Bretton Adams, Stevens Elementary
5 Kodak Easy Share digital cameras with internal memory were purchased for fifth grade special education students to use in the documentation of the people, places, and things that are important to them. These photos will be used to create a hard copy book about the student and their life, potentially used in the creation of digital stories. When not in use for the project the cameras will be available to other teachers for classroom projects.
Grant: $433
Ed Hanlon, O’Rourke Middle School Technology Department
Six GPS systems were provided to the technology classes at the O’Rourke Middle School. The systems will be used to gather data (surveying, mapping, landscape design, tracking systems, search and rescue) that would be uploaded to the computer, manipulated and be used by students to solve various real world problems.
Grant: $1,250
Beth Larson, BH-BL High School Social Studies Department
A sound system was added to the DVD projector that the Foundation granted the previous year. It will be available for those who make presentations in the high school’s red room and with the movies the SS Department shows during an after school movie program.
Grant: $680
Rosine Leloir, BH-BL High School Foreign Language Department
Foundation funds purchased an Elmo document camera for classrooms at the high school. The document camera has the unique capacity to display any document through a video display, projector or TV monitor. These documents can be images, transparencies, 3-D documents, photographs, slides and objects. It also has a zoom feature, which allows the students to see details of a document.
Grant: $730
Regina Reals, BH-BL High School Science Department
A Gateway E 295-C tablet computer was purchased for use in the “Science Research in the High School” program.
Grant: $1,302
Marge Rizzo, O’Rourke Middle School Library
Frames were purchased for six oil paintings done by Edward Sutphen, a graduate of BH-BL from one of the first classes from the high school. The paintings are used during the local history unit because the paintings depict life in Ballston Lake 75 years ago.
Grant: $400
Susan Schultz, BH-BL High School Library
Frames were purchased to showcase artwork from the computer and graphic art classes.
Grant: $220
Brian Watts, BH-BL High School Science Department
Grant funds purchased a lockout buzzer system to be used in practice for the Regional Science Bowl Competitions. The system would also be available to teachers of different subject areas to help their students prepare for tests, midterms, finals and Regents.
Grant: $691