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MSF GRANTS
2009 – 2010 ($275,000)
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Smart Boards for the Science Classrooms High School
To greatly enhance the teaching of science in the High School, this grant will provide seven Smart Boards,
which will be used across the science curriculum, in biology, chemistry, physics and original science
research. With Smart Boards, teachers can illustrate complicated processes; manipulate detailed,
complex diagrams; make graphs and charts interactive; perform virtual laboratory activities and
demonstrations; and present fun and challenging interactive games. For both teachers and students,
Smart Board technology has consistently raised instructional successes in the science classroom.
Solar Power Education and Demonstration Model Hommocks
This grant will fund the installation of solar panels on the roof of the Hommocks gymnasium, and provide
complementary curriculum materials to sixth-grade science classes. The materials will enhance the
current study of electricity and alternative energy through hands-on lessons, such as building solar-
powered robots and model cars using photovoltaic cells. While the panels will not take the school
completely “off the grid,” they will provide a working model of solar power’s potential, demonstrating to
both students and the community that solar power is a viable local energy source, while reducing the
building’s energy costs.
The Sum of Our Knowledge High School
Funding the purchase of a computer and scanner, this grant will create a center for teacher collaboration
in the MHS Math Department. Teachers will be able to create and draw from a central database of math
lessons, Smart Board lessons and other curriculum materials. This database will then be easily
accessible to all math teachers.
Crime Scene Analysis High School
This grant will provide two life-like, life-size mannequins - one male and one female - to be used for crime
scene analysis, which is at the heart of the High School Forensic Science class. Forensics is a very
popular and successful science elective offered to a diverse group of seniors, as well as some juniors.
Until now, the teachers had to rely on stuffed dolls or toys. These mannequins offer more realistic
representations of crime victims and allow for more accurate analysis of the crime scene.
TECHNOLOGY
Computers on Wheels (COWS) Mamaroneck Ave.
This grant funds a computer cart with ten wireless laptop computers, which will be shared among the fifth
grade classes at Mamaroneck Avenue School. Increasingly, information is transmitted digitally, and there
is often the need for more than the four computers currently in each fifth-grade classroom. With limited
computer lab time, it has been difficult for students to do Internet-based research as part of their
curriculum. When Internet-accessible computers are integrated with the curriculum, students take more
control over their own learning, learn to think critically and analytically, and to work collaboratively.
Kids-Eye View Chatsworth
This grant will establish a school-wide, student-run website for Chatsworth. Students will gain the
knowledge and technology they need to develop web-based content. The grant includes computer
hardware and software, Flip mini digital video cameras, audio recorders, as well as large video monitors
for the school’s two lunchrooms to give students a “kid’s eye view” of the webcasts the students create.
Let’s Get Digital Central
This grant creates a mobile lab with 18 wireless laptop computers housed in a mobile cart. The computer
lab will be primarily used for library media instruction, enabling a class of students to work independently
– and simultaneously - on research projects and assignments. When the lab is not in use, it can be lent
to individual classrooms where teachers can use the laptops either for whole-class instruction or
individual student work.
Room to Research Murray Ave.
As third- through fifth-graders take on more computer and Internet-based research projects in the library,
the need for additional computers has become much greater. Current access to the computers in the
library and computer lab is very limited, however. This grant will provide five new laptops for the Murray
Avenue library to allow students more opportunity for inquiry-based research.
Classroom Amplification Systems Central
This grant provides for the installation of wireless infrared sound field amplification systems in three
classrooms at Central School. The systems are designed to enhance the audio quality in the classroom
and improve the learning environment. When a teacher’s voice is clearly heard above ambient noise
inside or outside the classroom, student attentiveness is increased and greater educational benefits
result. Similar systems are currently in use in other district schools, and studies confirm their potential to
improve academic performance for all students.
Document Cameras for Differentiated Learning Central
This grant will fund the purchase of three document camera/projector systems for second and third grade
classrooms. Using the camera to project student work or illustrate model examples from texts onto a
screen not only makes the curriculum more accessible for students with differing learning levels and
styles, it also increases the opportunity for responsive, meaningful “in the moment” learning experiences.
Smart Board for APPLE High School
Partially funded through the Barbara Bennett-Rones Endowment, this grant will provide a Smart Board for
the APPLE Program at MHS. Connected to a teacher’s computer, Smart Boards project student work or
assignments, even text pages, for the whole class to view for discussion, sharing or instruction. This
enhances the learning experience for all students. Smart Boards also allow teachers to save all work onto
the computer, where it can be quickly and easily retrieved for review or for future reference. The Smart
Board will be used across a variety of curriculum areas within the APPLE program, which reaches
students not well-served by the traditional curriculum.
Tools for Schools: Creating a Coach Toolkit All Schools
This grant will fund a ‘toolkit’ that includes a digital camera, Flip video camera, digital audio recorder and
mini-projector for several of the district’s coaches for literacy, math, technology and teacher training.
Coaches will use the equipment to document classroom activities, teacher practices, and student work to
aid in teachers’ professional development. This documentation also makes it easier for coaches to share
strategies and tools online with a greater number of teachers, as well as the community at large.
LITERACY AND ENRICHMENT
Updating School Libraries’ Social Studies Collections All Schools
Funded through “paddle raise” donations at the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation’s 2008 Spring Gala,
this grant will purchase updated social studies books for each of the district’s six school libraries. The
materials will support both students’ and teachers’ research needs and their non-fiction inquiry by making
the most current texts available, especially relating to countries and topical subjects where events are
constantly changing.
Academic Team Booster Fund High School
This grant will support the growth of the Academic Team, a fledgling club at MHS that enters academic
and quiz bowl competitions in neighboring districts, as well as throughout the tri-state area. To ensure
that the team is well-prepared for its competitions, this grant provides Zeecraft Quiz Bowl equipment.
American Folk Traditions and Cultural Identity Murray Avenue
This project aims to explore, through the richness of our folk traditions, who we are as Americans. This
multidisciplinary program will address this topic through classroom curriculum projects; library, art and
music classes; and through performing arts programs. The units of study will focus on Labor and
Recreation; Presidents, Poets and Prophets; and Sacrifice and Celebration. Related performing arts
programs will focus on pre-WWII blues masters; the music of the marching band; folk and popular dance;
and Woodie Guthrie. In addition, this grant includes the purchase of books and music that will be used to
continue curriculum enhancements beyond this project.
Enhancing World Language Study Hommocks
This grant provides a Smart Board for Hommocks Spanish classes. Smart Boards present teachers with
many exciting options to enhance their lessons.
Using Text Sets Hommocks
This grant funds a literacy program that merges print texts with non-print sources such as audio
recordings, musical compositions, podcasts, and other audio-visual materials, to support curricular units
of study. The goal is to allow students to delve more deeply into a topic by examining it through a variety of
literary sources - poems, newspaper articles, letters and journals, pictures, artwork and maps.
A More Professional Student Newspaper High School
New publishing software, Adobe InDesign CS4, will be purchased for the staff of The Globe, the MHS
student newspaper. The software represents the industry standard for professional as well as college
newspapers, and it will enable the The Globe’s staff to produce a higher quality, more professional
newspaper.
Media Empowering Differentiation Chatsworth
This grant will expand the Chatsworth library’s collection of media to meet students’ differing
developmental levels and learning styles. The grant will fund books on CDs, Playaways (audio books)
with corresponding print books, and a CD player.
Read to Me, Por Favor! Central
Funded through the Barbara Bennett-Rones Endowment, this grant provides a core library of bilingual
(English/Spanish) and Spanish language picture books for Central School students to borrow. The books
will provide Spanish-speaking family members with an opportunity to take a more active role in helping
their children become fluent readers and book lovers.
Comprehension Toolkits All Elementary Schools
This grant will fund two “Comprehension Toolkits” per elementary school in the district. These unique
resources contain a series of teacher’s guides developed by Stephanie Harvey, the school district’s
reading consultant, and provide strategy lessons for exploring non-fiction reading. These materials follow
up on staff development training conducted by Ms. Harvey with elementary school teachers this year.
Nonfiction & Historical Fiction Books for 4th Graders Murray Ave.
Research shows that nonfiction, the most widely-read genre of elementary school students, is also a
genre frequently missing in many classrooms. To ensure that students have easy and frequent access to
good nonfiction reading, this grant will provide a standardized library of nonfiction books across the 4th
grade classrooms at Murray Avenue, so that all teachers and students have the same materials and
resources available. The books to be purchased will be based on the bibliography compiled by the
Literacy Design Team for the study of New York State, Geology, and the American Revolution.
Young Investigators Toolkits Mamaroneck Ave.
This grant will provide seven ”toolkits,” one for each kindergarten class at Mamaroneck Avenue School, to
support the science and social studies units. Each kit will contain a Flip video camera, 3 digital cameras
and cases, a microscope, and field glasses. In addition, the grant includes professional books and a
binding machine for creating student journals. The tool kits are designed to transform students from
passive receivers of information to active, inquiry-based learners and investigators engaged in
meaningful hands-on activities.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Assistive Technology (AT) Jump Start Special Education/All School
This grant will fund Assistive Technology devices for the creation of an AT Assessment/Training Center to
support the work of the district’s recently hired AT specialist. This equipment will be used for student
evaluations at all schools, as well as for staff/parent training. By providing this AT service in-district, there
will be significant savings in costs that are currently incurred by going to outside specialists.
Educational Evaluation – Jump Start All Elementary Schools
To assist teachers in assessing student achievement when a child is being evaluated for special
education services, this grant will fund the purchase of research-based educational tools (tests). Using
the data from these tests, special ed teachers will be able to accurately diagnose a student’s areas of
disability to help ensure that the child receives the proper evaluation.
Taking Advantage of Teachable Moments High School
This grant will fund the purchase of two document cameras and two projectors for the Special Ed
department at MHS. This equipment will be used by all 15 Special Ed teachers, who work with
approximately 200 students daily. Since document cameras require no pre-use planning, they are
invaluable tools for instantly capturing spontaneous “teachable moments” and they also offer valuable
ways to reach visual learners. Document cameras can be used for everything from highlighting relevant
passages in a text or showing students how to annotate history notes, to showcasing cell slides in
science or breaking down a math problem with step-by-step analysis.
Special Education Professional Library High School
To promote continued professional growth in the ever-changing field of Special Education, this grant will
be used for the purchase of a library of professional journals and books for teacher reference at the high
school. According to the grant applicant, Cathy Bean, chair of the MHS Special Ed. Department, “this will
better enable us to maintain our goal to provide the most current research-based instruction,” and learn
about new tools, strategies and information.
THE ARTS
MHS Video Production Editing Lab High School
This grant delivers 12 iMAC computers and 10 MiniDV editing decks to the MHS Video Department.
Presently, of the department’s seven computers, only three are current models, and students have to
share computers, limiting the time they have to learn editing and work on their projects. This grant will
expand and update the department’s equipment, teach students to use Final Cut Pro editing software,
and allow them to create longer, more professional projects.
Digital Art Portfolios High School
This year, the College Board has announced the implementation of a digital, web-based submission
process for the three AP Studio Art classes. In addition, colleges are also beginning to require digital
portfolios. This grant provides for 3 iMac computers, 2 MacBook laptops, 5 22-inch monitors, a digital SLR
camera, and Adobe Design software to help our art department meet the new technological requirements
and enhance all students’ arts curriculum.
Electronic Music Station Hommocks
SmartMusic is a new music software program that the district pioneered this year. It is a highly interactive
program that gives students the opportunity to not only practice lessons at home, but also to receive
feedback on their sound files. Hommocks music teachers will use this grant to extend SmartMusic to
group and classroom situations. The grant includes a large monitor for viewing purposes and a
dedicated classroom computer.
Sewing Studio Project High School
Since the current machines in the High School sewing studio were purchased in the early 1970s, and are
now well past their prime, this grant will fund the purchase of nine new Janome School Mate Sewing
Machines. The new machines will serve students in fashion design classes, adults in continuing
education, as well as theater students needing to construct costumes and props. The same type of
sewing machine is used at Hommocks, providing continuity between the schools.
ATHLETICS
Hommocks Fitness Center Hommocks
Hommocks’ focus on fitness will be more fully realized through this grant, which will purchase a Hoist
Youth Fitness Circuit. The equipment includes seven weight-resistance units and two body-resistance
units, designed to provide workouts that are physically beneficial, age-appropriate and fun for all students.
The fitness center will help relieve overcrowding in the current phys. ed. classes, and help the school
meet New York State Teaching Standards for physical education.
MISCELLANEOUS
MHS Bike Racks High School
This grant will enable the MHS Student Council to purchase five new bike racks. Currently, there is only a
single rack available for the 1,400 high school students. The additional racks will provide encouragement
for biking versus driving as students’ choice of transportation. Besides helping the environment, more
bikers will reduce parking pressure at school, and improve student health. In addition, a bulletin board will
be provided to the Student Council for advertising school events and club meetings.
Financial Aid Office Equipment High School
For many high school students applying to college, the Financial Aid Office becomes an almost daily
destination. To help make the office more efficient and student-friendly, this grant will fund a new desk,
which can house a copier, as well as a computer allocated from the College Information Center. This
grant also includes the purchase of Financial Aid reference books and materials, in both English and
Spanish.
Mamaroneck Schools Foundation Post Office Box 123 Larchmont, New York 10538
copyright 2009 Mamaroneck Schools Foundation
Privacy Statement
2009 – 2010 ($275,000)
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Smart Boards for the Science Classrooms High School
To greatly enhance the teaching of science in the High School, this grant will provide seven Smart Boards,
which will be used across the science curriculum, in biology, chemistry, physics and original science
research. With Smart Boards, teachers can illustrate complicated processes; manipulate detailed,
complex diagrams; make graphs and charts interactive; perform virtual laboratory activities and
demonstrations; and present fun and challenging interactive games. For both teachers and students,
Smart Board technology has consistently raised instructional successes in the science classroom.
Solar Power Education and Demonstration Model Hommocks
This grant will fund the installation of solar panels on the roof of the Hommocks gymnasium, and provide
complementary curriculum materials to sixth-grade science classes. The materials will enhance the
current study of electricity and alternative energy through hands-on lessons, such as building solar-
powered robots and model cars using photovoltaic cells. While the panels will not take the school
completely “off the grid,” they will provide a working model of solar power’s potential, demonstrating to
both students and the community that solar power is a viable local energy source, while reducing the
building’s energy costs.
The Sum of Our Knowledge High School
Funding the purchase of a computer and scanner, this grant will create a center for teacher collaboration
in the MHS Math Department. Teachers will be able to create and draw from a central database of math
lessons, Smart Board lessons and other curriculum materials. This database will then be easily
accessible to all math teachers.
Crime Scene Analysis High School
This grant will provide two life-like, life-size mannequins - one male and one female - to be used for crime
scene analysis, which is at the heart of the High School Forensic Science class. Forensics is a very
popular and successful science elective offered to a diverse group of seniors, as well as some juniors.
Until now, the teachers had to rely on stuffed dolls or toys. These mannequins offer more realistic
representations of crime victims and allow for more accurate analysis of the crime scene.
TECHNOLOGY
Computers on Wheels (COWS) Mamaroneck Ave.
This grant funds a computer cart with ten wireless laptop computers, which will be shared among the fifth
grade classes at Mamaroneck Avenue School. Increasingly, information is transmitted digitally, and there
is often the need for more than the four computers currently in each fifth-grade classroom. With limited
computer lab time, it has been difficult for students to do Internet-based research as part of their
curriculum. When Internet-accessible computers are integrated with the curriculum, students take more
control over their own learning, learn to think critically and analytically, and to work collaboratively.
Kids-Eye View Chatsworth
This grant will establish a school-wide, student-run website for Chatsworth. Students will gain the
knowledge and technology they need to develop web-based content. The grant includes computer
hardware and software, Flip mini digital video cameras, audio recorders, as well as large video monitors
for the school’s two lunchrooms to give students a “kid’s eye view” of the webcasts the students create.
Let’s Get Digital Central
This grant creates a mobile lab with 18 wireless laptop computers housed in a mobile cart. The computer
lab will be primarily used for library media instruction, enabling a class of students to work independently
– and simultaneously - on research projects and assignments. When the lab is not in use, it can be lent
to individual classrooms where teachers can use the laptops either for whole-class instruction or
individual student work.
Room to Research Murray Ave.
As third- through fifth-graders take on more computer and Internet-based research projects in the library,
the need for additional computers has become much greater. Current access to the computers in the
library and computer lab is very limited, however. This grant will provide five new laptops for the Murray
Avenue library to allow students more opportunity for inquiry-based research.
Classroom Amplification Systems Central
This grant provides for the installation of wireless infrared sound field amplification systems in three
classrooms at Central School. The systems are designed to enhance the audio quality in the classroom
and improve the learning environment. When a teacher’s voice is clearly heard above ambient noise
inside or outside the classroom, student attentiveness is increased and greater educational benefits
result. Similar systems are currently in use in other district schools, and studies confirm their potential to
improve academic performance for all students.
Document Cameras for Differentiated Learning Central
This grant will fund the purchase of three document camera/projector systems for second and third grade
classrooms. Using the camera to project student work or illustrate model examples from texts onto a
screen not only makes the curriculum more accessible for students with differing learning levels and
styles, it also increases the opportunity for responsive, meaningful “in the moment” learning experiences.
Smart Board for APPLE High School
Partially funded through the Barbara Bennett-Rones Endowment, this grant will provide a Smart Board for
the APPLE Program at MHS. Connected to a teacher’s computer, Smart Boards project student work or
assignments, even text pages, for the whole class to view for discussion, sharing or instruction. This
enhances the learning experience for all students. Smart Boards also allow teachers to save all work onto
the computer, where it can be quickly and easily retrieved for review or for future reference. The Smart
Board will be used across a variety of curriculum areas within the APPLE program, which reaches
students not well-served by the traditional curriculum.
Tools for Schools: Creating a Coach Toolkit All Schools
This grant will fund a ‘toolkit’ that includes a digital camera, Flip video camera, digital audio recorder and
mini-projector for several of the district’s coaches for literacy, math, technology and teacher training.
Coaches will use the equipment to document classroom activities, teacher practices, and student work to
aid in teachers’ professional development. This documentation also makes it easier for coaches to share
strategies and tools online with a greater number of teachers, as well as the community at large.
LITERACY AND ENRICHMENT
Updating School Libraries’ Social Studies Collections All Schools
Funded through “paddle raise” donations at the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation’s 2008 Spring Gala,
this grant will purchase updated social studies books for each of the district’s six school libraries. The
materials will support both students’ and teachers’ research needs and their non-fiction inquiry by making
the most current texts available, especially relating to countries and topical subjects where events are
constantly changing.
Academic Team Booster Fund High School
This grant will support the growth of the Academic Team, a fledgling club at MHS that enters academic
and quiz bowl competitions in neighboring districts, as well as throughout the tri-state area. To ensure
that the team is well-prepared for its competitions, this grant provides Zeecraft Quiz Bowl equipment.
American Folk Traditions and Cultural Identity Murray Avenue
This project aims to explore, through the richness of our folk traditions, who we are as Americans. This
multidisciplinary program will address this topic through classroom curriculum projects; library, art and
music classes; and through performing arts programs. The units of study will focus on Labor and
Recreation; Presidents, Poets and Prophets; and Sacrifice and Celebration. Related performing arts
programs will focus on pre-WWII blues masters; the music of the marching band; folk and popular dance;
and Woodie Guthrie. In addition, this grant includes the purchase of books and music that will be used to
continue curriculum enhancements beyond this project.
Enhancing World Language Study Hommocks
This grant provides a Smart Board for Hommocks Spanish classes. Smart Boards present teachers with
many exciting options to enhance their lessons.
Using Text Sets Hommocks
This grant funds a literacy program that merges print texts with non-print sources such as audio
recordings, musical compositions, podcasts, and other audio-visual materials, to support curricular units
of study. The goal is to allow students to delve more deeply into a topic by examining it through a variety of
literary sources - poems, newspaper articles, letters and journals, pictures, artwork and maps.
A More Professional Student Newspaper High School
New publishing software, Adobe InDesign CS4, will be purchased for the staff of The Globe, the MHS
student newspaper. The software represents the industry standard for professional as well as college
newspapers, and it will enable the The Globe’s staff to produce a higher quality, more professional
newspaper.
Media Empowering Differentiation Chatsworth
This grant will expand the Chatsworth library’s collection of media to meet students’ differing
developmental levels and learning styles. The grant will fund books on CDs, Playaways (audio books)
with corresponding print books, and a CD player.
Read to Me, Por Favor! Central
Funded through the Barbara Bennett-Rones Endowment, this grant provides a core library of bilingual
(English/Spanish) and Spanish language picture books for Central School students to borrow. The books
will provide Spanish-speaking family members with an opportunity to take a more active role in helping
their children become fluent readers and book lovers.
Comprehension Toolkits All Elementary Schools
This grant will fund two “Comprehension Toolkits” per elementary school in the district. These unique
resources contain a series of teacher’s guides developed by Stephanie Harvey, the school district’s
reading consultant, and provide strategy lessons for exploring non-fiction reading. These materials follow
up on staff development training conducted by Ms. Harvey with elementary school teachers this year.
Nonfiction & Historical Fiction Books for 4th Graders Murray Ave.
Research shows that nonfiction, the most widely-read genre of elementary school students, is also a
genre frequently missing in many classrooms. To ensure that students have easy and frequent access to
good nonfiction reading, this grant will provide a standardized library of nonfiction books across the 4th
grade classrooms at Murray Avenue, so that all teachers and students have the same materials and
resources available. The books to be purchased will be based on the bibliography compiled by the
Literacy Design Team for the study of New York State, Geology, and the American Revolution.
Young Investigators Toolkits Mamaroneck Ave.
This grant will provide seven ”toolkits,” one for each kindergarten class at Mamaroneck Avenue School, to
support the science and social studies units. Each kit will contain a Flip video camera, 3 digital cameras
and cases, a microscope, and field glasses. In addition, the grant includes professional books and a
binding machine for creating student journals. The tool kits are designed to transform students from
passive receivers of information to active, inquiry-based learners and investigators engaged in
meaningful hands-on activities.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Assistive Technology (AT) Jump Start Special Education/All School
This grant will fund Assistive Technology devices for the creation of an AT Assessment/Training Center to
support the work of the district’s recently hired AT specialist. This equipment will be used for student
evaluations at all schools, as well as for staff/parent training. By providing this AT service in-district, there
will be significant savings in costs that are currently incurred by going to outside specialists.
Educational Evaluation – Jump Start All Elementary Schools
To assist teachers in assessing student achievement when a child is being evaluated for special
education services, this grant will fund the purchase of research-based educational tools (tests). Using
the data from these tests, special ed teachers will be able to accurately diagnose a student’s areas of
disability to help ensure that the child receives the proper evaluation.
Taking Advantage of Teachable Moments High School
This grant will fund the purchase of two document cameras and two projectors for the Special Ed
department at MHS. This equipment will be used by all 15 Special Ed teachers, who work with
approximately 200 students daily. Since document cameras require no pre-use planning, they are
invaluable tools for instantly capturing spontaneous “teachable moments” and they also offer valuable
ways to reach visual learners. Document cameras can be used for everything from highlighting relevant
passages in a text or showing students how to annotate history notes, to showcasing cell slides in
science or breaking down a math problem with step-by-step analysis.
Special Education Professional Library High School
To promote continued professional growth in the ever-changing field of Special Education, this grant will
be used for the purchase of a library of professional journals and books for teacher reference at the high
school. According to the grant applicant, Cathy Bean, chair of the MHS Special Ed. Department, “this will
better enable us to maintain our goal to provide the most current research-based instruction,” and learn
about new tools, strategies and information.
THE ARTS
MHS Video Production Editing Lab High School
This grant delivers 12 iMAC computers and 10 MiniDV editing decks to the MHS Video Department.
Presently, of the department’s seven computers, only three are current models, and students have to
share computers, limiting the time they have to learn editing and work on their projects. This grant will
expand and update the department’s equipment, teach students to use Final Cut Pro editing software,
and allow them to create longer, more professional projects.
Digital Art Portfolios High School
This year, the College Board has announced the implementation of a digital, web-based submission
process for the three AP Studio Art classes. In addition, colleges are also beginning to require digital
portfolios. This grant provides for 3 iMac computers, 2 MacBook laptops, 5 22-inch monitors, a digital SLR
camera, and Adobe Design software to help our art department meet the new technological requirements
and enhance all students’ arts curriculum.
Electronic Music Station Hommocks
SmartMusic is a new music software program that the district pioneered this year. It is a highly interactive
program that gives students the opportunity to not only practice lessons at home, but also to receive
feedback on their sound files. Hommocks music teachers will use this grant to extend SmartMusic to
group and classroom situations. The grant includes a large monitor for viewing purposes and a
dedicated classroom computer.
Sewing Studio Project High School
Since the current machines in the High School sewing studio were purchased in the early 1970s, and are
now well past their prime, this grant will fund the purchase of nine new Janome School Mate Sewing
Machines. The new machines will serve students in fashion design classes, adults in continuing
education, as well as theater students needing to construct costumes and props. The same type of
sewing machine is used at Hommocks, providing continuity between the schools.
ATHLETICS
Hommocks Fitness Center Hommocks
Hommocks’ focus on fitness will be more fully realized through this grant, which will purchase a Hoist
Youth Fitness Circuit. The equipment includes seven weight-resistance units and two body-resistance
units, designed to provide workouts that are physically beneficial, age-appropriate and fun for all students.
The fitness center will help relieve overcrowding in the current phys. ed. classes, and help the school
meet New York State Teaching Standards for physical education.
MISCELLANEOUS
MHS Bike Racks High School
This grant will enable the MHS Student Council to purchase five new bike racks. Currently, there is only a
single rack available for the 1,400 high school students. The additional racks will provide encouragement
for biking versus driving as students’ choice of transportation. Besides helping the environment, more
bikers will reduce parking pressure at school, and improve student health. In addition, a bulletin board will
be provided to the Student Council for advertising school events and club meetings.
Financial Aid Office Equipment High School
For many high school students applying to college, the Financial Aid Office becomes an almost daily
destination. To help make the office more efficient and student-friendly, this grant will fund a new desk,
which can house a copier, as well as a computer allocated from the College Information Center. This
grant also includes the purchase of Financial Aid reference books and materials, in both English and
Spanish.
Mamaroneck Schools Foundation Post Office Box 123 Larchmont, New York 10538
copyright 2009 Mamaroneck Schools Foundation
Privacy Statement