Since the Haddon Township Education Foundation started in late 2017, we have awarded more than $250,000 in grants.
This grant will support the Emerging Technology Lab at the High School by integrating a laser engraver to create innovation and creativity across disciplines. With its precise and versatile capabilities, the laser engraver would empower students and faculty alike to explore a variety of projects from intricate prototypes to personalized designs.
This grant will help bring the Challenge Day program to HTHS and RMS. Challenge Day is a high-energy, powerful program designed to increase self-esteem, build empathy, and improve school community.
This proposal will provide tools and equipment to support general education students at Edison in the areas of fine motor, gross motor, and sensory processing with the goal of increased student performance and decreased referrals for intervention.
This grant will bring eight new hot plates to the high school chemistry classes. The newer technology allows for safer and more effective laboratory procedures.
This project will provide additional equipment at HTHS and RMS for specialized sessions in auditory and visual mindfulness and relaxation techniques that promote mental well-being, reduce anxiety, and enhance concentration.
This popular program at Van Sciver uses duck egg hatching and accompanying activities to enhance the preschool and elementary curriculum in the areas of expressive and receptive language, science, and inclusion.
This proposal will bring accessible and space-saving seating to the preschool programs at Edison and Stoy. Leveled seating benches will support the program’s Creative Curriculum during morning meetings, circle time, and read-alouds. This type of seating promotes core strength and accounts for students of differing sizes.
This grant will support Chemistry classes within the High School and Middle School. The vacuum pumps will be used when laboratory procedures require filtration. The vacuum pumps will be able to speed up the filtration process allowing experiments to be completed in a fraction of the time then previous filtration methods.
This grant will support the Strawbridge/Edison Elementary Schools by providing funding for a Glowforge laser cutter. The laser cutter will be able to enhance education in the elementary schools by fostering creativity, innovation and practical skills. The Glowforge laser cutter will allow cross-curriculum learning, STEAM concepts, problem solving and digital literacy in the elementary schools.
This grant will support the Middle School teachers to purchase the HMH Writable platform. The HMH Writable is an AI based platform that can provide actual tracked student data to measure student improvement and highlight which skills students have improved upon across grade levels. The HMH Writable platform paired with Amplify, will help develop student writing skills, instead of AI doing the writing for them.
This grant will support the Strawbridge Elementary School classes and allow teachers to add diversity to the resources for classroom lessons. These books represent underrepresented populations with diverse authors promoting diversity and inclusion within the school. The books and lesson plans can be shared throughout the school for when a teacher needs to use it.
This grant will support the Van Sciver 5th grade students to gain a better understanding of financial literacy by incorporating both mathematics and social studies. Claim Your Future is a classroom game providing elementary school students an introduction of financial literacy. Pre- and post-assessments will be used to determine the learning gains over the 6-week game use.
This grant will fund the Rohrer Middle School English/Language Arts teachers to purchase furniture to foster a safe, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing reading space. Having a small group reading space will allow peer-to-peer discussions and social opportunities to have academic discussions. The furniture for these reading spaces will be put to use with the expectation of building better reading culture at the Rohrer Middle School
This grant will support the reading intervention program at all (5) elementary schools to help improve student reading benchmarks. The Decodable Readers will support structured, research-backed instructions of phonetic concepts by providing practice for each concept. The Level Literacy Booksare sent home regularly to help students practice outside of the school. However, these books have not always come back and now need to be replenished.
This grant will fund the purchase of an in-house professional photography studio for the Arts Department. Students will be introduced to a variety of essential photography equipment becoming self-sufficient in creating a professional photoshoot. The equipment will enhance the Visual and Media Arts curriculum by integrating modern and relevant technology into photography classes.
This grant will support Rohrer Middle School social studies classes by providing tools to help with teaching geography. Atlases and the “dry-erase” maps will provide the students hands-on learning to see how geography affected the growth of civilizations. The atlases and maps provide Rohrer Middle School social studies teachers needed tools to meet academic requirements in the 2020 NJ Social Studies Standards.
This grant will support the Rohrer Middle School/High School students taking Spanish classes.Spanish class students just starting out can gain confidence and increase the rate of language acquisition through voluntary reading. Getting these books to help start a reading library will be invaluable and allow interested students to further their learning of the Spanish language.
This grant will fund the Rohrer Middle School counselors to implement the Social Thinking Teens & Tweens Bundle for small group counseling sessions curriculum. The goal of the curriculum is to provide a structured framework for addressing social and emotional needs of Rohrer Middle School students developmentally.