Since 2009, contributions to the Linda Schulman Innovation Fund have made it possible to award grands to ESL teachers from Nantuckett to Millbury and from kindergarten to college, as listed below. Final reports of the projects will be accessible on the foundation web site (lsi-award.org) at the beginning of 2012.

Year	Recipient	Project Title	Objective
2009-2010	Marilyn Barrett, Nantucket High School Nantucket	Developing Projects Utilizing Voice Thread and Building an Electronic Portfolio using Google Sites	Allow students to improve their English, to share their school experience with their families and friends, and to acquire technological skills.
	Annette Wylie Norrback Avenue School Worcester	Dr. Seuss for you, Dr. Seuss para mí	Enhance bilingual learning while encouraging parents’ participation in their children’s education.
2010- 2011	Maeve Hitzenbuhler, ESLCoordinator/Teacher pre-k-12 Millbury Senior Lecturer	Empowering Parents through Second Language Learning Communities	Facilitate instruction in a multi-level ESL course for parents to empower them to integrate more easily into our school community.
	Jennifer McCabe Malden Public Schools Mary Margaret Almonte, Beebe School, Malden	Children Reading the World	Promote literacy by having students to take photographs of family and community and work in cooperative groups to develop literacy projects.
2011- 2012	Cori Weiner Senior Lecturer, CELOP Boston University	Connecting English Language Learners to Culture: More than Authentic Material	Produce a base of interviews on subject matter highlighting various elements of American culture often overlooked in an ELL classroom.