The New Grant Year Begins!
2009-2010 Grant Applications
(for teachers or students)
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Educational Innovation
Since 1993, the Pleasantville Fund for Learning has been making grants to students and teachers in the Pleasantville School District to provide innovative tools for learning and creativity in our schools. Every student in the Pleasantville Schools has experienced "hands-on" learning enhancements thanks to the generosity of PFFL supporters.
At a time when school district budgets are under severe financial pressure, the PFFL grants provide a way to fund educational enrichment activities.
Grants
Art, music, technology, languages, physical education, math, science, social studies, character education, study skills ... students have experienced enhancements in virtually every curriculum area due to PFFL grants.
Click here to see our recent grants.
Fundraising and Contributions
Every year, the PFFL asks the Pleasantville Community to help fund these special innovations through contributions and support of our fundraisers.
Click here for information on our fundraisers or to make a donation.
Help Wanted!
We are always looking for enthusiastic people to join our board.
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2009 Grants for Excellence in Education to Teachers and Students |
Geo Motion Mats (Tom Micucci, BRS) will integrate physical education and academic skills. |
$850 |
Fun With Fundations (Patty Kelly, Debbie Antilla, Liz Sebring, Stephanie Roth, Mary Kirby and Melissa Petro, BRS) will strengthen phonics and pragmatic language skills with specialized programs, games,and electronic equipment. |
$2,088 |
Pragmatic Language (Ruth Rust, Laura Twomey, and Brit York, BRS) will use interactive board games to build on learning social language and pragmatic skills. |
$501 |
Broaden Our World with Multicultural Literature (Stephanie Palmer, Eileen Prizeman, Jenna Hamilton, Eileen Eustace, Leah Wisotsky, Christine Harris, Kristy MacSweeney, Tara Goldstein, Marissa Freher, Karen Herbst, Vickie Moore, BRS) will help students learn to accept diversity while building literacy skills by reading multicultural books. |
$894 |
Listening, Learning Centers (Maura Hunter, BRS) creates listening stations in grades 2-4 and ELL classrooms. |
$4,364 |
Interactive Response System (Sam Aidala, PMS) will allow teachers to obtain instant feedback from students during topic reviews and assessments. |
$1,399 |
Literacy & Non-Fiction- A Bridge Connecting All Content Areas (George Coffey, Dawn Cavrell-Epstein, Julie Ann Power, and Melissa Brown, PMS) provides non-fiction reading materials for sixth grade enhancement of reading and writing across content areas. |
$3,213 |
Creative Twist on a Reading Unit (Nancy Pregiato, Erica Plouffe, Ashley O’Hara, John Speight, Hillary Dettwyler, Janel Cassino, Lillian Triarsi, Melissa Brown, PMS) will allow author studies in the5th grade ELA program. |
$572 |
Geography Global Awareness (Virginia Mancini, Hillary Dettwyler, Ashley O’Hara, Kelly McCaden, and Sara Keegan, MS) provides atlases for enhanced work in 5th and 6th grade social studies |
$2,046 |
Middle School Edible Garden (Lea MacDonald, Melissa Brown, and Lois Shillito, MS) creates a middle school edible garden that expands the classroom outdoors and fosters social, emotional and nutritional wellness. |
$5,000 |
PMS Band Library Expansion Project (Dorian Nuccio,PMS) adds music for duets, quartets, ensemble and NYSMAA to the band library. |
$750 |
Physical Education/Fit For Life (Bob Bernarducci, Tony Becerra, HS) adds pedometers to the Fit for Life classes. |
$660 |
Music, Media and Magic (Mary Ann Meade and Kathleen Donovan Warren, PHS) adds performance DVDs in orchestra, chorus, band and theater, along with a DVD player for music/theater department. |
$963 |
Pleasantville Goes Green (Greg Butler and advisor Maryelisa Blundell, HS) adds 3 recycling containers for the hallway to make recycling assessable to all students. |
$1,700 |
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$25,000 |
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