ACPS announced the winners of the Dream Fund awards this week, with 22 of the 67 requests that came in being funded.<\/p>\n
Successful projects included everything from photographic materials to economic workshops, robotics and mentoring programs. Teachers who had put in requests were alerted last week as to whether their projects had been awarded the funds they needed to fulfill them.<\/p>\n
The Teachers\u2019 Dream Fund enables teachers to develop innovative programs and activities that they are unable to implement using current school resources. The program, which encourages out-of-the box thinking, resourcefulness and creativity also serves to inspire fellow teachers.<\/p>\n
The Dream Fund was established in 2010 with an initial budget of $27,000. Since then the program\u2019s budget has grown to $57,000 in FY 2016. Since the program\u2019s inception the Teacher\u2019s Dream Fund, has fulfilled the dreams of teachers by funding more than 135 projects in schools spanning all grade levels throughout the City.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s awards will fund projects that: offer performance-based learning experiences; encourage collaboration between students, teachers, community leaders and parents; integrate technology and fitness activities; offer cross-curricula programs that incorporate art, music and dance; enhance the learning of science, technology and math concepts.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to this year\u2019s winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n Awardee: William Donabedian Awardee: Maura Schuetter and Kelly Bucceri Awardee: Robert McDonough Awardee: Jessica Fundalinski & Katelyn Charbonneau Awardee: Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay Awardee: Mallory Sutherland Awardee: Katharine McGinn Awardee: Anthony J. DeSain Awardee: Sarah Blair Awardee: Brett Eanes Awardee: April Riser Awardee: Taki Sidley, Ben Lyon, Beth Coast, Leslie Rousseau, Nick Gust, Pamela Johnson, William Holt Awardee: Charles Barrett Reading SEP Team Awardee: Jennifer Ushe Awardee: Kimberly Tinsley Awardee: Christina Bevilacqua Awardee: Elizabeth Marsh Awardee: Stefany Guido Awardee: Robin Stewart Awardee: Jennifer Cetlin Awardee: Ana Bonilla Awardee: Debora Forrester The winners of the Dream Fund awards were announced this week, with 22 of the 67 requests that came in funded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kudos-to-staff","tag-teachers-dream-fund"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 04:19:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSchool: Francis C. Hammond Middle School
\nProject name: Robotics Project for Technology Club
\nAward amount: $1,408.33<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Charles Barrett Elementary School
\nProject name: Legos for Learning
\nAward amount: $2,614.40<\/p>\n
\nSchool: George Washington Middle School
\nProject name: Let the Children Sing!
\nAward amount: $4,784.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: George Washington Middle School
\nProject name: Prexie Entrepreneur\u2019s School Store
\nAward amount: $1,979.73<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Participating Schools Meet at Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy for Rehearsals; Performance Venues Vary
\nProject name: Choral Ambassadors: The Alexandria City Public Schools Elementary Honor Chorus
\nAward amount: $2,388.44<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: Hands-On Tasks Pre-Vocational Skills Master Sets
\nAward amount: $4,999.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: John Adams Elementary School
\nProject name: Economics Town
\nAward amount: $707.28<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: Augmented Reality 3D Topographic Map-Maker
\nAward amount: $2,308.77<\/p>\n
\nSchool: William Ramsay Elementary School
\nProject name: Series Books to Grow Avid Readers
\nAward amount: $741.20<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: 25th Hour PE
\nAward amount: $4,880.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Francis C. Hammond Middle School
\nProject name: FCH Battle of the Books
\nAward amount: $2,744.70<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: PICTURE THIS!
\nAward amount: $1,768.48<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Charles Barrett Elementary School
\nProject name: Take-Home Literacy Kits
\nAward amount: $3,450.78<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: Creative Circuits in STEM
\nAward amount: $3,446.70<\/p>\n
\nSchool: John Adams Elementary School
\nProject name: A Year of Wonder
\nAward amount: $292.46<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Francis C. Hammond Middle School
\nProject name: Books, Tea and Me
\nAward amount: $2,150.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: T.C. Williams High School
\nProject name: Students Voice Their Learning
\nAward amount: $1,499.50<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Patrick Henry Elementary School
\nProject name: Battle of the Books
\nAward amount: $634.72<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Jefferson Houston Pre K- 8 School
\nProject name: I Can Save the World
\nAward amount: $4,749.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Douglas MacArthur Elementary School
\nProject name: Everything I Need to Code I Learned in Kindergarten
\nAward amount: $3,489.65<\/p>\n
\nSchool: Charles Barrett Elementary School
\nProject name: Charles Barrett Mentoring Matters
\nAward amount: $3,525.00<\/p>\n
\nSchool: John Adams Elementary School
\nProject name: Effectively Utilizing Visuals to Help Students Access the Curriculum
\nAward amount: $2,108.45<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"