Projects we support

2019 Funding

• • Purchase of DIAL-4 (Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning) to screen all incoming kindergarten students

  • Purchase of the book Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment used to evaluate incoming and current preschool children.

  • Visual timers to be used in the classroom and in small groups to help students transition from one activity to the next.

  • Purchase of guitar cases (to protect guitars that we funded previously) and for the for the purchase of 26 Soprano Recorders to introduce woodwinds to students in the 2nd and 3rd grades.  

2018 Funding: 

• Wagon & tarp ($300) for Kindergarten Forest Classroom

2017 Funding: 

• Contribution ($500) towards approved pre-school playground equipment

In 2016 MSDEF has sponsored in part or whole the following:

• Pre-School Lending Library

Marlborough School Library has begun a board book selection to encourage early readers to read aloud to younger siblings. 

• Zenergy Ball Chairs & Therapy bands for 4th grade

In 2015 MSDEF has sponsored in part or whole the following:

• 23 Acres of open land adjacent to the Marlborough School 

• Audiobooks with matching books for student in K-8

• Title I Subscription to Read Live

• Ukuleles for music education

• Rainboots for outdoor exploration in grades 1 & 2

• Furnishings for the kindergarten classroom

In 2014 MSDEF has sponsored in part or whole the following:

• More Raised Garden Beds to Enrich the Middle School Science and Math Programs!  This program is gradually being adopted by the whole school!!!

Built by the middle school staff, students and community volunteers; these gardens enrich the middle school math and science curriculum.  In addition to teaching students valuable lessons in the benefits of raising one’s own food, health lessons in the nutrients contained therein, a plethora of scientific study, team building, and patience; the raised gardens at Marlborough School have combined the talents of the Marlborough Community Association, local farmers, and the Marlborough Garden Club with the school to make this a true community project.

• Devices to support the reading curriculum in lower grades  

Whisper phones have been provided to support the five step reading program in lower grades.  These devices allow children to read aloud to themselves and to one other person without disrupting those around them.

In 2013 MSDEF has sponsored in part or whole the following:

• Raised Garden Beds to Enrich the Middle School Science and Math Programs

Built by the middle school staff, students and community volunteers; these gardens enrich the middle school math and science curriculum.  In addition to teaching students valuable lessons in the benefits of raising one’s own food, health lessons in the nutrients contained therein, a plethora of scientific study, team building, and patience; the raised gardens at Marlborough School have combined the talents of the Marlborough Community Association, local farmers, and the Marlborough Garden Club with the school to make this a true community project.

• Noise cancelling headphones

• Programmable Robotic Building Kits for the Math club

• Stained Glass for the Middle School Art Curriculum

In 2011 MSDEF has sponsored in part or whole the following:

• 58 New audio books for the Marlborough School library 

"The art of listening is a valuable skill and students have benefited by checking out these new audio books we have purchased.  Audio books allow readers to explore stories they may not have otherwise read, improve listening skills,expand vocabulary and phonemic awareness, and help with fluency and pace. 

I have checked out audio books to many reluctant readers to hook them on a story.  These audio books have also been used by our special education department for students who struggle with certain required reading materials or reading in general.  The playaways (audio books with headphones all as one unit) are particularly appealing to students and have the added benefit of being able to adjust the speed of the reading.

The funds from Marlborough School District Endowment Fund have brought new titles into the library in audio form that benefits all students!  They have been very popular.

Thank you!!!" - Cheri Nutting, Library Media Specialist Marlborough School

• The Game of Village for grades 5-7

The Game of Village is an experiential wonder!  With a group of two dozen students and a cart full of random materials, a community emerges. Students create a town in miniature, loosely following the American Homestead Act of 1862.  Through this program students learn, use and reinforce knowledge of scale, mathematics, civics and ingenuity.  Village provides young people an opportunity to engage in the "adult world" on a small scale.

• Marlborough School/Keene State College Partnership, 3- year residency model

How this benefits both programs:

1. Marlborough School increases the number of individuals who are skilled to work with students K-6.

2. Marlborough is ensured to have student teachers who have a strong understanding of the ins and outs of Marlborough School and its children.

3. We have more support with our Rtl and PLP initiatives.

4. KSC - "close the gap between theory and practice... place teacher candidates in more robust clinical experiences, and wrap coursework around clinical practice." -- June 23, 2009, by NCATE President, James Cibulka

• Guitars for the beginner's guitar class for the music program

Four guitars are being purchased to support the beginner's guitar course now offered at Marlborough School.  Having more instruments allows the music department to offer this course to more students.  The program is being offered as musical enrichment; above and beyond the music, band, jazz band, and chorus classes.

• Snowshoes for first and second grade enrichment

Snow shoes with poles are being used by students in the first and second grades to encourage outdoor play and exploration in the winter months.  In addition to encouraging exercise, providing students with snowshoes exposes young kids to a very fun past time in New Hampshire thereby helping to foster healthy life long habits.

• A full human skeleton model for the science program 

"The leg bones connected to the ..?"  Middle school students now have a hands-on tool for learning about the human body and the complexity of the skeletal system.  The model skeleton provides students with a tangible experience relating to this study. 

2008 MSDEF Contributions:

• new books for the science program

• new resource books for the library

• support for the Swamp Bats reading program

2007 MSDEF Contributions:

• YogaKids International training for three teachers (grades k-1)

• Colonial Theater field trips (school wide)