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Grants Awarded

Dudley Middle School Grants Awarded
  • Green Screen Studios: equipment to furnish two green screen studios, one for each middle school, that will be available for use by all students and staff (2020)
  • Titan Times: software and other equipment & supplies for a student run newspaper, a project-based learning experience, that will be integrated into 7th grade ELA curriculum and includes working with Shepherd Hill Communications Pathway journalism students (2020)
  • Little Lemons Show Choir (2019)
  • Creating a Lego Wall: building LEGO walls in both Dudley and Charlton Middle School libraries, proving opportunities for students to create, tinker, visualize, problem solve and more (2018)
  • Girls’ Night Out: Mind, Body & Soul: girls in grades 5-8 will be provided the opportunities to be exposed to a variety of activities designed to empower and encourage assertiveness, self-confidence and mindfulness (2018)
  • Hands on Proportions: platoon building bricks, collapsible measuring wheels, handheld marking applicator wands and marking chalk for grade 7 Special Education students to apply and extend their understanding of proportions and scale factors through a hands-on engineering project in which they will build an accurate scale model of Dudley Middle School (2017)
  • Exploring Empathy: 2 Sets of “Here’s Hank” by Henry Winkler and 20 books (2 each) of the 10 book series “Hank Zipper Series” by Henry Winkler. By reading these books about a student with dyslexia, students will be asked to demonstrate acts of empathy both at school and home and gain insight into difficulties many of their peers face (2017)
  • STEAM Applications with Drones: 12 Pack Drone Bundles w/cases, batteries and chargers;12 iPad Air2s (required to fly the drones). Drones are used in STEM classes to enhance the curriculum and encourage cross-curricular bridging of topics. Once students learn the basics of programming the drone with Tynker (coding website) certain engineering challenges are implemented. Made possible by a Karl Storz grant (2017)
  • STEAM Stoop Motion: modeling clay, 13 iPad mini 4s; cross-curricular STEM projects between Instructional Technology, Art and STEM classes take place to allow grade 8 students to use the iPad minis and the stop motion program to take numerous pictures of a clay figure and create a movie with music in the background (2017)
  • Copic Marker Sets for the Art Room: markers widely used in Japanese design and the manga industry are ideal for art, design and illustration (2017)
  • Spanish Language Lab Extension: 10 mini4 ipads for students to actively listen to and speak a foreign language (2016)
  • Stand for Education: standing desk to help assist with maximum focus and learning for students who struggle with the mind-body connection (2016)
  • Around the World with the Chromebook Express: 15 Chromebooks, 15 google apps management licenses, charging cords, power strips, headphone to digitize Grade 6 Travel Day with year-long access to take virtual field-trips, compile research and participate in webchats with others in a foreign country  (2016)
  • West African Drumming Project: in connection with their studies of African history, students attend sessions facilitated by a master drummer; participate in hands-on drumming activities along with traditional African dancing; participate in playing traditional African games and enjoying African food and crafts (2016)
  • Jump Start Program: pilot 1/2 day program that would allow a group of at risk grade 5 students to get settled into “middle school life” before the beginning of the school year (2015)
  • iPad Language Lab: iPad mini 2’s to help foreign language students develop listening skills that are essential for language fluency; students will listen to foreign languages spoken with correct pronunciations on the apps and also allow for differentiated instruction of small groups (2015)
  • STEM Robotics for Tech Ed: 12 additional robots and instructor’s manual to reduce student to robot ratio to in improve tech ed instruction (2014)
  • Don’t Tell Me You Can’t program: 60 books and evening author presentation by Travis Roy. Program will be integrated into and become an extension of current curriculum related to Ann Frank (2014)
  • Math & Science Learning Lab: 16 Chrome books and subscription for 60 students to IXL Math program (2014)
  • Inclusion and Independence Laptop Learning Lab: appropriate tools for special education students to be included in the regular classroom setting, while gaining independence, as well as providing a means to further challenge regular education students. Instead of an instructional assistant (IA) scribing, a student can learn to type responses, which is an extremely important 21st century skill. In place of a classroom teacher creating practice activities at four to six levels on a daily basis, online tools can be used at times to optimize time on learning.  While the classroom teacher is working in small groups on specific needs, another group could be using IXL math to work on their individual goals. IXL is an online practice and assessment tool that provides visual representations, word problems, and interactive activities that can be accessed at a student’s individual performance level. (2013)
  • Integration of Computer-Based Tools for Analysis and Exploration: enables integration of computer-based tools for analysis and exploration into the Grade 8 mathematics classroom, providing the evolved mathematics experience called for by the Common Core. The project will also provide collateral benefits for the classroom in that acquired resources will be available and usable for additional educational purposes and for the school. (2013)
  • DMS Organic Vegetable garden: opportunity to produce organic vegetables and sell them at a farm stand located outside of Dudley Middle. The stand will be operated by students during drop-off and pick-up times and other times determined to be “high volume.” Produce that is not designated for sale or that becomes consumer ready outside of the normal school year will be donated to a local food pantry (i.e. Webster-Dudley Food Share, Worcester County Food Bank, etc.). Students will participate in all aspects of production from preparing the garden site, starting seeds, planting seedlings, caring for vegetable plants, harvesting vegetables to selling the actual produce. Funds generated from the sale of produce will be utilized to repair/replace worn equipment, purchase seeds for the next season, and cover other related expenses making this a project that can be sustained from season-to-season. (2013)
  • DMS Technology Education STEM Initiative: enhance Grade 5 Technology Education classes with LEGO robotic kits. Students will be given design challenges, arrive at a solution(s) and then build and program their own LEGO robot. (2013)
  • Titan Robotics: Titan Robotics will make its debut on the competitive robotics scene in 2013-2014.  We have a large number of students who are interested in hands-on, projects based STEM learning, and this club will provide an avenue for them to use the engineering process to work together on tasks that will culminate in a tangible, working product.  (2013)
  • Help Us See Math!: ELMO document camera and two iPads to bring new methods of instruction to science and math lessons (2011)
  • Connecting Room 302 Worldwide: ELMO document camera and projector which will allow teacher to implement what she’s learned from Math Learning Communities in her classroom, enhancing classroom match instruction (2011)
  • Mentoring Program: enhancement to include a summer confidence camp so that students stay engaged and connected to DMS over the summer (2011)
  • Reading Advancements: a variety of books on DVD as well as listening devices so students may listen as they read along themselves. An ELMO (document camera) will assist the teacher in facilitating discussions about the books students read. (2011)
  • Got S.O.L.E.: using Internet technology, design sophisticated mathematics and science experiments, form hypotheses, test them in real time, and discuss and report results (2010)
  • Emerging Entrepreneurs (E2) Club: apply academic skills to a real business by designing and running a restaurant, experiencing every aspect of the restaurant business including menu planning; food preparation, cooking, and serving; advertising and marketing; restaurant set-up and decoration; and customer service (2010)
  • DMS Mentoring Program: 40 middle school students participate in a mentoring program to address their academic, physical, and emotional needs. They earned rewards for achieving goals and visit WPI to expose them to college and demonstrate the great opportunities available if students apply themselves. (2010)