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Awarded Grants 2004-2005
Awarded Grants 2005-2006
Grant Application
2005-2006
Past Grant Winners
Fine Arts
Language
Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social
Studies
Technology
Miscellaneous
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Language Arts
2005
Karaoke for Kids
Carol Nelson, Atlas Elementary
This grant will purchase a karaoke
machine for second grade reluctant readers. The students will be
motivated to learn new vocabulary. ($411.00)
"Projecting" a Bilingual Future for Coeur
d'Alene Middle Schoolers
Sharon Sebring, Woodland Middle School
This grant will purchase a C160
projector, transportation for two field trips, and CD’s/books and art
supplies for use in Spanish classes in grades 6,7, and 8. The students
will prepare and present varied activities for classmates, explore
Spanish customs and participate in Cinco de Mayo at Cd’A high, create
computer generated games and present them to class, and use newly
acquired Spanish skills for a “real life” dining experience at a
Mexican restaurant. ($2,000)
Sixth Graders Doing in Depth Digital
Documenting
Kristi Nivette, Canfield Middle School
This grant will purchase 2 digital
cameras, Photo Shop, CD-RW to create CD’s, CD’s and photo paper for
use in the 6th grade. Students will produce a slide show incorporating
the academic and social activities they encounter throughout the year
and create a class CD at the end of the year for each student’s record
of their year in 6th grade. ($1,305.00)
2003
Its Up For Debate
Recipient:
Lisa Ramsey, Hayden Lake Elementary School
This grant provides an opportunity for students to learn and
think critically, and express their opinions orally, through debate techniques.
Materials funded: activity books and thinking games ($147.00)
Our Treasured Senior Citizens
Recipient:
David Groth, Sorensen Elementary School
Students will get to know a senior citizen in the community and will write
this person’s life story in a book that contains photos of the person’s life, as
well as current photos taken by the student.
Materials funded: digital camera, bookbinding combs, and various types of
paper ($422.00)
Encouraging Real-World Usage in the World Language Classroom
Recipient: Michael S. Nelson,
Coeur d' Alene High School
This
grant will offer students the opportunity to communicate in unique and global
ways with their new languages, creating international friends and bridging the
cultural gap that appears between countries.
Materials funded: 5 digital audio recorders, Epals monitored email, voice
mail, Spanish reading materials ($841.70)
2002
Introduction to Digital Photography
Recipient: Elizabeth
Wright, Hayden Meadows Elementary School
A grant awarded for
purchase of a Minolta Dimage 7i digital camera, 128 mb memory card.
Partnering with a professional photographer, students will gain experience
taking, editing, and publishing digital photographs for various purposes and
audiences.
Author Tom Birdseye in the Classroom
Recipient: David Groth,
Sorensen Elementary School
A grant to
purchase Mr. Birdseye’s time to e-mail through the year and to visit our
school in the spring for one day, with half of the day spent in Mr. Groth’s
classroom. Mr. Birdseye will communicate with 5th graders via email as they read
his books and while he visits our school he will stimulate students to read and
help with the writing process.
Things Fall Apart: Multi-Cultural Literature
for Senior English
Recipient: JoSann Kreider
and Eric Louis, Coeur d' Alene High School
A grant awarded
for the purchase of 75 copies of Things Fall Apart and ten copies of the
short story anthology Other Voices, Other Vistas. Seniors will study
multi-cultural literature while reading short stories and novels by authors from
a variety of cultural backgrounds. Students will identify and compare own
experiences to those of others in situation, events, and cultures within reading
selections.
2001
I (3)
Recipient: D.
Lynnette
Wade, Canfield Elementary School
A grant awarded for the purchase of licenses for
inspiration software. Students will use to create maps, webs, and storyboards to
enhance their writing and presentations.
Fluency in
Reading
and Writing
Recipient: Elizabeth
Wright, Hayden Meadows Elementary School
A grant awarded to purchase picture books to
explore the six traits of quality writing and develop reading fluency. The
learner will use punctuation, sentence structure and meaning, and signal
transitions to read with expression and proper phrasing to “read like we
talk”.
Reading
Opens Doors
Recipients: Paula Smith, Jason Peebles, Kirsten
Childers, Judy Brieze, Leslie Miller, Sarah Perry, Maryann Mills, Ron Stone,
Nancy Stevenson, Beth Wright, Vern Harvey, and Roberta Ewert,
Hayden Meadows Elementary School
A grant awarded to purchase software, leveled text,
tapes and block-like masters for sight word work. The learner will increase his/her
sight word identification to 80% of grade level expectations and fluency to 90%
of grade level expectations.
2000
An Electric Gathering
of Second Grade Pencils on Paper
Recipients:
Nancy Larsen,
Carolyn Keefer, Amy Swenson , Ramsey Elementary School
A
grant awarded to allow children in each classroom to author a professionally
bound and printed compilation of their stories.
Getting It With Grammar Games
Recipients:
Jeanne Reese and Anna
Wilson,
Canfield Middle School
A grant awarded to
purchase seven classroom sets of grammar games for use in grades 6 – 8 hands-on
grammar practice using board games designed to help students master grammar
skills.
Soaring With Eagles
Recipient:
Tracy
Mosgrove,
Skyway Elementary School
A grant awarded to purchase non-fiction books, writable CD-ROM drive and
recordable CD-ROM research bald eagles and produce multimedia documentaries with
assistance from peers.
Reading Strategies
Toolbelt
Recipients: Paula
Conoly, Bonnie Barber and CR Lusk, Skyway Elementary
School
A grant awarded to purchase subscriptions for six
monthly periodicals to learn reading strategies are to develop skills in reading
content.
Setting the Stage for Fluency
Recipients:
Pamela Kiefier,
Michelle Williams and Bette Price, Fernan Elementary
School
A grant awarded for the
purchase of reader’s theater manuscripts and tape recorders with head sets to
help increase fluency by proving additional practice through reader’s theater
and recording student reading.
Authors II
Recipient: Katie
Rickers, Winton Elementary School
A grant awarded for the purchase of books, audio
tapes, cassette players and blank tapes.
Through the use of author studies, students will develop their language art
skills and a love of reading.
Published Author in Our Classroom
Recipient:
David Groth, Sorensen
Elementary
School
Grant awarded to purchase multiple copies of six
of Tom Birdeye's books. Mr. Birdseye
will communicate via e-mail with students and provide written feedback on their
writing as we conduct an "author study" of his books.
1999
Showing, Not Telling
Recipients: Susan Schreiber,
Vikki
Moormann, Coeur d' Alene High
School
A grant purchase of Photo Deluxe 5.5software program for
photo imaging enhances the learning process for seniors’ presentations and
aids sophomores with document publication.
Letter Fluency, The first link to reading &
writing
Recipient: Teri
Burch, Fernan Elementary School
A grant for a language arts writing center with
hands on technique to match student development learning style.
Oodles of Oral Language Opportunities
Recipient: Jeanne
Reese, Canfield Middle School
A grant to provide a library of humorous, dramatic,
oratorical and poetry resources for oral presentations in annual speech and
declamation contest.
Shakespeare, Live!
Recipient: Alan
D.
Potts, Lakes Middle School
A grant to purchase 35
copies of 5 major plays that will allow students to study and perform
adapted versions of Shakespeare’s works.
We Love Coeur d’ Alene!
Recipients: Nancy Larsan, Chris Inlow, Carolyn
Keefer,
and
Amy
Swanson,
Ramsey Elementary School
A grant for materials on which student poetry about
life in Coeur d’ Alene will be printed and used as placemats in local
restaurants.
Writing with the Six Traits
Recipients:
Leslie Miller, Nancy Stevenson, Kathy Hickman, Hayden Meadows Elementary School
A grant creatively using books as writing examples
to focus on the six traits.
1998
READERS.
. .
Reading Excellent
Authors Develops Excellent Reading
Skills
Recipients: Katie
Rickerts and Nancy Mueller, Winton Elementary School
A
grant to introduce young readers to authors and books to read, to listen to and
to get to know through literature and technology software.
Scholastic News
Magazine
Recipient: Paula
Morano, Ramsey Elementary School
A grant to provide Scholastics News Magazine to
four third grade classes
Publishing
Center
Recipient:
Lisa
Rakes, Canfield Middle School
A grant to provide 6th grade students with the opportunity to
publish several writing pieces.
1997
A Follow up to Anne
Frank
Recipients:
Suzy
Gerber and Robyn
Palmer, Lake Middle School
A grant to allow students to interview primary sources, research, and read
about World War II.
Back to Basics with
the Newspaper
Recipient: Zig
Steele, Lakes Middle School
A grant to use the Spokesman Review as an interdisciplinary resource.
Bring Publication
into the 21st Century
Recipient:
Shelly
Brulotte, Coeur d' Alene High School
A grant to technically enhance and supplement a student journalism program.
Computer Assisted
Research & Instruction
Recipient:
Andrea
Partington, Lake City High School
A grant to create a research and writing lab for students to do
in depth
research, hone critical thinking and writing skills, and publish their results.
Investigate,
Discover, Extend
Recipient:
Mary
Bologna, Hayden Lake
Elementary School
A grant to allow students to investigate how authors create their
books, discover some of the author’s books, and extend their learning by
creating their own published piece.
Levels To Success
Recipient: Becky
Olin and Dolly Day, Sorensen Elementary School
A grant to
allow students who are reading below or just at grade level to build effective
reading and writing skills.
Readers, Writers
& Parents Learning Together
Recipient: Bette
Price and Judy Eichelberger, Fernan Elementary School
A grant
to enhance a parent training program for parents to assist their children in
reading and writing at home as volunteers in the classroom.
Simple as ABC
Recipient: Jodi
Vershum, Fernan Elementary School
A grant to motive students
to learn the alphabet and word building strategies with different teaching
techniques.
Circle around with
the Classics
Recipients: Al Potts and Lisa
Rakes, Canfield Middle School
A grant designed to implement literature circles and drama in the study of
classic novels.
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