Olive Mary-Stitt Grant Winners 25-26

Lindsay Fraser for Calmness to Clarity (4th Grade) yoga dice, noise-canceling headphones, therapy putty, mindful maze boards, feelings sensory bottle, sensory stickers, worry stones, motion bubbler, sand timers, timers, and fidgets to create a clarity and calmness corner to provide students with a supportive space to recognize, regulate, and reflect on emotions using tools aligned with RULER & the Zones of Regulation.

Marissa Duric and Meghan Yarbrough for Making Learning Stick: Poster Printer for Olive (K-5) a canon poster printer that will allow teachers to print full-size, eye-catching anchor charts that bring the new literacy curriculum to life.

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!

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!

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!