News Articles about The Concord
Trust for the Enhancement of Public Education
Here is a listing of articles that feature The Concord Trust and/or one of our
grants. To read the articles in their entirety, go to the web site of the news
source.
Concord, 11 School
Projects, $12,000
Concord Monitor Karen Langley/Monitor staff
May 10, 2010
“The Concord Trust, a local nonprofit that funds creative projects in the
Concord School District, will award $11,828 to 11 projects at a ceremony today.”
Concord Trust Awards Grants
to Concord Teachers
Concord School District Newsletter Dr. Chris Rath/Superintendent
Volume 10; Issue 33
“On Monday afternoon, 17 Concord educators will be awarded almost $12,000 in
grants from the Concord Trust.”
Minding the Store
Concord Monitor Karen Langley/Monitor Staff
February 24, 2010
“Each Friday at snack time, students clutching quarters and dollar bills peruse
the merchandise at the Broken Ground School store. The store has been in
business since June 2009.” (Refers to Jane Donohue’s 2008 “Kid’s Count” grant.)
Speaking in Algebra
Concord Monitor Karen Langley/Monitor Staff
February 14, 2010
“Harriet Kraybill had hardly passed out the worksheets when her sixth-period
students started chatting. It looked like they were talking about math, a few
students pointed to problems on their sheets—but their teacher wasn’t sure.”
(Refers to Harriet Kraybill’s 2009 “Making Mathematical Connections grant.”)
Speaking Our Language
Concord Monitor Meg Heckman/Monitor Staff
December 15, 2008
“Celery and carrots are odd tools for a language lesson, but they became
conduits for words one afternoon last week. Children from a half dozen countries
clustered around low-slung tables in a classroom at Dame Elementary School,
using the crudités to depict neighborhoods.” (Refers to Laurie Hart’s 2008
“Broadening Horizons” grant.)
Pop Quizzes at the Push of
A Button
Concord Monitor Melanie Asmar/Monitor Staff
November 15, 2006
“The question teacher Lise Bofinger posed to her third period biology class was
a thinker: What is evolution? But in sixty seconds she knew that 86% of them
knew the answer: Change.” (Refers to Lise Bofinger’s 2006 “Formative Assessment”
grant.)
Grants Allow Innovative
Thinking
Concord Monitor Melanie Asmar/Monitor Staff
June 1, 2006
“Gone are the days when every 9th grade biology student was issued a scalpel and
a dead frog. But animal dissections are still considered valuable learning
tools, and one Concord High School science teacher will use grant money to make
them a mouse-click away.” (Refers to Tom Crumrine’s 2006 “Virtual Cat
Dissection” grant.)
Stretching Their Minds and
Bodies
Concord Monitor Melanie Asmar/Monitor Staff
November 21, 2005
“The class began with an “Om.” After that, the only sound in the Kimball School
Auditorium was the squeaking of bare feet on yoga mats.” (Refers to Tim
Sullivan’s 2005 “After-School Yoga” grant.)
Education Grants Give
Schools An Extra Boost
Concord Monitor Chris Baxter/ Monitor Staff
June 6, 2005
“Lights, camera, funding... The Beaver Meadow School was awarded $2486 Wednesday
from The Concord Trust for the Enhancement of Public Education to fund the Young
Filmmakers in the Making project, one of 8 grants awarded to teachers throughout
the Concord School District this year.”
Grants Reward * Teacher For
Their Innovation
Concord Monitor Kristin Proulx/Monitor Staff
June 7, 2004
“Broken Ground students will be able to bind and publish their poetry books
without leaving their classrooms. Students at Conant will learn to use high-tech
electronic pens to help them sound out tough words. And young artists at
Rundlett will create films using digital animation.”