Bellevue Schools Foundation: Curriculum Enhancement Grants - Winter Cycle 2008
District
School	Year	Grant #	Cycle	Teacher	Amt Funded	Title	Description
District	2008	D5	Winter	Lisa Crubaugh	$600	Drawing Tools to Support Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain II	Purchase 4 additional sets of student drawing tools for middle school sites for the new "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" curriculum.
Elementary Schools
School	Year	Grant #	Cycle	Teacher	Amt Funded	Title	Description
Bennett	2008	E105	Winter	Brenda Norby	$503	Interacting with BUGs	The second grade class will experience curriculum integration for the "Insects" exhibit called Insect Village, through observation of over 500 butterflies in the Tropical Butterfly House & through watching the IMAX movie "Bugs! 3-D."
Bennett	2008	E106	Winter	Daveen Cordell	$1,123	Oceanography Experience	On board the oceanographic vessel the "Goodtime 1" 4th grade students will collect & study drifting organisms, conduct water samplings, & explore the adaptations of Puget Sound marine life to environmental changes.
Bennett	2008	E107	Winter	Erin Salman	$175	Kindergarten Toy Workshop	Toymaker & educator, Rick Hartman, will lead Bennett kindergartners in applying their science learning to the science, math, & art of wooden toy making during a 90-minute workshop.
Clyde Hill	2008	E109	Winter	Mary Ann Nordgren	$945	The Hundred Dresses - Seattle Children's Theater	Four 4th grade classes will attend a live performance of "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes at the Seattle Children's Theatre, as an extension of their class literacy curriculum.
Eastgate	2008	E110	Winter	Traci Edson	$175	Balance & Motion Toy Workshop	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit the 2nd grade classes to conduct 90-minute, hands-on workshops that directly support & extend the science curriculum.
Enatai	2008	E111	Winter	Erin Eisenberg	$175	Measurement Workshop with Rick Hartman	Toymaker & inventor Rick Hartman will visit the 3rd grade classes to conduct a 90-minute, hands-on, workshop that directly supports & extends our science & math curriculum.
Enatai	2008	E112	Winter	Jennifer Buker	$900	Mount St. Helens Field Trip	A day-long, science field trip to Mount St. Helens to study the geologic structures, landforms, & post-eruption regrowth of the region.
Enatai	2008	E113	Winter	Robyn Lapoint	$697	Materials for Motor, Cognitive, Social & Adaptive Exploration	Materials used to enhance the special education curriculum as well as meet individual student's IEP goals in the motor, social adaptive living skills & cognitive areas.
Lake Hills	2008	E114	Winter	Alison Coombs	$292	Young Authors Writing Project	To provide students the opportunity to see themselves as real authors & illustrators as they write, edit, and illustrate their own hard bound book.
Lake Hills	2008	E115	Winter	Amy Waller	$700	Rick Hartman Measurement Toy Workshop	Rick Hartman's Toymaker Workshop is a direct extension of the 3rd grade FOSS science kit 'Measurement' & provides students the opportunity to build their own toy using their knowledge of the metric system.
Lake Hills	2008	E116	Winter	Clare Duffy	$380	Seattle Aquarium Field Trip	A tour of the Seattle Aquarium, including a class on seashore animals, which will be the centerpiece of our Oceanography introduction & research unit.
Lake Hills	2008	E117	Winter	Danelle Edwards	$231	Young Authors Writing Project	This grant will provide students the opportunity to see themselves as real authors & illustrators as they write, revise, edit, & illustrate their own hard bound book.
Medina	2008	E118	Winter	Rebecca Nowak	$525	Expansion of Home-to-School Lending Library	To expand home-to-school lending library that was first established during the 06-07 school year. The lending library specifically targets the emerging literacy needs of kindergarten students.
Medina	2008	E119	Winter	Sarah Ziegler	$477	Workshop with Author Sarah Gerdes	Children's literature author, Sarah Gerdes, will present three sessions of workshops to 5th grader class on what it means to be an author.
Newport Heights	2008	E120	Winter	Maureen Hallock	$706	If You Give A Pig a Party-A Story Comes to Life	K-1 students will share in a common literacy experience reading the book, If You Give A Pig a Party & attending a live performance at Meydenbauer Center.
Newport Heights	2008	E121	Winter	Stephen Marafino	$600	"Made in America..A Tour of the SAM"	All 5th grade students will visit the Seattle Art Museum to examine works of art made in the United States from colonial to contemporary times, & participate in an art studio workshop.
Newport Heights	2008	E122	Winter	Stephen Marafino	$480	Exploring Washington State History at the Museum	The 4th grade class will visit the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma for the purpose of having a "hands-on" experience that brings to life the BSD Washington State History curriculum.
Newport Heights	2008	E123	Winter	Stephen Marafino	$1,610	Conflict Creates Change-The Hundred Dresses	In connection with the Bullying Education Program offered & the Connections Literacy/Social Studies curriculum, the students will read & discuss The Hundred Dresses & attend the play by the same name, at the Seattle Children's Theatre.
Phantom Lake	2008	E124	Winter	Annette Satterfield	$874	"Books to Go"	We would like to provide take-home books for independent reading practice for our emergent & developing readers.
Phantom Lake	2008	E125	Winter	Judy Jurden	$1,561	Emergent Literacy for BSD Phantom Lake Integrated Preschool 3 to 5 Year Olds	Our goal is to build literacy skills for our preschool students, as well as to expand their enjoyment & experience surrounding reading & writing.
Puesta del Sol	2008	E127	Winter	Delia Villanueva	$500	Building Vocabulary Through Reading	This project focuses on building vocabulary & word recognition skills of emergent readers in kindergarten classrooms with the use of Spanish books.
Puesta del Sol	2008	E128	Winter	Delia Villanueva	$236	Supporting Math & Reading Skills with Spanish Big Books	The project will support the math & reading curriculum of the kindergarten program through the use of Spanish math literature big books.
Puesta del Sol	2008	E129	Winter	Gladys Alvarez-Shepard	$817	Families From Around the World	Students will explore in a 2-hour workshop & tour at the Seattle Art Museum the culturally diverse ways art teaches about the values & customs we share.
Puesta del Sol	2008	E130	Winter	Gladys Alvarez-Shepard	$517	The Study of Pond Life & Plants with a Naturalist	Exploration of Pond life (insects & plants) & the local evergreen forests at Camp Long in West Seattle with a naturalist provides a hands-on way to teach students about pond life, native plants & the cycles of nature.
Sherwood Forest	2008	E108	Winter	Patty Rose	$450	Book Shelf 2: The Stories Continue	Students at Sherwood Forest will be transported into 6 Pacific Northwest children's books through a powerful & innovative musical theater production by the 5th Avenue Theater's Touring Company.
Somerset	2008	E131	Winter	Stephanie Wright	$150	Woodland Park Zoo-SOAR Outreach Program	We will bring the Woodland Park Zoo's raptor program to the school to support & enhance the 3rd grade life science curriculum.
Somerset	2008	E132	Winter	Carolyn Anne Williamson	$546	Field Trip to Live Performance of Cinderella	Kindergarten students will attend a live performance of Cinderella at the Kirkland Performing Arts Center.
Somerset	2008	E133	Winter	Kay Rice	$350	Balance & Motion Toy Workshop	Toymaker Rick Hartman will visit to conduct two 90-minute hands-on Balance & Motion toy workshops for 123 students; directly supporting 2nd grade science curriculum.
Spiritridge	2008	E134	Winter	Shaana Wiley	$588	Second Grade Field Trip to "According to Coyote"	As a culmination of a literacy & writing unit on fables, 2nd grade students will attend a live interactive theatre performance of According to Coyote at the Seattle Children's Theater.
Spiritridge	2008	E135	Winter	Dana Lowy	$937	Spiritridge School Garden Project	The Spiritridge School Garden Project is a hands-on curriculum-based unit in which our 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade students will participate in a sustainable school garden program through the preparation, planting & harvesting of 4 garden boxes, a visiting lecture series & a fieldtrip to a local farm.
Stevenson	2008	E137	Winter	Joseph Bon Regala	$839	Headphones with microphones for classroom desktops & laptops	Headphones with microphones for each of our new Dell classroom computers as well as an additional 60 to be split into 4 bags to be used with the laptop carts.
Stevenson	2008	E138	Winter	Samora Frank	$214	Field Trip to Woodland Park Zoo	To take the kindergarten classes at Stevenson on a field trip to Woodland Park Zoo in March, 2008
Stevenson	2008	E139	Winter	Sarah Fletcher	$621	Picture Dictionaries for School Success	This project will fund the purchase of class sets of the Oxford Picture Dictionary for kindergarten age children, especially English Language Learners.
Woodridge	2008	E141	Winter	Linda Peterson	$388	"Just Right" Leveled Books for Beginning Readers	Leveled books (both fiction & non-fiction) will be purchased & put in existing labeled tubs so  readers in grades K-2 will be able to check out a book at their reading level during their library time & additional "just right" checkout times.
Woodridge	2008	E142	Winter	Sue Kelly	$359	TumbleBookLibrary Subscription	All K-3 students, plus all ELL & Special Education students in grades K-5, will benefit from a 12-month subscription to TumbleBookLibray, an online collection of interactive, talking story books.
Middle Schools
School	Year	Grant #	Cycle	Teacher	Amt Funded	Title	Description
Highland	2008	M21	Winter	Lianne Leewens	$150	Set of Mini-Whiteboards for the French Classroom	These mini-whiteboards will enhance & expand upon students' learning of the French language.
Odle	2008	M22	Winter	Alexa Allman	$500	Chinese Acrobats-Experiencing Chinese Culture	Students will participate in the celebration of Chinese heritage with Chinese Acrobats, a 4 person ensemble, which will lead students through a high energy interactive performance celebrating the culture of China through dance, story-telling & acrobatics.
Odle	2008	M23	Winter	Brian Jones	$2,000	Visual Arts & Technology Applications	To continue the upgrade in Odle equipment; to ensure curriculum alignment with SHS curriculum, along with current industry standards in technology (photography) & software; to develop, hone & refine skills that will prepare students for high school & beyond, exposing students to skills that could transfer to careers in the technology industries.
Odle	2008	M24	Winter	Amber Anderson	$452	Odle Reading Enhancement Program	Odle students enrolled in reading support classes will use hard cover picture books to plan a reading lesson for a younger sibling or other young child for the purpose of practicing reading fluency to develop home literacy experiences; also students will visit Lake Hills Public Library in order to extend literacy beyond the classroom.
High Schools
School	Year	Grant #	Cycle	Teacher	Amt Funded	Title	Description
Interlake	2008	H10	Winter	Suzi Hill	$330	Life Skills' Equipment	With a Kitchen Aid, Special Education students will be instructed in preparing a wider variety of food choices as well as practicing math, reading & social studies skills; a dependable kitchen tool makes their effort more predictable, rewarding, efficient & fun.
International	2008	H8	Winter	Enid Smith Becker	$375	Artist Trading Cards (ATC): Creating Original Miniature Art Canvases Using Scraps & Recycled Materials	We will explore the world of mail art & Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) to teach a variety of art techniques.
International	2008	H9	Winter	Enid Smith Becker	$450	Printmaking: Learning Monotypes from a Professional Artist	Invite professional print artist, April Richardson, to demonstrate techniques for making monotypes & help students produce their own prints.
SHS	2008	H13	Winter	Erica Mallin	$1,600	Sammamish Dialogue on Cultural Awareness and Marginalization	A representative group of 30 freshmen, sophomores & juniors will be selected to participate in a 1.5 day training covering the topics of cultural identity & marginalization, with a specific emphasis on the school climate at SHS.
SHS	2008	H14	Winter	Jason Moodie	$974	Sculptural Travel Bugs: An Experience in Stewarding Public Art	Students from 4 schools/6 grade levels will create & track the progress of small sculptures launched as geocaching "travel bugs" that will journey through local caches & arrive at Bellevue City Hall for display in the 2008 Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, making for live stewardship of public art.
Awarded Grants Total:					$23,744