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Teacher Mini-Grants Osborn School District |
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The Osborn Educational Foundation supports innovation in
education through mini-grants of Receipts are required for all expenditures. Recipients are requested to save all receipts and make additional notations on them for clarity. Please attach the receipts to final Completion Reports. Congratulations to all who submitted. Eighteen applications were received. The mini-grant committee will be meeting on Feb 7 to determine which applications will be funded. Teacher Mini-grants are supported through donations to Osborn Educational Foundation.
Spring 2011 Clarendon School (4-6) Congratulations to the following mini-grant recipients for submitting winning projects to the Osborn Educational Foundation: After School Director JaNae Teer and 4th Grade teacher Sara Aguiar’s project After-School Scrappin' will use the funds to purchase Scrapbook materials in order to offer an after-school arts and crafts program called “Scappin’.” Jennifer Spector’s project Classroom Library Completion will purchase books and literature guides so that students can choose from a plethora of books in her classroom library. There will be a check-in/check-out policy for these novels. Fourth grade Dual Language teacher Ann Aken’s project Where In The World will purchase Spanish Language World Atlases for the Dual Language classes to use. Sixth grade Dual Language teacher Carlos Ardon’s project Iguana Study will purchase five copies of a Spanish magazine (Iguana) in order to study different reading and writing objectives through a Spanish magazine that uses authentic Spanish writing which makes conncetions to students' lives. Dual Language teacher Nilda Lopez’ project More Don Quxiote! involves the purchase of 14 copies of the Don Quijote youth chapter books in Spanish to add an additional selections serving both to increase reading material available in Spanish as well as the types of selections available for comparison studies. Several Dual Language projects were submitted to the Osborn Educational Foundation for funding due to an inability to use federal funding to purchase foreign language classroom materials, as Arizona is designated an ‘English only’ state. The Osborn Dual Language program teaches Spanish to children who are fluent in English. The Osborn Dual Language program received the Arizona Educational Foundation’s Exemplary Program Award in 2010 and is currently in the Encanto, Clarendon and Osborn Middle Schools. Encanto School (K-3) Congratulations to Jill Holschbach on the receipt of a mini-grant from the Osborn Educational Foundation: Her project Future Mad Scientists Need Nonfiction Books!!! involves the purchase leveled nonfiction titles in a variety of subject matter to focus on development of student critical thinking and questioning in the nonfiction genre. Congratulations also to Kindergarten teacher Rachel Sartori whose project Build It To Know It! will purchase wearable vests and letter cards to enhance student participation and understanding of how words and numbers work. Montecito School (K-6): Congratulations to PE teacher Debbie Fields on the receipt of a mini-grant from the Osborn Educational Foundation: Her project Hiking Our Phoenix Rural Back Yard will use the funds to pay for transportation, water and fruit for 4th grade students to go hiking at North Mountain trail to get a first hand look at the rural landscape. Congratulations also to Montecito Master teacher Curt Whowell and Kindergarden teacher Nicole Aveni whose project Kindergarten Tap Retelling Strategy Gloves will purchase sets of storytelling finger puppets and supplies. Teachers plan to use gloves to assist students in remembering the elements they need to include when retelling a story they've read. Osborn Middle School (7-8) Congratulations to the following mini-grant recipients for submitting winning projects to the Osborn Educational Foundation: Literacy teacher Shawn Deegan’s project 8th Grade Literacy Drama Production will use the funds to purchase a script for a large cast and materials for creating the set and costumes. Students will apply reading, speaking, and cooperative learning skills they have developed all year to put on a production of a classic drama such as Romeo & Juliet. Band teacher Theresa Hulihan’s project AzMEA State Competition will purchase unique percussive instruments: a train whistle, hammer, and a brake drum in order for the OMS Symphonic band to play a specific piece when they participate in the Arizona State “Pageant of Bands”. Literacy teacher Brendan Mann’s project Oms Freedom Writers will purchase 20 copies of "Freedom Writers" so that students can expand their exploration of diversity and tolerance through literature. Solano School (K-6) Congratulations to Marcia Beus on the receipt of a mini-grant from the Osborn Educational Foundation: Her project Classroom Microphone will use the funds to purchase a microphone system to give her Structured English Immersion (SEI) students a different way to practice speaking and enunciating when sharing ideas in class. Congratulations also to Kathleen Colburn whose project Puzzles - A Pathway To Problem Solving will purchase Educational Puzzle sets so that her Kindergarten students can work with puzzles daily to increase their cognitive, manipulative, and language skills.
Osborn Middle School English Language Learner Teacher Patricia Beck’s project Cooking Up Good Readers will use the funds to purchase books and consumable food items (varies with each story) in order to use culinary arts activities and texts to improve reading levels of students in the intensive literacy support classes. Longview 1st Grade Teacher Carrie Crompton’s project Junie B. In Jingle Bells, Batman Smells will use the funds to purchase performance tickets & transportation in order to see a play of one of favorite story characters and use that experience to assist in developing their own dramatic story retelling skills. Solano Master Teacher Jill Crossley’s project Ancient History - No Longer A Mystery will use the funds to purchase books in order to promote literacy by putting quality literature on fascinating topics directly into the hands of students. Osborn Middle School Math & Dual Language Teacher Mariano Guerra’s project Honeywell Aerospace Challenge - OMS will use the funds to purchase building supplies in order to participate in the Honeywell Aerospace Challenge, a prestigious competition held at ASU West, in which teams of students design, build a model, and describe a lunar base on the Moon. Clarendon Art Teacher Barbara Middleton’s project Tapestry Weaving will use the funds to purchase tapestry yarn assortment & supplies in order to learn techniques of beginning tapestry weaving, 5th graders make a simple design 6 inches wide which includes a woven triangle and at least one other weaving technique. Fourth graders complete an introductory weaving, approximately 3" wide. Clarendon Master Teacher Theresa Nickolich’s project Cougar News will use the funds to purchase a Samsung Ultra Compact Camcorder w/2.7 LCD & supplies in order to improve writing and speaking skills while building a positive school climate by participating in a campus news program: WCLA Cougar New. Osborn Middle School Science Teacher Amber Struthers’s project Greenhouses For A Greener Tomorrow will use the funds to purchase greenhouse indoor moist kit & supplies in order to grow plants in controlled experiments and observe the effects of various chemicals during the development of the plants. They will explore how human activity effects the environment. Clarendon Resource Teacher Jocelyn Thomas’s project Project: Young Reporter will use the funds to purchase two digital voice recorders, composition notebooks & supplies in order to record interviews and develop "A Year in 4th Grade" student magazine for future incoming 4th grade resource students. Osborn Middle School Social Studies & Dual Language Teacher Julio Valenzuela’s project Wonderful Outdoor World will use the funds to purchase transportation in order to go on an outdoor educational field trip to South Mountain Park, where up to 40 students will spend the night and engage in learning activities which includes interaction with wildlife in a controlled environment presented by the Phoenix Zoo. Clarendon 4th Grade Teacher Heather Walsh’s project Increasing Vocabulary Through Dictionary Skills will use the funds to purchase 24 classroom dictionaries in order to strengthen students' skills in using the dictionary and to learn new words on a daily basis.
Clarendon sixth grade Dual Language Teacher Carlos Ardon will purchase copies of “El Principito” (The Little Prince) in Spanish for his classroom library. Students will engage in comparing and contrasting the English and Spanish translations. OMS Social Skills Teacher Gwen Barlow’s class will purchase nutrition books, aprons, nutrition games, and ingredients to study nutrition. Encanto Dual Language Teacher Audrey Downey and Collaborative Peer Teacher Stacy Courtright will purchase analogue watch sets for students to share while they learn to tell time. OMS Science Teacher Amber Struthers’ eighth grade students will learn about adaptation through growing modified bacteria and dissecting squid. Clarendon Resource Teacher Justine Goldman will purchase books on the Untied States, Ancient History, and Arizona Nature for his classroom library. Encanto Third Grade Teacher Kristin Gross will purchase an additional MP3 player, audio books and print texts to for students to work on reading fluency. OMS Music and Media Teacher Cat Hilgers’ students will learn how to use digital cameras, Microsoft PowerPoint (for presentation), and Windows Media Player (to input music to go with presentation). Clarendon sixth grade Teachers Chad Kobold, Carlos Ardon, Corissa Quijada, Kristi Wilhelms, and Ben Baldner plan to take students to YMCA Camp Sky in Prescott for an outdoor education and team building overnight camping experience. Clarendon Art Teacher Barbara Middleton plans to teach fourth grade students about Joseph Cornell and Louise Nevelson, and then have them combine found objects and small wood pieces to make an assemblage. Congratulations to the following teachers who have been selected as mini-grant recipients by the Osborn Educational Foundation: Longview Art Teacher Panthea Begay’s project Totem Poles will purchase air dry clay to augment a lesson on North Coast Indians. OMS Music Teacher Kevin Eberle’s project Band and Choir Music for Hollywood Concert will purchase sheet music specific to combined Band & Choir providing opportunities for Band and Choir students to work together. Montecito PE Teacher Debbie Fields' project Hiking Our Phoenix Rural Back Yard will take fourth grade students hiking at North Mountain trail. Longview Teacher Aimee Graefe and Tina McMillion’s project Phonics - A Firm Foundation will improve phonics skills for students. Solano Music Teacher Nancy Heath’s project Holiday Music will purchase musical plays for younger students and music pieces for the fifth and sixth grade Choir. Longview Kindergarten Teachers Irma Garcia, Maui Taylor, and Collaborative Peer Teacher Mark Pfister’s project Insta Learn will purchase materials for students to work more independently. Clarendon Art Teacher Barbara Middleton’s project Model Magic Gargoyles will augment a lesson on the purpose of gargoyles in medieval architecture- students will study and use clay sculpture techniques to create a gargoyle of their own. Clarendon School Based Family Counselor Rachael Post’s project Clarendon's Kindness Campaign promotes positive problem-solving and bulling prevention through acts of kindness. OMS Teacher Amber Struthers’s project Rockets! Physics In Action will purchase model rockets, engines, and a launch system to study Newton's Laws of Motion in regards to projectiles. Longview Librarian Meg Williams' project Battle Of The Books will purchase books to promote reading with a fun, Family-Feud style competition.
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amounts
up to $300 to teachers and staff in support of projects
which improve students’ physical and mental health; enhance
literacy, math, science and the arts; and promote innovation
and enhancement in education. These grants are to be used by
Osborn District teachers and staff for educational
opportunities involving students. The projects take place
during the school year, with a