Middle School of the Kennebunks

School Year 2009-2010

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Program: Exchange City
Date: Winter 2010
Sponsor: Tom Taylor and Ruthellen Cialfi
Amount: $6,195.00
Exchange City is an economics and civics-based program for sixth grade students. Through experiential learning students develop skills in job search process, election campaigning, economics principles, and running a mini-business. The students will work collaboratively as well as independently as they run a mini city as a culminating activity.

Program: Turning the Me Into We
Date: Winter 2010
Sponsor: Mary McCarthy
Amount: $2,000.00
To engage Michael Chase, founder of "The Kindness Center", to be a part of the Middle School of the Kennebunks for the '09-'10 school year. He will help develop a culture of kindness, empathy, self respect and respect through his work with students, staff, parents and community.

School Year 2008-2009

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Program: Odyssey of the Mind
Date: Spring 2009
Sponsor: Iris Sherman
Amount: $250.00
Assisted with travel expenses for Odyssey of the Mind team to attend World Finals competition at Iowa State University. Odyssey of the Mind is a nationwide competition in which teams generate and perform creative solutions to complex problems.

ProgramL The Telling Room
Date: Spring 2009
Sponsor: Nathan Hall, Laurie Jacques
Amount: $600.00
Sixth-grade students developed and published their own books in this innovative workshop program aimed at young writers-those who already love writing as well as those who come to it more reluctantly.

Program: Science Energy Unit
Date: Winter 2009
Sponsor: Luke Howell
Amount: $5,069.90
Purchased curriculum and materials for a comprehensive, laboratory-based unit that develops energy concepts in ways that relate to student's lives and concerns.

Program: I Came, I Saw, Ipod
Date: Winter 2009
Sponsor: Mary McCarthy
Amount: $2,639.33
Students use podcast technology to create guided tours of the school and the local community. <Read article)

Program: Exchange City
Date: Winter 2009
Sponsor: Tom Taylor, RuthEllen Cialfi
Amount: $5,040.00
As virtual consumers, citizens, and business owners of Exchange City, students gain experience with loans, interest, expenses, debit and credit cards, and campaigning for public office. The culminating activity is a trip to Exchange City in Portsmouth, N.H., to run the city for a day. (Read article)

Program: French Market Day
Date: Fall 2008
Sponsor: Tad Williams, Amber Burks
Amount: $2,000.00
Students use French language skills as a scavenger hunt leads them through an exploration of the variety of shops in a simulated French marketplace. (Read article)

Program: Chewonki Trip
Date: Fall 2008
Sponsor: Emily Flaherty
amount: $1,500.00
Students learn about alternative sources and uses of energy through a program at Chewonki Foundation Outdoor Classroom.

School Year 2007-2008

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Program: Exchange City
Date: Spring 2008
Sponsor: Tom Taylor
Amount: $3,150.00
An economics and civics based program for sixth graders from MSK. Students learn about economic and civics concepts through the running of businesses and a mini-city. (Read article)

Program: Adventure Course
Date: Winter 2008
Sponsor: MSK Ropes Committee
Amount: $3,915.00
Construction of an adventure course to promote healthy risk-taking, having fun, building self-esteem, and developing teamwork among students and staff. (Read more)

Program: IB Art Sculpture
Date: Fall 2007
Sponsor: Mary McCarthy
Amount: $2,800.00
Visiting artists mentored students in constructing an art sculpture that demonstrates the school's immersion in IB themes and concepts.

School Year 2006-2007

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Program: Odyssey of the Mind
Date: Spring 2007
Amount: $2,000.00
Assist in travel expenses for Odyssey of the Mind team to attend World Finals at Iowa State University. Odyssey of the Mind is a nationwide competition in which teams generate and perform creative solutions to complex problems.

Program: International Videoconferencing
Date: Winter 2007
Amount: $7,000.00
Provided videoconferencing equipment to enable MSK students to hold live conferences with students from around the world.

Program: Imovie Cameras
Date: Fall 2006
amount: $6,000.00
Provided videocameras and software for students to create their own documentaries, culminating in an awards presentation at the end of the school year.