Programs

Since 2005, GEF has raised more than $10 million in funding for programs in the Gloucester Public Schools. GEF funding impacts every school and every child in the Gloucester Schools and provides innovation and enrichment across academic subject areas. Students, teachers and families often point to GEF-funded programs as the ones that get students excited about school, engaged in learning, and set them on a path to discovering their passions. Take a peek at this video, created by GHS alum Treely Dowd and GEF supporter Marty Del Vecchio, to hear directly from families about the impact they’ve seen GEF make on their children!

School Year 2024- 2025 Funded Programs

Updated throughout the year as programs are funded

West Parish Arts/Theater Integration (Elementary)

6th Grade Seminar (Middle)

O’Maley Science Center Supplementary Staffing (middle)

GHS Carpentry Annex (Gloucester High School)

Gordon Summer STEAM Camp (Elementary)

Auto Tech Program (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Band Room Upgrades (Middle)

Band Instruction - Grades 4-8 Instrumental Lessons (Elementary and Middle)

Countdown to Kindergarten (Elementary)

Gender Equity in STEM (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Academy (Middle)

4th and 5th Grade Plays (Elementary)

After School DIY Engineering Club* (Gloucester High School)

School Year 2023- 2024 Funded Programs

Summer Learning Program (Elementary)

AP Prep Classes (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Science Center Staff: Wilson Intern and Resident Scientist (Middle)

3D Printer Upgrades (Gloucester High School)

CVTE Uniform Jerseys (Gloucester High School)

4th and 5th Grade Book Battle (Elementary)

Acorn Press Printmaking with Mary Rhinelander (Middle)

STEM and SAILS Move-up Days (Elementary and Middle)

4th and 5th Grade Citywide Chorus Pilot (Elementary)

Digital Literacy with North Shore Community College (Gloucester High School)

Ceramics Studio Overhaul (Gloucester High School)

4th and 5th Grade Plays (Elementary)

O’Maley Art Installation with Sculptor Tim Mears (Middle and High)

O’Maley Academy Costume Design Class (Middle)

The Mentor Project (Gloucester High School)

Gordon Summer STEAM Camp (Elementary)

Auto Tech Program (Gloucester High School)

Band Instruction - Grades 4-8 Instrumental Lessons (Elementary and Middle)

Countdown to Kindergarten (Elementary)

Gender Equity in STEM (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Academy (Middle)

Power of Play (All)

Gloucester Stduent Arts Festival (All)

School Year 2022- 2023 Funded Programs

The Power of Play (District-wide)

The Gloucester Student Arts Festival (District-wide)

Auditorium Renovation Feasibility Study (Middle and High)

Summer Advanced Placement Prep Classes (Gloucester High School)

Gloucester 400+ Legacy Project Mural (Gloucester High School)

Trinlingual Resource Guide (District-wide)

O’Maley Academy English Language Learner Support (Middle)

The Mentor Project (Gloucester High School)

Gordon Summer STEAM Camp (Elementary)

Bikes for All (East Veterans)

O’Maley Resident Scientist (Middle)

Acorn Press Printmaking with visiting artist Mary Rhinelander (Middle)

Auto Tech Program (Gloucester High School)

Auditorium Sound System Upgrade (Gloucester High School)

Band Instruction - Grades 4-8 Instrumental Lessons (Elementary and Middle)

Countdown to Kindergarten (Elementary)

Crane Beach 4th Grade Field Study (Elementary)

Docksiders Band: Room Move and Soundproofing (Gloucester High School)

Engineering Upgrades and After School Makers Club*(Gloucester High School)

Gender Equity in STEM (Gloucester High School)

My Voice Ukelele Project (Elementary)

O’Maley Academy (Middle)

O’Maley Instrument Repair Fund* (Middle)

Pneumatic Compressor for the CVTE and Engineering Labs (Gloucester High School)

4th/5th Grade Theater Programs (Elementary)

*These programs were funded through the strategic repurposing of old GEF grants that needed updating to be relevant as we emerge from the pandemic.

School Year 2021- 2022 Funded Programs

Auto-Tech Program (Gloucester High School)

Countdown to Kindergarten (Elementary)

Electrical Tech Solar Panels (Gloucester High School)

4th/5th Grade Theater Programs (Elementary)

Band Instruction - Grades 4-8 Instrumental Lessons (Elementary and Middle)

Mindful Toolkit Part II - Live Instruction (Elementary)

O’Maley Science Center (Middle)

Summer Advanced Placement Prep Classes (Gloucester High School)

Vocational Program Expansion (Gloucester High School)

Whiteboards for Student Collaboration (Gloucester High School)

Day-in-the-Life Video (Elementary)

Robotics Equipment (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Gardening (Middle)

“APES” Lab (Gloucester High School)

Mentoring Program (Gloucester High School)

Acorn Press Print Making (Middle)

Gender Equity in STEM (Gloucester High School)

O’Maley Academy (Middle)

DECA (Gloucester High School)

Gordon Engineering and Coding Camp (Elementary)

Senior Art Excursion to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Gloucester High School)

School Year 2020-2021 Funded Programs

Art for Equity (all)

Auto-Tech Program (Gloucester High School)

Band Instruction - Specialized PPE (O'Maley Innovation Middle School)

Bringing Labwork and Science into the Home (Gloucester High School)

Ace, the Community Resource Dog  (all)

Countdown to Kindergarten (Elementary)

Digital Photo Lab Technology Update (Gloucester High School)

Engineering and Robotics Supplies (Gloucester High School)

Fifth Grade Theater Program (Elementary)

Geodes Phonics Books (Elementary)

Gordon Engineering and Coding Camp (Elementary)

Graduation 2020 Video (Gloucester High School)

K-5 Remote Academy Enrichment Coordinator (Elementary)

Mindfulness Toolkit (Elementary and O'Maley Innovation Middle School)

Music Technology Upgrades (Gloucester High School)

Parenting During a Pandemic Speaker Series (all)

Remote Learning Center (Elementary and O'Maley Innovation Middle School)

Remote Learning Desks (O’Maley Middle School)

Remote Theater Technology (Gloucester High School)

Science Center Expansion (O'Maley Innovation Middle School)

Summer Advanced Placement Prep Classes (Gloucester High School)

3D Printers (O'Maley Innovation Middle School and Gloucester High School)

Whizzimo Web Based Phonics (Elementary)

GHS Class of 2021 Events (Gloucester High School)