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Tara Draper: East Falmouth - Makerspace: Spring 2023
A recent FEF visit to the Makerspace by FEF Board member Denise MacKerron provided the following reaction and pictures: The Makerspace at East Falmouth library is colorful and welcoming. The commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is visible from every angle. The Makerspace enrichment class yielded enthusiastic and charming young students, eager to delve into Perler Beads and the Marble Run. Their efforts presented projects that boasted of the love of creativity, problem solving, cooperation, and the sheer joy of building something out of nothing. |
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Student Impact Grant: Spring 2023
An Ellen Barol Student Impact Grant was awarded to Eloise and Lilliane, FHS students, who organized a visit by the Amazing Animal Ambassadors to come to FHS; Art Honor Society students were able to observe and draw live mammals, birds and reptiles.
An Ellen Barol Student Impact Grant was awarded to Eloise and Lilliane, FHS students, who organized a visit by the Amazing Animal Ambassadors to come to FHS; Art Honor Society students were able to observe and draw live mammals, birds and reptiles.
February 2023
Corine Adam's FHS ceramics students visit the Truro Center As part of a visiting artists grant, FHS ceramic students visited Castle Hill, an arts center that attracts artists and students from all over the world. Chris Smith, the studio manager gave students a tour of the facilities and talked about salt firing. The students helped Chris load the salt kiln. This is only one part of a year long project that includes teapot building, photography, and transferring of photographs to decals, which will used on functional ceramic pieces students have made this year. 
December 2022
Linda Burke: Coding with Ozobots - Grade 5, Morse Pond School Ms. Burke’s fifth grade class at Morse Pond School are learning strategies of Ozobot’s Bowling. Working in pairs, the students find strategies, use computational thinking, and then color code their base platform to direct their Ozobot to knock down all the bowling pins. The Ozobots, the Ozobot charger, as well as the cameras that allow the students to videotape their results were part of a 2022-23 FEF funded Project Grant. 
December 2022
Lisa Wilcox: We Need to Feel Comfortable to Learn! East Falmouth Elementary School My students were thrilled to have an additional option for flexible seating. They helped me unbox the stools and put felt pads on the 'feet' of the stools to protect the speech room floor. My students love the new stools, and most choose them daily for their seating option! They can also choose a standard classroom chair with or without a bumpy movement cushion, a wobble stool, or they can stand during their therapy session. With so many different movement needs - I feel fortunate to be able to offer seating options to my students so that they can be comfortable and maximize their learning! 
October 25, 2022
First & second grade teachers, East Falmouth: Janet Costa Bates Author Visit East Falmouth first and second grade students had the amazing opportunity to meet Cape Verdean author Janet Bates! Ms. Bates shared her new book Rica Baptista: Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend, that is being published today! Thanks to the Falmouth Education Foundation - Massachusetts, and in collaboration with Eight Cousins Books, all five teacher's wrote mini-grants to purchase signed and personalized copies of Rica Baptista for every student to bring home with them. 
October 25, 2022: Teaticket - Kelly Geist's students at Teaticket enjoy the books by Janet Costa Bates. Kelly wrote: "The students were so engaged in the story and the characters, and they can't wait for the next book in the series to be published. The book is also a welcome addition to my classroom library, as I have been working for years to represent all cultures and ethnicities."
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Ann Goulart, Morse Pond Math Team, Winter 2023 - The Math team enjoyed exploring hands-on STEM concepts and participating in the Math Olympiad for Elementary Students contest. Each week the students would work in teams to explore many STEM concepts. Some projects used pencil and paper, and some need hands-on construction. All involved brain power and cooperation. Morse Pond Math Team has been a great success. The students look forward to stimulating conversation and enriching STEM activities that challenge their abilities.
February 2023
Katie Stanton and Molly Drane's Spanish Honor Society Students Learn Colombian Cooking. Students learned about Columbian culture and cooking with Chef Ivan Arias Tobo. Students learned the necessary vocabulary to be able to discuss with Chef Tobo in Spanish how to prepare various dishes and the history behind them. Here students are enjoying Colombian Arepas, which they made! 
December 2022 Bob Porto: Mini Grant: Railcar Rally Relay Lawrence School This project allowed students to work in teams of 4-6 to design and build an old fashioned railroad pump trolley. Students built 10 carts which were then raced relay style in front of the school in early December. This project incorporated science, engineering, measurement and local history, as our team Social Studies teacher conducted a lesson on the rise and fall of Falmouth’s railroad. This was supplemented with a walk to the bus station the following day in order for students to see the remaining tracks and remnants from that era. 
October 2022
Jane Baker: Falmouth High School Project Grant: Over the Bridge "A rewarding day in the Berkshire Mountains thanks to the Falmouth Education Foundation. Students in AP Art, AP Literature and Honors Art went "over the bridge" today to the other side of Massachusetts. They completed sketches, writing and nature studies for works that they will complete in the coming weeks at FHS. Thanks so much to the FEF for funding this great learning experience for our students! Falmouth High School - Massachusetts" 
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