| Purchase 25 computers for FMS and 25 computers for HHS |
$31,450 |
| Establish a K-12 videoconferencing program in the
Russell Lecture Room |
$11,702 |
| Fund engineering field study to develop design plans
to upgrade the fields and maximize play areas |
$10,000 |
| Purchase museum memberships and museum programs
for all Hillside students |
$8,175 |
| Purchase two computers and necessary equipment to
pilot an animation and media station at HHS |
$7,000 |
| Fund initial planning for the renovation of the Middle School playground, stage one |
$5,000 |
| Install kiln and vent system in room H126C (FMS) |
$4344 |
| Fund Salsa Dance Residency, 5th grade |
$4,200 |
| Purchase LabQuest Handhelds and notebook computer
to use with Vernier probes at HHS |
$4,100 |
| Purchase equipment for solar plate printing and workshop
with artist Dan Welden, HHS |
$3,920 |
| Purchase equipment for Differentiated Indoor Recess
at Hillside |
$3,700 |
| Fund puppet project as party of 6th grade Grecian Festival |
$3,000 |
| Purchase a sound system, digital recorder and multiple
CD burner for the choral program, FMS/HHS |
$2,562 |
| Fund four days of poetry workshops for each first grade
class, plus materials and planning session with visiting
Artist |
$2,200 |
| CPR/AED training by TriHarbour Training Associates for
HHS seniors |
$2,100 |
| Fund “Building Bridges”, third grade program to study the
architectural history and concepts behind beam,
suspension and arch bridges, culminating in bridge
construction from recycled materials |
$2,000 |
| Fund dance workshop with Pilobolus Dance troupe, 4th
grade |
$2,000 |
| Fund African storyteller/assembly to kick off Reading
Month and student-created tableaux, 4th grade |
$2,000 |
| Fund Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s Touring
Company production of Midsummer Night’s Dream,
8th grade |
$1800 |
| Purchase wireless handheld scanner to inventory the
library database |
$1,795 |
| Purchase 40 Playway preloaded digital audiobooks for
Hillside Library |
$1,752 |
| Establish “Charlie’s Garden”, an edible garden to be run
by first graders |
$1,750 |
| Purchase DVDs to upgrade the media collection at the
FMS/HHS library |
$1,622 |
| Help fund a coach for the HHS chess team |
$1,500 |
| Fund Literatura de Cordel (“Story on a String”): 4th
grade Spanish, Dominican art form of
communication |
$1,400 |
| Purchase two enclosed cork bulletin boards to display
artwork at FMS |
$1,125 |
| Fund African-American Bokandye Drummers/Dancers’
workshop for 3rd graders |
$1,000 |
| Fund Chinese dance performance to support Hillside diversity
and kindergarten social studies curriculum for Lunar
New Year |
$800 |
| Purchase replica hominoid, human and primate skulls
for HHS students to explore evolutionary develop-
ment through comparative skull physiology |
$700 |
| Fund Lou DelBianco’s multicultural storytelling, theater , music
program for kindergarten |
$650 |
| Debra Newman Memorial Fund: ongoing grant to provide
enrichment for student publications |
$500 |
| Fund after school comedy workshop |
$500 |
| Fund Greek pottery project for 6th Grade Grecian Festival |
$281 |