Emerson Elementary 2nd Grade Classes Get 2 Grants

LAKEWOOD, OH — Emerson Elementary's second grade classes will benefit from nearly $3,600 in grants awarded to the school. The district said the money will be used to promote "deeper learning."

Emerson Principal Denice Leddy helped shape the grants, according to second grade teacher Mary McCool Barry. “She devoted time to multiple reviews, meeting with me and promoting the idea with administrators,” McCool Barry said.

The grants were awarded through the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and Target. The Jennings Foundation grant is for $2,882 and is earmarked for use with a Caldecott Award-winning book study called, "Celebrating Imagination and Ingenuity."

The Caldecott Award-winning literature will be used as a gateway for deep dives into language arts, science, social studies, writing and research. The Target grant, for $700, will complement the Jennings grant by funding connected field trips.

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Students will take trips to the Cleveland Public Library, West Side Market, an architectural tour of Lakewood, Lake Farmpark, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Museum of Natural History.

The district said the Jennings grant is designed to address deep learning with students, by:

• Developing students' skills in critical reading, writing, research, and/or mathematics
• Developing students' problem solving skills
• Developing students' self-directed learning skills
• Engaging students to think as scientists, social scientists and/or artists
• Engaging students in interdisciplinary learning
• Engage students in meaningful problem or project-based learning

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