Grants - Previously Funded

Funding Supports a Variety of Programs

2010-2011 Grants Awarded

Grant

Requestor/School

Amount

Science Department Lab Glassware

Laurie Potter/Middle School

$1,275

Equipment for Sensory Motor Room
For therapeutic activities

Tanis Johnson/Wealthy

$696

Exercise Balls and Tables for Classroom
For innovative seating in the classroom

Ben Hammer/High School

$3,105

Wireless Microphones
For performing arts at high school, middle school and all elementaries

Trent Wadsworth, All Building Principals/All Buildings

$7,960

Elementary Bookrooms
For diversified leveled reading for all grade levels Y5 through 5th grade

Caroline Breault-Cannon, Linda Kehm, Heidi Sunderhaft/Breton, Lakeside, Wealthy

$30,000

2 SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards, Slates and Math Tools

Mike Dykstra, Matt Harold/High School

$4,470

Epson Interactive Whiteboard Solo Module

Brian VanderBee/High School

$629

Advanced Chess Instruction

Dan Brown/Middle School

$600

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard and Slate

Michelle Day/Lakeside

$2,106

6 iPads for Diverse Learners

Nicole Gessner, Carlye Wilk, Amanda Werner/Breton

$3,588

5 iPads for Special Ed Department

Kathy Wisniewski/District Office

$2,495

Camera Tripods and Bags

Elizabeth Miller-Wallau, Terry Szpieg/High School

$660

Studio Lighting Kit

Elizabeth Miller-Wallau, Terry Szpieg/High School

$500

Shakespeare Residency
Hands-on workshop with Shakespearean actors

Jane Hazle, Pam Steers/High School

$400

Bright Star Touring Theatre
Performances that support social studies curriculum

Caroline Breault-Cannon/Breton

$1,490

Arts Connect Mural
Joint art project between special ed and general ed students

Holly Lampen, Jill Fouch/Middle School

$500

Text Talk Program by Scholastic
Direct vocabulary instruction

Cindy Cottrell/Lakeside

$425

Variety Show Black Lights
For use in performances

Linda Sawade/Wealthy

$175

Word Exploration
Through Bananagrams game

Sarah Youngs/Wealthy

$53

SmartMusic
Technology program to enhance music instruction

Mary Hillyard, Cindy Nixon/Middle School

$588

2 SMART Board Interactive White Boards, Slates and Math Tools

Ben Hammer, Tim Farmer/High School

$4,470

Media’s Influence on Youth
DVD series

Bill Strickland, Pam Steers/High School

$575

Micro to Macroscope Critters
For use in science lab work

Mary Billman/High School

$1,272

5 iPads for Math

Mary Elderkin/High School

$2,645

Mentor Texts
For “I Can Write Like That” program

Kim Doele/Wealthy

$1,199

Fifth Grade Digital Photography
30 cameras and cases for photography unit for all 5th grade students

Peri den Dulk, Jena Centa/Breton, Lakeside, Wealthy

$5,110

IXL Accounts
Website account for all students 2nd through 5th grade that offers topic-specific math practice at every grade level

Mark Pullen/Breton, Lakeside, Wealthy

$4,000

ENO Interactive Whiteboard and Slate

Nancy McSkimming/Lakeside

$1,780

2 iPads
To infuse technology into the classroom

Winona Tinholt, Sarah Youngs/Wealthy

$1,404

Phantom of the Opera Underwriting

Pam Steers/High School

$5,000

Flip Camera
For reading assessments

Jacqueline Burdick/Breton

$162

Music Rug for Classroom

Annie Schmieder/Wealthy

$436

Math Number Corner Package
Interactive bulletin board that provides practice of math concepts

Sharlene Karsten/Breton

$353

Video Production Camera
For student broadcasts

Tim Saunders/Wealthy

$500

Kindergarten Writing Conference

Kindergarten Teachers/Breton, Lakeside, Wealthy

$490

Music Rug for Classroom

Kathy Larson/Lakeside

$363

 

TOTAL

$91,474


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