Advocating for Gifted Youngsters: The Partnership Between Parents and Schools--$520
This is an evening presentation by Dr. Frances Spielhagen. The target audience is parents, educators, and community members. The presentation will be given about gifted children and their needs. It will provide tools for knowledgeable dialogue that is positive and beneficial. There will be a question and answer session as well as a review of specific resources for parents and teachers.

Best Practices @Your Morris School District Library--$2,480
This project involves the purchase of two professional development resources. One is an electronic book called The Encyclopedia of Education. The second is an online professional development database from Thomson-Gale. This database is a collection of more than 300 full-text journals for educators. These resources will provide access to the most up-to-date research in order to find best practices to implement in all subject areas and grade levels.

Colonial Symphony Music Education Program--$7,500
The Colonial Symphony conducts a music education program that augments the skills of the teachers, enhances the curriculum, and expands the musical lives of students. There will be master classes for instrumental students, followed by a bJoint Concertb with professional musicians joining students, composition classes for advanced students, and an open master class for composition students. In addition, there will be a mentoring program at Frelinghuysen which will contain specific demonstration and tutoring.

Complimenting Acedemic Behavior (CAB)--$750
The C.A.B. program has been designed to focus on and honor those special needs students who choose to improve and continue to succeed to the best of their potential.The program will involve parents as well.

Creating a Learning Organization--$4,450
At Alexander Hamilton School, they have developed a Leadership Team within the building. The leadership team transfers its training and thinking with the rest of the staff, parents, and children. The grant will see a continuation of a focus upon the guiding principles that have been established. This is the filter that they will use to affect continuous school reflection and renewal, to provide quality educational programs, and deliver and increase the awareness of effective teaching strategies to the staff in a collaborative manner. There will be a consultant, coach, facilitator, and project manager who will partner with the school. Her name is Susan Mazza.

Creating An End to Slavery, One Student at a Time--$350
Maria Sliwa will be a quest lecturer. Her address will raise awareness of the slavery that exists in our time and to advocate for people to take action and help in the fight against slavery. She will speak of her travels to the Sudan and her research on troubles in the world. This grant was submitted by students at MHS.

Encore! Chamber Repertory Theatre Production of Short Stories--$1,000
This is an opportunity to bring the works of some of the writers explored in the sophomore curriculum alive for students. Boston's Chamber Repertory Theatre will present a staged production of five short stories by early American writers at Newark Symphony Hall in December. The stories featured are: "The Tell Tale Heart", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "The Monkey's Paw", "The Necklace", and "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".

Family Math Night--$350
This is a family night designed to familiarize parents with the Everyday Math series and the games and strategies the children use in school.