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Metuchen Board of Education - High Definition Cameras/sound equipment |
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Funding of equipment for high school film-making class. $2,159 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Reading Listening Centers |
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This grant funded purchase of 7 (one for each fifth grade class) CD/cassette |
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reading/listening centers, headphones, and 21 audio books. While listening, |
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students would engage in reading activities to enhance the reading |
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process and facilitate deeper comprehension skills. $1,999 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Inquiry Science - Biology Labs |
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These kits provide an opportunity to increase the level of inquiry activities |
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in our science classrooms. Research supports the benefits of having students |
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engage in observation, inference, and experimentation that is central to |
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learning on an ongoing basis. The Inquiries in Science lab kit series, provide |
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consistent, research based inquiry opportunities for students. $1,987 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Battle of the Books |
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Funding provides books for an after school reading club for fifth and |
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sixth grade students. Students will be group into teams and the students |
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will read a total of 15 book titles, predetermined by the NJ Association of |
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School Librarians. The teams will battle each other testing their |
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knowledge or specific facts relative to the books. The winning team per |
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GRADE LEVEL WILL MOVE ONTO THE COUNTY BATTLES. $1,930 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Guided Math Materials for 2nd Grade |
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The guided math materials include, for each of 8 classrooms, numeracy centers, |
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FUNDING FOR CAMPBELL SCHOOL CLUBS FUNDING FOR CAMPBELL SCHOOL CLUBS METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION NONE 5942. FUNDING FOR EDGAR SCHOOL CLUBS FUNDING FOR EDGAR SCHOOL CLUBS METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION NONE 5584. PURCHASE OF BIOGRAPHIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY PURCHASE OF BIOGRAPHIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION NONE 4234. HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS/SOUND EQUIPMENT HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS/SOUND EQUIPMENT METUCHEN BOARD OF EDUCATION NONE 2159. READING LISTENING CENTERS READING |
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dice games, clock materials, and other math activity modules that will allow |
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differentiated teacher within and between groups of students.$1,600 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Campbell School Fitness |
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Fitness Bands were purchased for the use in physical education classes: |
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students are exposed to a variety of exercises as well as develop a basic |
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understanding of fitness related ideas which will become vital for physical |
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education at the middle school and high school level. Through work in this |
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unit, students will be carefully taught proper exercise, fitness concepts, |
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and ultimately given a foundation for a healthy and active lifestyle. $1,165 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Smart Board Infusion |
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Metuchen Borough Hall has invited the student artists in the Metuchen |
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Public Schools to display their works in the Gallery inside the |
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building beginning in November 2011 and continuing indefinitely. |
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This grant covers the cost of framing the student's works, |
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since the gallery has strict guidelines for the program. $965 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Health Education Materials |
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Purchase of several visual and hands on materials were purchased to enhance |
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the health education learning at the middle school. The visuals and activities |
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will help students have a clearer picture of the information taught. |
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ITEMS INCLUDE A "BOOZED AND CONFUSED" GOGGLES KIT, A "SEX ED" MODULE, |
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a "death of an artery" display and a "body board" nutrition pack. $930 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Que Tal? Spanish Magazine |
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Every 8th grade Spanish student is receiving a subscription to the Scholastic |
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magazine Qu Tal? The benefits of this magazine include strengthening |
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reading, writing and speaking skills in Spanish; providing connections |
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to other cultures; and increasing motivation as articles |
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AND CONTENT CONTAIN AGE-APPROPRIATE MATERIAL. $879 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Diego Rivera Traveling Exhibit |
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Exhibit panels of Diego Rivera's work. The three panels are hung |
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on walls in the Middle School's hallways for two weeks. $732 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Metamorphosis |
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Paint and other graphing tools were purchased to enable middle school |
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art and math students to explore curriculum concepts in depth through |
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a creation of Escher art on a hallway wall. Math highlights include |
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applying scale, proportion, ratio, measurement, area, perimeter, |
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properties of quadrilaterals, unit price, decimal operations, |
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lines and angles, tessellations and 21st century skills. $700 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Interact with the Classics |
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For the third consecutive year, the NJ Opera Company performed at the |
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elementary school in front of 600+ students. Members of the fourth grade |
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drama club participated. This year, the opera performed was Cinderella. $700 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Varsity Leadership Training |
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A program of booklets and DVD's was purchased to assist in a |
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new leadership training of varsity athletes in all sports.$500 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Adam Levy - Poetry of Song (Spring Grant) |
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Students study songwriters and how they go about the |
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songwriting process. Then, students write their own songs. This |
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grant enables the class to create a professional-quality anthology of |
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their original lyrics as a final product of this process. $486 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Whisper Phones |
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Whisper Phones are hand-free devices that allow our fifth-grade students |
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to listen to and focus on the sounds they say as they read aloud, without |
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the distraction of surrounding noises. By raising phonemic awareness, |
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students reading and writing skills will improve. Whisper Phones can |
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also be used for checking work aloud, memorizing vocabulary words, |
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rehearsing speeches or roles in a play, and even practicing math facts. $449 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Edgar School Science Fair |
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Supports Middle School Science Fair prizes and medals. |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Songwriter's Workshop 2nd visit |
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Bernie Worrell is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboard player |
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and composer who is famous for working with Parliament-Funkadelic |
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and Talking Heads. This allows him to travel to our high |
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SCHOOL TO DISCUSS HIS CAREER, MUSIC, AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. $350 |
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Metuchen Board of Education - Shake, Rattle, Earthquake!-6th Grade Earth Science |
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This set of kits lets students create their own earthquakes in |
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the science lab. Students can demonstrate four different types of |
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seismic waves (primary, secondary, Raleigh, and L-waves) using a |
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Slinky. Students can manually shake the earthquake board to create each |
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wave type. This is the perfect device for testing the survivability of |
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structures students create with the Towering Toothpick Disaster Lab Activity, |
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which incorporates a technology aspect into an earth science class. $258 |
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Student Scholarships - Verice Mason Fund |
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Three Metuchen High School seniors received college |
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SCHOLARSHIPS. IT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS MINORITY STUDENTS. IT |
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is based on academic achievement & community service. $3,000 |
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Student Scholarships |
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Two Metuchen High School seniors received college scholarships. |
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IT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS STUDENTS PURSUING A CAREER IN EDUCATION. IT |
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is based on academic achievement & community service $1,000 |