2000

Grant Awards for 2000

CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 1999-2000 school year.

Carpe Diem ($8,000)

Request submitted by:
Craig Adams, Steve Markway, John Strodtman, and Lori Breedlove

Carpe Diem establishes a custom manufacturing operation to impact students at all levels, including students with educational and behavioral disabilities, through participation in a

“It is cool to see something coming from just pieces of wood to a complete project”
Jeff Jr. student

Technology Enhancement for Foreign Languages ($4,000)

Request submitted by:
Michele Price, Lynda Baker, Laura Mathes, and Susan Gemming.

The Author Study Kits project impacts curriculum across kindergarten through grade 5, and in language arts, social studies and science at Mill Creek Elementary. An extensive set of reading materials is organized into author study kits. The authors selected for the project have demonstrated attributes such as the use of rich and unforgettable language, sharing personal experiences, vivid illustrations, and effective use of dialogue. Students learn to compare and contrast authors, experience fiction an d non-fiction works, and model the writing of the selected authors.

Enhanced Reading Achievement ($3,500)

Request submitted by:
Sue Young, Debbie Bond, Linda Schadt, Jennie Griffith, Crystal Linneman, and Janie West

A three-pronged approach is used to meet the needs of emerging and struggling readers at Rock Bridge Elementary. Parent involvement is facilitated by a demonstration video. One-on-one tutors focus on individual needs. Students have access to appropriate-level reading materials.

“…the ability to read is seminal not only to success within our educational sy stem, but within our society as well. …without [the Foundation's] efforts to support our public schools, we would not have been able to provide many of these programs to address the needs of our budding readers””
Sue Young
Mentor Teacher – Rock Bridge Elementary

Reading for Life ($3,000)

Request submitted by:
Marilyn Andre, Carolyn Dye, Mona Scott, Linda Poehlmann, Karen Ridge

A Listening and Reading Center to strengthen and improve 1st and 2nd grade students’ reading skills at Lee Elementary School. Student Literacy Bags, Literature Study Groups, Strategy Study Groups, and reading-related community service projects are employed.

Infusing Student Experimentation with Modern technology ($2,375)

Request submitted by:
Patrick Daugherty and Ron Frederick

Science and technology students use cutting-edge computer interfaces, sensors and probes in their data gathering and analysis of experiments at Rock Bridge High.

“The students do not have to be in the lab to collect all of the data. They have other classes to go to. We could not do this research manually”
Ron Frederick
Teacher – Rock Bridge High

The Literacy Equation ($2,030)

Request submitted by:
Nancy Watson, Jack Jensen, Brian Thomas, Carol Crego, and Robert Allen

Workshops teach parents strategies to help early readers at Two Mile Prairie Elementary. Special software allows teachers to match students of any grade and ability with books that maximize reading success.

Buckets of Books ($1,554)

Request submitted by:
Bev Greeson, Jenine Loesing, Christy Kruse, Cathi Loesing, Marilyn Soucie, and Linda Fitch.

This project gives the students at Fairview Elementary the opportunity for author, theme and genre study as well as experiencing good models for writing. Activities help develop higher-order-thinking skills such as comparing, contrasting, analyzing and synthesizing.

“I learned about historical fiction.” “We wrote to lots of authors.” “Books give us ideas for writing.” “Reading is awesome!”
students in Bev Greeson’s fifth grade class