Teacher(s): Susan Nienaber School(s): Lincoln Elementary Students Impacted: 75- Kindergarten Amount Funded: $1,200 Funding will support design and implementation of safe, age-appropriate makerspaces embedded in kindergarten classrooms. The spaces will extend kindergarten language arts, … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Stacy Denny School(s): Early Education Center Students Impacted: 3-5 - Birth to Preschool Amount Funded: $3,495 This grant will provide for the purchase of a communication device for trials with students with limited to no expressive language and will be used to enhance proficiency … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Connie Good School(s): Early Education Center Students Impacted: 150 - Preschool Amount Funded: $3,600 This grant will provide for the purchase of new musical instruments and science equipment to support the implementation of science and music enrichment opportunities in 3-4 year … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Mikayla Genereux School(s): Woodland Elementary Students Impacted: 136 - Kindergarten and 1st grade Amount Funded: $1,750 Funding will provide for the purchase of sensory tools and additional materials to make six classroom sensory tool kits. Sensory tool kits in the classrooms … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Barb Walswick School(s): Lincoln Elementary Students Impacted: 490 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $1,900 This grant will be used to add a classroom set of outdoor education backpacks for an enhanced experience of utilizing the outdoors to expand science learning … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Joelle Burreson, Rhonda Blaser, Lynn Johnson, Kayla Noble School(s): All Elementary Schools Students Impacted: 1,760 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $5,301 Funding will provide for the purchase of twelve iPads to be divided between four elementary music programs to … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Alicia Wagner School(s): Woodland Elementary Students Impacted: 450 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $5,000 Funding will provide for the creation of a Makerspace lab for all grade levels. A makerspace is a physical location where students share resources and … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Barb Walswick School(s): Lincoln Elementary Students Impacted: 490 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $3,812 This grant will fund the purchase of iPads for the science classroom to allow young scientists to access apps, programs, and interactive websites to enhance … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Meg Simon School(s): Alexandria Area High School Students Impacted: 75 - 11th and 12th grade Amount Funded: $5,554 This grant will support a more authentic learning space by funding the purchase of two patient services consoles and two Pocket Nurse computer carts to support the … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Joelle Burreson, Rhonda Blaser, Lynn Johnson, Kayla Noble School(s): All Elementary Schools Students Impacted: 1,758 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $5,000 Funding will provide for the purchase of twelve iPads which will enrich the learning experience and allow for … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Brenda Hintermeister School(s): Voyager Elementary Students Impacted: 500 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $7,646.38 The purpose of the Climbing Wall is to provide a unique opportunity for students to challenge themselves both mentally and physically in a fun and … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Megan Paulson, Kimra Kirksey, Shelly Wevley School(s): Garfield, Miltona, Carlos Elementary Schools Students Impacted: 350 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $6,500 This grant will fund the purchase of portable carts complete with hands-on activities materials to … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Kelley Swan School(s): Woodland Elementary Students Impacted: 230 - 4th and 5th grade Amount Funded: $3,812 Funding will support the purchase of Chromebooks to enable 3D Printer programming, access to Google Docs, Webquests and Gizmos to support elementary science programming. … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Ben Kettler School(s): Voyager Elementary Students Impacted: 90 - 2nd grade Amount Funded: $1,431 Funding will provide for the purchase of a MacBook Pro computer to enable students to upload Green Screen story videos to KidBlog. … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Kari Johnson & Elizabeth Billberg School(s): Voyager Elementary Students Impacted: 75 - 3rd grade Amount Funded: $1,245 Funding will provide for the purchase of three iPad Minis to enable students to design and record book summaries with videos. … [Read more...]

Teacher(s): Chad Gilbertson, Denise Jorud, Donna Evink, Christi Converse, Kimra Kirksey, Amy Revering School(s): Miltona Magnet Elementary Students Impacted: 138 - Kindergarten through 5th grade Amount Funded: $5,000 This grant will allow students to experience "360 degree tours" to places … [Read more...]

Program: Community Education Grade(s):9-12 Staff:Mackenzie Webb Amount Funded:$500 Funding will support a workshop on February 6, 2016 for students led by the Chicago-based improvisational and sketch comedy company, The Second City. Following the workshop, a public performance of The Second … [Read more...]

School: Miltona Magnet Elementary Grade(s):K-5 Teacher(s):Chad Gilbertson Amount Funded:$1,750 Osmo is an innovative device that engages students in the learning process by transforming an iPad into an interactive learning tool. Students participate in many collaborative activities that … [Read more...]

School:Miltona Science Magnet Elementary Grade(s):K-5 Teacher(s):Chad Gilbertson Amount Funded:$2,940 Sphero 2.0 robots will be purchased enabling teachers to integrate an understanding of basic programming into the current math and science curriculum. This device sharpens students’ math and … [Read more...]

School:Discovery Middle School Grade(s):6-8 Teacher(s):Kelly Lewis Amount Funded:$3,000 IPads will be purchased and used to record skills and gameplay situations for the purpose of assessment and skill building. … [Read more...]