Kennedy teachers win Generali grant
April 9, 2012 © 2012 Republican-American Educators Dr. Tagrid Mikaiel and Alena Cybart-Persenaire won the prestigious Margaret M. Generali literacy grant for their work teaching high school journalists, and Cybart- Persenaire has been invited back to Columbia University to share their practice with educators and students nationwide. Mikaiel, a guidance counselor, and Cybart-Persenaire, the English …
Generali Foundation gives grants
December 11, 2010 By Michael Puffer © 2010 Republican-American The Margaret M. Generali Foundation this week announced recipients who will split $12,000 worth of educational grants for the current school year. The foundation has supported local education enrichment for 12 years in memory of Generali, a popular principal who led the school that now bares …
Principal’s Memory Lives
Generali grant to help schools fund programs Monday, January 6, 2010 By Michael Puffer © 2010 Republican-American A decade after her sudden death, principal Margaret M. Generali is still helping city students. Generali spent 27 years teaching in Waterbury schools, most recently leading the school that now bears her name. East Farms School was renamed …
Uconn women’s hoop figure to chair Generali dinner
Jack Eisenmann, director of basketball operations for the University of Connecticut National Championship women’s basketball team, is honorary chairman of the Margaret M. Generali Foundation’s 10th Annual Dinner. The dinner is planned for Thursday, May 28, from 6 to 10 pm at the Hills Restaurant in Waterbury. Guests include Coach Howie Dickenman of Central Connecticut’s …
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Generali Foundation hosts field trip, dinner
The Margaret M. Generali Foundation will sponsor a field trip to the Palace Theater for seven elementary school classes in Waterbury on Friday to see Junie B. Jones. The trip is in memory of Amy DeLucia, a former reading supervisor who died in August. She was an avid supporter of reading and arts and a …
Generali Foundation awards 2008-09 grants
The Margaret M. Generali Foundation has awarded six grants totaling $9,000 for the 2008-09 academic year. The recipients of these grants are: Nancy Boyles Professional Development and Resources Kits: Lenore Gagain and Jennifer Dwyer, Margaret M. Generali School. Increasing Reading Skills for Special Needs Students: Christine Mead, West Side Middle School. When I …
Generali grant puts muscle in Kennedy High newspaper
Monday, January 5, 2004 By Tracie Mauriello © 2004 Republican-American WATERBURY — Until this year, the Eagle Flyer was a one-page newsletter published a few times a year. With a new academic course in journalism, an enthusiastic adviser — and now, a $1,500 grant from the Generali Foundation, Kennedy High School’s student newspaper has grown to …
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Teachers chosen to receive grants honoring late principal
By Randal Edgar © 2000 Republican-American WATERBURY – Margaret Generali’s love for children and education burned brightly as ever on the first anniversary of her passing – in the hearts of teachers and fellow educators she inspired. At the school now named in the late principal’s honor, two teachers were named Wednesday as recipients of the …
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