At the Pre-School Level: 

• “Muzzy” books on tape & videos for English Language Learners

• Digital camera & memory card

• Music library & rhythm instruments

• Carts stocked with science experiments 

 

For Kindergarten through Fifth Grade: 

• “Slim Goodbody” fitness assemblies at all elementary schools

• John Arrucci Drumming Residency at Brookside

• Brookside’s Perfect Pumpkin Patch

• Claremont Native Sustainability Garden

• Claremont Cares school beautification project

• “Jump Start” before-school literacy program for at-risk students

• Project PALS literacy-strengthening workshops for families

• “Fun Tunnel” playground equipment

• Books on tape for ESL students, recorded by OHS students

• Contributions to Project Tremors (formerly Formula for Success)

• Signs to reinforce the Fit Kids nutrition program for grades K-8

• Art of Storytelling multicultural residency

• Support for chess at recess programs, taught by a professional chess instructor

• Workshops with a naturalist and books for a related research project

• Workshops in the art of bookbinding

• Jacob Burns “See Hear Feel Film” program for classes & teachers

• Roller skates & rollerblades to help new & special-needs skaters in p.e.

• World percussion set for a pull-out program

• Books and books on tape for a before-school program for English Language Learners

• Funding for the continuation of the collaborative SPLASH science program

• Contributions to the Family Reading Connection

• Discover Dinosaurs and Fossils workshops

• Garden Creators nature and poetry project

• Curriculum-based Language Workshops for Spanish speaking parents

• Instruction in dances from around the world by a professional dance teacher

• Jazz workshops with Westchester Jazz Orchestra

• Colonial Day events

• Three years of the very successful Writemind writing workshop series

• New shed to store gardening tools & bird food for a special program

• Microscopes & a micro-projector

• Dance Dance Revolution equipment for 4th-12th graders

• Listen & Learn

• Drums Unlimited

• Kids Make Books for Kids

• Girls’ Running Club

• School of Rock guitar classes and equipment

• Sound system for assemblies/class productions

• Music in History, History in Music (Mbira program

• Support for the Ossining DARE program.

• Roosevelt Art Enrichment, mural and mosaic art

• Worm Wizards composting project

• Click and Learn, website for Park families

• Native American Museum at Claremont

• Outdoor Seating for Claremont

• Garden Coordinator at Brookside

• Dual Language Spanish Zone in Roosevelt library

• Build it and they will come, garden at Roosevelt

• Wellness Assemblies — “Jump with Jill”/“I Cannot Be Bought”

• Wellness Assemblies — “Broccoli Rob”

• Summer Reading Connection for Claremont and Roosevelt students

• Wellness Assemblies – Eat Like a Rainbow

• iPads for research at Claremont library

• Spanish books for Claremont library

• Fruit and Vegetable Education

• Click and Learn 2

• Tales of the Hudson

• Engaging our Claremont Stuents with Google Chromebooks

• iPads for Biliteracy & Multiculturalism

• iPads to Increase Stuent Motivation and Academic Achievement

• Podcasting & Technology in the Classroom

• Unique and News 2 You Online Software

• Renovation of Roosevelt School Garden

• Click and Learn 3

• Literary Workshop for ELL Parents

• Mosaics in the Brookside Garden

• Engaging our Claremont Students with Google Chrome Books 2

• pBones for Claremont

• Team Building at Brookside

• Indoor Recess Video at Park

• Hudson Tales  at Park

• Brookside Bookworms

• Multicultural Leveled Lending Library and Book Club  at Claremont

• Ebooks:  Extending the Library into the classroom  at Claremont

• Claremont Chrome Book classroom: building collaboration, creativity and extending  technology into classroom

• Unique and News 2 at Claremont 2015-2016

• Claremont Coding Club

 

At AMD Middle School: 

• “Dimension U” math software

• Virtual Journey to Ancient Egypt presentation

• Classroom Publishing Center

• John Arrucci Drumming Residency

• Staff development program in math & science for K-8 teachers

• Books for independent reading for 7th-grade classrooms

• Percussion workshops with a professional in African drumming

• Colonial American Trunk with artifacts, books & more

• Games & materials to aid math instruction for AIS students

• Contributions to “High Hopes and Expectations”

• One-time donation to support the Whale Watch trip

• Library of recordings & sound system for an active music-listening program

• Math- & science-related literature for a math classroom

• Projector to aid calculator instruction for math students 

• Creative math & ELA interdisciplinary trip, tying together geometric concepts, observation of sculptures & poetry

• Elliptical machine for the fitness center

• Math-casting program to reinforce math concepts for students who must miss class

• Workshops with singer-songwriter Dar Williams

• Yamaha Silent Brass

• OABSE speaker

• OPACC community outreach support 

• Summer Science Academy — “Invasive Species”

• Summer Science Academy — “Conserving our Waterways to the Hudson”

• Independent Reading Project

• Innovation Academy

• Kindles for Kids

• Opening our Social Studies Classroom to the Global Community with Chrome Books

• Print Rich AMD

• Saturday Academy for English Language Learners

• Weather Club 2015-2016

 

At Ossining High School:

• John Arrucci Drumming Residency

• Equipment for the firefighting p.e. elective

• Ballroom & multicultural dance program, taught by professional dancers

• Writing workshops for Latino students, with a professional writer

• Teleprompter for use by GO-TV, plus AMD & OHS video clubs

• Pilot program using disposable cameras to allow special education students to take photographs for creative inspiration in writing

• Books for Global History reading groups

• Electronic display board for news about science research & student awards

• 6 pieces of equipment for the fitness center

• Workshops for Gimme the Mic students, with musician Daniel Bernard Roumain

• Digital camera for the student newspaper

• Video library for the Living Environment (biology) course

• Camera & equipment for photography classes

• iPods and recorded books for English instruction

• African drums for the African-American club

• Latina Power workshops

• LCD projector for all special needs classes

• Expansion of a library of books & videos relating to the African-American experience

• Contributions to “Project Earthquake”

• Contributions to the Guidance Discretionary Fund, which helps students in need with money for college-level courses, test prep, and college applications

• Performance-level piano for the auditorium

• Dimmer board and lighting console for the auditorium & other lighting contributions

• Art of Murals

• Yearbook Summer Workshop

• Science Research equipment including a large scale printer and a “Stream Flowmeter”

• Digital cameras and photo printer

• iPads for te Struggling Learner

• Substance Abuse Prevention

• Guidance Discretionary Fund

• OHS Weight Room Renovation (with generous support from the Christian Federico Scholarship Fund)

• Registration fees and equipment for the FIRST Robotics team

• Anti-BuIlying Book Club

• Expanding our Photography Program and Expectations

• Folk Tales and Storytelling: Bridges to Cultural Differences

• OHS Drama Audio Training Workshop

• 3D printer

• Body & Soul Book Club (formerly known as Anti-bullying book club)

• Dress Matters

• Environmental Science Aquaponic System

• Registration fees and equipment for the FIRST Robotics team

• OHS Drama Stock Scenery Construction Supplies and Workshop

• Digital Arts at Ossining High School

• Camping at OHS 2015-2016

• Robotics

• Wildlife Cameras for the Science Research Program

• Guidance Discretionary Fund

• Fringe Festival in Edinburgh

 

District-wide

• Sustainability Café, a community-wide conversation on ways to build green practices.

• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

• Claremont School Library Renovation

• Makerspace in the OHS Library

• StoryWalk at Brookside

• Saturday Science Academy Program for Middle School Students

 

In conjunction with the Ossining Public Library

• New books for the 1,000 Books Project

• “A Literate Community” partnership

• Folk Tales and Storytelling