Recipients include:
Charlotte Catholic High School
Greg Tucker: $2,500 to fund an engineering lab
Christ the King High School
Kimberly Antolini and William Fountain: $4,550 for the ALEKS math program
Lisa Daidone: $3,200 to establish the fine arts program
Holy Trinity Middle School
Yvonne Adamou: $1,576 for the religion program “Battle of Faith”
Mireille Bellotti: $2,317 to purchase iPad minis for the foreign language program
Beth Robinson: $1,253 for Microsoft-Surface Windows 8 Pro for the fine arts program
Kelly Ann Wilson: $2,500 for ALEKS, a web based assessment and learning platform for mathematics
Our Lady of the Assumption School
Tammy Harris and Scott Kent: $5,000 to fund hands-on technology work
Anna Kiefriter and Vicki Neumann: $4,000 to fund “Behind the Scenes” in the music program
Mercedes Linares and Tammy Harris: $4,991 to fund smart technology to aid foreign language learning
St. Ann School
Katie Buckley and Kristen Ochsenhirt: $3,268 for “Leap into Leveled Literacy” to benefit the English, literature and writing program
Jennifer Coughlin: $890 for “Raising the Bar with Jr. Great Books” for the library
Celene Little and Lisa Horton: $6,000 to fund “HearBuilder” to improve auditory processing
Annmarie Mancusi: $2,000 to fund “Growing Minds: A School Garden” for the science program
Julie Thornley: $1,208 to fund “Enriching the Mathematical Mind” for the math program
Ellen Wentz and Anne-Marie Young: $2,914 for the learning support tool “Movin’ and a Groovin’ in Pre-K: Strengthening our Gross Motor Skills”
St. Gabriel School
Nancy Chiarelli: $788 to fund “The Wilson Language Program” to aid literacy and reading
Patty Martin-Wong and Kelli Dumser: $3,240 to fund “The First Tee” for the physical education program
Trina O’Connor and Aimee Cescon: $3,263 to fund a Learning Support Lending Lab
Marion Scherger, Sue Cornish, Michelle Boyle and Robin Markham: $3,972 for “Learning with Legos” to aid the literacy and reading program
Nikki Warren: $780 to fund “Multiplication Madness” for the math program
St. Mark School
Rachel Angell, Terri Miller and Linda Dunn: $2,950 to fund “BrainPop” to aid the English, literature and writing program
Janet Batres: $1,390 to fund “CAFÉ Program: Engaging all students in daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction and The Daily 5: fostering literacy independence”
Rebecca Dunn: $2,000 to fund “Plant and Share” to aid the social studies program
Rebecca Dunn and Linda Dunn: $3,621 to fund “Lego Education” to aid the learning support program
Carole Watson and Crystal Carney: $3,325 to fund “Read Naturally” to aid the learning support program
St. Matthew School
Deirdre Cristante and Sarah Dennstaedt: $4,436 to fund a Literature Listening Library
St. Patrick School
Amy Davis: $270 to fund technology for “Artsonia” in the fine arts program
Michele Llaneza, Lynn Polian and Julie Roberts: $5,030 to promote innovation with iPads
Miriam Olynick and Emily Muano: $4,838 to fund “Using 21st Century Technology to Minimize Writing Anxiety” to aid the English, literature and writing program
Also: $1,500 to fund the literary and reading program with integrated reading with MacBook Air and iPad technology
An additional $232,925 was awarded to the schools through principal grants. For the 2013-2014 school year, MACS Education Fund’s Annual Giving Campaign Bridge to Excellence hopes to raise $500,000 to continue supporting our schools.
The Diocese of Charlotte announces the recipients of MACS Education Fund Grants for Educational Excellence for the 2013-2014 school year.
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