2009 Mahuron Education Grants

School

Grade Level

Project

Grant Amount

Stacy Richardson

EWES

3

Old Fashion Family Fun Night – Encourage families of students to find a few extra minutes once a month to have an old fashion family game night.

$325.00

Leah Starrett

EWES

3

Literature Circle Fun! – Students will have individualized reading tubs for “Stone Fox”.  Students will be given a choice to complete their own hands-on project that relates to the book.  Trade-books, teacher guide, tubs, and DVD will be purchased. 

$263.00

Jenisa Collier

BSLE

K

Listening Library – Students will choose a book and portable CD player to listen to a book on CD.

$284.94

Melinda Hypes

SMS

6-8

Butterflies – Students in a self-contained classroom will observe the metamorphosis of a butterfly for three to four weeks in the spring.

$117.94

Kevin Keltner

EWHS

9-12

Foldables Tables – Provide students with the materials needed to complete hands on learning projects.  The foldables help students to organize and learn concepts by providing them kinesthetic manipulatives.

$299.70

Jennifer Mills

SHS

9-12

Foundations in Personal Finance – Dave Ramsey Curriculum for Teens – Educate youth about finances in an interactive format.

$324.99

Bethany Hamilton

BSUE

5

Turning the Page in the Digital Age – Assist struggling readers with comprehension, fluency, word recognition and overall attitude toward reading through the use of MP3 players.

$319.20

Clinton Blankenbaker

EWES

3

BrainPOP in the Classroom – incorporate online educational resources to provide multiple means of teaching particular standards.

$255.00

Jon-David Wade-Swift

SMS

6

Making Presentations Come Alive – Create short videos to explain usually boring material in a new and interactive fashion and encourage students to appreciate history.

$280.93

Darrell Myers

WWHS

11-12

Media Production/Webcasting Project – put students to work in a “real world” broadcasting scenario using 21st century technology.

$290.85

Shari Dalton

EWES

K-4

Picture This – capture positive life skills being demonstrated in the school for print in school and classroom newsletters and bulletin boards.

$350.00

Pam Scales

EWES

4

LEGO Learning - Lego Learning – students will build a robot using Legos, then they will use the Lego Mindstorms software to program their robots to perform various tasks.  Students will use problem solving skills and a lot of imagination to operate their robots.

$345.00

RoseAnn Callahan

EWES

4

LEGO Learning - Lego Learning – students will build a robot using Legos, then they will use the Lego Mindstorms software to program their robots to perform various tasks.  Students will use problem solving skills and a lot of imagination to operate their robots.

$345.00

TOTAL 

$3,801.55