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Reasons to Smile at CTEC’s Dental Assistance Program
“When I walked into Sonya Brown's Dental Assistance Program within CTEC's Medical Professions Academy, I felt like I was in a real dentist's office," said Olga Valanos from NEEF community relations. Not only are there dental chairs and lights, but now, they have...
Revolutionizing EMT Training at CTEC’s Magnet Program
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are crucial in saving lives during emergencies. They must be well-equipped and work in unison with their team to act quickly and efficiently in these situations. This is where ambulance simulators come in. CTEC Paramedic/NAEMT...
Kinetic Learning Compliments Classroom Goals at Castle Hills
Castle Hills Elementary provides its students with a unique learning experience with the Sensory Friendly School NEEF grant. Teachers can now take their lessons beyond the traditional classroom and explore the hallways and the outdoors. With kinetic learning, children...
Making Books Accessible to Every Child at Canyon Ridge Library
At Canyon Ridge Elementary, Stacey Gleinser, the school librarian, recognized the need to make reading more accessible for all students. She aimed to create a collection of books that would allow every student to experience the joy of reading and excitement. To...
Bulverde Elementary Extends Workstations Outdoors
Michele Saenz, a Pre-K teacher, had a brilliant idea of taking the interactive workstations from the classroom and extending them outdoors. Thanks to the NEEF grant of $2,266.8, Michele and other volunteers could purchase materials, play equipment, and paint the...
Bush Middle School’s Edison Lab
Your donations to NEEF have significantly contributed to Bush Middle School, enabling the construction of a top-notch audio/video production and post-production studio named the Edison Lab. The Technology Applications teacher, Mercer Comander, shared that the $2,000...
You Have To See It To Believe It!
At Oak Meadow Elementary School, GT Teacher, Mary Koudelka is using virtual reality to teach. “We are taking what the students are learning off the page and into the VR headsets to solidify what they are learning about … and they can conceptually see it and physically...
Workshop Wonders: Unleashing Learning in Imaginary Workplaces
Leslie Rosas, a 3rd grade bilingual teacher who won Teacher of the Year in the Elementary School category, shared her experience with Classroom Transformations, saying, “Classroom Transformations has been an awesome experience. Thanks to the Grant, we now have access...
Castle Hills STEAM Lab
The Castle Hills grant for the STEAM Lab is in full swing. With the Sphero Bots and iPads that they code with, students are gaining programming skills, engineering, and problem-solving. K-5 Steam teacher, Hannah Norman describes the engineering process, “We ask, what...
Full STEAM Ahead at Wetmore Elementary School
When Rosa Toma upgraded Wetmore's STEAM Lab with items purchased through the NEEF Grant, she noticed a significant increase in collaboration, inventiveness, and creativity among her students. Not only can they program Dash Robots and work on STEAM projects using...