ABC/25 Foundation

2025-2026 Dryden Grant Winners!

1. Maria Goldstein for Dash Gets a Glow Up! (K-5) 8 sketch kit attachments & 8 launcher kit attachments for Dash Robots, making geometry and physics fun.


2. Kathy Riesing for Move and Groove (K) Foam fitness dice that will provide fun and engaging movement breaks while reinforcing academic concepts like counting and action verbs and building healthy habits through yoga and exercise.


3. Claire Hasemeyer for Bridging the Gap (K-5) Heggerty’s Phonemic Awareness book, Bridge the Gap 2025 edition. Phonemic awareness is the foundation for reading and Bridge the Gap is filled with short and impactful lessons that focus only on sounds.
   This grant went to all 7 elementary schools!


4. Kelly Sedey, Hannah Blanchard, Becca Carlson, Ellen Harrigian, Patti Malinowski, Jordan Jackson, Queenie Rivera, Nicole Brown, Claire Hasemeyer, Katie Warner, Julie McCune, Julia Schacht, Regina Kross, Colleen Crandall, Bridget Venticinque, Sue Gogliotti, Lesley Daniel, Monique Weber, Julie Salski, Whitney Rodriguez, Deirdre O’Brien, Nicole Boyle, Mark Guerrero, Irene Belesiotis, Daniela Colosimo, Colleen Foster for Multi-Sensory Tools in Literacy Instruction (K-5) a collection of multi-sensory literacy materials, including sand trays, counters, mirrors, pop-its, and textured writing surfaces to be distributed to literacy interventionists and resource teachers across the district at the elementary level to support explicit, structured literacy instruction consistent with the Science of Reading.
   This grant went to all 7 elementary schools!


5. Heather Coyle, Amy Arce, Jackie Aprati, Nicole Boyle, Courtney Clawson, Courtney Fleaka, Steve Swanson for Navigating Numeracy Skills (K) high-interest and collaborative math centers that allow kindergarten students to develop their mastery of critical numeracy concepts.
   This grant went to Dryden, Greenbrier, Ivy Hill, Patton, Westgate, and Windsor!


6. Vicky Stella, Shannon Watanuki, Laurie Wasik, Julia Pike, Amanda Range, Sara Born for Gamified Enrichment: Strengthening Critical Thinking in Math and Literacy (K-5) several critical thinking games and activities that can be used in a small group enrichment settings. These games include: Adsumudi, Brainy Knots, 24 Game, SET, Kanoodle, Tangrams, and Dominoes.
   This grant went to Dryden, Ivy Hill, Olive-Mary Stitt, Patton, Westgate, and Windsor!