IPEI Teacher Grants 2012-13

Project Name
Teacher/School
Community Partner(s)

Learning How to be a Professional Musician in Middle School
Diana Geiger/Boynton
Dr. James Mick, Ithaca College

Breathe, Jump, Slide into Wellness
Susan Eschbach/Boynton
Lisa Tsetse, choreographer

LACS Fall Retreat: Fostering Citizenship in the Outdoor World
Joe Greenberg/ Lehman Alternative
Earth Arts, Primitive Pursuits

Introducing Kindergarteners to Architecture*
Beth Wixson/South Hill
Noah Demarest, Stream Collaborative

Espanol Para Todos!
Pam Merola/Cayuga Heights
John Walker, Spanish Instructor

Music and Feelings
Nancy Siegele/Beverly J Martin
David Plaine and Mark Sammo, Fun Bus Band

Let’s Get Moving: The Photography of Dance
Judy Cogan/Ithaca High
Nana Anim, Wassa PanAfrika Dance Ensemble

Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Traditions Are Alive Today
Andrea Volckmar/DeWitt
Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art; Mike Tarbell

Ellis Island Immigration Experience*
Andrea Volckmar/DeWitt
Thamora Fischel, Southeast Asia Program at Cornell; Steve Yale-Loehr

The Magic Paintbrush: The Art and Culture of China
Kari Krakow/Northeast
Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art; Jim Hardesty

The Garden in My Classroom
Allison Andersen/Fall Creek
Leigh MacDonald-Rizzo, Ithaca Children’s Garden

E-Book Pilot: Electronic Reading Easily on E-Readers
Roz Guterman/Boynton
Lindsey Reed

Kids Discover the Creek: Creek Study
Jennifer Emerson/Fall Creek
Jed Jordan, Primitive Pursuits

What's the Big Idea?? Exploring Genre & Theme through Literature & Film
Allison Andersen/Fall Creek
Scott Bliss, Cinemapolis

What's the Big Idea?? Exploring Genre & Theme through Literature & Film
Kathleen Lee/South Hill
Scott Bliss, Cinemapolis

The Power of My Voice
Ahrayna Zakos/Beverly J Martin
Sarah Wolff, Poet

Hangar Theatre: Artist in Residence-The Skills of Public Speaking
Christopher Carey/Boynton
The Hangar Theatre

Using Scientific Illustration to Learn about Trout
Jen Wilke/South Hill
Camille Doucet, Artist

Artful Math Mural
Christine Finnigan/Enfield
Jay Stooks, GIAC

Barry Deutsch Author Visit
Mihal Ronen/Fall Creek
Barry Deutsch, Author

High School Classroom Book Flood
Rebecca Gergely/Ithaca High
Gary Weissbrot, Buffalo Street Books

Powerful Puppet Presentations II
Victoria Benson/Boynton
Open Hand Theater

The Artful Garden
Jackie Richardson, Carol Spence/Ithaca High
Damon Brangman, Gardens 4 Humanity

Corelli’s Last Night
Aaron Buck/DeWitt
Cornell University Music Department

Rhythm, Rhyme and Reading
Sarah Hubberman/Cayuga Heights
Judy Stock, musician

Guest Artist and Sculpture Garden Installation Project at Ithaca High School*
Jocelyn Lutter/Ithaca High
Durand Van Doren, sculptor

Journey West
Jennifer Anissi Kivisild/DeWitt
Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell Department of Near-Eastern Studies

Me on the Map, Visiting Places in Our Community with Friends
Kelly Craft/Northeast
Carol Hockett, Johnson Museum of Art

Make Better Stuff: the Advantages of Rapid Prototyping
Sheila Kissiloff/Fall Creek
Xanthe Matychak

Aquaponics: School Grown Salad Bar, Herbs and Fish!
Victoria Benson/Boynton
Aqua Vita Farms

Speak to Succeed in Science!
Victoria Benson/Boynton
The Hangar Theatre

*Selected to be funded by the Charles E. Treman Jr. Teacher Grant Endowment of the Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund in memory of the former president of the Tompkins Trust Company.