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Calculating Literacy
Midway Heights Elementary – Literacy centers, volunteer/student activities and increased parental involvement using the new books and materials improve reading and math skills in kindergarten through third grade.
Grant Funds Requested: $4,000
Summer Reading Camp
Russell Boulevard Elementary – Reading camp is designed to use high-interest fiction and non-fiction books relating to the natural environment to help prevent the reading level regression that often occurs during the summer.
Grant Funds Requested: $1,179
S.T.E.P.(Special Tools to Enhance Performance)
Paxton-Keeley Elementary – Reading camp is designed to use high-interest fiction and non-fiction books relating to the natural environment to help prevent the reading level regression that often occurs during the summer.
Grant Funds Requested: $1,670
“Greatest Hits” Author Kits: Cedar Ridge Elementary
Author study boxes introduce students to a wide variety of current children’s authors. Classrooms shsare the kits containing several book titles, related materials and enrichment ideas.
Grant Funds Requested: $3,700
The Anti-Bully Club
Shephard Boulevard Creek Elementary – Students learn to identify bullying characteristics and behaviors and explore strategies that are helpful to both the bully and victim in resolving their conflicts in a positive manner.
Grant Funds Requested: $918
Smart Board with Data/Video Projector
Gentry Middle School – The SMART Board functions as a fully interactive computer interface for whole class use, allowing students and teachers to use the touch-sensitive surface to open and control PC applications.
Grant Funds Requested: $3,567
Non-Fiction Inquiry Kits
Mill Creek Elementary – Non-fiction inquiry kits expand instruction of language arts, science, and social studies.
Grant Funds Requested: $4,000
Non-Fiction Genre Study Kits
Parkade Elementary – Non-fiction books and materials enhance learning in reading, writing, and science.
Grant Funds Requested: $4,000
Digital Technology School-Based Business
Douglass High – Technology equipment and software enhance learning, and seed money started a school-based business focusing on training in marketing, accounting, public relations, and design.
Grant Funds Requested: $4,086