Quaker Foundation
Classroom Grant Recipients
2007-2008
The Quaker Foundation awarded 31 classroom grants this school year
totaling $12,458.56. The following
is a description of the grants.
Debbie Pallas at
Target Population: First
Grade Students
Project Title: First Grade ReaderÕs Theater Ð Oral
Reading Practice with a Purpose
Amount of Grant: $240.59
ReaderÕs Theater will be used to
help first grade students improve fluency, word recognition and comprehension.
Rex Degler at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 130 Seventh Grade Science Students
Project Title: Digital Vision Viewer
Amount of Grant: $325.00
The Megapixel Digital Vision
Viewer connects to the teacherÕs compound microscope and allows the class to
view what the teacher is viewing using a computer monitor or television screen.
Jamie Page at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 130 Seventh Grade Science Students
Project Title: Digital Vision Viewer
Amount of Grant: $325.00
The Megapixel Digital Vision
Viewer connects to the teacherÕs compound microscope and allows the class to
view what the teacher is viewing using a computer monitor or television screen.
Lynsey A. Stitz at
Target Population: 9th-12th Grade
Students, Elders and Soldiers
Project Title: Students Give Back
Amount of Grant: $459.75
This project serves the community
of New Philadelphia and our nations soldiers by sending cards of encouragement,
cooking food, sending care packages, and making blankets for those individuals
who are in need. Community nursing
homes and deployed soldiers are our main focus.
Target Population: Elementary Students and Classroom
Teachers, Grades K-5
Project Title: Begin with the Brain
Amount of Grant: $437.75
ÒBegin with the BrainÓ is a
collection of practical sources for elementary teachers to use for successful
and effective application of brain based practices.
Betsy Becknell, Brittany Grove and Sally Korns at
Target Population: Students in Grade 2 and their Parents
Project Title: Family Math Night
Amount of Grant: $486.60
Students and their parents work
together on interactive Math games to enhance their abilities to count money
using coins and paper money, make change and exchange amounts of money.
Judy McGill at Welty Middle School
Target Population: Open to All Students
Project Title: Wonderful Kids at Welty
Amount of Grant: $479.80
The Wonderful Kids at Welty Program
is to empower Middle School Students to learn, discuss, and confront various
stressors that challenge our Middle School students today. The program will have students recognize
the strength within themselves and with their friends, make better decisions,
and avoid the pitfalls of early adolescence.
Cheryl Montgomery at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 6th Grade Students
Project Title: Fun and Games to Develop Logical
Thinking
Amount of Grant: $278.70
This project will bring games such
as Meta-Forms and Spectrangle into the classroom. The student will use logical thinking
and problem solving skills while having fun playing the games.
Amy Biggs at
Target Population: Students who are multi-handicapped with
physical, as well as cognitive limitations. These students struggle with reading and
written composition.
Project Title: Electrified
Amount of Grant: $336.10
This project is establishing a
method of capturing written text and transposing it into electronic text which
can then be presented in an auditory format with vision supports on the
computer.
Jody Brady, Scott Hommard, Kip Brady and Jim Wherley at
Target Population: Science Students Grades 9-12
Project Title: Lab Refrigerator/Freezer
Amount of Grant: $500.00
The Science Department will
improve their lab capabilities by installing a refrigerator/freezer with an ice
maker. Students in grades 9-12 will
be involved in lab work in the following classes: Biology CP and regular,
Physical Science CP and regular, Chemistry, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and
Genetics and Forensics.
Rae Ann Bowden at
Target Population: Kindergarten Students
Project Title: Literacy Learners
Amount of Grant: $498.83
Through the use of the Grant
materials, Kindergarten children will have differentiated experiences ÒplayingÓ
with letters, sounds, words, phrases, and sentences to strengthen Literacy
skills.
Jane Gerber and Tammy Hatfield at
Target Population: First Grade Classrooms at West
Project Title: Cards, Counting and Cookies
Amount of Grant: $325.32
This is a program to improve Math
skills. It is targeted for first
grade students using Everyday Math games and manipulatives. It encourages the reinforcement of math
skills and parent involvement at home using the Everyday Math curriculum.
Cheryl Feutz at
Target Population: All Students Grades 1-5
Project Title: Empowering Writers
Amount of Grant: $385.00
Students in grades 1-5 will use
the Co:Writer computer program to improve their composition skills. The program helps students translate
thoughts into writing that is rich and detail filled while helping those
students develop self-confidence in their writing ability.
Marci Hubbard at Welty Middle School
Target Population: All 6th Grade students
Project Title: Fun and Games to Develop Logical
Thinking
Amount of Grant: $471.20
This project will bring games such
as Blokus and Eguilibrio into the classroom. The student will use logical thinking
and problem solving skills while having fun playing the games.
Chelle Bauer at
Target Population: First Grade
Project Title: Math Tiling
Amount of Grant: $487.20
The first grade students of
Central Elementary will investigate basic skills as stated in the Math Content
Standards by the integration of individualized hands on activities in the
regular classroom setting through out the year.
Leigh Ann Jones and Jessie Winters at
Target Population: Kindergarten Students at West Elementary
Project Title: Math in the Arts
Amount of Grant: $500.00
This is a project to improve
students understanding of numbers and number concepts through the integration
of mathematics and fine arts experiences.
It likewise will encourage parent involvement in the math education of
the West Kindergarten students and the necessary home learning opportunities to
ensure success.
Shari Albaugh at
Target Population: Central Students Grade 1-2
Project Title: Building Fluency
Amount of Grant: $495.74
Children will practice and build
fluency in oral reading through the use of a variety of texts, audio CDs, and games.
Chelle Bauer at
Target Population: First Grade
Project Title: Watching Our Changing World in Social
Studies
Amount of Grant: $490.15
The first grade students at
Central will investigate basic skills as stated in the Social Studies Content
Standards by the integration of educational videos to enhance projects and
activities in the regular classroom setting through out the year.
Cheryl Feutz
at
Target
Population: Primary Students
Project
Title: Math Success with Marcy Cook
Amount of
Grant: $106.40
This Grant will
provide students with the opportunity to experience success in math while
doing learning activities using the 100 chart and number tiles.
Michelle Berg and Rebecca Welfley at
Target Population: Third Graders
Project Title: Times Past
Amount of Grant: $140.00
This is a day long presentation to
third graders incorporating the life and times of 18th century
Kelli Gardner at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 8th
Grade Family Living
Project Title: Money Management
Amount of Grant: $394.25
The grant will be used in the 8th
grade Family Living classes for a money management unit. The money will buy activity kits which
allow each student their own checkbook and other realistic materials so they
have a more hands-on approach to learning about money.
Natalie Schie at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 7th
Grade Red House
Project Title: Student Tales
Amount of Grant: $497.88
By giving middle school students
the opportunity to create real books they write and illustrate themselves
through professional publishing, I hope to see improved writing skills,
increased self-confidence and pride, as well as increased skills in
technology. Their efforts result in
an actual four-color, hardbound, professionally published book. This project is aimed at helping
students to achieve a measure of success through their own abilities as a
writer.
Linda Schneider at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 7th Grade White House
Project Title: Student Tales
Amount of Grant: $497.88
By giving middle school students
the opportunity to create real books they write and illustrate themselves
through professional publishing, I hope to see improved writing skills,
increased self-confidence and pride, as well as increased skills in
technology. Their efforts result in
an actual four-color, hardbound, professionally published book. This project is aimed at helping
students to achieve a measure of success through their own abilities as a
writer.
Connie Evans at
Target Population: Grades 9-12
Project Title: Novel Dialogue
Amount of Grant: $500.00
This voluntary literacy program is
aimed at providing five guided book dialogues for high school students to
improve and initiate critical reading skills and allow students a forum for
reflection and discussion of their selected book titles.
Patty Riker at
Target Population:
Project Title: Guided
Amount of Grant: $500.00
These leveled books will be used
to update and round out older classroom sets for guided reading groups. With a wider range of backgrounds, skill
levels and readers, these fiction and nonfiction sets will expand student
options with quality literature for guided reading groups.
Sherri Norman at
Target Population:
Project Title: Child Centered
Amount of Grant: $250.00
Language and vocabulary skills are
fostered using a digital camera to promote child centered reading and writing.
Shay Young and Joyce Anderson at
Target Population: Kindergarten,
First, & Second Grade Students
Project Title: Books: The Laboratory to Learning
Amount of Grant: $500.00
This project will help emergent
readers to become fluent readers through an individualized, guided reading
program that supports developmental learning for all children reguardless of
varying ability leves.
Juli Wright at East and
Target Population: Students in Grades K-5 at East and
Project Title: Dance and Movement
Resources
Amount of Grant: $104.45
Dance and movement resources for
music classes.
Juli Wright at East and
Target Population: Students in Grades K-5 at East and
Project Title: Portable Sound Equipment
Amount of Grant: $499.98
Portable sound system for East and
West elementary music classes.
Starr Cox at
Target Population: Students with
significant reading difficulties
Project Title: Literacy Start
Amount of Grant: $494.99
Start to Finish Literacy Starters
for beginning reading is a multisensory technology that will increase student
attention and encourage literacy development.
Lori Ricklic and Andi Lukens at Welty Middle School
Target Population: 6th Grade Students
Project Title: 6th Grade Autobiographies
Amount of Grant: $450.00
Students in the 6th
grade white house and red house created a personal autobiography booklet during
the month of May. This project is
used to implement several state standards in writing and it is also a wonderful
keepsake for students and parents.