Brookline Education Foundation -- Pierce School

Pierce School

Pierce parents Cherie Adams Gaehde, Ian Roffman and Michele Mendoza are Brookline Education Foundation Boardmembers. To obtain information about the Foundation, purchase a raffle ticket, or to participate in the Spelling Bee, you may contact Cherie at cgaehde@gmail.com; Ian at ian.roffman@gmail.com; or Michele at mendod23@yahoo.com.

Caverly Award Winners 1997 – 2011

2003

Sheila Leach

1995

Deborah D'Amico

2011-12 Grant Recipients

Recipient	Grant
Literacy specialists, principal, and key personnel at Heath	English Language Arts Benchmark Assessment and Leveled Literacy Intervention
Pipier Smith-Mumford, Daryl Frischling, Dawn Galolo, Muqing Gu, Kelly Hayes, Melissa London, Kim Manasevit, Chris Smith, Yaping Tang, Jin Yu Chen	Developmental Design Middle School Training
Amie Buchman, Brian Gallagher, Susan Harvey	Responsive Classroom II
Jessica Colby, Holly Smith	BEEP Music Initiative
Amanda Grindstaff	Sparking Up Our Schools
David Vitale-Wolff	Yoga Teacher Certification
7/8 Grade Music Teachers	Performing Arts Music Production Technology
Jennifer Goodearl	Supporting Critical Friends Group Coaches: School Reform Initiative Winter Meeting

Teacher Grant Recipients 1997 to 2011

Recipient	Grant
Amie Buchman	Primary Source China Study Tour
Leslie Fagen	Learning and the Brain Conference
Kerrilyn McCarthy Annemarie Marcus	Wilson Reading Program Certification
Amy Hintzman	2008 National Science Teachers Association Conference
Joan Hamilton Annice Kra Anne Selman Cheryl Klausner	Children’s Literature New England: “The Heroic Ideal Revisited”
Kate Donnelly	Professional Development Conference for Nurses
Tom Malone	Creating a Modern Edition of an Historic New England Tunebook for Bicentennial Celebration
Jenna Goodearl Jessi Dimock Susan Harvey Michelle Gorden Jennifer Shepard Kerrilyn Soder	Responsive Classroom Implemented Across Grade Levels
Lesley Fagen	Grades 7/8 Book Discussion Project
Geoff Tegnell Kim Manasevit Karen Kuskin-Smith Andrew Swan Pipier Smith-Mumford	Middle School Transitions Program
Christine McDonald Joan Hamilton Elizabeth Collins Maggie Gill Jennifer Shepard	Children's Literature New England Summer Institute "The World Is All Grown Strange"
Susan Harvey Jessi Dimock Jenna Goodearl Ginny Carroll	Differentiated Instruction Collaboration Research for Elementary Math
Sally Shuman	Teaching Systematic Phonics Through Storytelling
Ann Barysh	Colorado Outward Bound
Margaret Gill	Teacher Exchange Program
Barbara Halley	Three-Dimension Visual Connections
Patricia Kelleher	Primary Source Study Tour of China
Cheryl Klausner	Study of Mayan Ruins in Belize
Peter Lavelle	National Educational Computer Conference
Chris McDonnell Norma Steinberg Joan Hamilton	Parents and Students as Readers
Emily Ostrower Ann Barysh Carolyn Connolly Ariella Finkel Joan Hamilton Annice Kra Peter Lavelle Alan Lee Mary Megias Norma Steinberg	"I" Search Project at Pierce School
Emily Ostrower 21 7th and 8th grade teachers and specialists	Building a ComprehensiveAcademic Advising System at Pierce School
Anne Selman Cheryl Klausner Ginny Carroll Susan Harvey	Children's Literature New England: Am I My Brother's Keeper?
School Nurses	Caring for Emergencies at School

Collaborative Grant Recipients 2005 to 2011

Recipient	Grant
Gretchen Adams, Julianne Baecker, Jessica Colby, Allison Cutcliffe, Emily Drude, Brian Gallagher, Amanda Grindstaff, Sarah Jeon, Colleen Muldoon, Tracy Nichols, Talia Poncz, David Vitale-Wolff, Laura Cayer West, Jenny Yee, Heidi Young, Rachael Ziering	Pre-Professional Competency: Mentoring for Second and Third Year Educators
Pierce Early Education and Kindergarten Educators	Utilizing Music to Facilitate Language Skills
Jamie Lyons	Economics Summer Institute
Helen Greeley, Annemarie Marcus, Kerrilyn McCarthy	Learning and the Brain Conference and Collaboration
Jessica Colby	Promoting Inquiry Based Science in Early Childhood Education
Geoff Tegnell (Systemwide)	Social Studies Wiki
Amie Buchman, Ginny Carroll, Eowyn Daly, Amy Hintzman, Cheryl Klausner, Melissa London, Sara Marx	Year Two: Building Science Professional Development Capacity
Mary Gabriel	Schools Attuned in Practice
Helen Greeley, Kerrilyn McCarthy, Annemarie Marcus	Year Two: Creating a Learning Community in the Brookline-Lesley Internship Program
Ginny Carroll, Ken Haynes, Melissa London, Jamie Lyons, Reed Rathgeber, Chris Smith	Year Two: Exploring Quality Service Learning Programming
Kerrilyn McCarthy, Helen Greeley, Annemarie Marcus, Jed Miller	Creating a Learning Community in the Brookline-Lesley Internship Program
Melissa London, Ken Haynes, Chris Smith, Jamie Lyons, Reed Rathgeber, Ginny Carroll	Quality Community Service Learning Programming, Grades 3-8 (KIDS Consortium is using this grant as a model for future work)
Vicki Milstein, Amie Buchman, Laura West	Early Education Institute
AnaMaria Caballero Ken Haynes Annemarie Marcus Kerrilyn McCarthy Jed Miller Chris Smith Carol Sepkoski Nancy Springer Gayle Van Hatten 12 additional Pierce School educators	Year Two: Pipeline to Success: The Pierce Mentoring Project
Ken Haynes Melissa London Kerrilyn McCarthy	After School Matters II
Melissa London	Building Science Background & Professional Development Capacity
David Weinstein	Meeting Diverse Needs of Preschool to Grade 2 Students
AnaMaria Caballero McGuire Mary Gabriel Ken Haynes Kerrilyn McCarthy Carol Sepkoski Sally Shuman Sandra Sicard Chris Smith Nancy Springer Gayle Van Hatten	Pipeline to Success: The Pierce Mentoring Project
Susan Harvey Kerrilyn McCarthy Helen Greeley Pipier Smith-Mumford Norma Steinberg James Vamum	The EmPower Approach: A Strategy for Teaching Expository Writing
Jamie Lyons	Year 2 Historical Writing Guidelines
Amie Buckman Eowyn Daly Mary Gabriel	Building Understanding in a Diverse School Community
Kerrilyn Soder Melissa London	"After School Matters"
Geoff Tegnell Jamie Lyons	Year 1: Historical Writing Guidelines Program
Geoff Tegnell Kim Manasevit Ken Haynes Pipier Smith-Mumford Sam Dickerson Michael Batt	Year 2: Pierce Middle School Transitions Program
Susan Leipman Jennifer Shepard David Weinstein Jenna Goodearl Sytske Humphrey Marie Lavelle Mary Gabriel	Units of Study in a Primary (K-2) Writing Workshop


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