From left to right (back row): Michelle Koehler, Molly Murphy, LeeAnn Phelps, Jessica Keane, Sara Bambino, Ashley Mastrorilli, Lindsay Marzullo, Carla Donohue and (kneeling) Kathryn Moran, Kathy Conese, Julianna Carmichel and Robin Makepeace.
This year, the following 14 projects totaling over $16K were funded thanks to grants being written to the Foundation by faculty and staff:
Allen Road Elementary School: Kathy Conese for Using Magnetic Tiles to Support Learning
KWS Bear Road Elementary School: Julianna Carmichel for Dynamic Shelves for Dynamic Readers
Cicero Elementary School: Michelle Koehler and Molly Murphy for Calm Corners for Cicero Elementary and Cori Patterson for Drumming Positivity Project
Cicero-North Syracuse High School: Jennifer Fischer for Restock Mobile Maker Space to Cultivate Mindsets; Jessica Keane for Monet Traveling Art Exhibit; Sara Bambino and Ashley Mastrorilli for Literature Alive – The Great Gatsby; Robin Makepeace for Audiometer
North Syracuse Early Education Program: Ellen Marvar, Kathryn Moran and Leann Phelps for Learning at Our Fingertips
North Syracuse Junior High School: Carla Donohue for Encore! Encore!; Jody Barnes and Amanda Kelly for Audiometer Machine with Headset; Tracy Liberman, Tiffany Ciarico and Daniel Todisco for Feast or Famine – a Len’s Perspective
Smith Road Elementary School: Lindsay Marzullo, Anne Marie Leaf, Elise Gray, Danielle Preville and Alicia Vinciguerra for Second Graders Soar Into Reading
North Syracuse Junior High School and Cicero-North Syracuse High School: Danielle Rausa for I Have a Dream (Hazer for the Performing Arts/Music Dept)
Cicero-North Syracuse High School: Sara Bambino- Social Emotional Learning at the Secondary Level; Jennifer Fisher for Mobile Maker Space to Cultivate Growth Mindsets; Jessica Keane and Mary Murdoch for Interpretive Listening in Action; Kristen Dietrich for Critical Thinking Through Murder Mysteries; Karen Seamans for Untethered ( marching band sound system); Melissa Palmisano for Outfitting Our Classrooms for Libraries; and Danielle Rausa for Purple Haze ( stage lighting machine)
Smith Road Elementary School: Lindsay Marzullo and Danielle Preville for Flexible Gaming Playground
Lakeshore Road Elementary School: Maureen Alvaro for Sing Me a Story
Gillette Road Middle School: Warner Namo for P2 and Paint Me a Mile
Roxboro Road Middle School: Kathy Krichbaum and Ryan Condon for Revamp the Classroom Library
All Schools: Danielle Barrett, Shannon Knapp and Chris Manke for Unplug With Digital Wellness Picture Books.
2022 Award Recipients
Front Row – Sitting Left to Right: Shannon Proctor, Peggy Parker, Brian Noll, Colleen O’Connor, Sara Bambino, Stephen Bacon Back Row – Standing Left to Right: Nat Ordway, Carolyn Gross, Jackie Forte, Sharon Fehrman, Jan Gilkey Not Pictured: Cori Patterson, Karen Seamans
Sara Bambino, CNS – $560.37 “Fiction Refresh” which will be used to update her classroom library in grades 10 & 11. These books will be incorporated into guided feedback on social media.
Colleen O’Connor, Stephen Bacon, and Brian Noll, RRMS/GRMS – $1,939.68 for their STEM grant “Problem Solving with LEGOS” which will provide students opportunities to work on problem solving through legos in school and in after school programs at the middle school level. This grant was able to be funded through the district’s regular budget.
Peggy Parker, retired teacher at BRE. Working with their building principal and literacy team including current organizer Deb Gavin they were awarded $6,390.00 for the “Inchy Bookworm Vending Machine” used to reinforce reading skills and reinforce positive character traits exhibited by students.
Cori Patterson, Cicero Elem. – “Bringing the Joy with the Bass!” $1887.48 used to buy Orff Instruments for student use in K-4 music classes.
Shannon Proctor, KWS BRE – $3,188.06 “Orff Instruments for Musical Development” where students in K-4 grades will be able to play the instruments to improve skills.
Karen Seamans, GRMS – “Marching to the Beat of Our Own Drums & Cymbals”- $1163.74 used to purchase drum and cymbals sized for students in the middle school marching bands so they are prepared for the CNS Band.
2021 Award Recipients
Kerry Delduchetto ” Social Emotional Book Library, Part 2″
2020 Award Recipients
2019 Award Recipients
Front row:
Jen Jerome, Susan Winn, Sara Bambino, Mary Murdoch, Steve Cary
Second row:
NSEF members- Nat Ordway, Jan Gilkey, Jackie Forte, Carolyn Gross, Jen Murphy
Not pictured:
Cori Patterson, Monica Fitzgerald, Jack McAndrew, David Reed, Cat Bennett, Matt Root, Mark Parrish and Kathy Conese
2018 Award Recipients
Kathy Spitzer
Jen Harrington
Maria Yakowec
Shannon Knapp
Lisa McVey
Melissa Palmisano
Wendy Tracy
Jill Trubia
Lauren Corbishley-Stuper
Ann Marie Leaf
Mary Murdoch
Kim Linkinhoker
Jeremy Lenchert
Lindsay Marzullo
Michelle Barone
Alyssa Pompo
Arlene Osborne
Su Keiser
Danielle Preville
2017 Award Recipients
Lily Zawadzki
Cori Patterson
Jennifer Fischer
Maureen Gill
TMelissa Petrarca
Amy Furletti
Shannon Vogt
Lindsay Marzullo
2016 Award Recipients
Wendy Tracy, Jennifer Thayer, Jill Trubia – Language Building Blocks in a Box
Kate Lane – Big Technology for the District’s Smallest Learners
Susan Winn – Can You Hear Me Now
Susan Winn – We Read
Teri Parsons, Sue Ryan – Bagged Books to Build Comprehension
Lindsay Marzullo – OSMO Educational Hands
Mary Murdock – Connected Classroom: A 21st Century Approach
Paul Chapin – Science Technology Integration
Sara Bambino – Kinesthetic Theater Through A Raisin in the Sun
Sara Bambino – Building a Common Core Library
Shirley Neumeister – Real World Forensics
Kerry Delduchetto – Counseling Book Library
2015 Award Recipients
Kathleen Ehrlich – Digital Image Scanner
Mary Murdoch – What Did You Say?
Tom McJilton – Under the DOME
Danielle Rausa – All About that Bass (Drums)
Susan Lohret – Strengthening Academic Character through Habits of Mind
Kerry Delduchetto – Play Therapy Room
Karen Seamans – Can You Hear Me Now?
Susan Winn – QR What?
Zina Felt / Barbara Hunt – Hydroponic Garden
Cynde Ciesla – Moby Max Tablets
Christine Alencewicz – The Giving Tree
Michele Barone / Hollie Snyder – Full STEAM Ahead
Kara Cook – DSLR for Media Arts
2014 Award Recipients
Sheryl Brisson & Bobbi Vergara – Welcome Back Diego Rivera
Joel Hershey & Tom McJilton – Flinn Portable Demonstration Hood
Sara Bambino – Young Playrights
Amy Furletti – Flipped Tablets in the Math Classroom
Chris Leahey & Jim Schlotzhauer –Designing Webpages in the Social Studies Classroom
Kathy Conese – Listening Centers
Linda Dwyer – E-Girls: Empowering Girls through Entrepreneurship
Anne Marie Leaf & Sue Maniaci – SMART Response Clickers
Barbara Grenga – Miniature Dress Forms
2013 Award Recipients
Diane LaChance – Mobile Demonstration Table
Sara Bambino – Technology & the 21st Century – Skills for the AIS English Classroom
Karen DeSpirito, Jody Tantillo – Learning Garden Club
Su Keiser – I Pad, I Learn
Sarah Jones – E Readers in Special Class
Sara Bambino, Lisa VanBeveren – Shakespeare in a Box – Making the Shakespeare Connection
Tracy Liberman, Jen Przybylski, Kristin Hill – Transforming the Classroom: Art & Literacy
Kristin Hill, Jen Przybylski – Inspiring the Love of Literature
Sheryl Garofano – Family & Consumer Sciences (10-12) Infant Psychology – “Understanding the Reality & Risk Factors During Pregnancy and Fetal Development”CNS High School
Shirley Neumeister & Todd Hilt – Science Investigations (10-12) “Science Investigations Equipment” – CNS High School
Kerri Shannon, Simone Lepine & Kathleen Sullivan – 7th grade Science, Social Studies and ELA House III Team – “ Brain POP website membership” – GRMS
David Reed – UMOJA/Multiculturalism – “Black History Month Speaker and Performance” – CNS High School
John Rice – Living Environment/Grade 9 – “Biology Models”
Lois Exner & Deb Seal –All Subject areas, K-4 – “ADD/ADHD Parent Support Group” – Cicero Elementary
Mary Bearkland – First Grade – “Leap Into Reading!” – Allen Road Elementary
