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Read how Kennedy has used CAPE funding...

In the 2006-2007 school year, Jennifer Lilley and Rebecca Smart received a CAPE grant fro $4099.98 to purchase materials for a fifth grade composition project. The materials were Orff xylophone sets, which were used to create the musical pieces. The compositions were constructed throughout the school year, entirely by the students themselves and culminated in a benefit concert on May 18th, 2007. The students researched and voted on the charities that the money was donated to. Every students in the fifth grade at the Luce and JFK schools were involved, and the materials purchased are used year after year by all of the students at both schools.

Jayne Moore received a CAPE grant to fund an afterschool Math Games Club for third-graders at JFK. She had previously run a club for students in her class. This opened it up for all third-graders, with more space and volunteers. With the grant, she facilitated a weekly program that involved parent and high school volunteers for over 30 weeks to more than 60 of JFK's third-grade students!

To add to our curriculum in social studies, CAPE granted Jan Chamberlain $900 to create kits for all the fifth grades in town. These kits contain games, recipes, music, and lesson plans to enhance colonial history. There are also books to read aloud to students, and hands-on activities involving knitting, sewing, and baking. These kits are not consumable, so will be reused annually.

The three math specialists wrote a grant together for the purchase of three visualizers/digital document viewers. The total was about $3,000 for the purchase and shipment of all three. The grant was awarded to us with the understanding that our respective CAPT committees would purchase a rolling cart and digital projector for each school. These are necessary components for the visualizer to operate properly. Our goal was to incorporate the use of this technology with problem solving activities and answering open response questions. This was implemented to improve students' mathematical understanding through peer modeling, communication, and practicing higher level thinking strategies.