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Brushy Creek 2008-2009 Grant Winners!
2008 RRISD Partners in Education Foundation "Excellence in Education" Grant – Grants are up to $5000 each to groups of educators and/or administrators to obtain resources and tools that most significantly and positively impact student achievement and learning. Brushy Creek Elementary was awarded $4000 for the following project:
2008 A+ Education Foundation awarded $40K in grants to 42 schools, with grants up to $1K each. RRISD schools received 8 of those 42, and Brushy Creek Elementary received four of those eight! BCE winning grants include: Using Technology to Enrich Music Instruction. Add Music Ace music theory software technology to our classes to enrich our teaching of TEKS music curriculum, awarded to Jacquelyn Shepherd. Building Better Readers with Bluebonnet Books. Add three sets of 2008-2009 Bluebonnet books to our school library and purchase prizes, to provide greater opportunity for students to participate in Texas Bluebonnet Award program, which encourages life long reading, awarded to Carrie Wood. Math Manipulatives for Concrete Learning. Provides math manipulatives for first graders to make math learning more concrete, awarded to Lynn Stobinski. Literacy Library for Leveled Reading. Expand our Literacy Library with high-interest, grade appropriate leveled books for classroom reading instruction to increase reading proficiency for all students, including below grade level readers and readers with disabilities, awarded to Nicole Wakefield.
2008 3M Ingenuity Grant – RRISD schools received 6 of these grants, with BCE winning 2 of those. Grants are up to $3500 each, and must submitted by a math, science, or economics teacher. BCE winning grants include:Enriching Classroom Science with Hands-On Investigations. Provides science materials for three 4th grade science classes so that students can investigate a variety of Earth, sun/moon, and life science topics hands-on, awarded to Natalie Wedgeworth. Math, Science, and Technology Learning through Simple Machines. Third graders and fifth graders at Brushy Creek Elementary will have the opportunity to learn science, math, and engineering concepts in a fun, engaging and hands-on way using LEGO education kits in enrichment classes during school, awarded to Katie Maybaum.
2008 Dollar General Back to School Grant – awarded $2500 to Brushy Creek Elementary to expand our Literacy Library with leveled books for classroom reading instruction for grades K-5 to increase reading proficiency for all students, including below grade level readers and readers with disabilities, awarded to Pam Clark.
2008 Dell Open Grant awarded the school $1000 (of a requested $5000) to go towards an interactive whiteboard system to be shared our Functional Life Skills (FLS) classrooms. An interactive whiteboard system supports the mandate by IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004) for "Universal Design for Learning" that allows learning goals to be achievable by children with broad differences in their abilities. With $1000, our school will be able to purchase a projector and cart portion of an interactive whiteboard system. Grant submitted by Cathy Delk, BCE PTA, in conjunction with the school (Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Clark, and Ms. Mancillas).
2008 Phi Kappa Phi Literacy Grant – Grants of up to $2500 are available to Phi Kappa Phi chapters and individual members nationwide. Fourteen grants were awarded for 2008, and one of those was awarded to Cathy Delk, BCE PTA and Phi Kappa Phi member, in conjunction with the school. $2500 was awarded to purchase approximately 200 leveled reading books for our school literacy library. Teachers and volunteers will use these books when teaching reading to beginning readers, below grade level readers, and readers with learning disabilities. The local Phi Kappa Phi chapter will be invited to participate as volunteers.2008 ABC Grant – Grants are up to $500 each for classroom teachers to provide innovative instruction. Brushy Creek was awarded the following:Integrating Technology, Art, and Language Arts Learning with Claymation. Increase students' technology, art, and language arts skills to create clay animation (claymation) movies. Working in small groups, students will write a script, draw a storyboard, create the sets, make the characters and props, shoot the story, and then add the voices, music, titles, and credits. They will learn about using technology (digital cameras and Claymation software/computers) as they create clay animation films, awarded to Deby Childress.
Our school and PTA work closely together to submit grant applications that if awarded, will help fund programs, materials, and training to increase student achievement at Brushy Creek Elementary. If you would like to volunteer to help or have questions, please contact Pam Clark, Assistant Principal, or Cathy Delk, BCE PTA Grants Chair.
Last Updated 11/17/2008 |
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