Testimonials from former grant recipients:
TV for Art Room (JWL)
"I'm so excited that my TV is almost installed in the JWL art room. The students and I are SO excited. I do feel very energized and am so looking forward to the TV. The TV will be so much faster for presenting images. One of the best benefits so far has been the dialog between me and the students about TV in general. They've all walked in asking to watch cable and we've been able to talk about the pros and cons of TV watching on the art-minded brain." - Holly David.
Promethean Boards, JWL
A picture is truly worth a thousand words. These are a few of the dozens of thank you cards JWL students wrote about how excited they were to have their new Promethean Boards.
Promethean Boards, Voice Amplification, Kindles for GHS
"The Ledyard Education Advancement Foundation has provided students at Gallup Hill School with technologies to transform a 20th-century school into a 21st-century learning community. The generosity of LEAF provided our children with Promethean Boards in all grade three through six classrooms. These interactive white boards increase student participation in learning through the use of ActivExpressions and the ActivSlate. Our Kindergarten through grade three students also work in classrooms with voice amplification systems because of LEAF. The systems help students improve their focus when direct instruction is provided by the teacher or when their classmates are presenting information or asking questions. Kindles were purchased via a LEAF grant to assist struggling readers in grades five and six access texts in a more supported manner. It is clear that the assistance from LEAF has transformed the learning of all students at Gallup Hill School." - Jennifer Byars
Phonological Awareness grants (Mini '09-'10 & Growing '10-'11). "The generous donations from LEAF have allowed us to install FM systems in all K-3 classrooms at Gallup Hill School. Thay have not only helped with phonics instruction, but have helped to keep students attention. I personally use the FM system in my classroom during shared reading & writing instruction daily. The students love reading & talking into the microphone. Not only do the students hear better, no matter where they are in the room, they are more motivated to participate with the chance of using the microphone. A teacher in our building who originally told me she didn't want the FM system, soon after it was installed in her room, told me she loved it. The FM system is invaluable to teachers and students alike. It saves teacher voice quality because we never need to raise our voices to be heard. I'm attaching a pie chart from our presentation which shows students responses regarding the FM system. I'm also including a photo of the part of the system which is attached to the wall." - Debora Biondo
LHS World Language Labs & SmartBoards at LHS
"Now that the LHS world language teachers have achieved total immersion of the SMART Board technology, not only instruction, but our whole curriculum revolves around it. We have found using this technology increases student engagement and achievement. The LEAF grant planted the seed with the world language pilot program which has grown into a district wide initiative for the high school and middle school math and sciences classes. A new course was designed around the SMART Board and Internet which literally saves the district money since fewer text books need to be purchased; all course material is on-line. Students may use their home computers, the library, or the school’s World Language Lab to complete their assignments." - Kurt Jannke
LEAF Is An All Volunteer 501(c)3 Organization; All Donations Are Tax-Deductible