March 2012 - Red Hook Education Foundation

All recipients in this first round are Red Hook Central School District teachers. The mini-grant program is designed to support innovative educational programming that enriches student learning.

$1,000 awarded to Kim Goldhirsch, at Linden Avenue Middle School for the Mid-Level Leadership Conference.
$1,000 awarded to Lydia Cordier for the Garden at Mill Road.
$275 awarded to Eleanor Lydon-Clements at Linden Avenue Middle School to help support the Medieval Times field trip.
$665 awarded to Steven Hughes at Linden Avenue Middle School to help support the First Lego League Robotics Competition.
$1,000 awarded to William Decker at the Red Hook High School to support the Model United Nations.

We encourage students, faculty, and staff members of the district to submit an application to the next round of mini-grants for future funding consideration. Perhaps you have a good idea. Think outside the box. The possibilities for innovation are endless!

On March 9, Red Hook students competed in the Bard Debate Union’s (pictured above) first annual Debate Tournament, featuring 2 rounds of debate competition, luncheon, and an awards ceremony. Linden Avenue Middle School sent 5 teams, which competed against each other, and Red Hook high school sent 2 teams, which competed against 2 teams from Rhinebeck, and 4 teams fielded from the Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) schools in Queens, Manhattan, and Newark, NJ. The RHEF was a sponsor of this event, hosted by the Bard Center for Civic Engagement.

Team and individual awards were given to the following participants: in the high school division BHSEC A took 1st place, with Rhinebeck A in 2nd place, Red Hook A in 3rd place, and BHSEC B in 4th place. Individual high school debate awards: Hannah Frishberg (BHSEC A) 1^st; Callie Goldstone (Rhinebeck A) 2^nd; Joe Bryant (Red Hook A) 3^rd; Gabe Haddad (BHSEC D) 4^th and “Mo” Tyler (BHSEC C) in 5^th place. Individual middle school debate awards: Caleb Wootan, 1^st; Elenore Zellneck, 2^nd; Joseph Becker, 3^rd; Abby Foster, 4^th, and Aidan Murtha in 5^th place.

Working in partnership with Bard Debate Union and the Bard Trustee Leader Scholar program, the RHEF has helped to start up the LAMS and Red Hook High School debate clubs over the last year. Many thanks to Red Hook faculty Ronald Dombrowski, Tom O’Connor, and James Armstrong, Bard Debate coaches Ruth Zisman and Jennifer Rankin, and especially to the Bard Debate Union students, for supporting the growth of debate in our community and beyond.

Month: March 2012

Our 1st Mini-Grant Recipients

Red Hook Students Compete in Debate Tournament at Bard