The Windsor Journal

On Monday, February 13, 2011 Clover Street’s School gym turned into a gigantic board game! The moving pieces were the students themselves, having to roll” life size” dice to progress forward, all while answering math facts and grade appropriate questions to finally reach the finish line. The cafeteria became a bingo hall and the computer lab hosted multiple sites and information for parents and students alike. This evening was the brain child of April McGraw, Vice President of their PTA, who
upon receiving an email from the National PTA regarding a possible grant, made it happen. The initiative was called “Take Your Family to School Week” being sponsored by AXA Foundation. In late December the winners were announced and Clover Street was awarded one of forth-five $1,000 grants in the United States. The confirmation of the awarding from Sherri Wilson at the National PTA said “the proposal you submitted on behalf

of your PTA showed great innovation, enthusiasm, and a strong determination to engage more families in their children’s education. National PTA applauds you for your efforts” and so the planning began. The proposal was very specific that all funds received would go directly back to the families
and any additional needs would be sought in donations. Every child at Clover Street School
regardless of being able to attend Monday’s event or not would receive a “Cougar Math Carnival”
bag filled with a wonderful selection of math games for spinners, dice and checkerboard games.
In addition each bag contained dice, pencils, rulers, erasers, sharpeners and a “Clover Yahtzee”
game, which when put all together, would hopefully provide hundreds of hours of good old fashioned
fun surrounding math. Getting the event organized and set up took the work of many and special thanks to Konica, all the Administrators, Teachers and staff at Clover Street that were on hand, as well as the volunteer Windsor High School National Honor Society students that made the night truly remarkable and a pleasure to have been a part of.

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