Apr 10, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
Angela Leonhardt describes the Musical prisms grant as one written to “include diverse children’s literature in the music classroom so that all children feel represented based on wherever they come from. We know when we see a prism or a kaleidoscope when all the...
Mar 30, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
Keeping students safe while they study advanced concepts was Elisa Compton’s main reason for providing AP and Honors Chemistry students with two Vernier GoDirect Melt Temp stations to safely observe the melting points of various substances. Prior to using this...
Mar 28, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
Ed White Middle School students are getting hands-on experience in the NEEF-funded garden beds. Their seventh-grade science teacher, Carmen Keane, points out that her students are planting seasonal flowers that day. Other times, garden vegetables are being grown along...
Mar 28, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
“Over the years, we have discovered that students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia, issues with fluency, with decoding, have really benefitted from large print books. So, the grant that we wrote called for building a collection that catered to those needs...
Mar 9, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
The $4,942 grant for the DATeggnology Chickademy has had residual beneficial effects at Ed White Middle School. Not only do they raise chickens, but they also compost the waste from the chicken coop to plant in the neighboring garden beds. The chickens are fed scrap...
Mar 9, 2023 | Grants, Our Stories
Within a year of receiving the Vex Robotics kits, Wood Middle School’s robotics team went from the state championship to the world championship Vex IQ Robotics competition in Dallas, TX. “My students build robots from scratch and code them to do everything they are...
