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STARS Residencies

2023-24 School Year Total: $1,502,450

Residency

School City/Town Grant
“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Energy on our Planet: to cover the many forms of Energy on Earth, how they differ, what they do, why we want sustainable sources & how we can rethink energy at school and at home.

Henry L. Higginson Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Energy on Our Planet: to cover the many forms of Energy on the Earth, how they differ, what they do, why we seek sustainable sources, & how to rethink school energy.

Mather Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Kids Green Their School- Climate Change: to encourage environmental activism in elementary students through teaching the complex issues of climate change via hands on science experiments, data collection and critical thinking.

John D. Philbrick Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Kids Green Their School- Climate Change: to encourage environmental activism in elementary students through teaching the complex issues of climate change via hands on science experiments, data collection and critical thinking.

Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Exploring Outer Space: for children to investigate key properties of the sun, moon, and the planets of our Solar System, and to explore black holes and space shuttles.

Pauline Agassiz Shaw Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Kids Green Their School- Zero Wast3e: to encourage environmental activism in elementary students by teaching the importance of sustainability in today’s world through hands-on exploration and experimentation.

Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School, Boston

“e” Inc. Boston $6,100

Kids Green Their School- Climate Change: to provide environmental science enrichment to grades K-5 at the Hugh R O’Donnell school in East Boston by discussing causes of climate change, impacts current and projected, and solutions that are being developed.

Hugh Roe O’Donnell School, Boston

Academy at Kiley Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Actors’ Shakespeare Project Boston $6,100

Shakespeare Symposium!: to invite BDEA students into a theatre ensemble to rehearse/perform a devised piece, centering their creative voices in response to a Shakespeare text.

Boston Day and Evening Academy, Boston

Actors’ Shakespeare Project Boston $6,100

The Language of Theater: for a school residency with ASP artists that activates text through theater techniques for ESL students, facilitating language development.

Brighton High School, Boston

Alfred Zanetti Montessori Magnet School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

American Repertory Theater Cambridge $2,500

Lavine Learning Lab: to promote students’ sense of self and community through theatrical experiences, workshops, and dialog using the arts & humanities with accessible learning.

Boston Latin Academy School, Boston

American Repertory Theater Cambridge $2,500

Lavine Learning Lab: to promote students’ sense of self and community through theatrical experiences, workshops, and dialog using the arts & humanities with accessible learning.

Malden High School, Malden

American Repertory Theater Cambridge $2,500

Lavine Learning Lab: to promote students’ sense of self and community through theatrical experiences, workshops, and dialog using the arts & humanities with accessible learning.

Boston Green Academy Horace Mann Charter School, Boston

American Repertory Theater Cambridge $2,500

Lavine Learning Lab: to promote students’ sense of self and community through theatrical experiences, workshops, and dialog using the arts & humanities with accessible learning.

Charlestown High School, Boston

Amy Kotel Northampton $3,100

The Colrain Puppet Project: for 2nd through 6th grade students to participate for free in a puppet making and performing after school program.

Colrain Central School, Colrain

Andrew Hacket Holden $5,200

Inspiring Writers Through Fractured Fairy Tales: for six classes of third grade students to discover the power of their creativity and the written word as they each become an author by imagining, publishing, and sharing their own fractured fairy tales.

Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School, Worcester

Andrew Prazar Topsfield $4,450

Why Healthy Ecosystems Matter: to provide an opportunity for students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades to engage in a hands-on ecological study and learn why healthy ecosystems are important.

Dr. John C. Page School, West Newbury

ANIKAYA/Akhra Somerville $5,950

Conference of the Birds: for international teaching artists to work with dance students to learn about dance from a global contemporary perspective and about collaborating together beyond perceived differences.

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, Cambridge

Anna Hendricks Gill $3,400

Dance to the Music: for kindergarten students to engage in dance programming focused on the connections between dance, music, culture, and their own embodied and aesthetic experience.

Fisher Hill Elementary School, Orange

Anna Hendricks Gill $3,550

Dancing Stories: to work with first grade students on bringing stories to life through dance.

Hillcrest Elementary School, Montague

Anthony Reynolds Arlington $4,450

Haggerty Playground Mural: for accomplished muralist, Cedric “Vice1” Douglas, to present his work and story with 4th and 5th graders, and assist them in creating their own mural on school grounds.

Haggerty School, Cambridge

Art Resource Collaborative for Kids Boston $5,650

ARCK Creators Program: to introduce innovative, art-integrated projects to K-5 students to advance creative thinking and social awareness skills.

Mario Umana K-8 School, Boston

Arthur D. Healey School Somerville $5,950

Imagination Station Puppet Residency: for puppetry, music, and art to deepen students understanding/application of the social emotional skills needed to recognize and celebrate diversity.

Arthur T. Talmadge Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): for adaptive music instruction for two classrooms of students, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Arts for Learning Massachusetts Boston $6,100

Playing With Improvisation: for students with complex disabilities and limited access to music-making to create improvisational music.

Kevin O’Grady School, Beverly

Arts for Learning Massachusetts Boston $6,100

Hip hop with Izaiah Lawton: for a sequential learning experience in which students have opportunities to create, perform, observe and respond to Hip Hop dance with racial equity contextualization.

David A. Ellis Elementary School, Boston

Arts for Learning Massachusetts Boston $2,500

Hip Hop with Missy Webster: to explore multiple styles of Hip Hop, learn and create dance routines, build students’ dance vocabularies, and articulate their individuality through the language of Hip Hop.

Clifford H. Marshall Elementary School, Quincy

Arts for Learning Massachusetts Boston $2,500

Hip Hop with Missy Webster: to explore multiple styles of Hip Hop, learn and create dance routines, build our dance vocabularies, and articulate our individuality through the language of Hip Hop.

Point-Webster Middle School, Quincy

Arts for Learning Massachusetts Boston $5,950

African dance with Izizwe Studio: for 4th and 8th graders to learn about the regional history of African dance, and gain an innate understanding of the movement aesthetic.

William H. Ohrenberger School, Boston

Baystate Academy Charter Public School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: for ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School Adams $6,100

BART Musical Theatre Production: for over 30 students to learn and perform 20+ dance numbers for a spring musical.

Berkshire Theatre Group Pittsfield $6,100

BTG PLAYS! In School Residency Program: for the BTG PLAYS! In-School Residency Program to enable students with a variety of learning styles to develop, write, and present their own original plays.

Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School, Great Barrington

Berkshires’ Academy for Advanced Musical Studies North Adams $3,250

BAAMS Music Faculty Residency – Florida: for grades 4-8 students to receive instrumental, improvisation, and music composition education.

Gabriel Abbott Memorial School, Florida

Berlin-Boylston Public Schools Boylston $2,500

Cape Cod Field Trip: for students to engage in an interdisciplinary field trip to make them aware of the environmental concerns that face our ecosystem.

Tahanto Regional High School, Boylston

Bernardston Elementary School Bernardston $5,950

Maker Space Build-Along: Artful Mechanisms: for grades 4, 5, & 6 to work with teaching artists Jay Mankita and Susan McGinn to build “artful mechanisms”.

Blues to Green Huntington $4,150

Explorations in Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Dominican music and rhythms with Jonathan Suazo: for Puerto Rican musician Jonathan Suazo to explore Puerto Rican and Dominican rhythms and identity with majority Puerto Rican Holyoke High students.

Holyoke High School, Holyoke

Boston Adult Technical Academy Boston $6,100

Cooking Across Cultures: for a multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory project in which students will use their expertise and background knowledge of traditional dishes from their home countries to create a collective cookbook to be published and shared with the school community, including community partners and families.

Boston Architectural College Boston $2,800

Higg-Lew Reception Rejuvenation!: To convene 3rd through 8th grade students, families, and teachers to create an artful and playful Reception/Family Liaison space at the main entrance to the school.

Higginson/Lewis K-8, Boston

Boston Arts Academy Foundation Boston $5,950

Cello Intensive 2023-2024: for 19 weeks of intensive cello instruction for 5 students.

Boston Arts Academy, Boston

Boston Community Leadership Academy Boston $6,100

Social Justice Posters: to bring together 11th graders of Boston Community Leadership Academy together to create a series of research-based social justice posters with teaching artist Taina Vargas to bring awareness to issues impacting our local, national and global communities.

Boston Nature Center Boston $4,750

Boston Nature Center Residency: to bring together the Lee Academy 3rd grade students and their teachers with the Boston Nature Center educator to build an understanding about the importance of trees within their community.

The Lee Academy, Boston

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $3,850

4th Grade Super Scientists: To provide all 4th graders at the Baker School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Mary E. Baker School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $3,250

4th Grade Super Scientists: To provide all 4th graders at the Hancock School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Hancock School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $5,650

4th Grade Super Scientists: for hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Louis F. Angelo Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $3,850

4th Grade Super Scientists: To provide all 4th graders at the Arnone School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Dr. W. Arnone Community School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,650

4th Grade Super Scientists: to provide all 4th graders at the Davis School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Edgar B. Davis Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,650

4th Grade Super Scientists: To provide all 4th graders at the Brookfield School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Brookfield Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $3,850

4th Grade Super Scientists: to provide all 4th graders at the Raymond School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Oscar F. Raymond School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,500

4th Grade Super Scientists: to provide all 4th graders at the Gilmore School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Gilmore Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,650

4th Grade Super Scientists: to provide all 4th graders at the Kennedy School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,650

4th Grade Super Scientists: to provide all 4th graders at the Downey School in Brockton with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Downey Elementary School, Brockton

Brockton Public Schools Brockton $2,500

4th Grade Super Scientist!: To provide all 4th graders with hands-on, engaging science activities related to 4th grade MA science standards.

Brockton District Virtual School, Brockton

Buckingham Browne Nichols Cambridge $4,150

Imagination Station Puppet Residency: to use puppetry, music, and art to deepen students’ understanding/application of the social-emotional skills needed to recognize and celebrate diversity.

Burncoat Middle School Worcester $2,500

Voices: A Celebration of Authentic Identity: To enable 7th graders to explore their identities through media arts, celebrating authenticity in a world increasingly shaped by Artificial Intelligence.

Candida Rose Baptista New Bedford $2,500

KabuMerikanus – The Sum of US: Songs, Sounds, and Rhythms of Cabo Verde: to bring students together to learn about, create, and perform music and dances from Cabo Verde.

Keith Middle School, New Bedford

Capuano Early Childhood Center Somerville $4,150

Imagination Station Puppet Residency: for puppetry, music, and art to deepen students’ understanding/application of the social emotional skills needed to recognize and celebrate diversity.

Cara Berg Powers Worcester $6,100

Express Yourself: to create an opportunity for students to amplify their voices and individual identities through dance and muralism while connecting to the third and fourth pillars multilingual learning such as critical consciousness and socio cultural competence.

Chandler Magnet Elementary School, Worcester

Carlton Innovation School Salem $6,100

Salsa In The Schools: to teach and expose Carlton students to a variety of dance styles.

Carolyn Lewenberg Boston $4,000

Seats of Transformation: for students to create sculptural seating in Lawson Park.

Greater Egleston High School, Boston

Cassandra M. Doyon Haverhill $6,100

Mosaic Mural: for senior art students and teachers to collaborate in creating a mosaic mural defining equality and legacy.

Haverhill High School, Haverhill

Central Square Theater Cambridge $6,100

Page to Stage: the Justice Playwriting Project: to guide BINcA’s 11th graders, with Central Square Theater, to write and perform short plays that explore ethical issues.

Boston International High School, Boston

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Beachmont Veterans: to provide students with hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Beachmont Veterans Memorial School, Revere

Change is Simple Beverly $4,300

Change is Simple: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, connecting students to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in essential curriculum subjects.

Bates Elementary School, Salem

Change is Simple Beverly $3,850

Change is Simple: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability. It connects students to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in essential curriculum subjects.

Saltonstall School, Salem

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Garfield Elementary: for student’s with hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

James A. Garfield Elementary School, Beverly

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Staff Sergeant James J. Hill Elementary: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Staff Sargent James J. Hill Elementary School, Revere

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Malcolm White: for hands-on STEM and sustainability programming that teaches students their connection to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Malcolm White Elementary School, Woburn

Change is Simple Beverly $5,650

Change is Simple: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability. It connects students to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in essential curriculum subjects.

Witchcraft Heights Elementary School, Salem

Change is Simple Beverly $3,850

Change is Simple: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability. It connects students to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in essential curriculum subjects.

Bentley Academy Innovation School, Salem

Change is Simple Beverly $4,750

Change is Simple: to provide students with hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability.

Collins Middle School, Salem

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Shamrock Elementary: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Shamrock Elementary School, Woburn

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Reeves Elementary: for hands-on STEM and sustainability programming that teaches students their connection to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Clyde Reeves Elementary School, Woburn

Change is Simple Beverly $2,500

Change is Simple: For hands-on programming centered on STEM and sustainability that connects students to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in essential curriculum subjects.

Riverside Elementary School, Danvers

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at AC Whelan Elementary: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Augustine C. Whelan Elementary School, Woburn

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Paul Revere Elementary: for hands-on STEM and sustainability programming that teaches students their connection to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Paul Revere Innovation School, Woburn

Change is Simple Beverly $6,100

Change is Simple at Abraham Lincoln School: for hands-on programs centered on STEM and sustainability, teaching student’s their connections to the environment while boosting learning outcomes in core learning subjects.

Abraham Lincoln School, Revere

Christon Carney Shrewsbury $2,650

Expanding World of Music with Empowered Voices: to provide vocal coaching to 49 chorus students throughout the school year.

South Community High School, Worcester

Christopher G King Worcester $6,100

Large Macramé Panel: to coordinate three classrooms of sixth graders at Norrback Elementary School to learn rope making, knot tying, and create individual macramé pieces that will be then be assembled as one large panel to demonstrate collaborative work and to leave a legacy of the students attendance at the school.

Norrback Avenue School, Worcester

Chu Ling Dance Association Boston $2,500

Traditional/Contemporary Chinese Dance: to expose high school students to Chinese Traditional dance and a mixture of contemporary styles.

North Quincy High School, Quincy

Chuck Fazzio Bridgewater $5,650

Songs of Our Time: to expose 11th graders to protest and social commentary music to enhance critical thinking, clarify their social values, and exercise their creative self-expression.

Sharon High School, Sharon

City Ballet of Boston Boston $2,800

Y’ALL Can Dance!: to cultivate self-expression and appreciation for movement in 3rd graders through dance classes.

F. Lyman Winship Elementary School, Boston

Code & Circuit Amesbury $4,000

Special Education Student Experiences Enhanced by Interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning Computer Science Cultural Partner Residency: for a K-3 special education classroom pilot program.

Francis T. Bresnahan Elementary School, Newburyport

Community Music Center of Boston Boston $6,100

Edison K-8 Drumming Program: for a fun and engaging bucket drumming classes for students participating in the K-8 after school program.

Thomas A. Edison K-8 School, Boston

Community Music Center of Boston Boston $6,100

Strings at Russell Elementary: to bring together 4th and 5th graders in a violin class, with a culminating event on the annual Multicultural night.

William E. Russell Elementary School, Boston

Community Music School of Springfield Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: provide ensemble music instruction for high school students to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Springfield Central High School, Springfield

Community Music School of Springfield Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6 classes, grades 6-12, to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

John J. Duggan Academy, Springfield

Community Music School of Springfield Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: provide ensemble music instruction for 10th-12th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

High School of Commerce, Springfield

Community Music School of Springfield Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Veritas Preparatory Charter School, Springfield

Community Music School of Springfield Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for three classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Washington School, Springfield

Company One Boston $5,650

Stage One: In School Theatre Residency: to provide a residency that will use theatre as a tool to explore, represent, and articulate the value of community building.

Watertown High School, Watertown

Company One Boston $2,650

Hype Man: Anti-Racism Residency: for theater to engage 9th – 12th graders in conversations about racism, oppression, injustice, and the responsibility to speak up and act.

Josiah Quincy Upper School, Boston

Conservatory Lab Charter School Boston $6,100

Dream Tones: for students to articulate their dreams for themselves and their education; then compose music that accompanies those dreams.

Conservatory Lab Charter District, Boston

Convergence Ensemble Boston $2,650

American Voice in Poetry and Song III Teaching Residency: for students to gain insight into diversity and representation in modern classical music, poetry and the Spoken Word.

Boston Latin School, Boston

Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space Barnstable $3,850

BHS at the Hyannis Community Art Wall: for high school art students to explore the importance and technique of graffiti art and to contribute to the Hyannis Community Art Wall.

Barnstable High School, Barnstable

Craneville Elementary School Dalton $4,750

Rivers to Sea: Water Keepers and Caretakers: to teach 5th graders about water conservation and empowers them to develop solutions to increase their community’s resiliency.

Crocker Farm Elementary School Amherst $5,500

Learning In and From Local Systems and Cycles: for students to practice scientific methods of observation and exploration and develop problem-solving skills through outdoor, nature-based learning opportunities specific to our local environment.

Crosby Elementary School Pittsfield $6,100

Life Cycles and Weather in the Berkshires: to connect third grade students with an earth and life science specialist from Mass Audubon for a series of in-person explorations.

Cuttyhunk STEAM Academy Hanson $5,650

The Watershed and You: for students to interact with the Buzzards Bay watershed through a field study experience on Cuttyhunk Island learning about the systems that support life.

William H. Taylor School, New Bedford

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Yarmouth $2,500

Student Centered Leadership in Chorus: to bring choral students together in a unique workshop experience through performance and dynamic mentorship.

Diane Edgecomb Boston $4,900

Finding Your Voice – Telling a Story: to bring Kindergarten students, many of who are learning English as their second language, an immersion in Storytelling strengthening their expressive abilities in English.

Washington Elementary School, Lynn

Donald McKay Elementary School Boston $2,950

Exploring Latin American Literature Through Puppetry: to bring two Latin American folktales to life through puppetry arts.

Douglas Bishop $3,700

FreeVerse @ LCCPS 8th Grade: to bring high school poets to the middle school to work with the 8th Grade in developing skills in writing and performing poetry.

Lowell Community Charter School, Lowell

Edward P. Boland Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 4th-5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Elias Brookings School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction in four classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Eliot Fisk Guitar Academy Newton $6,100

Playing, singing and dancing with Son Jarocho Improvisation Workshop: to provide opportunities to dance, play and sing together while learning to improvise in the Son Jarocho Style.

Somerville High School, Somerville

Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts Boston $6,100

Creative Identities: Empowering Young Makers through Craft: to bring quality woodworking artists and programming to three grades of JFK Elementary students empowering them and building their identities as makers.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Boston

Eliza Fichter Northampton $5,650

Celebrating Community in Shelburne Falls: to bring all grades of Buckland-Shelburne Elementary together to create a mosaic with teaching artist Eliza Fichter to celebrate community.

Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School, Shelburne

Elizabeth Pabon-Szebeda Leominster $6,100

Bailamos Juntos (Together We Dance): for MetaMovements artists to return to Sumner to continue creating enriching and engaging experiences for families and students.

Charles Sumner Elementary School, Boston

Elizabeth Pabon-Szebeda Leominster $6,100

Bailamos Juntos (Together We Dance): for Burke High & Middle School students to learn a variety of Latin dances and create a choreographed line dance.

Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Boston

Ellis Mendell Elementary School Boston $6,100

Classroom Cantatas: for professional music Teaching Artists in to work with small groups of students to facilitate composition of a unique text and melody in order to empower students to envision themselves as creators.

Everett Public Schools Everett $5,650

EHS Printmaking Guild: for students in grades 9 through 12 to build community through the art of printmaking, and then expands that to the community during the culminating celebratory event.

Everett High School, Everett

Everett Public Schools Everett $5,650

Addams Family Junior Musical Theatre: to work directly with the Arts programming at the George Keverian School to score and musically produce The Addams Family Junior for students in Grades 5 through 8, which will culminate with a final performance in May 2024.

George Keverian School, Everett

Everett Public Schools Everett $2,500

Flamenco Dance Immersion: for students to engage in an immersive experience to learn the basics of and perform Flamenco–a traditional art form from Spain.

Lafayette School, Everett

Express Yourself Beverly $6,100

EXYO Planet: for students to learn multidisciplinary arts, culminating in a grand performance at the Wang Theatre.

Solstice Day School, Rowley

Ezra H. Baker Innovation School Dennis $4,750

Science of Massachusetts –2nd Grade Study of Trees: for 2nd graders to explore how both humans and animals depend on trees and their environmental stewardship.

Forest Park Middle School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 4th and 5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Fort River Elementary School Amherst $6,100

Learning Locally: Earth Systems and Cycles: to connect students to their local environment and develop skills in solving problems that meet a human or ecosystem need.

Foxborough Regional Charter School Foxborough $5,650

Science of Massachusetts: Trees and Climate Change: to teach Foxborough Regional Charter School 8th grade students about trees and climate change through place-based, inquiry driven investigation.

Francis J. Kane Elementary School Marlborough $6,100

Out of this World!: provide all 5th graders at the Kane School in Marlborough the opportunity to use hands-on models and activities to explore topics centered around space, planets, solar systems and gravity.

Frederick Harris School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 4th and 5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Friends of Essex Elementary School Essex $3,250

Folk Music Unit: to introduce students to chanteys, work songs, patriotic songs, and other folk music types, along with their instruments, that are reflective of our cultural history.

Essex Elementary School, Essex

Gardner Pilot Academy Boston $6,100

Hip Hop Dance: for a residency in hip hop dance with Melissa Webster of Young Audiences of Massachusetts.

Gateways Academy Shrewsbury $6,100

Theater Arts classes and production: for 1st through 11th-grade students to learn acting and theater craft, culminating in a school-wide production.

German Gerena Community School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provides ensemble music instruction for 4th-5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Gillian Christy Boston $3,850

Lily Pad Public Art Project: to bring all second graders of Blackstone Elementary together to create two participatory public art projects that reflect the natural world.

William Blackstone Elementary School, Boston

Glenwood Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for two classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Gloucester Stage Company Gloucester $6,100

Youth Discovery Residency: This school residency will teach students acting techniques, nonverbal communication, storytelling, public speaking training, and technical skills.

Beeman Memorial School, Gloucester

Greater Commonwealth Virtual School Greenfield $6,100

Maker-Space Build Along: Chain Reactions: for grades 3, 4, & 5 to build chain reactions and creative contraptions.

Hancock Public Schools Hancock $5,650

One World Festival of Storytelling: to guide students through a series of experiential “playshops” from which they learn, shape, polish, and present folktales from around the world.

Hancock Elementary School, Hancock

HarborArts Boston $6,100

HARVEST: A collaboration of urban farming and public art » Una colaboración entre huertas urbanas y arte público: to bring students into the gardens of the school’s outdoor classroom to learn to grow & care for plants & express ideas using visual art & storytelling.

Manassah E. Bradley Elementary School, Boston

HarborArts Boston $6,100

HARVEST: A collaboration of urban farming and public art » Una colaboración entre huertas urbanas y arte público: to bring students into the gardens of the school’s outdoor classroom to learn to grow & care for plants & express ideas using visual art & storytelling.

Dante Alighieri Montessori School, Boston

HarborArts Boston $6,100

HARVEST: A collaboration of urban farming and public art » Una colaboración entre huertas urbanas y arte público: to bring students into the gardens of the school’s outdoor classroom to learn to grow & care for plants & express ideas using visual art & storytelling.

Samuel Adams Elementary School, Boston

Heights PTO Sharon $6,100

Heights Elementary School Mosaic: ‘Connections”: for students to design and fabricate five glass tile mosaic murals under the direction and expertise of the mural artist.

Heights Elementary School, Sharon

Helen Patmon Lynn $2,500

Critter Tales (African American Folktales as Told by West African Griot/Storyteller): to work with 3 Callahan Elementary/Lynn 2nd grades to better understand themselves as individuals and in relationship with others and then to make connections with another culture.

Julia F. Callahan Elementary School, Lynn

Heloiza Barbosa Brookline $6,100

Debate Team – Documenting a trajectory (continuation): for the Debate Team of East Somerville Community School to co-create an audio-documentary about their journey of learning and competition in the city tournament.

East Somerville Community School, Somerville

Henry Whittemore Elementary School Waltham $3,250

Pollinator Puppetry: to bring puppeteer Sarah Nolen to drama specials to teach second graders how to use puppetry to reenact the pollination process.

Hilltown Youth Recovery Theatre Heath $6,100

Dragon Feathers: to use theater to create a larger sense of community that transcends buildings and school campuses and instills in young people a sense of place and appreciation of Hilltown life and passion for the arts.

Rowe Elementary School, Rowe

Hiram L. Dorman School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Progam (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for two classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Hitchcock Center Amherst $4,750

Learning from Nature: Our Part in the Ecosystem: to give students diverse tools to explore and interact with the systems, cycles, and interdependence of all life where we live.

Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst

Hitchcock Center Amherst $6,100

Take it Outside!: for excitement about nature for all K-1 students at Plains Elementary through outdoor, hands-on/ minds-on STEM explorations.

Plains Elementary School, South Hadley

Horace Mann Laboratory School Salem $6,100

Creating Bridges Through Music: For bringing Horace Mann School new immigrant students together with established students in the same grades to learn/create music with Brazilian musician, Julio Santos.

Hudson Chen Sudbury $6,100

Travel through the Art & History of the Silk Road: to learn how different ethnic groups and civilizations have worked together to create numerous cultural and artistic achievements in the Silk Road.

Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury

Hudson Chen Sudbury $6,100

Travel through the Art & History of the Silk Road: to learn how different ethnic groups and civilizations have worked together to create numerous cultural and artistic achievements in the Silk Road.

The Lincoln School, Lincoln

Hudson Chen Sudbury $2,500

Travel through the Art & History of the Silk Road: for grade 11 students to experience how different ethnic groups and civilizations worked together to create numerous cultural and artistic achievements in the Silk Road.

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury

Inly School Scituate $6,100

Songwriting, Producing, and Story Telling: for students to focus on singing, songwriting, and song production.

Jalyse Ware Boston $5,650

Hip Hop Immersive: to bring grades 9-12 together to immerse in all four elements of hip hop culture as a means to create an outlet for creative thought and ideas.

Community Academy, Boston

James F. Condon Elementary School Boston $5,050

Cozy Community Puppet Residency: to use puppetry arts to deepen students’ understanding of the social emotional skills needed to be kind friends and supportive community members.

Jana Laiz Egremont $2,950

Inspired By Melville: to introduce students to the rich literary history of Berkshire County, primarily focusing on Berkshire’s own Herman Melville, his life and works and his unique perspective of place.

Brayton Elementary School, North Adams

Jana Laiz Egremont $3,850

Inspired By Melville: to inspire students to author their own stories by introducing them to the rich literary history of Berkshire County, primarily focusing on Pittsfield’s own Herman Melville, his life and works and his unique perspective of place.

Williams Elementary School, Pittsfield

Jana Laiz Egremont $2,500

Pen To Paper – The Art of Writing: for students to learn the mechanics of writing, including storytelling, opening lines, creating realistic dialogue, character development, using rich vocabulary, editing, critiquing, and finishing a story.

Undermountain Elementary School, Sheffield

Janice Rogovin Boston $2,800

Viewing a Solar Eclipse with a Handmade Camera Obscura!: to teach camera obscura building and solar eclipse viewing, photography and reflection in 12th grade astronomy and in workshops open to all.

John O’Bryant School of Math and Science, Boston

Jazzmyn Rodrigues Taunton $5,650

The Hip Hop Experience: to examine Black music’s relationship to social justice movements throughout history, explore the roots of Hip Hop culture, learn the principles of Hip Hop, and workshop MC-ing and how to hone in on creative expression.

New Heights Charter School of Brockton, Brockton

Jeffrey Angeley Mattapoisett $3,700

Young Tradition: fiddling for connection and expression: for students to develop bowed instrument skills & connect a shared present to diverse pasts found in American traditional music.

Ellen R. Hathaway School, New Bedford

Jeffrey Angeley Mattapoisett $6,100

Young Tradition: fiddling for connection and expression: to allow students at Acushnet elementary to develop bowed instrument skills & connect shared presents to diverse pasts with American traditional music.

Acushnet Elementary School, Acushnet

Jenna Feldman Chelsea $2,650

Phoenix Academy Public Artist Initiative: to bring students together with artist Jenna Feldman to learn public art making skills and create a mural within their school.

Phoenix Charter Academy, Chelsea

Jennifer Swan Barre $5,500

“Colors of Quabbin”: for students to learn about their artistic heritage as they create a mural exploring the natural history of the Quabbin region.

Ruggles Lane School, Barre

John B. DeValles Elementary School New Bedford $6,100

Crocodile River Music Residency: to partner with Crocodile River Music to give our students the opportunity to create their own music, dance, and art that celebrates the culture of Mali and West Africa.

John F. Kennedy Middle School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

John W. Rogers Middle School Rockland $6,100

Rockland Junior Conservationists: for a 5th-grade science curriculum in all 8 classrooms.

Jonathan A. Keezing Amherst $6,100

Puppets In The Classroom: to guide students through the steps of bringing a creative idea to fruition through making puppets, creating a skit and performing for their peers.

Dr. M.R. Kelly Elementary School, Holyoke

Jonathan A. Keezing Amherst $6,100

Puppets In The Classroom!: for students to experience the process of a full creative arc; imagining and making puppets, creating a skit that includes the puppets, then practicing and performing the skit.

Bridge Street School, Northampton

Jonathan S. Mirin Charlemont $5,950

Inclusion Improv: to offer two sessions of “Inclusion Improv” afterschool for grades 1 – 6 to deepen improv skills while learning about principles of inclusion as well as visiting three classes during the school day.

New Hingham Regional Elementary School, Chesterfield

Jonathan S. Mirin Charlemont $6,100

Inclusion Improv: to bring three 2nd grade classes and three 3rd classes together to learn improvisational theatre skills which build student capacity for tolerance and inclusion.

Sheffield Elementary School, Montague

Jonathan S. Mirin Charlemont $5,200

The Weather Friends: to bring together grades 1, 3 and 4 on a performance called “Weather Friends,” which follows a group of super heroes as they respond to weather events around the world.

Hawlemont Regional Elementary School, Charlemont

Jonathan S. Mirin Charlemont $2,800

Inclusion Improv: for a mixed class of 9 – 11th graders at an alternative education program to follow a curriculum of beginner to advanced level improv games with the theme of inclusion.

Mohawk Trail Regional High School, Buckland

Jorge Perez-Albela Ashland $6,100

Exploring, expressing, creating and collaborating thought The Drum Circle: to participate in a Drum Circle where students will develop various skills in creativity, improvisation, listening.

Edward Devotion School, Brookline

Joseph G. Pyne School Lowell $5,950

Story Tiles of Cambodia: to create a tile or set of tiles that incorporate daily rural and city life of Cambodia.

Jubilee Career Center for the Performing Arts Worcester $6,100

WAVVZ OF STITCHING: for 7th to 10th graders to learn the fundamentals of sewing, textile development, and fashion design.

Challenge/Reach Academies, Worcester

Kim A. Carlino Easthampton $6,100

Shape, Color & Play: to bring 6 grades of Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School students together to create a collaborative mural with teaching artist Kim Carlino.

Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School, Holyoke

La Pinata Boston $6,100

Latin American Folk Arts: to bring teaching artist, Rosalba Solis, together with Rafael Hernandez K-5 grade students who celebrate Latin American folks arts through a culturally relevant series of visual and movement lessons.

Rafael Hernández K-8 School, Boston

LaunchSpace Orange $4,450

The Raku Pottery Project: for the senior class to learn, create and Raku fire with locally and nationally recognized potter Frank McGinn.

Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School, Orange

LaunchSpace Orange $3,250

The Raku Pottery Project: For the Raku Pottery Project residency, which brings together sixth graders to learn, create, and Raku fire unique clay creations with locally and nationally recognized potter, Frank McGinn.

Swift River School, New Salem

LaunchSpace Orange $2,650

The Raku Pottery Project: For the Raku Pottery Project residency, which brings together 9th-12th grade art students to learn, create, and Raku fire with locally and nationally recognized potter, Frank McGinn.

Athol-Royalston High School, Athol

Lawrence W. Pingree School Weymouth $3,250

May the Force be with Me!: for hands-on engaging science lessons about forces to 3rd and 4th graders.

Lee Middle and High School Lee $2,950

The Role of the Drum in Francophone Cultures: for students to learn about drumming in French-speaking West African and Caribbean cultures.

Leverett Public Schools Erving $6,100

Puppets in the Classroom: for students to experience the process of a full creative arc; imagining and making puppets, creating a skit that includes the puppets and practicing and performing the skit.

Leverett Elementary School, Leverett

Liars & Believers Cambridge $6,100

MAD LaB Theater Program: to bring high school students together to learn theater skills and put on a play in order to build community

Community Charter School of Cambridge, Cambridge

Liars & Believers Cambridge $2,500

Liars and Believers Theater Skills Workshops: to bring ninth graders together to build empathy and presenting skills through puppetry, clowning and documentary theater learning.

City on a Hill Charter School, Boston

Libertas Academy Charter School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-11th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Liberty Preparatory Academy Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for high school students to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic, and creative growth.

Lilja Elementary School PTO Natick $6,100

Traveling Science Workshops: for science educators to travel into classrooms on various days to engage all the students in exploratory learning.

Lilja Elementary School, Natick

Lincoln School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for two classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Lisa Boemer Swampscott $2,800

Creating Curiosity to Inspire Communication: to teach, engage, explore and inspire Lynn Vocational Art students over four days to create art as a means to express, communicate, voice an opinion and/or support a cause through various mediums culminating in an exhibit of their work.

Lynn Vocational Technical Institute School, Lynn

Lisa Hersey Holyoke $2,500

Books and Zines: for an interdisciplinary project where students will create books aligned to the theme of climate change.

West Springfield High School, West Springfield

Littleville Elementary School Huntington $6,100

Nature’s Superheroes: Our Amazing Wildlife: to explore the life cycles, adaptations, and survival of some of Massachusetts’ amazing wildlife.

Ludlow Senior High School Ludlow $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for 9-12th-grade students with disabilities using music participation and creation to support their social-emotional, academic, and artistic development.

Lyric Stage Company of Boston Boston $6,100

The City Stage Program: for a weekly theater-based program focusing on classroom curriculum for students K-4th grade.

Joseph P. Tynan Elementary School, Boston

M.E. Small Elementary School Yarmouth $6,100

Creating Picture Books with Author Ana Crespo: to reunite a bilingual picture book author with a K-3 school community to engage in the picture book creation and revision process.

Marguerite E. Small Elementary School, Yarmouth

Make-It Springfield Springfield $6,100

Clubs Facilitating College and Career Readiness: to connect 100-200 students to Make-It artists, creative projects, skill development, college/career options, and an accessible out-of-school resource.

Chestnut Accelerated Middle School South, Springfield

Margarita Muñiz Academy Boston $6,100

El Sistema at Muniz Academy: for excellent brass instruction to beginning and intermediate students.

Martha Chason-Sokol Everett $6,100

Plastic Fantastic Sculpture Garden: for students in fourth grade to create a sculpture garden from recycled materials that will be planted in front of the Parlin School.

Albert Parlin Junior High School, Everett

Martha Chason-Sokol Everett $2,500

Visual Diaries Practice: for first-grade students to create and learn to use visual diaries as a wellness practice for social-emotional education in support of the Paths Curriculum.

Sumner G. Whittier School, Everett

Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 4th and 5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Mary Jo D. Maichack Lenox $6,100

Playing with Diverse World Folktales to Build Oral Expression: for K-3 students to express their voices while playing with world folktales.

Chester Elementary School, Chester

Mary Jo D. Maichack Lenox $6,100

Playing with Diverse World Folktales to Build Oral Expression: to bring MaryJo Maichack together with 2 K & 2 1st grade classes to play with world folktales to use their voices with expression.

Thomas M. Balliet Elementary School, Springfield

Mary M. Lynch School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: Provides ensemble music instruction for 4th-5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic, and creative growth.

Mary M. Walsh Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for two integrated (Special Education and General Education) classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Mary O. Pottenger School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): To provide adaptive music instruction for two classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Mass Audubon Springfield Springfield $6,100

Trees and Climate Change: to provide PD and a learning experience investigating how Trees are linked with climate change.

Springfield Legacy Academy, Springfield

Mass Audubon Springfield Springfield $3,250

Climate Democracy Project: To support Renaissance students and their teachers throughout the school year as they engage in a climate action project.

The Springfield Renaissance School, Springfield

Mass Poetry Boston $6,100

Poet-in-Residence Program: for JR Mahung, an award-winning spoken word poet and slam coach, to work with 9th – 12th graders on poetry, revision and performance.

New Mission High School, Boston

Mass Poetry Boston $6,100

Poet-in-Residence Program: to have Anthony Febo, an award-winning spoken word poet and slam coach, work with 9th – 12th graders on poetry, revision, and performance.

Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School, Tyngsborough

Mass Poetry Boston $6,100

Poet-in-Residence Program: for a a poet and performer to work with seven classes of 9th to 12th graders on poetry, revision, and performance.

Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Horace Mann Charter School), Boston

Memorial Spaulding School Newton $6,100

Mural Residency: Memorial Spaulding Elementary School: to create a four-piece mosaic mural on the exterior of a school building in collaboration with students, parents, and staff.

Merrimack Valley Community Music School Andover $6,100

Private Lesson Program: to provide individualized instruction to BEGINNING instrumental music students in the Lawrence High School Bands.

Lawrence High School, Lawrence

Michael Palmer Mashpee $2,500

A Mashpee nature journal – Place-based STEAM learning: for students to develop nature journals that explore themes complementary to the 5th grade STEAM curriculum.

Quashnet Valley School, Mashpee

Morningside Community School Pittsfield $2,500

S•M•Art Energy: Where Science Meets Art!: for a hands-on learning experience, which covers grade-specific Physical Science energy standards, to explore the transfer of energy and lead a showcase of learning for their school peers in grades one to three.

Musukulla Massaquoi Cambridge $6,100

Music Loves Kids/I Did That: to create a community bond by growing their passion for past and present genres of music teaching them how to use DJ equipment while incorporating goal setting.

Boston Collaborative High School, Boston

N.E.A.R.I. School Day Program Holyoke $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for two classrooms, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc., Easthampton

Nauset Regional High School Eastham $2,500

“Say it? Sing it!”: to introduce students to methods of song/lyric writing, culminating in a performance.

New Directions School Northampton $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for students in grades 6-12.

New England Classical Singers Andover $4,300

Collaboration: New England Classical Singers and Methuen High School Choral Dept.: to bring together NECS and the Methuen HS chorus with professional musicians to prepare and present Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore in a free concert at Methuen HS.

Methuen High School, Methuen

Newburyport High School Newburyport $3,550

Writing Out Racism: to focus on heightening students’ awareness of racism and encouraging introspection through creative writing.

Nicole Glen Raynham $4,450

2024 Solar Eclipse: Generating Astronomical Excitement for Science!: to prepare and excite elementary school students for the April 2024 solar eclipse.

Lillie B. Merrill Elementary School, Raynham

Nicole Glen Raynham $3,550

2024 Solar Eclipse: Generating Astronomical Excitement for Science!: to prepare and excite elementary school students for the April 2024 solar eclipse.

Dr. E.J. Laliberte Elementary School, Raynham

Nicole Glen Raynham $5,350

2024 Solar Eclipse: Generating Astronomical Excitement for Science!: to prepare and excite elementary school students for the April 2024 solar eclipse.

Mitchell Elementary School, Bridgewater

Nicole Glen Raynham $3,550

2024 Solar Eclipse: Generating Astronomical Excitement for Science!: to prepare and excite elementary school students for the April 2024 solar eclipse.

Williams Intermediate School, Bridgewater

North Attleboro High School Friends of Music Booster Club North Attleborough $6,100

NAHS Music Masterclasses: to provide small group lessons and masterclasses to high school musicians.

North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough

Northeast School of Ballet Reading $2,500

Dance as Personal & Community Connection: to connect students with dance professionals to foster community and impart messages of resilience, persistence, self-worth, and self-discovery.

TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School, Walpole

Northfield Elementary School Northfield $5,950

Maker Space Build-Along: Artful Mechanisms: for grades 4, 5, & 6 to work with teaching artists, Jay Mankita and Susan McGinn, to build “artful mechanisms”.

Northshore Recovery High School Beverly $6,100

EXYO Planet: for students in active recovery in multidisciplinary arts to work with Express Yourself, culminating in a grand performance at the Wang Theatre.

Oakmont Regional High School Ashburnham $6,100

ORHS Mural and Landscape Design Project: for 9-12th grade students to collaborate with artists by creating a mural and a landscape installation.

Palmer High School Palmer $6,100

Wow Watersheds!: for 6th graders to explore local watersheds, discover the impact of climate change, and determine potential solutions.

Paul Willis Boston $6,100

Hip Hop Leadership: a program for creative youth development: to develop the leadership skills of its participants through a Hip Hop values-based approach.

Conservatory Lab Charter School, Boston

Paula Robinson Deare New Bedford $6,100

Discovering My Cultural Roots: to revive, publish and share cultural stories to begin reversing ethnic erasure and closing the 30 Million Word Gap in marginalized families.

Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary School, New Bedford

Peabody Personalized Remote Education Program Peabody $5,650

Maker Space Build-Along: Chain Reactions: for grades K-8 to work with teaching artist, Jay Mankita, to build chain reactions and creative contraptions.

Phoenix Academy Public Charter High School Lawrence Lawrence $6,100

Phiber Arts at Phoenix!: to offer students at Phoenix Academy Lawrence the opportunity to work in small groups with textile artist Gianna Shin to explore skills and techniques related to fabric arts.

Pine Cobble School Williamstown $2,500

Hoosac Tunnel, How It Altered Life in the Berkshires and Beyond: for students to learn how the Hoosac Tunnel was built in the 1800s, the technology developed to execute its completion, and its impact on the diversity and environment of the Berkshires and beyond.

Pittsfield High School Pittsfield $4,750

Rooted in Solutions: Trees and Climate Change: to enable environmental science students to complete a forest carbon study on their school grounds.

Project LEARN Lowell $5,350

ArtUp Lowell: “Bee-autifying” our Community with Felipe Ortiz: to conceptualize, design, and finally install a large-scale mural on the school’s most prominent, street- facing facade.

Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School, Lowell

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School Cambridge $6,100

Bringing History to Life Through Theater: for four 5th-grade classrooms to write and perform an original play about historical figures who inspire them.

Rebecca M. Johnson Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 4th and 5rh graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Rehearsal for Life Boston $6,100

Urban Improv School Residencies: to build student social and emotional skills for every stage in life through dialogue, creativity and performance.

Richard J. Murphy K-8 School, Boston

Rehearsal for Life Boston $6,100

Urban Improv School Residencies: to build student social and emotional skills for every stage in life through dialogue, creativity and performance.

Dennis C. Haley Elementary School, Boston

Rehearsal for Life Boston $4,300

Urban Improv School Residencies: to build student social and emotional skills for every stage in life through dialogue, creativity and performance.

Nathan Hale Elementary School, Boston

Rehearsal for Life Boston $4,300

Urban Improv School Residencies: to build student social and emotional skills for every stage in life through dialogue, creativity and performance.

George H. Conley Elementary School, Boston

Rehearsal for Life Boston $6,100

Urban Improv School Residencies: to build student social and emotional skills for every stage in life through dialogue, creativity and performance.

Boston Teachers Union School, Boston

Renate Rohlfing Cambridge $5,650

Sounds of Chelsea: to nurture connections between students and their communities via ‘Sound Mapping’, preserving memories through an auditory and visual creation for public display.

Chelsea High School, Chelsea

Resilient Community Arts Easthampton $6,100

Maple Street Artists: Free Afterschool Art: to support students in 3rd – 5th grade at Milton Bradley by offering its second year of free afterschool art enrichment.

Milton Bradley Elementary School, Springfield

RFK Academy School Day Program Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for 9-12th grade students with disabilities using music participation and creation to support their social-emotional, academic, and artistic development.

Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School Stoughton $3,250

Energize Me!: to provide all fourth graders with hands-on activities related to the motion, conversion, and transfer of energy.

Robert T. Capeless Elementary School Pittsfield $6,100

Water and Weather in the Berkshires: to teach 3rd and 5th-grade students about water and weather through hands-on learning opportunities.

Rosa Blumenfeld Boston $2,500

Decolonization Through Storytelling: to help students understand their relationship to the stolen Native land that they live on and tell their own stories about the effects of colonization on them and their families through poetry and writing exercises.

Fenway High School, Boston

Russell H. Conwell Elementary School Worthington $6,100

One World Festival of Storytelling: to guide students through a series of experiential “playshops” from which they learn, shape, polish, and present folktales from around the world.

Worthington Public Schools, Worthington

Samuel Bowles Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Adaptive Music Program (AMP): to provide adaptive music instruction for three classrooms of grades K-5, using music participation and creation to support social-emotional, academic, and artistic development for students with disabilities.

Samuel S. Holmstock Barnstable $6,100

The Drum Circle Residency: for all grades to practice group drumming and singing to teach cooperation and mindfulness.

Cape Cod Collaborative STAR Program – Osterville, Barnstable

Sharon Leshner Easthampton $6,100

Imagined Worlds at Summit Academy: for a schoolwide mental health and mural initiative that fosters therapeutic art creation for all students at Summit Academy.

Summit Academy, Amherst

Shatoyia Jones Springfield $4,150

የአፍሪካ ውበት: to provide a hands-on workforce development skills training that showcases the cultural richness and beauty of Africa.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence, Springfield

Silvio O. Conte Community School Pittsfield $4,750

Weather and Aquatic Life Cycles: to connect 3rd grade students with an earth and life science specialist from Mass Audubon for a series of in-person explorations.

Smith College Campus School Northampton $3,550

The Power of Words in Music: to engage five to nine-year-olds through a series of interactive sessions aimed at inspiring and educating them about the creative process of songwriting, focusing in particular on writing lyrics.

South Elementary School Stoughton $4,750

Energize Me!: to provide all fourth graders at the South School in Stoughton with hands-on activities related to the motion, conversion, and transfer of energy.

South End Middle School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

South Shore Conservatory of Music Hingham $6,100

ImagineARTS: for music, movement, and story-telling to teach 80 pre-kindergarten students literacy skills with teaching artist Kaitlyn Mazzilli in order to prepare them to become skilled readers.

Dr. W. Arnone Community School, Brockton

South Shore Conservatory of Music Hingham $6,100
South Shore Conservatory of Music Hingham $6,100

ImagineARTS: to teach pre-k students arts-based literacy as led by teaching artist Catherine Piazza.

Manthala George, Jr. Elementary School, Brockton

South Shore Conservatory of Music Hingham $6,100

ImagineARTS: for pre-k students at Hancock Elementary School to learn arts-based literacy skills as led by teaching artist Paige Taylor.

Hancock School, Brockton

Springfield Conservatory of the Arts Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide individual music instruction for 9th and 12th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Springfield High School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 9th-12th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Springfield High School of Science and Technology Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 9th-12th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Springfield Public Day Elementary School Springfield $3,550

Inhale Music, Exhale Life: to bring K-5 graders together to learn folkloric drums and songs.

Springfield Public Day High School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 9th-12th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Springfield Public Day Middle School Springfield $2,500

Inhale Music, Exhale Life: to bring the school together to learn folkloric drum and song with Aimee Gelinas of Tamarack Hollow.

Springfield Public Schools Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted), Springfield

SPUR, Inc. Marblehead $5,200

Mural Collaboration between KIPP/SPUR/Mural Artist Michael Aghohawa: to work with KIPP high school students on a public mural that will beautify their immediate community.

KIPP Academy Lynn Charter District, Lynn

St. Mary’s High School Lynn $6,100

Brazilian Drumming with Julio Santos: to explore Culture and History through musical exploration with musician Julio Santos.

Stanley M. Koziol Elementary School Ware $3,400

Chain Reaction Machines in the Classroom: for students to solve challenging, collaborative physical science tasks through trial and error.

Stearns Elementary School Pittsfield $6,100

Water and Weather in the Berkshires: to teach 3rd and 5th grade students at Stearns Elementary School about water and weather through hands-on learning opportunities and empowers them to develop solutions to increase their community’s resiliency.

STEM Middle Academy Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 6th-8th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Stephanie Dickerman Needham $2,800

Science Classes For all ages: to enhance STEM learning for grades k-5 by providing hands-on learning through the scientific method.

Broadmeadow School, Needham

Sumner Avenue Elementary School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide ensemble music instruction for 5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Sunderland Elementary School Sunderland $6,100

Use your Voice! Sharing Diversity using a Multicultural Mosaic: for students across all grades to work together to understand the process of making a public art mural by contributing their thoughts and drawings relevant to the theme.

Sweet Sadie’s Youth Group Springfield $2,500

Chill and Paint Workshops: to introduce a program called Chill and Paint Workshop at Kiley Middle School.

M. Marcus Kiley Middle School, Springfield

Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center Windsor $5,650

World music, drum, dance and song cultural exploration: for 4th and 5th grade students to learn traditional West African & Caribbean drum, song and dance.

Colegrove Park Elementary, Windsor

Tamer Karatekin Chelsea $4,900

DEEP SEA CHESS: World Chess Federation 100th Anniversary: brings primary-grade students to learn historical board games from a chess historian, explore a new chess set design, and participate in a small-scale neighborhood tournament.

James W. Hennigan Elementary School, Boston

The Berkshire Museum Pittsfield $2,650

Supporting Project Lead the Way Science Education at Hoosac Valley Middle School with Mobile Museum Units: for STEAM-centric Mobile Museum Unit programming to support the Project Lead the Way program.

Hoosac Valley Middle School, Cheshire

The Berkshire Museum Pittsfield $2,500

Bringing Mobile Museum Units to Hoosac Valley Elementary: bring Berkshire Museum’s Mobile Museum Units to Greylock Elementary School, sparking examination, experimentation, and exploration through object-based learning and museum-educator led activation sessions.

Greylock Elementary School, North Adams

Thomas R. Plympton Elementary School Waltham $2,500

Word Play- Clowning Around with the Alphabet: to provide a literacy-based puppetry experience for kindergarten.

Thomas V. Nash Primary School Weymouth $6,100

Amazing Animals and Me!: for first and second grade students to engage with real scientists to perform multiple hands-on activities and learn about animals and how they relate to their own bodies.

Thomas V. Nash, Jr. Elementary School, Weymouth

Towana Wright Chelsea $2,500

Art Matters: for 8th-grade students to create art with teaching artist Towana Wright in celebration of Black History Month.

Breed Middle School, Lynn

Wali Ali Boston $2,500

Music Motown and More: to provide a critical look at how the Music of Motown was produced in the early 70s from musician’s toy production and finished product being distributed.

Maurice J. Tobin Arts Magnet School, Boston

Waltham Choral Parents Association Waltham $4,150

2023-2024 Competition Choreography: for choreography that students will use to perform their 2023-2024 competition routine.

Waltham Senior High School, Waltham

Waltham Dual Language School Waltham $2,500

Lifting Little Learners Literacy: A Puppet Project: for kindergarten & 1st graders to increase traditional & emotional literacy through puppetry with a local teaching artist.

West Somerville Neighborhood School Somerville $4,150

Imagination Station Puppet Project: for puppetry, music, and art to deepen students’ understanding/application of the social emotional skills needed to recognize and celebrate diversity.

Westfield Public Schools Westfield $6,100

Free to Be the Hero of Your Own Story: To foster students’ joy of writing and enhance social emotional learning with 3rd grade classes of Franklin Avenue Elementary School by utilizing story and interactive storytelling tools.

Franklin Avenue Elementary School, Westfield

White Street School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: provide ensemble music instruction for elementary school students to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

William E. Welch Elementary School Peabody $6,100

Let’s Write Trickster Tales!: to help 4th graders at Welch develop literacy, narrative skills, and social-emotional awareness by writing original fiction with storyteller Motoko.

William N. Deberry School Springfield $6,100

Sonido Musica: to provide digital music instruction for 3rd-5th graders to develop musical skills and support social-emotional, academic and creative growth.

Winchester High School Winchester $2,500

Artist Mapping and Data Art: for students to create data artwork and artist maps.

Winter Hill Community Innovation School PTA Somerville $4,150

Imagination Station Puppet Residency: To use puppetry, music, and art to deepen students’ understanding/application of the social emotional skills needed to recognize and celebrate diversity.

Winter Hill Community School, Somerville

Winthrop School Ipswich $6,100

Sustaining Ipswich Outdoors: for students to learn about their local habitats, ecology, sustainability, and stewardship through collaboration, creativity, and teamwork, and the creation of a mosaic.

Woodward School Quincy $6,100

All School Theater Program: for grades 6-12 students to collaborate on two full-scale theatrical productions throughout the school year; a winter play and a spring musical.

Worcester Arts Magnet School Worcester $6,100

Origami Adventure: for grades 2-6 to enhance their geometry knowledge and explore the intersection of art and math through origami.

Worcester Chamber Music Society Worcester $6,100

Neighborhood Strings: for an intensive strings program and social justice initiative that fosters community involvement and integration for young people.

Woodland Academy, Worcester

Worcester Chamber Music Society Worcester $6,100

Neighborhood Strings: for an intensive strings program and social justice initiative that fosters community involvement and integration for young people.

Learning First Charter Public School, Worcester

Worcester Chamber Music Society Worcester $6,100

Neighborhood Strings: for an intensive strings program for at risk immigrant and refugee youth that fosters social justice, community involvement, and integration.

Clark Street Community School, Worcester

Worcester Youth Orchestras Worcester $3,400

Four Orchestras Festival: for students to work with and learn from conductor Sue On, and to experience leadership diversity in the orchestral world.

Burncoat Senior High School, Worcester

World Leadership and Inspirational Foundation Holbrook $6,100

Art-u-preneurs: to learn and discover the inherent value of entrepreneurship by tapping into one’s leadership skills to dream, create, perfect, integrate and maintain an art piece or service one believes their community could benefit from.

Randolph High School, Randolph

Zumix Boston $6,100

Classroom Poets: to engage EBHS 9th graders in a six-week poetry workshop where each student will write and perform original poetic works.

East Boston High School, Boston

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