Grants Awarded

Grant Recipient School: Oakmont Regional High School

1. French National Honor Society
   

   Established Oakmont’s first chapter of the French National Honor Society.

2. Nucleic Acid and Protein Modeling
   

   The most difficult concepts for students in science (especially biology) are often the abstract cellular processes that occur at the molecular level. Manipulatives are powerful concrete “bridges” that aide students in understanding abstract concepts. The MIT Edgerton Center has recently developed a set of DNA, RNA and protein models that can be manipulated so that…MORE

3. Foreign Language Immersion Day
   

   A continuation of the Foreign Language Immersion Day program.

4. iPads for English Language Learning (ELL)
   

   The Ash-West ELL program is small but integral in meeting the needs of students whose home language is not English. The ELL population represents the largest growing student population nation-wide, a trend that is seen in Ash-West. Currently there are 54 ELLs district-wide. This population is taught in small groups. Having an iPad is an…MORE

5. CAD Supplies
   

   This grant was a continuation of the foundation’s support of the Oakmont Technology and Engineering department’s CAD program.

6. Music Therapy for Oasis Students
   

   This program provided music production software, a keyboard and headphones to teach students the art and science of music production.

7. GoPro for Science Labs
   

   A combined grant where two science teachers acquired enough Go Pro cameras to supply one camera per lab table. The six stations allowed for the entire lab to use the cameras during a lab exercise.

8. Stylus Tablets
   

   This Grant provided state of the art drawing, caricature and cartooning ability that is not available by using a computer with a mouse. The stylus allows for far more individual creativity from line drawing to shading that is very time consuming and difficult with present computer equipment.

9. The Flight of the Phoenix
   

   The Summer Reading Project involves the entire school faculty and students in reading a book over the summer. This grant purchased hardware items that will make up an engineering kit for each homeroom. As part of the reading celebration day each homeroom was required to create a functional design and product from the kit materials…MORE

10. Robotics Competition Equipment
    

    For the past four years Oakmont’s Technology Education Department has held its own regional robotics competition. In order to grow our competition and involve more students and schools, Oakmont teachers David Landry and Greg Secino have teamed up with Vex Robotics and will now host a regional Vex Robotics competition at Oakmont at the end…MORE