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Maddox students showcase literacy, kindness clips and STEM projects; Foundation highlights student-led grants and 5K
Summary
Maddox Elementary students read schoolwide writings, described a Kindness Clips initiative and presented Innovation Night STEM projects. The Forest Hills Foundation announced the 2026 5K and $25,000–$30,000 designated for student-led grants from 34 applications totaling over $100,000.
Maddox Elementary students and staff presented work to the Forest Hills Board of Education on Feb. 18, highlighting literacy goals, school culture work and STEM projects.
Third-grade ELA teacher Emma Coffin described the schoolwide literacy goal: K–6 students engage in daily writing across content areas with schoolwide pieces three times per year. Several students read letters they had written as part of that goal.
Student council members described a Kindness Clips campaign: students created over 200 "clips" with affirmations and distributed them during morning arrival; teachers and students across grades K–6 participated.
Peter Frankus, Maddox iLab teacher, reported the school's Innovation Night featured 20 group projects and strong community turnout. Students presented projects that included an "elephant toothpaste" demonstration, volcano experiments comparing eruption methods, and a Scratch-based "cloning machine" program. Board members praised the event's turnout and student creativity.
Separately, Stacy Gillard, executive director of the Forest Hills Foundation for Education, announced the 2026 Forest Hills 5K on May 9 (theme: "Small Steps with Big Impact") and summarised the student-led grant program: the foundation received 34 applications totaling more than $100,000 and the foundation has designated approximately $25,000 to $30,000 to fund selected student projects. Gillard said the foundation is soliciting donations via a Give With Heart campaign (QR code) and that seven students from Anderson and Turpin will serve on the grant-review team with selections expected by early March.
The board encouraged wider sharing of student videos and commended the foundation and students for community engagement and hands-on learning showcased at Innovation Night.
