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Grants Awarded 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20

Grants Awarded 2024-25

Total WEF Grant Awards 2024-25:  $40,019

 

Grants Awarded 2023-24

Total WEF Grant Awards 2023-24:  $39,726

wakefield Memorial High School

  • Dr. “The Machine” Jesse Green, Motivational Speaker

  • Jewelry Making - Real World Art Application

  • Photography Faux Lighting Techniques

  • Sharing our Stories: Interview/Podcasting Equipment

  • Visual Arts Display

  • Engineering Design and Development

 Galvin Middle School

  • Eclipse Glasses and Party

  • Camp Nihan Watershed Awareness Program

  • Galvin Artist in Residence: Giles LaRoche

  • Journey to Juneteenth- Valerie Tutson/Arts for Learning

 Galvin Middle School and WMHS

  • 2024 Day of Unity

  • Hate Ends Now Presentation

  • Theater Arts

  • Choral Department - Acapella

 

Dolbeare Elementary

  • Discovery Museum Science Workshops

 Greenwood Elementary

  • Art in the School Garden

  • Lifting Spirits Equine Visit

  • Discovery Museum Science Workshops

 Walton Elementary

  • Race and Song: A Musical Conversation

  • Understanding our Differences/ Inclusivity Day

 Woodville Elementary

  • Discovery Museum Science Workshops

 Doyle Early Childhood Education Center

  • BubbleMan Workshop

  • Rainforest Animals with Curious Creatures

 District-Wide

  • STEAM Night 2024

 

Grants Awarded 2022-23

Total WEF Grant Awards 2022-23: $39,659

Dolbeare Elementary school

  • Discovery Museum Science Workshops

Greenwood Elementary

  • “Race and Song:  A Musical Conversation

  • Ms. Pam’s Lending Library/”Best me I can be” Collection

Walton Elementary

  • Hagerman Extreme Science Show

Woodville Elementary

  • Discovery Museum Science Workshops

  • La Vida Day Camp

 Doyle Early Childhood Education Center

  • Farm and Jungle Interactive Experience

  • Bunches of Bubbles

  • Chick Hatching

  • Space, Earth and Sky Materials

  • Supporting DEI through Materials and Books

 

District-wide

  • Elementary Composting Program

  • STEAM Night

  • Theater Arts

  • Unity Day Keynote Speaker

Wakefield Memorial High School

  • Ceramic Arts Slab Rollers

  • Photographic Arts Equipment

  • Engineering Design and Development

  • Warrior Care Closet

Galvin Middle School

  • Author Visit with Rob Buyea

  • Camp Nihan Watershed Awareness Program

  • Vital Dance Crew

  • Rob Surette, Amazing Hero Art

  • Building a Collection of Books for English Language Learners

  • Inclusive Field Trip: Windrush Farm


Grants Awarded 2021-22

Executive Grants

(> $1500)

 

Program Grants

(< $1500)

 

Rob Surette, Amazing Hero Art

 

Eyes on Owls live owl program

wakefield memorial high School

  • Digital Photography Program Enhancements

Galvin Middle School

  •  Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Trip

  •  Camp Nihan Watershed Awareness

  •  Hummingbird Coding

Dolbeare Elementary

  • Social Emotional Learning to Build Classroom Community

greenwood elementary

  • Water Protectors Program: Exploring Indigenous Identity & Climate Change

  • Weather Station at Greenwood

Walton elementary

  • Rob Surette, Amazing Hero Art

woodville Elementary

  • Hands On Science Enrichment

  •  Outdoor Garden Science

District-wide

  • Learning About Differences & Disabilities presents Sam Drazin

  •  Theater Arts 

  •  Diverse Books

  •  Unity Day Keynote Speaker

 

Wakefield Memorial High School

  • Self Care Tool Box

Galvin Middle School

  •  Monstrous Science Day with Carlyn Beccia

  •  Overcoming Life's Challenges: Seeing Possibility

  •  Science Olympiad

  •  Eyes on Owls

  •  Water Quality Testing | Lake Quannapowitt

dolbeare Elementary

  • Learning Life Skills through Outdoor Gardening

  • STEM Kits for 4th Graders

Greenwood Elementary

  • Ms. Pam’s Lending Library

Doyle Early Childhood Education Center

  • Chick Hatching

  • STEM Teaching & Learning Materials

  • Early Childhood hands-on Teaching Materials

 

Grant Awarded 2020-21

 

$25,000 Consolidated Grant

With a unique 2020-21 school year looming, the WEF board made an unprecedented decision in August of 2020 to award $25,000, all of the year’s grant funds, to the district for the purchase A/V technology that would enhance the remote learning experience for teachers and students.

This largest single grant in WEF’s history funded a pilot technology program across the seven schools in the district. In consultation with WEF, Superintendent Doug Lyons and WPS Technology Director Jeff Weiner used the funds to purchase 40 portable Logitech ConferenceCam CONNECT units which include a camera with a 90-degree field of view, an omni-directional microphone, a speaker that connects to a PC, and a remote control.

 
 

Teachers used these units for instruction both from their homes and from their classrooms.


Grants Awarded 2019-20

 

Executive Grants (> $1500)

camp nihan watershed

Camp Nihan

wakefield memorial high School

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre Tickets

  • Digital Photography Art Class Enhancements

Galvin Middle School

  • Single Stream Recycling

  • Camp Nihan Watershed Awareness

Dolbeare Elementary

  • Discovery Museum’s Weather and Force & Magnetism Workshops

Woodville Elementary

  • Discovery Museum’s Bubbles, Magnets and Sounds Workshops

District-wide

  • Food Rescue & Composting

  • Theatre Arts

  • Explore STEAM Night 2020

  • Learning About Differences & Disabilities (LADD) Presents David Harrell

 

Program Grants (< $1500)

Geography Game Show

Wakefield Memorial High School

  • Samantha Livingstone, Olympic Gold Medalist, Journey Back to Joy Galvin Middle School

Galvin Middle School

  • Museum of Science’s The Sound of Science

  • Museum of Science’s Dynamic Earth: Heat Flow

  • Geography Game Show

  • Art Class Curator Library

Greenwood Elementary

  • Language of Song with Alastair Moock

  • Sand Tray for Social Emotional Support

  • Robotics Program, Third & Fourth Grade

Walton Elementary

  • New England Aquarium’s Whale Day and Tidepool Programs

Woodville Elementary

  • Garden Project, Second Grade

Doyle Early Childhood Education Center

  • Chick Hatching

  • Pretend Play Learning Resources