Congratulations, 2007-2008 Teacher Grant Recipients

IPEI's Teacher Grant program encourages curricular innovation that brings community projects into the classroom. Funds to support this program come from individuals and businesses that sponsor teams at the annual Adult Spelling Bee--including True Insurance's event sponsorship--and from gifts to our annual community campaign.

In 2006, Tompkins Trust Company established a $100,000 endowment honoring Charles E. Treman, Jr., a 1926 graduate of Ithaca High School and the bank's longtime president and chairman. The income from this fund provides IPEI with additional Teacher Grant funds.

For academic year 2007-2008, IPEI has awarded a total of $19,500 in teacher grants to support the following projects:

Grant writer/school Grant Title Community Partner
Sarah Jane Bokaer/LACS "Flair Extraordinaire!" Nick Goldsmith
David Buchner/DeWitt** Robotic Scare Gull Dr. Stephen Kress/CU
Louise Furnas/Fall Creek** Our Community Dances Together-Again, with Swing and Joy!! Victoria Armstrong
Heather Scott/HIS Spring Break Outdoor Environmental Education Experience Kim Olsen/Ithaca Youth Bureau
Paul Zarach/LACS Outdoor Adventure Program Kim Olsen/Ithaca Youth Bureau
Claudia Miettunen/LACS ** Exploring Chinese Language & Culture Jim Hardesty/Minfong Ho
Louis Hicks/LACS Katrina Relief Trip Love Knows No Bounds
Monica Lang/Belle Sherman Every Pictures Tells a Story Anitra Wilson
Nicole Dauria/BJM Getting Our Feet Wet! Charlie Dorsey/Ithaca Youth Bureau/YMCA
Allison Deutsch Andersen/ Fall Creek Ithaca is Growers: From Tiny Spaces to Farmers' Places Erin Marteal
Kelly Craft/Northeast Elementary Literacy Through Photography Lita Remsen/Longview Head Start
Todd Crawford/Boynton Think Time Johnson Art Museum
Jon Raimon/LACS A BJM and LACS Publication Cornell Press: Jim Graney, publisher; Maura Stephens, editor; Robin Coleman
Jon Raimon/LACS Are you STILL on the Bus? Jeff Furman and Ithaca Bio-Diesel
Randi Beckmann/Belle Sherman Recording our Community Chad Crumm/Music Tank Recording Studio
Meggin Rose/LACS Alternative Community Audio Theater Project The Kitchen Theatre
Vito Brancato/Boynton Dragon Boating: Team Building with a Cultural Experience Dragon Boat Club
Linda Duttweiler/South Hill** Story Art Workshop Andrea Hazard
Yvette de Boer/DeWitt Trout "IN" the classroom and "OUT" in Cayuga Lake Bill Foster
Diana Levy/BJM ** "D is for Dancing" Lisa Tsetse
Pam Merola/CHES The Person Inside: Understanding Disabilities Finger Lakes Independence Center
Kluane Snyder/Caroline Rural-Urban Community Connection Family Reading Partnership
Kim Snow/CHES "I Yo Tambien Hablo Espanol?" Nora Schapira
Sheila Kissiloff/Enfield Enfield Green Team T.C. Solid Waste Management Division

** Charles E. Treman Jr. Grants

Red and Gold Opportunities Grants

In addition to the Teacher Grants, applications for Red and Gold Opportunities Grants are considered on a rolling basis throughout the school year.

For information about grant applications for the 2008-2009 school year, contact George Taber at gwt1@cornell.edu.

Kids Discover the Trail!

A Collaboration of Discovery Trail, ICSD and IPEI

Each spring, more than 2500 Ithaca elementary-aged children in the Pre-K through 5th grades "hit the trail," thanks to an unprecedented community collaboration between IPEI, the Discovery Trail, and the Ithaca City School District called Kids Discover the Trail! The program is funded through the generosity of foundations, corporations, and individuals in our community.

Special thanks to the program sponsor for 2007-2008, the Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County.

Contact: kdt@ipei.org, 256-IPEI (4734)

Click here for more information about the Discovery Trail.

"Connecting School and Community" Campaign

All gifts to IPEI are tax deductible and support the overall mission and programs of IPEI. In addition, special sponsorship opportunities are available for all our programs and affiliates.

See a list of giving opportunities. Find out more about making a gift.

Our most sincere thanks to all who have already provided support and our invitation to those who have not to please consider making a gift to this campaign which ends June 30, 2008.

Fine Arts Booster Group

Fine Art Booster Group (FABG) is an IPEI affliate.

Next Teacher mini-grant deadline: October 15, 2008

Next general meeting: September/October, 2008.

Email: ipei@ipei.org    Phone: 607.256.IPEI (4734)    IPEI, P.O. Box 4268, Ithaca, NY 14852-4268