Dean Provence Endowment provides resources for NAES students

Grants from the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education have provide New Albany Elementary School students with a variety of resources to stimulate and facilitate their learning process.

Phonemic Awareness Software Bundle teaches through games

NAES students play games to improve phonemic skills with program obtained with a grant from Dean Provence Endowment

Students in Bridget Spencer’s kindergarten class at New Albany Elementary School enjoy playing games on the interactive board that stimulates phonemic awareness.   Spencer received funding for the Phonemic Awareness Software Bundle through the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence Grant.

The bundle includes software that can be used on individual student computers, as well as the interactive board.  These games help build phonemic awareness through games that include phonics, sounds, and rhyming words.

Shoebox Tasks reinforce skills to promote independent learning

Dean Provence grant provides “Shoebox Tasks” materials.

Students in Susan Kelly’s class at New Albany Elementary School complete activities using Shoebox Tasks.  Shoebox Tasks are designed as early learning and pre-academic skills that promote independent learning.

There are sixteen shoebox tasks that include curriculum materials to improve hand coordination, finger dexterity, one-to-one correspondence, sorting, stacking, pull-apart skills, and put-in skills.

The Shoebox Tasks materials and curriculum were made available through funding from the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education Grant.

Library enhancement project adds non-fiction resources

Second grade students in Mr. Glen Reeder’s EXCEL class enjoyed reading books about the presidents they had researched during the first semester.  Approximately 100 non-fiction, resource books featuring presidents, first ladies, states, and countries were recently purchased for the New Albany Elementary School Library.

NAES Librarian Lisa Skinner was awarded funding for this library enhancement project through the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education Grant.

About 100 non-fiction resource books were purchased with Dean Provence grant.

What is the Dean Provence Endowment?

The Endowment for Excellence in Education was founded by school board member Dean Provence in 1986. Upon his death in 1992, the fund was renamed in his honor. The Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education provides educational opportunities for New Albany Public School students that are not ordinarily provided by the regular school budget. Since 1986, the Endowment has provided over $347,000 in support to the New Albany School District.

To learn more about the Dean Provence Endowment for Excellence in Education grant, go to http://newalbanyschools.us/endowment.php