The following is from the Achieve Foundation and the Columbia High School HSA.
Teachers are our greatest asset in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. That is why the Achieve Foundation’s Teacher Grant Program offers funding to inspire district teachers to propose innovative, cutting-edge projects to support their students’ learning experience in the classroom and beyond.
This year, Achieve announced its largest annual distribution of funds for Teacher Grants to date: $70,155 to 68 teachers for creative projects in all nine district schools.
Congratulations to the following CHS teachers who received grants from the Achieve Foundation this year:
- Noah Brauner STEM + Workspace
- Jon Fisher Time To Complete The Digital Photography Lab!
- James Nugent Trout In The Classroom
- Mark Richman “It’s (Math) Showtime!”
- Lynne Stradford ESS Technology
- Ellen Weisbord Performance Drawing
Each year, Achieve receives an overwhelming number of proposals from our dedicated teachers. Some proposals were fully funded, while others received partial funding. This year’s partially-funded projects at CHS include:
- Amanda Buckley Innovation & Genius Hour Using Chromebooks
- Pam Gallof Interactive Learning & Formative Assessment in Co Taught Science Classes
- Teresa Quick Women, Drums, Culture & Social Expression & A Seat At The Table
- Allan Tumolillo Synthetic Biology Trial
- Todd Van Beveren Chamber Music Series
- Laura Kruglinski Book Publishing – Art & Literacy Collaboration
- Mara Rubin Cultural Workshops & Concerts
- Kaitlyn Walker Musical chairs, take a seat!
These projects are now eligible for direct funding. Please consider supporting one or more projects of your choice TODAY through January 31st!
Please click HERE for more information about each grant and to donate online now to the school and project of your choice.
To pay by mail, send your check with the teacher’s name and school in the memo line to Achieve Foundation, PO Box 1084, Maplewood, NJ, 07040. Direct Grant Funding donations are fully tax-deductible.
For any questions please contact Buena Chilstrom at buenabob@gmail.com or 973-762-8274.
For a list of all the Achieve grants awarded this year, please click HERE.
To see a list of partially funded grants for other South Orange – Maplewood schools, click HERE.
