Grant Recipient: Suzanne Dudek
School: Amos Elementary
Grant: "Novel Idea"
Description: This program will enhance the reading curriculum of 5th grade students with the addition of novels, dictionaries and thesauri.
Amount: $1,650
2012 Impact Grant Award Recipients
Grant Recipient: Michael Wyant
School: Bailey JH
Grant: "Student Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Experience"
Description: Students will be trained in the use of technology and its application to design, plan and fly unmanned aerial vehicles.
Amount: $1,314
Grant Recipient: Ilene Thomas
School: Bryant Elementary
Grant: "Healthy Habits for a Lifetime thru Technology"
Description: 5th and 6th grade physical education students will add technology in their gym to track health/fitness goals and measure physical fitness.
Amount: $4,400
Grant Recipient: Elaine Weinbrenner
School: Burgin Elementary
Grant: "BrainPop"
Description: BRAINPOP is a web-delivered learning tool that creates animated, curriculum-based content to support educators and help enhance their lessons.
Amount: $1,575
Grant Recipient: Brenda Allen
School: Ditto Elementary
Grant: "Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning through Cooperative Learning Structures"
Description: This campus-wide program involves teachers, staff and administrators who will participate in Kagan Cooperative Learning Structures training.
Amount: $5,000
Grant Recipient: Susan Grom
School: Dunn Elementary
Grant: "Smart Teaching... Smart Learning"
Description: The Student Response System (remotes for individual students) will allow teachers and students to interact with white boards.
Amount: $3,000
Grant Recipient: Mary Helen Joeckel
School: Dunn Elementary
Grant: "Kagen Engagement Strategies"
Description: Funding will provide a workshop on Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies for all teachers and staff for implementing during the 2012-2013 school year.
Amount: $5,000
Grant Recipient: Laral Coe
School: Knox Elementary
Grant: "One Sun - Celebrating Diversity for Everyone"
Description: By providing anti-biased literacy rich lessons, children will learn in both their native language and English.
Amount: $2,435
Grant Recipient: Tricia Regalado
School: Martin HS
Grant: "Equipping Young Journalists"
Description: Dual purpose still/video cameras will allow students opportunities to journalistically cover events for print and online student newspapers.
Amount: $2,800
Grant Recipient: Aaron Cadle
School: Martin HS
Grant: "Intelli-Brain Bots Improve Student Performance"
Description: A classroom set of robots, IntelliBrain-Bots, will support advanced activities of first through third year computer science students.
Amount: $4,533
Grant Recipient: Lesley Cano
School: Remynse Elementary
Grant: "Supporting TEKS with ebooks Project (STEP)"
Description: By securing math and science related eBooks, students can access reading from school or home.
Amount: $3,000
Grant Recipient: Lauren Parker
School: Thornton Elementary
Grant: "Playaways"
Description: Playaways, digital audio books, along with a paperback copies, will be added to the library collection to increase student interests in reading and comprehension.
Amount: $4,500
Grant Recipient: Joshua Minyard
School: Thornton Elementary
Grant: "No Chair Classroom"
Description: Using "stability balls" instead of chairs will help improve student performance and their physical health.
Amount: $492
Grant Recipient: Zoie Ohmes
School: Webb Elementary
Grant: "Let's Hear it for Webb"
Description: By adding a new sound system, attendees at Webb Elementary assemblies and student performers will be able to hear and better participate at school functions.
Amount: $4,313