Projects Funded 2014-15

As a result of your generosity, CEF was able to support the following professional development initiatives during the 2014-15 academic year:

  • First grade teachers Amanda Gilchrist & Jennifer Demers attended the Teachers College Summer Reading Institute in New York City
  • The middle school science team attended the National Science Teachers Association 2015 National Conference in Chicago
  • Sixth grade Social Studies teacher Erin Rooney attended the National Conference of Social Studies in Boston
  • Music teacher Tara Callahan attended the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Salt Lake City, UT to support 11 of her students accepted by audition into this prestigious program
  • Art Teachers Courtney Longaker & Rachel Levy attended the National Art Educators Association Convention in New Orleans, LA
  • Four teachers (1 teacher and special educator from each Grades 3 and 4) will be trained in the Leveled Literacy Intervention System
  • Five elementary teachers, the math specialist and the superintendent attended the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Boston next spring
  • Kristy Hartono attended a Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages Conference in Toronto, Ontario