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Granted: Funding to purchase 1 Avermedia CP 135 document camera. Summary Description:   Almost 300 students taking French at Melican Middle School will benefit from the purchase of a document camera.  It will enhance sharing students’ creations and promote collaboration on a daily basis

Granted: Funding for 4 iPads, covers and applications. Summary Description:  Through the use of iPads, students in grades 1-3 at Peaslee Elementary will further develop their literacy skills by using content specific and open ended apps.  Students will be able to share their learning through slide shows, podcasts and student made books.

Granted: 1 Vernier LabQuest and 1 Vernier SpectroVis Plus Summary Description: The Vernier LabQuest and Spectrovis are scientific data acquisition devices that can be used in the high school classroom.  Many classes at Algonquin Regional High School will benefit from using this equipment in various Biotechnology, AP Chemistry, AP Biology and General Chemistry lab investigations.  

Granted: 4 Livescribe smartpen starter packs, 8 Livescribe single subject spiral notebooks, ink cartridges and smartpen apps to be used by students with specific learning disabilities. Summary Description: Through the use of smartpen technology, students at Algonquin Regional High School who struggle with written expression can demonstrate their learning in the same way as those[…]

Granted: Professional materials, vocabulary/sentence level games, and electronic resources which will provide exposure to Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary words. Summary Description: In a Word: Explicit and Exploratory Vocabulary Instruction provides Lincoln Street School’s fifth grade team with an opportunity to differentiate vocabulary instruction through the use of games, center-based activities, peer collaboration, and professional/teacher[…]

Granted: 15 copies of the novel Never Fall Down and one copy of the DVD The Flute Player to be used by Algonquin Regional High School students and community members. Summary Description:  Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick has been selected as the 2013 summer reading novel for “One School, One Community, One Book”.  Algonquin[…]