October 2007 Grants Awards
In this round of grants, $7,644 was awarded.Sue Bair and Petra Putnam at Brookside Elementary School were awarded $848
to support the Junior Achievement Exchange City Experience by enabling participation of all fifth grade students. Students will learn and apply basic economic concepts through an integrated classroom curriculum by experiencing participation in a 10,000 square foot hands-on learning lab site. After six weeks of preparation work, students will actually set up and run their own city for a day.
This grant was funded by the Dublin/Worthington Rotary Exchange City Fund held in the WEF.
Thomas DeVore and Jason Cervenec at Thomas Worthington High School were awarded $725 to purchase a computer projector that will be used with Smartboard technology provided by the class of 2007. This technology will allow students to clearly visualize and interpret scientific content in the classroom and interact with the concepts being presented.
Todd Korn at Granby Elementary School was awarded $789 to purchase an Epson Powerlite 82C Projector to enhance classroom instruction of the Everyday Math Program, linking the computer to interactive web sites aligned with the Everyday Math Lessons.
Travis Cox, Bev Drexel and Shannon Howman at Worthington Park Elementary School received $584 to support the Junior Achievement Exchange City Experience by enabling participation of all sixth grade students. Students will learn and apply basic economic concepts through an integrated classroom curriculum by experiencing participation in a 10,000 square foot hands-on learning lab site. After six weeks of preparation work, students will actually set up and run their own city for a day. This grant was funded by the Dublin/Worthington Rotary Exchange City Fund held in the WEF.
Jeff Boulware, Stephanie Frederick, Nicole Moritz and Patti Schlaegel at Liberty Elementary School were awarded $2,800 to purchase manipulatives, multiple copies of DRA leveled book sets, and activities to create Learning Centers in each of the four first-grade classrooms.
Nicolette Grohovsky at Worthington Hills Elementary School was awarded $500 to purchase a variety of leveled texts from multiple quality vendors. These “just right” books will enable the students to explore appropriate leveled books, build independent literacy skills and enhance their reading abilities.
Michele Spradlin at Brookside and Colonial Hills Elementary Schools was awarded $498 to purchase components of the Wilson Reading Program and additional materials that will be used by the Intervention Specialist to help students make gains in their phonemic awareness, comprehension and overall reading ability.
Emily Lazar and Kelly Kish working at seven of the Elementary Schools were awarded $500 from the Nichols/Hopper Fund and $400 from the General Fund to purchase the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) which will allow the Herbi Writer Program to be downloaded to help teach and improve handwriting of students with Special Needs.