A Celebration of Diversity: Thomas Jefferson School/African American History Awareness Program in cooperation with the Style Club of Morristown High School--$910
This diversity based program will utilize the local arts in order to inform students of the contributions of African Americans to United States history. The fifth grade students of Thomas Jefferson School and members of the MHS Style Club will see the production of The Black Journey at the Community Theatre. After the performance, both groups will meet to discuss issues of diversity. Rev. Robert Rogers, pastor of the Church of God and Christ, will participate in this program as a local community resource.

Brain Gym for All -- $1,914
Brain Gym is a series of simple and enjoyable movements performed in an intentional way which optimize functioning of the brain. These movements help to stimulate and integrate neural pathways within the brain to remove stress that has been associated with specific learning situations. The teachers will receive two Brain Gym posters and the Brain Gym Teachers edition so they can refer to the integrative movements on a daily basis.

Celebrating Literature through the Arts--$450
A class play performance of Stone Soup will take place. In preparation for the class play, the students will participate in many learning activities involving the strong message in the play which involves bthe gift of sharing.b

Challenge Day--$3,200
The Challenge Day program is designed to help stop the violence and alienation that youth face every day. Students will spend the days participating in a variety of activities that will help tear down barriers that keep them apart and make connections to unify them. The program helps students develop character education, learn how to become model citizens, and prepare for the postsecondary phase of their lives.

Children of the Earth--$400
This project will include the fifth grade Quest students from all of the schools. The students will learn survival, develop tracking skills and plant identification, write a journal reflecting on their experiences, and develop teamwork. The Children of the Earth Foundation will provide two instructors per every twenty students for two days. They will meet outdoors on school property participating in guided activities to learn the skills listed above. The goal is to increase environmental awareness and positive action to care take our natural world, while strengthening academic skills and team building.

Colonial Symphony Music Education Program--$3,500
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. This grant would support the following components of the program: A series of Composition Classes for advanced music students, a special Open Master Class, and a series of demonstration/performances for the wind ensemble and orchestra by quintets from the Colonial Symphony. This grant is requested by the high school for their cultural arts allotment given by the MEF.

Cultural Arts for 2008-2009
The MEF will give cultural arts money to each school in the district for the 2008-9 school year. Lafayette - $1000 All K-2 Schools - $2000 each All 3-5 Schools - $2000 each Normandy Park - $2000 Frelinghuysen - $3000 MHS - $4500

Dance Dance Revolution--$1665
Dance Dance Revolution is a high-energy music and dance program that gets kids and adults on their feet and working out. It is non-competitive, fun, increases overall fitness, and burns calories. It is an effective way to combat our nationbs current epidemic of obesity. It will be used in gym class, for midday fitness, as a staff team-building activity, and as a Family Fun Night. Participants follow an increasingly complex sequence of dance steps in time to music, stepping on electronic pads that record their progress.