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2006
Educator Incentive Grant Winners
 Armstrong Middle School
Writers' Workshop - Shirley
Sadowski, Linda Eckstein, Tom Nudd, $1,200.00 - In
two day-long Writers’ Workshops,
two different groups of thirty seventh graders
selected
for their
potential to raise their scores on TAKS writing
from one level to the next higher level, will
spend the day in a small group setting learning
about
and practicing specific techniques that will
increase their TAKS writing scores, while having
fun. One
workshop will be held in November and the other
in early February.
Barksdale Elementary School
Global
Grooves: The Celebration Continues! - Heather Coleman,
Tina Raymond, $1,300.00 - This grant will
give 4th and 5th grade students the opportunity
to bridge the gap between diverse cultures within
the school community and around the world. Students
will participate in diverse music making through
song, dance, and playing instruments of other
cultures. This grant will allow students to play
authentic
instruments, share postcards with children around
the world and interview guest community members
who are native to the specific culture being
studied.
 Barron Early Childhood School
Teach
Me To Learn! - Nancy Grant, Kay Glawe, $1,500.00 -
Teach Me To Learn! is a project to educate parents.
By providing them with skills and tools,
parents
will be able to work on activities at home that
will ultimately benefit students in the classroom.
This project will foster a spirit of collaboration
that will last throughout the student’s
school years.
Beaty Early Childhood School
TOPS:
Teaching Our Parents Success - Elena Farmer,
Cindy Kellogg, Ashlie Souders, Isabel Marquez,
Eleonora
Frigerio, $850.00 - Through a series
of workshops, parents will participate in hands-on
activities and discussions to learn
and practice strategies that will support the
development of their preschool child in the areas
of math,
science and early literacy. Research has demonstrated
strong home support as a significant factor in
the later success of young children from culturally
and linguistically diverse families. The Teaching
Our Parents Success (TOPS) workshop series will
expand to address the critical need for stronger
partnerships between Plano ISD and the culturally
and linguistically diverse families as well as
an increased emphasis on early math and science.
Bethany
Elementary School
Windows of Opportunity Library -
Kim Murff, Jane Chute, Kathy Carrico, Christi
Pavlasek, Connie Christal, Marie Rosenbaum,
$1,500.00 - The
Windows of Opportunity Library will be composed
of video/media
and related books that will provide "tools
in the tool belt" for teachers and parents
to enhance the learning of diverse learners.
Topics can include curriculum dvelopment and
modification,
behavior management, play skills, social skills
and social cognition, language disorders, auditory
impairment learning disabilities, visual strategies,
social communication, sensory integration dysfunction,
emotional disturbance, ADD, Autism, Asperger's
PDD-NOS and non-verbal learning disorders, music
and play therapy, as well as the diverse needs
of gifted learners.
Beverly Elementary School
Comprehension
Cafe - Cynthia Smith, Kim Luczycki Rexann Pawloski
Ami Gunter, $600.00 -
Third-grade students will practice reading selections
of
poetry and assorted fiction and nonfiction
picture books. Third-grade students will host
kindergarten
and first-grade students at their Reading Restaurant.
The younger students will be given a menu and
asked to choose a poetry appetizer, a picture
book entree,
and a joke or riddle for dessert. Third graders
will read each selection while their younger
partner enjoys a delicious muffin to round out
his meal.
Bowman Middle School
ASAP Attack! -
George King, Principal, $1,500.00 - ASAP
Attack! is
an after school program designed to target
learning needs of Bowman's LEP and
economically disadvantaged populations. Selected
students will be able to enjoy a healthy snack,
receive tutoring assistance with homework, test
preparation, and TAKS skills through the service
of UTD tutors and Bowman teachers. Bus transportation
will be provided to deliver these students back
to their home elementary campus, the Douglass
Community Center, or the Spring Creek Trailer
Park.
Band Together -
Chris Ostertag, Assistant Band Director, $1,500.00 -
Band Together is a resource used to help disadvantaged
students have the materials needed for success.
During this time when renting an instrument for
families is difficult, Band Together helps with
the daily materials students need for playing
their instruments. The grant helps students achieve
success
by making the resources available to every student.
Instruments
for Success - Brenda G. Johnson, Orchestra Director,
$1,500.00 - Plano has long recognized
the importance of music in a child's well-rounded
education. Bowman wishes
to give as many students as possible the opportunity
to participate and excel in a life-enriching
experience such as orchestra. With these grant
funds, the
middle school orchestra would be able to purchase
as many as 10-15 instruments for economically-disadvantaged
students.
Padres Unidos -
Adrian Rodriguez, Kristen Hoy, Lynn Ojeda, $1,500.00 -
Bowman Middle School is entering the third year
of a
parent involvement program called Padres
Unidos, a parent education and support group
initiated
by the campus PTO board and administrators. The
Padres Unidos group will meet throughout the
year with new and innovative programming to address
different needs in the Spanish-speaking community.
Proud
Promising Raiders - Linda DeLaney, Gayle Scott,
$615.00 - Proud Promising Raiders,
PPR, is an after school program to enhance the
academic, organizational,
and social development of Special Education students.
PPR includes a group of diverse learners who
have limited access to the resources of the community.
Through PPR activities and weekly meetings, these
students will increase their knowledge of community
resources and practice life skills.
Words for
Life - Kathie Williams, English Dept. Head, $1,500.00 -
This project will purchase pocketbook dictionaries
for use in the classroom, as well as to allow
the students to check them out for overnight
use. Many
socioeconomically disadvantaged students do not
have access to a dictionary at home.
 Christie Elementary School
Science Sleuths -
Miriam Madill, ESL Teacher/IC Vertical Team Chair,
$1,316.70 - Extraordinary Experiments!
Incredible Investigations! Rewarding Research!
Science Sleuths is a five-
week after-school science club where fifth grade
students explore the world of science and build
background knowledge through engaging, hands-on
experiments. The project will culminate with
the completion of a science project from start
to finish.
The goal of Science Sleuths is to raise TAKS
science scores by encouraging creative and complex
thinking.
Daffron Elementary School
Holistic Therapy
Solutions for Students with Autism - Julie Spence,
Bilingual
Special Educator, $497.57 - Students
with autism will benefit from a variety of therapies,
including sensory, deep pressure,
visual effects, swinging and aromatherapy. These
therapies work to calm the nervous system of
students with autism, allowing them to focus
on academic
needs. Without therapy, students with autism
often become anxious or restless, and are unable
to direct
their energy on school tasks.
Daffron, Haggar, Huffman, Jackson, Skaggs,
Stinson, Weatherford and Wells Elementary Schools
5th
Grade Book Club Co-Op (or 8 Librarians Searching
for Some Novels) - Laura Blankenship, Cherly
Gee, Barbara Gomon, Jayme Karen, Angelia Hopwood-Lewis,
Sarah Thorn, Sandy Williams, Janis Hall, $1,500.00
$1,500.00 - The
5th Grade Book Club Co-Op is comprised of 8
librarians
from across the district who are striving to
keep students excited about leisure reading
as they approach their teenage years. The Co-Op
librarians will form 5th Grade Book Clubs that
will meet in relaxed and fun environments to
discuss a variety of genres of books. These
meetings will help students keep that early
love of reading alive and develop new interests
that will encourage them to become lifelong
readers.
Davis Elementary School
Breaking the Sound Barrier
to Literacy Skills, Part 2: A Listening Library
- Deborah Tubbs, Debbie Martin, Molly Bailey,
Sarah
Fromhold, Kara Bradford, Brenda Terenas, Jilynn
Wall, Amanda Prout, $1,000.00 - A
Listening Center will be created, where students
listen
to recorded books via tape players and
headphones. Here, students can practice/reinforce
reading skills
independently. Using cutting-edge commercial
CD/cassette boom boxes, with enhanced acoustic
features, this
motivating classroom activity will now be available
to students with hearing impairment. Along with
a comprehensive audio library--with varied levels
and genres of books--students can have the opportunity
to build their listening skills, improve reading
skills and have a more well-rounded classroom
experience.
 Forman Elementary
Bound to Read,
Bound to Dream, College Bound - Amy Durham, $1,500.00 -
Bound to Read, Bound to Dream, College Bound
is a project
to support continued learning at
home
for students and parents. This project combines
technology with reading tools for students to
have enrichment through a support program for
parents.
Parents will leave these sessions equipped with
the tools necessary to make their child's dream
of going to college a reality.
Leaping
Towards Our Dreams! - Clarissa Adas, Rodrigo
Segovia, Natalie Shanks, Elia Soto, and Rebecca
Rey, $1,500.00 - Forman will
utilize Leap Pad merchandise to improve learning
at different levels and in all content
areas. Teachers will check out Leap Pads to academically
low students who have little or no parent support
at home due to illiteracy. Students will gain
academic success through the use of the Leap
Pads at home
with their families.
Partnering with Parents:
Our kids are college-bound - Tricia Lancaster,
Martha Preston, Cimberly Riggs, Victoria Marshall,
Mercedes Banachiewicz, Michelle Powell,$1,500.00 -
Forman will create an educational foundation
for college-bound
students by providing two parent
workshops which will break through the barriers
and misconceptions of the TAKS tests and create
a learning partnership between the school and
the
parents. A large component of the TAKS parent
workshop and the family game night will be an
awareness
piece of the college requirements and the necessary
steps in academic coursework to meet these requirements.
Frankford
Middle School
Parental Involvement - a Pathway
to Progress, Kaye St.Peter, ESL Dept.
Head, $1,000.00 - Educational research
shows a link exists between parental involvement
and academic achievement,
classroom behavior, school attendance, and dropout
rates. But, due to cultural and language barriers,
a hesitation to become involved often exists
for many Hispanic parents. These parents will
be invited
to two family nights - nights facilitated by
Hispanic speakers who will address these barriers
as well
as other educational needs and concerns.
Links
to Literacy - Karyn Wynne, Library Specialist,
$1,500.00 - Links to Literacy is a take
home reading program that supplies students and
parents with books
that are on the student's independent reading
level.
Parents will be able to use the enclosed stopwatch
to monitor their reading fluency and comprehension
cards to aide in their child's understanding
of the text.
 Haggard Middle School
Life Skills Class - Vicki
Pickett, Teacher, $1,496.80 - The goal
of the Life Skills Program is to design curriculum
and activities that allow students
to develop skills that will enable them to be
more
independent in their environment and enrich the
quality of their lives. With the Life Skills
Program, the students will become more independent
in daily
living skills and learn to be active participants
in the community.
Haggard Middle School, Vines High School and
Plano Senior High School
Literacy Alive - Susan Mullins, Donna
Moreland, Rakel Paul, $2,880.00 -
The Literacy Alive! project will teach students
to
look past their own disabilities as an obstacle
to success and use hard work and education to
reach their full potential. The secondary students
of
the Plano Regional Day School Program for the
Deaf will invite guest speakers with disabilities
to
speak at a series of two formal dinners. The
events will emphasize achievement in spite of
disability
and the role of literacy in success.
Hickey Elementary School
Awesome Amazing Authors (AAA) - Michele
Rollins, Laura Durda, $885.50 - Amazing
Awesome Authors enhances students’ writing
experiences. Each student will produce a spiral
bound book of their own writings to take home.
These writings are typed by students before becoming
part of their themed book.
Writer's Workshop - Page Finley, Margaret
Dyer, $1,400.00 -
Writer's Workshop is a program that inspires
children to write
through the use of good literature,
teacher
modeling and opportunities for the students to
share their writing with their classmates and
families. At other schools, writing scores have
been raised
and children became inspired writers. Teachers
and students alike will see the value and potential
of Writer's Workshop.
 Hightower Elementary School
SPArKS
(Scientific Processes Are Key Skills) - Sara
Stewart and Hilary Lamb,
$688.36 - Science is at the heart
of everyday life. Yearly diagnostics and fifth
grade Science TAKS results
show that children need more experience with
science and vocabulary in consistent, weekly
activities
that are exciting and meaningful for them. The
SPArKS cart will bring hands-on, real-life, meaningful
experiences to third graders rotating through
classrooms on a weekly basis.
Huffman Elementary School
ABC Bags: Letter Sounds
Are All you Need to Read! - Andra Harris, Kindergarten
Team Leader, $500.00 - This project
consists of classroom and take-home alphabet
activity
bags. The contents of the bags
will include plastic upper and lower case letters,
letter formation cards for practicing handwriting,
alphabet cards, and letter/picture cards. Also
included will be cards listing activities to
be used with the supplies in each bag.
Fidget
Fix-It - Jane Oestreich, Hoda Abdel-Gani, $1,333.87 -
Fidget Fix-Its are designed to enhance learning
opportunities for
those students who have difficulty
sitting still. Each grade level is supplied with
a kit of items that give these students suitable
replacement behaviors and help them pay attention
to the teacher. Fidget Fix-Its offer a variety
of alternatives to help combat the wiggles and
fidgets of children while enriching learning
opportunities in the classroom.
Hunt Elementary School
Fluency Fun Bags - Trish
Alway, first grade teacher, $500.00 -
Fluency Fun Bags for first grade are a school-to-home
connection consisting
of
tote bags for teachers
to use in the classroom or to send home with
students needing improvement in the area of reading
fluency.
The bags are designed to increase first grade
students’ reading
speed through a variety of activities including
but not limited to audio devices, games, and
books on tape. Each bag will contain a variety
of tools
and instructions which parents, students and
teachers can use to improve children’s
reading skills.
Jackson and Bethany
Elementary Schools
Everyday
Language Made Simple: ELMS Club - Angela Marshall,
Liz Steinbaugh, Erica Stewart, $1,300.00 -
ELMS Club is an after school program for students
and their
families who speak a language other
than English. The purpose of the ELMS Club is
to provide
language kits, activities, books, and games for
students and parents to use during club time
and at home. ELMS Club provides an opportunity
to practice
English while interacting with other students
and parents.
Jackson Elementary School
Morning Math
Mania - Kitty Schieck, PACE Specialist, $350.00 -
Morning Math Mania is a before school progrm
designed
to raise math TAKS scores, both passing
and commended.
It will foster a sense of community among all
students, while offering opportunity for leadership
to older
students.
Ticketing Students For
Success: Passport Required - Marietta Sterling,
Kris Benson, Lorraine Shimizu, $1,500.00 -
Learning is a journey. Jackson’s
goal is to give students a ticket to success
through
the simple gift of transportation to and from
tutoring
twice a week. Combine eager learners, creative
teachers, a free ticket and time, students will
have the tools to make their big dreams come
true.
Jasper High School
Finals Round-Up - Melanie Schulte, Stefan
Morrow, $976.80 - Finals
Round-Up will provide an after-school opportunity
for students who are at risk of failing
for the
semester in a core class to join an organized
study group to help prepare for their final exam.
The
purpose would be to enhance individual learning
by using a group process, to learn by teaching
others, and to help student be responsible for
their own learning.
McCall Elementary School
Reading
to Go - Margie Flores, Ginny Kivel, Mary Lynn
Pick, $1,439.11
Reading to Go is a program that puts audio books
into the hands of English Language Learners.
This project provides a variety of books with
tapes,
a bag to carry them in, tape players, and activities
to complete after reading and listening to the
book. Comprehensible input is an important component
of language acquisition, and this program will
allow students, and their families, oral language
development and opportunities for comprehensible
input.
Writer’s Library:
Growing Accomplished Writers on an Elementary
Campus - Nancy Bassett, Debbie Floyd, Esmeraldo
Palomares, $1,228.39 - Growing
Writer’s on an Elementary Campus
is geared towards equipping teachers with effective
writing lessons. It is imperative that teachers
have rich literature to read to students that
demonstrate the Six Traits of writing. In creating
this Writer’s
Library, teachers will be able to easily find
a lesson and a book that can be used to teach
each
trait.
Dual Language Literacy
Library - Catherine Morales, Maximino Morales,
Nitzaliz Roman, $1,500.00 - The
program will provide materials to enrich the
reading, listening, comprehension and vocabulary
skills of students in kindergarten through fifth
grade. Funds from the grant will purchase multi-set
books, audio tapes and leveled books that are
theme
relative to everyday experiences, science and
historical knowledge and promote multicultural
traits.
 Meadows Elementary School
FC²=Success
(Fluency+Comprehension Center=Success) - Monica
McCaffrey, Jenine Smith, Patricia Balderas,
Whitney Watkins, Fidencio de la Rosa, Cynthia
Garnder, $500.00 - FC²=Success
will provide an opportunity for readers of all
levels
to practice
reading,
listening, speaking and writing. Books on tape
allow students to gain fluency and in turn comprehension
skills. In addition, they will benefit ELL students
and struggling readers by providing support to
develop confidence, word knowledge, comprehension
and fluency.
The Read Naturally Fluency
Lab - Jeanette Aguirre, Stacy Kimbriel, Frankie
Ramirez, Kass DuRoss, $1,471.00 -
The Read Naturally Fluency Lab will provide
elementary students, in grades
2 - 5, with an individualized
method to practice fluency, phrasing and expression
in reading, using differentiated non-fiction
materials. The Read Naturally program also allows
for students
to take home reading passages and guides so that
they may practice their skills at home.
Memorial
Elementary School
Academia de Padres Comprometidos
(APC) - Elizabeth P. Griffin, Carolina P. Williams,
Ann Gray, $1,500 - This program
promotes parental involvement and enhances our
students’ personal and academic
growth. This program is designed to create an
awareness of our teaching methods along with
the expectations
of parents, students and their progress. Our
central goal is to enrich students’ academic
experiences using valuable strategies that can
be used at
home and with their parents.
GOT SCIENCE? - Mandy Brock, Doug Chapman,
$1,500.00 - GOT
SCIENCE? is an after school club for fourth and
fifth grade students to build background
knowledge of all key concepts of the science
field, including
nature of science, life science, physical science,
and earth science. This program will include
hands on experiments, investigations that will
expand
the students’ knowledge and understanding
of the scientific processes, and introduce the
students to future opportunities in the science
fields. The purpose is to encourage and excite
students about the many facets of science as
they prepare for the 5th grade TAKS.
Writers'
Workshop - R. Ann Gray, Elizabeth Griffin, Deborah
Jackson, Michelle Cohen, $1,500.00 -
A weekly Writers' Workshop conducted by the
school's
literacy
team will
be held in fourth grade. Campus
literacy personnel will also coordinate school-wide
writing trainings for K-5 using the state writing
rubric to provide continuity of instruction throughout
the campus.
 Mendenhall Elementary School
Fun with Fluency - Jeanne Shilstone,
Juana Hagen, Marian Kincaid, Nydia Luna, Debbie
Santiago, Susan Simpson, $1,400.00 -
This program is designed to facilitate supplemental
fluency practice in the home environment. Students
targeted will be able to check out packs that
will include a book specifically designed to
improve
fluency, a stopwatch, and a graph. Students will
easily be able to chart progress and celebrate
successes both at home and at school
Lights, Camera,
Action - Joan Bartell, Literacy Support Reading
Teacher,
$670.00 - As part of the balanced literacy
program, 2nd and 3rd grade students will use
content-based
Reader's
Theater scripts in their Language Arts classes.
Reader's Theater is an authentic strategy for
using repeated reading, the most widely-practiced
method
for improving oral reading fluency. Improving
oral reading fluency will ultimately improve
reading
comprehension.
Murphy Middle School
Beefing Up
Vocabulary 3 - Susan Burgess, Barbara Butt,
$475.00 - This project helps to prepare
students for life as skilled readers by "beefing
up" vocabulary
instruction. It will provide (if awarded) resources
for instruction and refreshments for practice
sessions for the Readers Digest National Word
Power Challenge
(RDNWPC), a nationwide vocabulary contest. The
middle school’s campus plan includes a
focus on vocabulary in all subject areas, and
Beefing
Up Vocabulary 3 will enhance student word power
across the school.
Murphy Middle School, Hendrick
Middle School, Clark High School and Williams
High School
Wired
ES (Electric Strings) - Brian Henson, Dennis
Langevin, Andrew Goins, Ron Planks, $2,781.30
" Wires ES" is the education, production
and performance of an East Cluster Electric String
Ensemble. Performers will be able to see how
the classically trained musician fits into the modern
world of music. The orchestra directors will
provide the education in every facet of the modern performing
ensmble through classical, jazz, and modern music
genres.
Pearson Early Childhood School
Joint
Attention Routines - Karen A. Cannon, Kimberly B. Gorham,
$500.00 - We would like to develop
a bank of joint attention routines that can
be used with
students with
Autism Spectrum Disorders. A joint attention
routine is
a play activity with a specific sequence
and language content that is repeated with
one
or more partners.
It promotes social awareness, turn-taking,
imitation, and functional play.
 Plano Senior
High School, Haggard Middle School and Wilson
Middle School
Creative Art
Mentors - Jaclyn Moore, Daren Causey, Chad
Kisamore, $1,556.00 -
Senior high school art students will learn
mentoring
skills and the fine art of producing
Polaroid
image transfers and emulsion prints. They
will then teach
this technical process to two groups of middle
school art students during an after school
program at two middle school feeder schools.
Through
this series of classes, middle school students
in need
of mentors will receive the benefit of a
stress-free environment where they can exercise
their imaginations,
and see up-close the results of what being
involved in extracurricular activities can
provide for
their sociability and self-esteem.
Rasor Elementary
School
D.E.A.L. Club - Ashley Green, Marla
Sallier, Cheryl Jackson, Donna Pair, Tonia
Graham, $850.00 - The
program will help students develop internal
assets and motivation to succeed with academic
tasks, and will assist Special Education
students as well as all at risk and low performing
students
in fulfilling current expectations to bridge
the achievement gap by next year. The D.E.A.L.
Club
will provide educational materials, games
and hands-on enriching activities that will
further
enhance
and reinforce the scientific principles taught
in their Integrated Science classes.
Rice
Middle School
School Newspaper - Lorrie Weidenbruch,
Lorinda Beekmann, $600.00 - The newspaper
serves as a forum to showcase student talent
and
to promote school spirit.
It also
fulfills the our school’s goal of establishing
positive relationships with students to create
trust and
cooperation through leadership and team-building
opportunities for our students. Additionally,
it fulfills a goal of improving the campus
character education program by reinforcing
the weekly character
education values. The newspaper will enhance
the
TAKS reading and writing objectives.
Robinson
Middle School
Homework Club - Nancy Kovatis,
Academic Specialist, $707.55 - In
a study of our Robinson’s accountability
report, it was noted that economically disadvantaged
students showed a significant need for additional
academic support in school. To address this
need, Homework Club was devised as a plan
to help close
the gap for these students and provide an
environment conducive to concentration and
productivity which
is sometimes missing in their homes. With
clear ties to individual student curriculum,
Homework
Club should help close the achievement gap
and provide another intervention to support
college
readiness for these students. Discussion
also included the need for funding snacks
for the students, since
most of them haven’t eaten since 11:30.
Research supports the fact that students
perform better
after a nutritional snack.
Shepard Elementary
School
Literacy Links - Brandy Burns, Jamie
Baer, $607.66 - Literacy
Links began last year in first grade in an
effort
to provide more one-on-one opportunities
for struggling readers. After just one semester
there was a positive effect Literacy Links
on both
the students and the volunteers. Literacy
Link activities not only reinforce necessary
skills,
but also serve as a motivator for students.
Many students begin to meet and exceed fluency
and
vocabulary goals. Volunteers are excited
about the experience.
 Sigler Elementary School
ESL for Parents - Sheryl Sanguinetti,
Paulina Vial, $1,462.21 - Many of
the parents of Sigler’s bilingual
students have very limited English proficiency.
In addition, many parents have significant
skill gaps in their primary language. Both
of these
factors contribute to parents being unable
to offer educational
support to their children at home. Furthermore,
many parents lack the necessary vocational
skills to seek employment beyond a minimum
wage situation.
As a result, parents are working many hours
at more than one job and are not able to
spend valuable
time at home with their children. Through
the series of ESL classes, parents will acquire
knowledge
and skills that promote an attitude of lifelong
learning for themselves and their children.
Reading
in the Classroom - Diane
Hakari - $500.00 - In the second
grade, students are really wanting to read
everything they
can get their
hands
on. Chapter books are especially exciting
to them.
Having different levels of books to send
home as nightly readers would be not only
fun but
beneficial
at the same time. Having a listening station
library creates a relaxing way of enjoying
books by letting
the children listen to and follow along as
a story is read to them. The follow-up for
both
would come
through activities such as writing book reports,
summaries, discussions in small groups, etc.
Vines
High School
Partners in Making Big Dreams
a Reality - Janis Williams, Roxanne Burleson,
Laurie Leifer, Linda Buteyn, Carol Cox, Becky
Salonish, Francie Mikulas, Lesley Seele, Kristi
Whitman, $1,500.00 - In an effort
to help students achieve their dreams, the
first
step is ensuring
that they
graduate
high school. In order for this to happen,
all students
must be successful on the TAKS test. The
TAKS tutorial program builds focused partnerships
with students
in our special populations as identified
by
the Academic Excellence Indicator System
of the State
of Texas. Through an intensive tutoral program,
we can customize both the curriculum and
the instruction for selected students and
meet
them at their learning
level.
Wells Elementary School
S.M.A.R.T.S. - Donna Hartman, Sharon
Tracy, $1465.00 -Being
involved in the activities in the classroom
expose all students to higher level visual
and analytical thinking, perception and reasoning
skills, ability to find patterns and relationships,
and
right brain/left brain combined challenges.
These
games are designed to capture students’ interest
while teaching the methods used to master
comprehension, logic and intellectual perseverance.
Williams High School
W103 in the A.M. -
Glenda Rouse, Administrative Intern, $1,500.00 -
These morning tutorials serve Williams’ most
at-risk students. Teachers need to spend
more time with at-risk students working on
their core
areas
of
math, reading and writing. These tutorials, taught by certified teachers,
offer the students structured time to work
on activities, study skills and curriculum
designed to help them accelerate their learning in these three core
areas.
Wilson
Middle School
K. R. Wood and Band - Lisa Farmer, Michael
Diaz, $900.00 - K.R.
Wood and Band is a unique method of teaching
kids by breaking up the normal setting of lectures,
projects, and assessments. Last school
year
was Wilson’s
first time to experience the program, and the children and parents showed
great interest in the production. While it is predominently for students,
both teachers
and parents become well versed with the objectives that day.
Wilson Middle
School
Vocabulary Scrabble - Susan Wail, English/Special
Education Teacher, $299.85 - Using Scrabble
board games, preprinted TAKS vocabulary lists
and their own competitive
natures, seventh and eighth graders in Special
Ed will
improve
their spelling and vocabulary. This will not only lead to increased
scores on high-stakes testing, but will also empower the student
to raise his
or her self-exteem via better reading comprehension.
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