Van Schaick Grade School awarded grant from American Chemical Society

Van Schaick students will be getting new books on science topics thanks to a mini grant from the American Chemical Society.

In December three Van Schaick Grade School teachers learned they would each be receiving a $200 check from the organization. In the fall, Principal Jacqueline DeChiaro and three teachers wrote a grant proposal that outlined how they would use the money.

Third-grade teacher Tina Kellar, fourth-grade teacher Anna Muscatello and fifth-grade teacher Amanda Door plan to use the funds to purchase non-fiction texts to correspond with their science kits, which they explained would give their students the necessary experience of reading texts similar to what appears on the New York State Assessments.