Local Teacher Receives Grant To Enhance Vocabulary Program

LINDENHURST, NY: From Lindenhurst Union Free School District: Daniel Street Elementary School in the Lindenhurst Union Free School District has been selected to receive a grant from the Tanger Outlet Center in Deer Park that will benefit the school’s vocabulary development program.

The grant submission was made by Maureen Benson, the school’s speech language pathologist. Benson and her students read the book “Donovan's Word Jar” by Monalisa DeGross about a little boy who collected words and then gave his words away so that others could experience the same joy of adding to their vocabulary.

The fifth grade students thought about sharing the words they collected, with the school. “Outside my classroom there is a jar painted on the wall with the words my students have added,” said Benson. “With this grant, I will purchase a display case so that everyone in the school will be able to add their own words to the display and hopefully it will become a schoolwide center that the students and teachers will look forward to each week as the words change.”

A check in the amount of $680 was presented to Ms. Benson and Principal Linda Domanico by Tanger representatives office administrator, Amanda Fuentes, and general manager, Nancy Larson.

Main Photo: From left, Daniel Street Elementary School Principal Linda Domanico, Tanger Outlets General Manager Nancy Larson, Tanger Office Administrator Amanda Fuentes and Lindenhurst speech language pathologist Maureen Benson with students (left to right) Madison Jones, Zach Setzer and Dom Sever received a grant from the Tanger Outlet Center in Deer Park that will benefit the school’s vocabulary development program.