Bellevue Schools Foundation: Classroom Grants - Fall Cycle 2007
District
School	Year	Grant #	Cycle	Teacher	Amt Funded	Title	Description
District	2007	D1	Fall	Tami Wietfeldt	$490	World Language White Board	This project would provide all World Language teachers in the district with mini-whiteboards, pens and erasers to use in their classroom.
District	2007	D2	Fall	Lisa Crubaugh	$2,500	Drawing Tools to Support "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"	This grant will support the purchase of sets of student drawing tools that are specific of the instruction of our purchased curriculum: Drawing on the Right side of the Brain
District	2007	D3	Fall	Patty Shelton	$1,900	Important lessons from the Chinese Cultural Revolution	Students will gain a more intimate understanding of the impact of Mao Zedong's policies on the people of China during the Chinese Cultural Revolution as the read Ji-li Jiang's memoir, Red Scarf Girl and hear, first hand, the experience of the author.
Elementary Schools
Ardmore	2007	E1	Fall	Ginny Vale	$975	Assembly and Family Night with Toymaker Rick Hartman	Rick Hartman will visit Ardmore to perform his assembly program "Wonderglobe, Toys and Tales from a Playful Planet" as a celebration of reading, cultures, & toys from around the world. At the "Family Night" families will make their own multicultural toys.
Ardmore	2007	E2	Fall	Liz Persinger	$473	5th graders will attend "Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream"	As a part of a Social Studies unit that promotes knowledge and respect for our nation's diversity and history, the 5th graders will experience the musical, Ellis Island, a production about courage, hope, and the challenges of the immigration experience, performed by American Youth Theater.
Ardmore	2007	E3	Fall	Erin Gehrke	$488	Buke Museum, First Nations of the Northwest Coast Tour	Students explore a Northwest Coastal People exhibit to collect information about five types of traditional art & storytelling & use this information to create their own piece of traditional artwork.
Ardmore	2007	E4	Fall	Allison Fleischman	$570	Washington State History Museum, History Lab Learning Center	Students will explore history through engaging interactive exhibits based upon the historical concepts-Time, Place, Viewpoint, Biography, Exploration, Causation, & Precedent-& use this information to solve a History Mystery relating to Washington St.
Ardmore	2007	E5	Fall	Angela Posh	$960	Pacific Science Center "Science on the Go" planetarium Starlab	The Pacific Science Center will bring their portable planetarium "Starlab" as part of their "Science on the Go" program to Ardmore to allow the students to enhance their science studies by exploring a variety of astronomy topics.
Bennett	2007	E7	Fall	Dave Halstead	$175	Magnetism and Electricity Toy Workshop	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit with 4th grade classes to conduct a 90-minute hands-on workshop that directly supports and extends the FOSS Electricity & Magnetism unit.
Bennett	2007	E8	Fall	Wendy Shol	$348	Bennett Recess Club	This project proposes to develop a "recess club" to assist in the development of physical & social skills of students leading to better school & life outcomes.
Bennett	2007	E9	Fall	Jenni Eicher	$1,300	Third Grade Geology Adventures	The 3rd grade class will experience curriculum integration for the Earth Materials science module through participation in actual hands-on fieldwork to collect & identify rocks, minerals & fossils in a unique geological setting in the Pacific Northwest.
Bennett	2007	E10	Fall	Brenda Norby	$175	Putting Fun into Balance & Motion	Students will apply the knowledge that they have learned through the Bellevue curriculum on motion & balance to participate in a workshop & application of knowledge through making toys.
Cherry Crest	2007	E11	Fall	Traci Mussetter	$225	Jack and the Beanstalk-A Play Production	A drama educator from Youth Theater NW will bring energy & enthusiasm to the 1st Grade's play production of Jack and the Beanstalk; building confidence in students as writers & performers.
Cherry Crest	2007	E14	Fall	Pam Lawlor	$175	Toys From Around the World	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit Kindergarten classes to conduct a 90-minute, hands-on workshop that directly supports & extends the science curriculum.
Cherry Crest	2007	E15	Fall	Pam Lawlor	$165	Dramatic Workshop/Friendship	Youth Theatre Northwest will conduct a 1-hour interactive drama workshop with each Kindergarten class, focusing on the theme of friendship.
Cherry Crest	2007	E16	Fall	Kim Titus	$375	Creating a Common Story with Storyteller Meg Lippert	To provide students with an enriching Folktale event by inviting guest author and storyteller, Meg Lippert, to our school.
Cherry Crest	2007	E17	Fall	Mary Nordstrom	$1,000	Games Around the World Juggling	Cherry Crest & Phantom Lake will share a W.E.C.A.R.E. professional week long residency; with the juggler teaching PE classes, presenting in-service to BSD teachers, performing an all school assembly & a combined community night.
Cherry Crest	2007	E18	Fall	Eva Rossel	$400	Community Through Our Kids Eyes	Students will become aware of the connection between themselves & their community by visiting local businesses, creatively documenting their discoveries, & sharing their individual journals with one another.
Cherry Crest	2007	E19	Fall	Joanne Furgason	$400	Bookshelf 2: The Stories Continue	Cherry Crest students in grades K-6 will be transported into the literature of five Washington State children's books through a powerful & innovative musical theater production by 5th Avenue Theater's Touring Company: Adventure Musical Theater.
Clyde Hill	2007	E20	Fall	Mikki Cowling	$249	4th Grade Thesaurus	Classroom sets of thesauruses will provide students with immediate access to a valuable resource for revising their writing as well as increasing their understanding of the English language.
Clyde Hill	2007	E21	Fall	Jo Daly	$1,000	Washington State History according to Salmon	Curriculum Designer & Instructional Coach, Peter Donaldson, will collaborate with the 4th grade teaching team to deliver a dynamic unit on Washington State history through the eyes of salmon, integrating science, social studies & language arts with drama, map-making & storytelling.
Clyde Hill	2007	E22	Fall	Tiffany Lee	$700	Listen Up: Audiobooks for English Language Learners	This grant would help build a quality & high interest audiobook library to enable 1st to 5th grade intermediate & advanced level English Language Learners (ELLs) to improve their reading & listening comprehension as well as their understanding of the English language.
Eastgate	2007	E24	Fall	Marie Koepp	$1,000	Glass Fusing Workshop	Eastgate 4th & 5th graders will attend a workshop with a professional glass artist & then create fused glass tiles as part of our community building art focus.
Eastgate	2007	E25	Fall	Alex Rea	$300	Parent/Child Book Club	The Parent/Child Book Club is composed of 4th & 5th graders & their parents. They meet once a month to discuss a common book read by all participants. We would like to add to our collection of books.
Eastgate	2007	E26	Fall	Alex Rea	$600	Big Friendly Giant-Seattle Children's Theatre	Three 4th grade classes will attend a live performance of "The Big Friendly Giant" by Roald Dahl at  Seattle Children's Theatre as an extension of their class literacy curriculum.
Eastgate	2007	E27	Fall	Mary Finerty	$200	Entomolgy with the Bug Safari	The Eastgate 2nd grade team will supplement their unit on insects with a visit from entomologist, Don Ehlen's Insect Safari.
Eastgate	2007	E28	Fall	Robin Roberts	$450	Sprouts Theatre: The Brave Little Tailor	1st grade students would see a Sprouts Theatre performance of the "The Brave Little Tailor" at the SecondStory Repertory (Redmond Town Center) as part of their study of fairy/folk tales.
Eastgate	2007	E30	Fall	Kelye Kneeland	$483	Seattle Childrens' Theatre: Busytown adventures	Kindergarten students will study the literature & illustrations of Richard Scarry & see his work dramatized in "Busytown" performed by the Seattle Childrens' Theatre
Eastgate	2007	E31	Fall	Judy Bordeaux	$737	Eastgate Young Authors Conference	On Young Authors Day, students are inspired by a professional author/illustrator & showcase the books that each student has authored through book sharing with students of other grade levels & dramatic presentations.
Enatai	2007	E32	Fall	Stacey Perti	$450	Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices for Nonverbal Students with Disabilities at Enatai Elementary Center Program	This grant will purchase two 7-Level Communication Builders to be used for students in the Center Program at Enatai Elementary who are non-verbal or have limited functional verbal communication.
Enatai	2007	E33	Fall	Sarah Fletcher	$1,900	Friendships Around the World	This project will allow the ongoing connection of students from newcomer centers at Stevenson & Enatai through pen pals, plays, & common field trips.
Enatai	2007	E34	Fall	Lissa Wyckoff	$256	Handheld tape recorders to increase student reading fluency	Students will be able to practice & increase their reading fluency by using handheld tape recorders at home & at school.
Enatai	2007	E35	Fall	Whitney Carter	$350	Solids and Liquids Toy Workshop with Rick Hartman, "The Teaching Toymaker"	Inventor & toy-maker Rick Hartman will visit Enatai's 1st grade classes to conduct 4 90-minute hands-on workshops which directly support & extend the BSD FOSS science unit "Solids and Liquids."
Enatai	2007	E36	Fall	Sharon Stai	$350	Paper & Wood workshop with Rick Hartman, "The Teaching Toymaker"	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit our Kindergarten classes to conduct a 90-minute, hands-on workshop that directly supports & extends our science curriculum.
Lake Hills	2007	E37	Fall	Kim McClanahan	$892	Pacific Science Center Field Trip	Students will explore a variety of exhibits that compliment & enhance our science curriculum.
Lake Hills	2007	E38	Fall	Robin Tzucker	$350	Rick Hartman's Balance & Motion Toy Workshop	Rick Hartman Toymaker's Workshop is a direct extension of the 2nd grade FOSS science kits, Balance & Motion.
Lake Hills	2007	E39	Fall	Robin Tzucker	$135	2nd Grade Young Authors Write Their Own Fables	2nd grade classes will study fables as a type of fiction, study the writing process from idea through draft & editing, & write their own fables in book form.
Lake Hills	2007	E40	Fall	Melissa Dahl	$350	Extending the Wood Science Kit with Toy making	Rick Hartman will present a focused, hands-on wooden toy making workshop based on hands-on learning & application of scientific principles that students will have studied in the winter science curriculum.
Lake Hills	2007	E41	Fall	Diane Nakamichi	$600	Learning Story Elements Through the Story of The Three Little Pigs	Students will listen to & compare various versions of the story The Three Little Pigs, attend the play at Storybook Theater, & do a class shared writing by retelling the story (focusing on characters, settings, & sequencing) which they will illustrate & make into a class book.
Lake Hills	2007	E42	Fall	Kristine McLane	$1,200	Listen, Learn & Read Along	Lake Hills Library will improve its audio-book collection with the addition of books in Playaway format, a stand alone audio-book product.
Medina	2007	E45	Fall	Patsy Jackson	$220	Spell It Correctly	Purchase 22 electronic spell checkers to enable 4th graders to correct their own spelling.
Medina	2007	E46	Fall	Mary Bena'	$390	Drawing the Environment	All students will participate in a variety of execises which focus on indoor environments & outdoor scenes during their weekly art periods.
Medina	2007	E47	Fall	Amie Ptak	$350	Rick Hartman's "Solids & Liquids Toy Workshop"	Rick Hartman will present three 90-minute hands-on toy workshops focused on properties of solids & liquids including flexibility, rigidity, transparency, translucence & the interaction of solids and liquids. These workshops will correspond with 1st graders' science unit of study, "Solids & Liquids."
Medina	2007	E48	Fall	Andrea Keenan	$1,000	Washington State History According to Salmon	Curriculum Designer & Instructional Coach, Peter Donaldson, will collaborate with the 4th grade teaching team to deliver an introductory unit on Washington State history integrating science & social studies with drama, map-making & storytelling.
Medina	2007	E49	Fall	Mary Bena'	$750	Glass Fusing Workshop	Students will attend a workshop with a professional glass artist & then create glass fused tiles.
Newport Heights	2007	E51	Fall	Stephen Marafino	$750	A Tiny Boy Who reaches Halfway Around the World to Teach	The K-3 students will read 'Little One Inch', attend a live puppet theatre performance, engage in a classroom workshop with the performers & work on a project related to the performance.
Phantom Lake	2007	E52	Fall	LeAnn Tuupo	$720	Blank Books for Young Author's Conference	Blank books will provide every student an opportunity to write, edit, & illustrate a hard-bound book that will be shared at a school-wide celebration of literacy. This will be a keepsake that students will take home & share with their families to reinforce a school to family connection.
Sherwood Forest	2007	E53	Fall	Marian Peiffer	$525	"World Wide readers" Make Connections to the World	Intermediate students in the after-school literacy support program, "World Wide Readers Club", will enhance their year-long study of the world through the use of new atlases from National Geographic & a special visit from Helen Thayer, explorer & motivational speaker, who will present to all 7 classes & spend after school time with the club.
Sherwood Forest	2007	E54	Fall	Irene Smart	$420	"Art for All"	Through added equipment & art materials, center students will be more able to create art work.
Somerset	2007	E54A	Fall	Homa Hassan	$350	Toy-Maker Workshop with Rick Hartman	Toy maker & educator, Rick Hartman, will present 2 90-minute hands-on toy-making workshops focused on the scientific principles that students will be studying in the winter science curriculum (FOSS Kit Wood-Paper)
Sherwood Forest	2007	E55	Fall	Carol Stern	$1,456	Beyond "Growing New Plants": From Classroom to Farm	Enrich & connect 1st grade FOSS science curriculum "Growing New Plants" & nutrition lessons with a real world experience on a local farm (Remlinger Farms).
Sherwood Forest	2007	E56	Fall	Janette Leahey	$942	The Three Little Pigs	Students & special education classes will read variations of the story 'The Three Little Pigs' & attend the live performance of the play at the Kirkland Performance Center
Somerset	2007	E57	Fall	Stephanie Wright	$430	Books for Literature Groups	Provide books for student literature groups.
Somerset	2007	E58	Fall	Shana Bowen	$1,500	Young Scientist Week	Pacific Science Center "Blood & Gut" Science on Wheels program will help students explore the skeletal system, follow the path of a red blood cell through the circulatory system & learn how messages travel through the nervous system.
Somerset	2007	E60	Fall	Stephanie Wright	$820	Geology: Hands-on lesson & field trip	Geologist Bob Jackson will teach students about physical properties of minerals. Then students will travel to Issaquah to study amber & plant fossils & examine the geologica forces which shaped our region.
Somerset	2007	E61	Fall	Nancy Huston	$1,000	1776, The Dramatic Story of American Independence	Through research, dramatic re-enactments & reflections, students will experience what it was like to live in historic moments in the 1770's, leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Spiritridge	2007	E62	Fall	Sara Richardson	$1,000	Reading, Writing & Performing Poetry	Peter Donaldson will provide a residence based teaching model,to excite students about the reading & writing poetry through a 5-day performance unit which culminates in a school assembly, classroom performance & publication of selected works of all student work.
Spiritridge	2007	E63	Fall	Abby Adams	$770	Focused Experience in Science Investigations, Observations & Scientific Writing	A scientist will work with 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade teachers & students, modeling the scientific observation & investigation process including scientific writing.
Spiritridge	2007	E65	Fall	Patricia Fotheringham	$377	Field Trip to Live Performance of The Three Little Pigs	As a culmination of a language arts unit, kindergarten students will attend a live inter-active theater performance of The Three Little Pigs at the Kirkland Performance Center.
Spiritridge	2007	E66	Fall	Patty Fotheringham	$175	Science Through Toymaking	Toymaker & educator Rick Hartman will present a focused, hands-on wooden toymaking workshop (90 minutes) based on hands-on learning & application of scientific principles that students will be studying in the winter science curriculum.
Stevenson	2007	E67	Fall	Judy Rogers	$350	Toymaker Workshop with Rick Hartman	Toymaker & educator Rick Hartman will present 2 90-minute hands-on toy making workshops he has tailored to meet grade level learning objectives & enhance the FOSS Balance & Motion curriculum that we use in 2nd grade.
Steveson	2007	E68	Fall	Tessa Heady	$160	Physics of Sound Toy Workshop	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit with 3rd grade classes to conduct a 90 minute, hands-on workshop that directly supports & extends the FOSS science unit 'Physics of Sound'.
Stevenson	2007	E69	Fall	Lisa Lindberg	$1,800	Opera Goes to School: Theft of the Gold III	"Opera Goes to School: Theft of the Gold II" is the 3rd year of a Seattle Opera residency that focuses on an integrated approach of connecting curricula in the arts, literature, & school citizenry for K-5 grade students, faculty & parents.
Stevenson	2007	E70	Fall	Samora Frank	$350	Science Through Toymaking - A Study of Wood	Toymaker & educator Rick Hartman will present a focused, hands-on toy making workshop (90 minutes for each class) based upon hands-on leaning & application of scientific principles that students will be studying in the spring science curriculum.
Stevenson	2007	E71	Fall	Sarah Thorntom	$350	Solids & Liquids Toy Workshop with Rick Hartman	Rick Hartman will present 90 minute hands-on toy workshops that focus on properties of solids & liquids including flexibility, rigidity, transparency, & the interaction of solids & liquids. These workshops will correspond with the 1st grade science unit of study, solids & liquids.
Stevenson	2007	E72	Fall	Robb Duerr	$350	Magnetism & Electricity Workshop with Rick Hartman	Rick Hartman Toymaker's Workshop is a direct extension of the 4th grade FOSS Science unit, Magnetism & Electricity.
Stevenson	2007	E73	Fall	Deanna Pardini	$175	Rick Hartman Measurement Toy Workshop	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit our 3rd grade classes to conduct 90-minute, hands on workshops that directly support & extend the FOSS Science Instructional Unit on Measurement.
Stevenson	2007	E76	Fall	Charleen Toles	$500	Author Visit by David Greenberg	To encourage students to enjoy poetry, Author David Greenberg will share his use of poetry to engage readers & the process he uses to create his work.
Stevenson	2007	E76	Fall	Christy Lindquist	$438	Books for struggling 5th Grade Readers	Purchase developmentally appropriate books to extend the curriculum for 5th grade students who are reading at or below 4th grade level & need to access the content of the curriculum through alternative texts than those provided with the standard district curriculum.
Stevenson	2007	E78	Fall	Alice Humphries	$700	Books to Extend 3rd grade curriculum at school & home	Purchase developmentally appropriate books to extend the classroom curriculum for students at all reading levels & allow students to take home these books, after receiving individualized instruction, to continue to practice their reading skills with their families.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E79	Fall	Gladys Alvarez-Shepard	$658	A Celebration of Cultural Diversity	"A Celebration of Cultural Diversity" is a wonderful opportunity for exposing our young students to the dance, music, storytelling, & educational games of various cultures.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E80	Fall	Delia Villanueva	$538	Letter Introduction Through Books	Letter introduction with Spanish books for emergent readers in the kindergarten classrooms.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E81	Fall	Delia Villanueva	$310	Emergent Readers Classroom Books for Curriculum	Emergent readers classroom books for curriculum enhancement in Spanish needed to support the math, science & social studies.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E82	Fall	Ana Ganje	$534	Storybook Theater	Kindergarten children will attend a live performance of "The Three Little Pigs" at the Kirkland Performance Center.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E83	Fall	Nancy Penate-Bush	$350	Wood Science Toy making Grant	Rick Hartman, educator & toymaker, will share with Kindergarteners two 90-minute workshops focusing on toymaking & construction skills relating to science.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E84	Fall	Delia Villanueva	$500	Exploring Animals Two by Two	Kindergarten students will enhance their study of oceanography with a visit to Alki Beach accompanied by marine biologists.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E85	Fall	Stacy Brewer	$500	Native American Storyteller	A professional Native American storyteller will present myths &/or legends from their native tradition & provide the students with more guidelines for the writing & presentation of their own myths.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E86	Fall	Stacey Brody	$370	Peace Books	A "Peace Corner" has been created in the library, thanks to an outside grant, & books based on subjects of peace will reside in this area.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E87	Fall	Stacey Brody	$400	Folktales with Margaret Read MacDonald	Author Margaret Read MacDonald will share folktales in an interactive assembly with 1-3 grade students.  Margaret will conduct a storytelling workshop with all three 3rd grade classes.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E88	Fall	Rocio McCleary	$300	Insect Safari	2nd grade students will enrich their study of insects through their participation in an insect safari with Entomologist Don Ehlen.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E89	Fall	Toni Marques	$350	Hands on Building Experience (Toymaker)	Rick Hartman will share with 2nd graders 2 90-minute workshops, focusing on toy making & construction skills relating to their science unit "Balance & Motion".
Puesta del Sol	2007	E90	Fall	Debbie Hinton	$600	Forest Explorers	Students will learn about & explore important components of Costa Rica's tropical rain forest & Washington State's temperate rain forests.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E91	Fall	Betzy Sidoine	$160	Woodland Park Zoo - SOAR Outreach Program	Bring the Woodland Park Zoo's raptor program to the school to support & enhance the 3rd grade life science curriculum.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E92	Fall	Betzy Sidoine	$400	Discovering Geology	Students in four 3rd grade classrooms will extend their knowledge of geology concepts through a classroom lesson on mineralogy provided by a geologist.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E93	Fall	Maya Stevens	$490	Washington History on the Rails	An interactive learning field trip, which activates prior knowledge & current learning on Washington Sate, while riding the rails on the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E94	Fall	Nicole Perriella	$630	Settlement of the West	Students will be introduced to the influx of settlements in the West through classroom instruction prior to a guided tour of Fort Nisqually, the 1st Euro-American settlement in the West on the Puget Sound.
Puesta del Sol	2007	E95	Fall	Debbie Bier	$525	What Would We Do With Wood?	Kindergarten students will enrich their study of wood through story telling & art.
Woodridge	2007	E96	Fall	Michal Brehm	$225	First Grade Hands on Experience with Plants at the Bellevue Botanical Garden	After completing the Foss Science Kit New Plants 1st graders will attend the program "Flower Power" at Bellevue Botanical Garden to experience & observe plant parts & their purpose, & the process of pollination.
Woodridge	2007	E97	Fall	Ally Zenor	$175	Toymaker Workshop with Rick Hartman	Immediately following the completion of our FOSS Magnetism & Electricity Unit, students will participate in a presentation & hands-on magnetic/electric toy making workshop which extends principles learned in this 2nd trimester science unit.
Woodridge	2007	E99	Fall	Barbara Sue Kelly	$279	Headphones for all desktops	20 additional headphones so that all classroom desktops, including the library, will have headphones for student use.
Woodridge	2007	E100	Fall	Meredith Barnas	$350	Balance and Motion Toy Workshop	Rick Hartman will conduct the Toymaker's Workshop which includes a review of the key concepts of the Balance & Motion science unit as well as students building their own toys by applying the principles learned in the science unit.
Woodridge	2007	E101	Fall	Linda Peterson	$900	Laura Kvasnosky Comes to Woodridge	Laura Kvasnosky, winner of the 2007 Geisel Award, will speak to all Woodridge students about her books & illustration style & will conduct 2 evening workshops for families during which they each will write & illustrate a special family memory.
Woodridge	2007	E103	Fall	Linda Peterson	$438	Listen While They Read: Connecting Struggling Readers with Good Books	The purchase of excellent quality & high interest audio books would enable 4th-5th grade struggling, reluctant & ESL students to participate in 2 Pacific Northwest award book programs & also improve their reading skills at the same time.
Woodridge	2007	E104	Fall	Dawn Armitage	$596	Guided Tour of the Washington State Legislature	4th grade students will travel to Olympia for an interactive tour of the capitol building, a meeting with their legislators, & participation in a mock court hearing to support the government & civics phase of the Social Studies curriculum.
Middle Schools
Highland	2007	M2	Fall	Rebecca Mayes	$440	Sensory Library for Students with Autism or other Developmental Disabilities	A sensory library will be created to add to students' curriculum which will improve their skills in the following areas: communica