News and information for staff members and the Madison community
Vol. III No. 5 - May 2, 2008
The Aristos grant recipients and Scholars were recently announced for the 2008-09 school year.
The Aristos program was launched in December, 2000. To date, $425,000 has been awarded to fund 65 grants. Aristos grants are awarded to district staff to support their creative initiatives in the areas of student engagement, learning, and/or engarelationships.
Gifts to the Foundation for Madison's Public Schools from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation and the Kelly Family Foundation support the Aristos Grants and Scholars Program.
Home-School Partnering with W-2 Parents and Families —
Kathy Price
Kathy Price, Coordinator of Community Partnerships, is the recipient of a
$9,850 Aristos grant. The grant intends to actively engage low-income
parents receiving W-2 benefits in the schools their children attend. The
grant will support home learning opportunities for students, strengthen
parenting skills, and promote meaningful family involvement with school
staff members.
Math Lesson Study — Michael Hertting
As principal of Lapham Elementary School, Michael Hertting authored a
$8,200 Aristos grant to engage teachers in analyzing and discussing
mathematics instruction in an innovative way. The process is loosely based
Japanese Lesson Study that has teachers observing a math mini-lesson and
then discussing their observations immediately after the lesson. The
teachers will then teach the same mini-lesson to a small group of students.
Finally, the teachers will reconvene, process their work, and determine
ways they may fine tune their practice.
Open Schoolhouse — Sara Knueve
Sara Knueve is a social worker at Falk Elementary school. She will use her
$7,290 Aristos Grant to engage families as they support their children's
academic progress and positive connection to school. Through Open
Schoolhouse families may access the school library, computer lab, math
resources, gym, and other community connections each Tuesday evening.
The Aristos Scholars Academy is a prestigious MMSD Think Tank in which members explore district issues. Scholars serve three-year terms, participate in a fall Retreat, monthly meetings, and select future grant recipients. Aristos Scholars may be nominated or selected based upon their Aristos grant implementation.
Debora Gil R. Casado — Memorial High School, Social Studies
Susan Hamblin — Teaching and Learning, Social Studies
Julie Palkowski — Teaching and Learning, Fine Arts
Steve Somerson — East High School, Math Department Chair
Pictured are the 2008-09 grant winners (l-r): Kathy Price, Coordinator of Community Partnerships; Sara Knueve, Social Worker at Falk ES; and Michael Hertting, Lapham Principal.
Last Updated: Thu May 22 15:05:51 2008
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