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Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake Education Foundation

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Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake Education Foundation

Opening doorways of opportunity

Grants: Spring 2007

Chris Thompson, March 12, 2017March 13, 2017

Jennifer Adams, BH-BL High School Science Department

An introductory disarticulated skeleton and six “Sherlock Bones” kits (partial skeletons for forensics analysis labs).  Forensics is a new elective science course being offered in the fall.  The labs help students develop skills in critical thinking and problem solving.

Grant: $1,992

 

Juliann DellaRocco, BH-BL High School Transition Committee

Take thirty students to the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown for a two-day peer leadership training to develop a “buddy” mentor program for identified at-risk or “disconnected” students.  This addresses two BH-BL High School goals: to increase Regents and Merit diploma rates and to create connections for disengaged students.

Grant: $2,275

 

Alison Dinofrio, After School Program

To purchase a Lego Renewable Energy Getting Started Package for Renewable Energy Lab to be used in the after school enrichment club which is open to all 4th & 5th graders in all three elementary schools.  The material would also be available to teachers and students to supplement the current Science curriculum.  Students will discover how energy is developed from the sun, wind and water.

Grant: $2,106

 

Beth Larson, BH-BL High School History Department

To purchase an Optoma DV10 Movie Time Digital DVD Projector for an after school activity that will make use of feature length Hollywood films dealing with historical topics that are studied in class.  The “Movies R Us” program will offer one movie per quarter and involve three activity period presentations.

Grant: $500

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Grants Awarded: Spring 2019

July 9, 2019

Grant proposals submitted by BH-BL staff members Lindsay Armbruster, Dave Besozzi, Danielle Manning, Kelly Chila, Katherine Kindl, and Jill Ollari were approved in June 2019. The Education Foundation Board of Trustees received five proposals with requests totaling $14,171 during its spring 2019 grant cycle. After analysis and discussion, four of…

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Grants Awarded: Fall 2020, with a focus on pandemic response

February 20, 2021February 26, 2021

The Education Foundation Board of Trustees received three applications in its Fall 2020 grants cycle. All three proposals will help teachers respond to the pandemic, while also providing equipment that can be used after the pandemic is over. The Board of Trustees voted in December to approve all three of…

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Grants Awarded: Fall 2018

March 1, 2019August 26, 2019

The Education Foundation Board of Trustees was pleased to receive four applications with requests totaling $17,944 in its Fall 2018 grant cycle. After discussion, the Board of Trustees voted to approve all four of these grants, in part or in whole, which were then approved by the BH-BL Board of…

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to the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Education Foundation website! The Foundation is run by a volunteer board and was begun in 1998 to create new opportunities for education in our community.

The Foundation supports the youth of the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake school community by generating and disbursing funds for services, equipment, enrichment programs, and other projects designed to enhance education.

If you have questions about the Foundation, please email us at contact@bhblef.org  or by US mail to PO Box 144, Burnt Hills, NY 12027.

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