support volunteer speakers for the 5th/6th Grade S.T.E.A.M. Career Day Presentations.
AFTER PROM - Nana Potenza ($1,000)
The Charles O. Dickerson Class of 2024 will use these grant funds to provide a safe, fun, and inclusive space for 150 juniors and seniors for an After-Prom Party following their high school prom, taking place at the Trumansburg Conservatory on May 13, 2023.
BLACK LOCUST INITIATIVE - DAVE GELL ($1,000)
Five high school and middle school students will learn to restore benches and picnic tables previously built by youth in 2011. The restoration process will involve sanding and replacing existing white oak boards as well as structural repairs, and applying plant-based finishes to recover the wood and protect it from the elements. Participants will gain an understanding of the difference between the “fast furniture” and sustainable design.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL PICNIC - KAYLA KUCERAK ($500)
The end-of-year High School Student Council Picnic celebrates and recognizes students’ achievements with an academic award ceremony and supports students’ emotional and social wellness with food, games, and competitions. This grant will help to support this event, benefitting over 300 students in grades 9-12.
8th Grade WashinGTon D.C. Trip - William Begeal ($1,000)
This grant will help to support 79 8th Graders attending an end-of-year trip to Washington D.C. Students will visit historic places, such as Arlington Cemetery, the U.S. Capitol, the National Mall, monuments, museums, and memorials.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLORING BOOKS - SARAH APKER ($550)
Kindergarten through 4th Grade students will contribute drawings to create a coloring book during Youth Art Month. At the end of the school year all elementary students will receive a copy of this special coloring book.
Trumansburg Girls on the Run Program - Nicole Hubbell, Claire Hoffmire* ($4,500)
The Trumansburg Education Foundation is proud to support the 2023 Trumansburg Girls on the Run Team by helping to reduce the cost of participant registration, making this program more accessible to all who wish to participate. Girls on the Run is an evidence-based, national youth development program designed to teach critical life skills along with physical activity to promote healthy outcomes for girls in 3rd through 5th grades. The Trumansburg Girls on the Run Team will finish their season at the community May Day 5K Race on June 3, 2023. Thanks to donor gifts for helping to make this wellness grant possible!
*Claire Hoffmire is a voting board member of the Trumansburg Education Foundation. As 2023 Girls on the Run Coach and co-contributor for this grant application, Claire abstained from voting during the TEF grant review.
2022 GRANTS AWARDED
High School STEAM/FRENCH Program expandS maple syrup curriculum - Rachel Paparone ($967.97)
The Foundation is proud to support this High School STEAM/French program in expanding their maple syrup production process, allowing multidisciplinary curriculum and a bilingual immersion experience to encompass grades K-12. In addition, this project will create a culture of entrepreneurship around maple syrup that allows students to fundraise for a trip to Quebec. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Foundation is able to provide funds to purchase maple syrup bottles, an evaporator, a digital smart thermometer, and winter gloves and boots in various sizes for students of all ages.
Trumansburg School S.t.e.a.m. team attendED nyscate conference - Pam Rapoza ($4,450)
Thanks to donor support, the Trumansburg Education Foundation was able to help cover the costs for members of the Trumansburg School S.T.E.A.M. team to attend the NYSCATE (New York Association of Computers and Technology in Education) Conference, November 19-22, 2022. The conference brought together educators, administrators, tech companies, and educational leaders from across the globe for 15 conference sessions that span all topics in the pre-K through 12 realm. The Trumansburg team shared 6 presentations with the conference audience as representatives of a model school for S.T.E.A.M. programming.
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts Musical Theater Arts Summer Program - Marina Delaney ($690)
The Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts 2022 Musical Theater Arts Summer Program focused on health and well-being through an original musical written for MTA entitled Dream On. Thanks to generous donor support, TEF was able to provide $690 toward the purchase of yoga mats, dri-fit athletic wear costumes, and healthy snacks. This grant benefitted up to 15 students ages 7-12, and the yoga mats will be available for future programs/activities.
Middle School Mosaic Mural, Alice Heise ($1,500 awarded in 2018, project completed in Spring 2022)
Thanks to Rachel Kennedy, artist and MS parent, for her beautiful work on the new Middle School Mosaic Mural.
high school student council end-of-year picnic - kayla kucerak ($2,000)
The TEF board of directors is pleased to have donor funding available to support this out-of-cycle grant, in order to help the High School Student Council provide a fun, activity-filled day to celebrate the year’s accomplishments and the beginning of summer. Grant funds will be used to support outdoor activities and pep rally games (slip & slide, pool kickball, three-legged race, relay races, and a water balloon challenge). Student Council also plans to include craft tents (ceramics, tie dye, and jewelry making) and a chicken barbecue lunch.
2021-2022 middle school yearbooks for all - Tammy parker ($200)
Thanks to contributions from our donors, in June 2022, all 8th Grade Trumansburg students received a 2021-2022 Middle School yearbook of their own. This was extra special for the 8th graders as the MS Yearbook Club established a new 8th Grade Feature section within the yearbook showcasing ALL 8th graders, including an additional special picture of each student, as well as text below the picture that shares their favorite sports/hobbies, favorite quote, favorite place and 3 character traits to describe themselves.
2nd annual MIDDLE SCHOOL day of service, june 2022 - Jennie Mayo ($950)
We are proud to support the 2nd Annual Middle School Day of Service, using donor funds to help supply paint, lumber, and plants to students, teachers and staff who spent the day of service working on beautification projects around the school and surrounding Trumansburg community.
BREATHE FOR CHANGE - WELLNESS, S.E.L. & YOGA TEACHER TRAINING - tammy parker ($1,995)
In honor of the Duddleston Family gift dedicated to Wellness initiatives, we are proud to support a 200-hour program that will allow Tammy Parker, a Trumansburg middle school teacher, to become certified to teach yoga classes to students and adults in the district, beginning with 6th grade and, eventually, extending to the elementary and high schools.
Trumansburg Girls on the Run, Spring 2022 ($3,240) - Genna knight*, claire hoffmire*, nicole hubbeLl
*Program postponed in Spring 2020, funds re-issued in Spring 2022.
Third through 5th grade girls work together with trained coaches to build confidence and learn important life skills through dynamic interactive lessons and physical training, working toward a culminating 5K race at the end of the 12 weeks.
*Genna Knight and Claire Hoffmire are current, voting board members of the Trumansburg Education Foundation. They applied for this grant as 2019 Girls on the Run Coaches but were not voting board members at the time the application was submitted or reviewed (i.e., neither voted on funding for this application).
FALL 2021 GRANTS
FULL STEAM AHEAD, $205.95
Funding will provide age-appropriate STEAM-themed activities for Pre-K students in the after-school program.
BLACK HISTORY QUILTING PROJECT, $1,050
Funds will help to purchase sewing machines, fabric, and supplies to engage students in making wall quilts to celebrate Black History Month. The quilts will include messaging and original student art.
JOINING THE CONVERSATION, $250
We are happy to support this community celebration of Martin Luther King Jr., featuring arts and crafts focused on MLK themes.
SNOWBALL DANCE, $1,050
The high school Student Council received funding to help cover the cost of their snowball dance for grades 9-12, intended to boost student morale.
MAPLE SYRUP BUSINESS, $503
This project will cover the cost of a reverse osmosis filter to help build a maple syrup business in the high school, giving students an opportunity to learn planning, marketing and how to build equipment.
DELTA MATH, $102.50
This grant reimbursed the out-of-pocket cost for a middle school teacher to purchase Delta Math software for her classroom.
SPRING 2021 GRANTS
Musical Theatre Art week, $409
This funding was used to purchase 8 wireless microphone headsets for the summer 2021 Musical Arts Week to allow children, grades 4-8, to project their voices on stage while wearing masks.
STudent symposium, $1,500
We are proud to support the budget for high school student engagement in the planning and execution of the September 2021 community wide student symposium.
High school picnic, $2,000
The high school Student Council used these funds for an end-of-year school picnic to build school community and spirit and to rebuild student morale after a challenging year. Fundraising was not possible due to Covid restrictions.
fall 2020 granTS
the human experience
mr. sandwich reads
stand up to racism
steam-science technology projects for tasp
storytelling as a path to kindness
ukulele lending library
spring 2020 grantS
drone elective
historic wood crafting
letrs
musical theatre arts week
sitting-the taughannock giant
fall 2019 grantS
broadway musical
girls on the run
(Cancelled and funds returned)
kidz art @ tcfa
library games
(Cancelled and funds returned)
love of learning passes
national farm to school
(Cancelled and funds returned)
snacktivity
steam career day
(Cancelled and funds returned)
technology awareness week-2nd annual
(Event items sent home to elementary students)
we are all americans
(Cancelled and funds returned)
spring 2019 grantS
attracting pollinators
(Cancelled and funds returned)
Floor play
MIDDLE SCHOOL snack
musical theatre arts week
2nd grade class book
(Cancelled and funds returned)
steam learning
vitamin L
(Cancelled and funds returned)
Fall 2018 GrantS
lego lunches
Jennie Mayo, Middle School, $200
The grant was used to help the school counselor buy Legos to give Middle School an alternate recess opportunity with a STEM twist.
second grade class book
Elizabeth Durling, Elementary School, $200
Second grade students created a class book about their Thanksgiving customs, and this grant helped make sure all students who wanted a printed, bound book could buy one.
broadway musical theater workshop
Tammy Parker, Middle School, $2000
Student actors from the Trumansburg Middle School traveled to New York City to see a performance of Once Upon this Island on Broadway, and then attended a workshop with actors from the show.
What’s NewS
Seth Kotler, Middle School, $200
This grant helped flesh out the Middle School Lit Lab with high-interest information texts, such as Time Magazine and Scholastic Science World.
Technology Awareness Week
Mike Naylor, Elementary School, $400
This grant helped Mr. Naylor start a new program, Technology Awareness Week, in the elementary school, where families and students participated in activities that helped them learn how to better manage technology in their daily lives.
Jumpstart Online
Pam Rapoza, $1900
As part of our partnership with the Trumansburg Charitable Trust, this grant sent 10 teachers to a workshop that taught them how to integrate technology into the classroom, and how to share this new knowledge with fellow instructors.
Jazz Cabaret
Jennifer Henion, $350
This grant provides the fee for a professional jazz pianist to rehearse and perform with the vocal jazz ensemble. The vocal jazz ensemble showed their skills, accompanied by the professional jazz pianist, at the annual Valentine’s Day Jazz Cabaret, attended by parents, students, and other members of the community.
Tell Your Story
George Cook, TCFA, $300
This grant helped bring artist bookmaking expert and artist Laura Rowley to a “screen free” school break camp at TCFA, where students told their personal stories through bookmaking and other expressive arts.
Growing Nutrition for Growing Youth
Dave Gell, $1500
This grant helps middle school students learn about science, agriculture, and local systems by growing a garden, harvesting the produce, and helping feed students at the school.
spring 2018 GrantS
Woodcrafting
David Gell, Black Locust Initiative, $700
Project Reading Room
Seth Kotler, $500
Mosaic Mural
Alice Heise, Middle School, $1500
Musical Theatre Arts Week
Trumansburg Conservatory for the Fine Arts, $500
Harmony Bridge
Sarah Posegate & Hope Lewis, $1000
Using a robust curriculum developed by Michael Levine of the Dallas Brass, students in the middle school learned a set of American folk songs and then performed them for residents of
Jumpstart Online
Pam Rapoza, Teacher Professional Development
Project PBL
Pam Rapoza
standards deep dive
Pam Rapoza
Taiko Drum Repair
Kristen Robertson, Middle School, $354
SingSong Music
$2200
fall 2017 GranTS
3D Printer
High School Robotics Team, $1500
College Visits
$220
Air Quality Egg
$1000
Open Art Studio
Trumansburg Conservatory for the Fine Arts,$400
Youth Art Month
$1000
Jazz Cabaret
$350
Creativity through Performance
$300
SingSong Music
$2200
Tilapia for Tburg
$750
Fall 2016 GrantS
Youth Art Month
Ellen Pennock, $1000
Continuing the tradition of celebrating March as student art month, K-12 art teachers plan student participation throughout the year and special workshops in March, including “composing with flowers” workshops for elementary students, sustainable fashion workshops for middle school students, papermaking and book-binding workshops for high school students, and the creation of a “United Through Art” mural by high school students. The community viewed student work at the student art show on March 27th.
Jazz Cabaret
Jennifer Henion, $300
This grant provides the fee for a professional jazz pianist to rehearse and perform with the vocal jazz ensemble. On February 13th, the vocal jazz ensemble showed their skills, accompanied by the professional jazz pianist, at the annual Valentine’s Day Jazz Cabaret, attended by parents, students, and other members of the community.
Tburg Cares, Service Learning Day
Karen Randle and Gail Brisson, $750
All students in Pre-K through 4th grade spent a day contributing to their community through various community service projects in and around the school. The teachers used project-based learning strategies to engage students in planning, participating in, and reporting on the service projects. This grant was used toward the purchase of printed t-shirts for every elementary student, serving as a uniform for the students and an identifier for the community on the service learning day.
Bird Project
Sue Stein, $310
This grant was used to purchase a bird feeding system that allows students to monitor which birds are visiting feeders and to submit their data into a larger database, thus providing valuable information to bird population researchers around the world. At the same time, students are engaging in hands-on science and connecting with the natural world.
Seed Starting
Melissa Bryant and Sue Stein, $1122
This grant allowed for the purchase of a full-size seedling light cart with 16 trays, which is a grow light system used by multiple 7th grade students. The 7th grade Localvore classroom uses the grow light system to grow seedlings to sell at their school-run farmer’s market in the spring. The 7th grade Life Sciences classes use the grow light system to supplement light for the “biospheres in a jar” that they create during their study of plants.
Points Picnic
Neil DeRaiche, $200
The Charles O. Dickerson Student Council implemented a building-wide program to promote scholarship, service, leadership, and character in all high school students. The program uses a points system to encourage students to become involved in as many activities as they can throughout the year. The Student Council sponsors a “Points Picnic” in the spring, to which all students are eligible to participate if they earn enough points. This grant was used to help cover the costs of the picnic, including refreshments and awards.
Mobile Stem
Beth Miles, $178
The Mobile Stem After –School Research Facility introduces K -2 students to the core STEM process skills, which are observing, questioning, hypothesizing, predicting, planning, interpreting, and communicating. This grant was used to purchase materials needed for hands-on STEM activities, including wooden cups, straws, tape, wooden cubes, and boxes of spaghetti.
Art Classes at the Conservatory
Ezra Delaney, $300
The Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts (TCFA) offers the community opportunities to take low-cost art courses and workshops in the areas of painting, printmaking, and drawing. This grant specifically helped to fund a series of free Saturday morning classes entitled “Introduction: Painting & Printing” for Trumansburg students in grades 8 through 12.
Meditation and Yoga
Dawn Kucerak, $750
High school students in grades 10 through 12 met for weekly sessions during their psychology classes to learn about mindfulness strategies and exercises, to use as stress and anxiety reduction tools, thus empowering students with techniques to use as they navigate their academic, family, and social experiences. This grant covered the cost of an instructor to create and implement the mindfulness curriculum.
Storytime at the Ulysses Philomathic Library
Annette Birdsall, $250
Storytime at the Library supports the Ulysses Philomathic Library’s outreach to students in the community by providing a weekly opportunity for students to listen to engaging stories read aloud by an avid lover of children’s literature. This library program is one of many that focus on bringing students into the library to engage them in a love of reading and learning, while allowing other library patrons to continue working in an environment that meets their expectations.
Spring 2016 Grant Recipients
Classroots: A Farm-to-School Experience
Melissa Bryant, Hope Lewis. Gail Brisson, $1,500
Classroots plans to connect local farmers, chefs, small-scale food producers, and researchers with the school community to promote nutrition, an awareness of local food production & culture, and to begin to establish relationships that could lead to internship & employment opportunities for high school students and graduates. Classroots will be a campus-wide celebration Friday, October 7, and will include art and music students. Chefs, farmers, and local food producers (including students who are beekeepers or who garden, raise animals, and cook) will lead demonstrations and activities.
Hoophouse Fiesta: Growing Salsa & Sustainability
Melissa Bryant, Gail Brisson, Alan Vogel, $750
Hoophouse Fiesta plans to establish an on-campus garden and hoop house so that TCSD Middle School students can grow greens, tomatoes, hot peppers, and herbs. Students will then use these ingredients to make salsa and other products that can be sold to staff. This project will invite local experts to share their knowledge with students about plant science, hydroponic gardens, sustainable agriculture, plant-breeding, and the basics of planting and growing. TCSD STEM students will be mentored through the design and construction of the hoop house.
Active Afterschool
Ulysses Philomathic Library, $250
Active Afterschool will support the library’s very active afternoons at the library program with the addition of new games for students. Many students hang out at the library between three and five in the afternoon, more resources are needed to help them occupy those two hours in a way that engages them in recreation and learning, and allows other library patrons to continue working in an environment that meets their expectations. Upper elementary and middle School students are the primary target for these resources.
“School of Fish” Student Mosaic Mural, Part 2
$1,200
This award will finish the installation of a K-12 collaborative mosaic mural with the help of local artist, Denise Milito. Engaging and actively involving the entire school in its design and creation, this 9’ x 15’ mosaic mural will be permanently installed on the exterior wall of the high school gym foyer. All k-12th grade students made their own individual tile for the mosaic at various times throughout the 2015-2016 school year.
Fall 2015 Educator Grant Recipients
Middle School Library Makers Club
$200
This will help with the purchase of materials for students to explore and work with building and controlling robots.
Middle School Author Visit
$800
Look for details of an author visit for middle school students, offering an opportunity to meet and talk with an author whose work students read.
Elementary School kits for developing fine motor skills
$200
This will support the assembling of classroom kits by our elementary school occupational therapist. The kits will be fun and help students develop needed skills. These experiences should help reduce referrals for special services for motor skill development.
Middle School Localvore Club
$1,000
This will help provide supplies for food experiences in the ELA special class as well as in other classes. The experiences include nutrition learning, learning about local food sources, organizing and presenting information, food preparation and sampling. Many will be integrated with ELA topics. Funds will also go toward the planning and construction of a food cart in technology classes.
Middle School Fifth Grade Music Classes workshops
$1,000.
Classes will participate in 4 in-class workshops led by Music for Unity. They will explore themes of unity, culture, civil rights through music. Materials related to the workshop experiences are available for the teacher to use throughout the year.
K-12 Youth Art Month and Mosaic Mural Project
$1,500
Continuing the tradition of celebration March as student art month, K-12 art teachers plan student participation throughout the year and special workshops in March to make special tiles for an outdoor mural installation. Foundation funds will help support the materials needed and the services of a local artist to work with students on final design and installation. The community is invited to a special art show on March 31.
The High School Jazz Ensemble
$300
This will provide the fee for a professional jazz musician to rehearse and play with the group to develop their skills. At this year’s Jazz Cabaret on February 10th, the ensemble (will show) their skills.
High School Robotics Club
$1,000
This will help in the purchase of a control system board and supplies to give students an opportunity to work on component parts and programming of a control system. It will provide a foundation for training on robotics control for this and future years.
Fall 2014 Educator GranTS
Trumansburg Afterschool Program
$199
For the purchase of durable science (plant and animal) specimens to promote the powers of observation for 30-35 K-2 children.
Trumansburg ES/MS Robotics Team
$500
For the purchase an FLL Robot EV3 kit, the basic, primary component needed to compete in the coming year’s FIRST Lego League Challenge, and will also be reused in future competitions.
Middle School Library
$350
For the purchase of paint and supplies for a student-designed mural outside the MS library, in a collaborative project with the Art Department. Approximately 30- students (grades 5-8) are anticipated to participate in the mural painting.
$1,500 to the Library to support the creation of a MakerSpace in the library. MakerSpaces feature collections of materials that enable students to take on projects that foster individual learning and experimentation. Funds will be used to purchase materials that would allow students to explore basic electronics, as well as a collection of tools and supplies for basic crafting and woodworking.
Trumansburg High School
$1,000
To support The Floating Classroom, a longtime ecology field trip.
Trumansburg High School Robotics Team
$2,000
Funds will be used to build a training robot to prepare the team for the 2014-2015 competitive season.
Fall 2013 Educator GrantS
Youth Art Month
A Youth Art Month will be celebrated in March 2014 across the Trumansburg Central School District to engage all students K-12 in activities and workshops. Artist workshops will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. High school students will create short informational movies using iPads about famous artists and their work. March ART Madness will involve students actively listening to and seeing artwork by famous artists, including via informational movies, and voting on their favorite, with a single artist winning and advancing until a single artist remains, representing the district winner. Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will be used to support activities and workshop for the month of March.
TASP Labyrinth Challenge
The Trumansburg Afterschool Program (Middle School) will receive funds to purchase two Labyrinth Balance boards to support an ongoing Labyrinth Challenge. Balance Boards encourage students to improve their balance and coordination, and increase their ability to concentrate when competing with each other.
Trumansburg Robot Raiders
The brand new High School Robotics Team will receive funds from the Trumansburg Education Foundation to support its rookie year, including registration for the season’s regional competition and materials and tools required to build a competitive robot. The competition – the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is “The Varsity Sport for the Mind.” FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. It’s as close to “real-world engineering” as a student can get.
Ulysses Philomathic Library Afterschool Activities
Funds will support What Teens Want, a series of afterschool activities to be hosted at the Ulysses Philomathic Library. Based on a survey of local teens, the library will provide the supervision, space, and promotion for activities such as movie making, knitting, writing, book discussions, community service, cooking, photography, drawing and anime. The series will be launched with a Dungeons and Dragons program.
Adopt-a-Band
Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will support a collaboration between the Russell Doig Middle School and the Ithaca Concert Band. Middle school students will sit side-by-side with Ithaca Concert Band members, enhancing their music education and inspiring them to continue with their instruments after graduation. The mentorship project will culminate in a concert on March 2, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.
2012 Educator GranTS
The following grant awards totaling $5,131 were made during 2012:
Elementary School Reading Buddies Program
Gail Brisson
Created “Reading Buddy Bins” organized around social studies topics, adding to resources already in place. The Reading Buddies Program pairs older and younger students to read and discuss books together, fostering both literacy and social studies goals. Teachers are developing lesson materials and activities for the books in the bins. The topics supported by this grant include Martin Luther King, Jr., Women’s History and United States Presidents. Elementary teachers and the elementary librarian worked together to select titles addressing the social studies curriculum and the Common Core Standards.
High School Living Environment Students-Floating Classroom
Sue Stein
Students participate in an ecology field trip aboard the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom research vessel. Students learn and conduct data collecting techniques; their data is added to a Citizen Science database. Students also take a walking, working field trip up Taughannock Creek to learn firsthand about stream ecology and geology. These outdoor experiences are prepared for and followed up with classroom discussion, graphing activities and written analysis questions.
Ulysses Philomathic Library New Technology
Two LeapFrog LeapPads were purchased to encourage young patrons (ages 2-5) and parents to enjoy stories and games in the development of early literacy skills. A family workshop teaching and exploring technology and literacy is planned.
Trumansburg Central School, Grades K-12 Youth Art Month
Ellen Pennock
Activities and special workshops planned by the K-12 art department will engage students during Youth Art Month (March 2013) and in February, March and April. Workshops in these three months will include four aspects and interpretations of plaster casting. A “March Madness” artists study and selection of favorites in each school will culminate in a professional artist ‘winner.’ The style of last year’s winner, Andy Goldsworthy, will be the inspiration for a planned outdoor school/community snow-art project. A K-12 Art show featuring student workshop art will be held in March. Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will provide resources for publicity, art materials for workshops and artist fees.
Middle School New Leaf Club Resources
Jennie Owens
The New Leaf Club is an extra-curricular opportunity for students in grades 5-8. The club activities support and teach healthy life style choices. It was a pilot program last year. This year, the club has expanded in the number of students participating, with twice as many members. Many community members have volunteered time to share expertise with students. Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will help provide materials for students and nutritious snacks and cooking supplies.
Middle School 7th Grade Corning Museum of Glass Field Trip
Amanda Colunio
All 7th grade students will participate in a guided tour of the Corning Glass Museum; tours are developed and led by the museum’s education staff and docents and complement the NYS curriculum. All students will participate in a hands-on glassmaking experience in one of the museum’s workshops. Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will support Museum expenses for this trip.
Elementary School Food Literacy Program
Jeanie Wiggins
The Food Literacy Program provides nutrition education in every elementary classroom, K-4th grade. The program was developed by the Food Studies Institute. The nutrition educators in the classroom include the school’s food service employees, as well as a trained food educator and volunteers. The program has a good record of encouraging children to try and also prepare nutritious foods. The program receives additional funding support from other philanthropic foundations as well as some food donations from local CSAs and businesses. Trumansburg Education Foundation funds will help provide supplies and resources for classroom activities.
2011 educator GrantS
Trumansburg Elementary School
6 grants totaling $3,238.00
$150 • Enrichment supplies and activities for Indoor play
$450 • 2nd grade nonfiction books at variety of reading levels
$850 • 4th grade song writing workshop
$1,000 • Nutrition program with in-class activities
$600 • 4th grade nonfiction books at variety of reading levels
$188 • 2nd Grade Bacteria Growing Experiment
Trumansburg Middle School
3 grants totaling $900.00
$200 • Supplies for student club for healthy living
$500 • 5th grade program hands on experience of work
of Franklin, Oersted, Farraday, Tesla
$200 • 5th grade worskhop on human nervous system
Trumansburg High School
3 grants totaling $2,150.00
$500 • 9-10th grade Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom Experience
$750 • First Science Expo Night – science fair
$900 • Youth Art Month, workshops, art show, rotating artist of month
Community 2 grants totaling $550.00
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts
$250
For the purchase of equipment for a new tumbling class
Ulysses Philomathic Library
$300
E-books
2010 educator GrantS
Coming soon.
Winter 2009 Educator GrantS
The awards for the winter grant cycle of the Trumansburg Education Foundation totaled close to $2,500.
Canadian Culture
A fifth grade project that will welcome Canadian residents to interact and share with students various aspects and experiences inherent in Canadian culture.
Eat Well, Live Well
A project that will acquaint fourth grade students with healthy living habits by learning to use the public transportation system, TCAT, to travel to Wegmans and taste and learn about nutritious foods.
Sensory Materials
A project that will address sensory processing disorders. Serving the K-2 and 3-4 grade elementary school classes, this project will provide the school with the resources to help detect sensory processing disorders early which will be able to prevent more serious behavioral problems in the future.
More Peas, Please
A collaboration between the Trumansburg Kindergarten classes and Tompkins Community Action’s Head Start program that will develop a garden project that aims to teach science, math, socialization skills, and well being by exposing children to learn about where food comes from.
Fall 2008 Educator GrantS
Street Survival Clinic
Trumansburg Committee for Teen Driver Safety $250
The grant provided funds for Trumansburg Students’ participation in the Street Survival Clinic held at Watkins Glen International. The event is an effort to give teens a practical experience beyond that of normal driver’s education.
Spring 2008 Educator GrantS
Grants this cycle totaled $5,695.
Dan Davis Drug Prevention Assembly
Trumansburg High School
A drug prevention and health and wellness speaker for a full assembly and parent talk at the Trumansburg High School. Dan Davis is internationally known and his programs focus on education, drug-free youth, youth leadership, team building and positive role modeling.
Technology Integration in the Classroom
Trumansburg Elementary School
A Dell Notebook Storage Cart for the for Technology Integration in the classroom. By adding this cart it makes it possible to house 10 laptops and create seamless rotation of laptops for instructional use in third grade classrooms.
Playaway Audio Books
Trumansburg Elementary School Library
Ten Playaway audio books for the Curiosity Center in the Trumansburg Elementary School Library. In addition to the Playaway books, which will be a core lending library, are nonfiction books which relate to BookFlix, an educational database, and supplies for the center. The center offers support to classroom learning and remediation and enrichment in literacy.
Brain Gym and Brain Gym 101 Training
Trumansburg Elementary School
A “Brain Gym” program & “Brain Gym 101” training which activates neuro-physiological balance for children and adults. The training & program benefit teachers in our elementary school and all students.
Math and Science Materials
Trumansburg Elementary Second Grade
Ten Pan-balance scales, four microscopes and five sets of weights to provide hands on math and science activities for the second grade Trumansburg students.
2007 educator GranTS
Classroom Copies of the Wall Street Journal
Trumansburg High School Government and Economics Classes $200
The grant has been designated to purchase sixty copies of the classroom edition of the Wall Street Journal each month. Two classrooms will receive the publication, allowing students to have a resource to refer to when learning about global economics, business, government or personal investments. This is to follow-up on the presentations given by the staff at Tompkins Trust Company in May of 2007.
Music Materials
Trumansburg High School Music Department $1000
The grant has been designated towards the purchase of music for the Music library, private lessons for a High School student, school owned instrument repair, small hand percussion and/or African drums for the High School, and travel fees for students and their teachers to attend All-State or All-Eastern band / Chorus events.