Kate CarlisleA summer science camp for girls – featuring three Wesleyan faculty, several Wesleyan students and two teaching artists – will be supported by a new $10,000 grant from the Petit Family Foundation. The camp, a pilot program of the Green Street Arts Center, will expose about 10 local 5th grade girls to “real world examples of women in science” and introduce them to the wide variety of scientific careers. “We still have a long way to go to achieve gender equality in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields,” said Sara MacSorley, Green Street’s director. “We want to support young girls in our…
A new state grant will support the creation of an Intel Math Institute for local teachers at Wesleyan starting this summer. The Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS), a partner of the Green Street Arts Center, will develop the course for Middletown and Meriden teachers, supported by the Connecticut State Mathematics and Science Partnership grant of $158,483. The Institute will pair an intensive, 80-hour math course with ongoing academic-year professional development and arts integration workshops, to help teachers link Common Core concepts to classroom instruction. Artists from Wesleyan’s Green Street Arts Center will take the math course…
Olivia DrakeThe Green Street Arts Center received a $5,000 grant from Liberty Bank in August. Green Street will use the award to support its Art and Science AfterSchool Program that serve students in grades 1 – 8. Green Street's integrative classes in art, math, and science foster creativity and build problem-solving skills in a safe space where students can express themselves.
Sara MacSorley, the new director at Green Street Arts Center, is featured in the Aug. 12 edition of The Middletown Press in an article titled, "Green Street Art Center's newest director takes lead on combining arts, math and science." MacSorley, who joined Green Street in January 2013 after working at the University of Rhode Island, brings to Green Street her combination of interest in science and math and also the arts and education. Green Street’s programs include an after-school program, private lessons and professional development along with various classes including things such as yoga, videography, digital photography, hip hop and…
Wesleyan's Green Street Arts Center received a $7,500 grant from the Middletown Youth Services Bureau on Sept. 27. The award will support Green Street's Arts and Science Afterschool program during the 2013 fiscal year.
The Green Street Arts Center received a grant worth $5,000 from the Liberty Bank Foundation on June 21. The award will support the center's After School Program in 2013.
Wesleyan's Green Street Arts Center received a $350,000 grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, to administer Connecticut’s Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools Program throughout the state for the 2012-13 academic year.
The J. Walter Bissell Foundation awarded the Green Street Arts Center with a $10,000 grant on April 10. The award will support Green Street's After School Program.
The Green Street After School Arts and Science Program received a grant worth $9,405 from the Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts. The DECD receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The grant was awarded on March 6.
The Green Street Arts Center received a $3,500 grant from Citizens Bank and a $5,000 grant from Pratt & Whitney to support its After School Program in 2012.
Wesleyan's Green Street Arts Center received a $75,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) on Nov. 22. The grant will support Green Street's After School Program in 2012. CHEFA's mission is to enhance the welfare and prosperity and improve the health and living conditions of the citizens of the State of Connecticut by providing access to tax-exempt financing and other financial assistance to institutions of higher education, healthcare institutions, childcare providers and nonprofit organizations.