Building Futures Grants Awarded 2000-2001
School: Seatack
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Katherine Everett and Cathy Peyton
Project Name:
Investigate and Celebrate!
Grant Amount Awarded:
$450.00
Description:
This project will bring to Seatack students an award winning hands-on,
environmental science program, Operation
ECO. During the spring
intersession, (Seatack is a year-round school that offers activities for
students between grading periods, i.e., Intersession) students will have the
opportunity to participate in workshops that teach about the environment,
ecology, and animal habitats. The project's objective is to improve student
assessments on science content, processes, and attitudes, with the long-term
goal of improving Standards of Learning (SOL) scores.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Holland
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Olivia L. Dabney
Project Name:
America's Promise: Building Stars
Grant Amount Awarded:
$1,000.00
Description:
The project is an after-school tutorial program for at-risk students
designed to keep students active in programs that will enhance their academic
performance, behavior, and community involvement, as well as and strengthen
family relationships. Students will have the opportunity to participate in
tutorial programs, education seminars, cultural enrichment activities, a
multi-cultural celebration, personal development workshops, educational field
trips, and parental and familial programs.
This grant is underwritten
by HBA Architecture, Engineering &
Interior Design
School: Larkspur
Middle School
Project Director(s):
Janet Moore
Project Name:
Community Ties (Larkspur Middle School's Community-Based Work Experience
Program for the Learning Disabled Student)
Grant Amount Awarded:
$500.00
Description: This
project is receiving partial funding by the Education Foundation to continue
the successful project that was funded in 1999-2000. It is a community-based
work experience program for the learning disabled students. Students will
complete activities in the classroom that teach them skills needed in the
workplace. Students then have the opportunity for on-the-job training at
businesses that volunteer to work with the students. The project is evaluated
by the employer’s evaluations of the students, and student and parent feedback.
School: Green Run
High School
Project Director(s):
Jeffrey Goldstein
Project Name:
TI-83 Programming Class for Students
Grant Amount Awarded:
$1,000.00
Description:
This after-school pilot program will experiment in using TI-83 Graphing
Calculators to enhance and compliment objectives taught in the Computer
Programming and APCS classes. The project will teach students the fundamentals
of programming without the direct use of computers. It will promote the use of
hand-held technology, giving students an opportunity to experience a technical
programming class without committing themselves to a yearlong curriculum.
Students will be tracked throughout their high school careers and their success
will be measured against the averages of students not participating in this
enrichment class. Should the course be successful, the school division can use
the data to consider implementing the project division-wide.
This grant is underwritten
by Compaq Computers
School: Salem High
School
Project Director(s):
Iris Nimmo
Project Name:
Hampton University Students Helping (HUSH)
Grant Amount Awarded:
$600.00
Description: The main
focus of the program is mentorship for anger management, conflict resolution,
truancy abatement, and academic performance. Dr. Adolph Brown, Hampton
University Professor and motivational speaker will conduct motivational
sessions for students, their parents and teachers. In addition, students from
Hampton University will serve as mentors to approximately 60 Salem High School
students. Mentors will work with students during lunch and study halls on a
daily basis to advise them on issues including anger management, truancy abatement
and academics. Survey instruments will be used to determine changes in
students’ attitudes, attendance, academic performance and decreased referrals
to the office.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Cooke
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Dawn Garvey
Project Name:
Jamestown Experience Quilt
Grant Amount Awarded:
$299.00
Description:
Third grade students will research various aspects of the colonization
of Jamestown and communicate their findings by creating a story quilt and
picture book. Each student is responsible for creating a quilt square and
writing a poem on the one “most important” question about his or her findings.
The class will take and organize digital photos of the quilt squares in
chronological order and publish a book using their computer skills. Teams of
students will work with a community quilter and parents to make the quilt.
Because the study of Jamestown involves many people and events, it is sometimes
difficult for children to find the relationships between them. By focusing on
one item and working with others to fit the facts together, students will have
a better understanding of the “Big Picture” of the Jamestown Colony.
School: Technical
and Career Education Center
Project Director(s):
Kenneth Anderson
Project Name:
School Beautification
Grant Amount Awarded:
$600.00
Description:
Students in different programs at the Tech Center will be involved in a
project designed to beautify the school while using skills learned in the
classroom in a real-life situation. Landscape and design students will design
the placement of plants in the garden and will install and maintain them.
Plumbing students will design and install a sprinkler system, while electricity
students will wire pumps and lights. The masonry students will plan and
construct fountains for the garden. Outcomes include improved team building,
interdisciplinary cooperation, and a more appealing appearance for the school.
School: Cooke
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Suzanne Buhner
Project Name:
FOCUS On Reading for At-Risk Learners
Grant Amount Awarded:
$1,000.00
Description:
The project endeavors to create lifelong readers out of students who are
at-risk of failing to learn to read at a rate appropriate for their age and
ability using Sentence Master software. The software allows the
students to work independently at their own pace while in the classroom.
Percentile benchmarks have been established and will be tracked to determine
student progress. Project team members will continually meet with students,
parents and will incorporate volunteer tutors for the students.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Woodstock
Elementary
Project Director(s):
Margaret Privott
Project Name:
After School Basic Rocketry Class for Girls
Grant Amount Awarded:
$325.00
Description:
An after school rocketry class will be held once a week for six weeks to
interest girls in a field of science traditionally attractive mainly to boys.
Previous co-ed classes offered did not have many girls participate because they
felt uncomfortable. It is hoped that an all-girl setting will build confidence
and lead to successful participation, resulting in a new appreciation for
science. Students will spend time learning about aerodynamics, propulsion,
space exploration, and science careers, and rocket design. The culminating
activity will be the launching of their rockets.
School: Technical
& Career Education Center
Project Director(s):
L. Henry Robinson
Project Name:
Keeping Up With Industry Standards: Helping Students Attain ASE
Certification in Paint and Refinishing
Grant Amount Awarded:
$998.00
Description:
This project aims to assist students in attaining their Automotive Serve
Excellence (ASE) certification in order to be marketable in the workplace. The
grant will provide the instructor the means to purchase equipment needed,
including paint spray guns and respirators students will master the skills of
collision repairs, paint, and refinishing skills needed for the ASE Certification.
This grant is underwritten
by the Virginia Beach Economic Development
School: College Park
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Evelyn Mitchell
Project Name:
Girls Can
Grant Amount Awarded:
$150.00
Description: This project, funded by the Education
Foundation in 1999-2000, addresses the gender inequities in education for
girls, particularly in the areas of science, math, and technology. Once a week
for five weeks, twenty girls meet after school to hear presentations from
females in non-traditional careers in science, math or technology fields.
Students will also use the computer lab to research career opportunities for
women. As an incentive for completing the program, participants will receive a
“Girls Can!” T-shirt.
School: Lynnhaven
Middle School
Project Director(s):
Sally Daughtrey
Project Name:
Building an Assistive Technology Classroom
Grant Amount Awarded:
$946.84
Description:
This project will assist students who have multiple disabling conditions
and who are unable to produce oral speech become as independent as possible in
their classroom. Using assistive technology devices, students can learn to
communicate their needs and abilities and perform simple self-help skills,
which may help them find employment. The project will also help the students
increase their self-esteem and self-respect. The devices can be used every day
in my classroom by the entire school special education collaborative team.
This grant is underwritten
by Danka, Inc.
School: Pembroke
Meadows Elementary
Project Director(s):
David Breaithwaite
Project Name:
FUNdamentals in Science
Grant Amount Awarded:
$1,000.00
Description:
Fifth grade students will take part in a series of hands-on science labs
designed to supplement the regular curriculum and support the Virginia
Standards of Learning. Labs cover topics in earth science, oceans/Chesapeake
Bay, light, optics and sound, and phases of matter. Students will build
problem-solving and critical thinking skills through the “real world”
situations that use information they derive from the lab results. Parent
volunteers will assist at the various stations.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Old Donation
Center
Project Director(s):
Eric Helke
Project Name:
Power of Discovery Science Labs
Grant Amount Awarded:
$500.00
Description:
The grant will help ODC expand its successful hands-on Power of
Discovery (POD) science labs. Three new labs will be added, including Kitchen
Chemistry, Soil, and Minerals. Each 1-½ hour “Discovery Station” will be manned
by parent volunteers. The project’s objective is to make science and scientific
discovery fun so that students will continue the questioning and discovery
process outside the lab. ODC hopes to share the labs with other elementary
schools.
School: Old Donation
Center
Project Director(s):
Eric Helke
Project Name:
Grasses in the Classes Project
Grant Amount Awarded:
$887.00
Description:
The grant will allow students at ODC to take part in the “Grasses in the
Classes” program run by the Chesapeake Foundation. Students will be given the
opportunity to participate in a real scientific study and learn the scientific
process first hand. They will help restore the native freshwater grasses by
growing seedlings and then transplanting them into one of the tributaries of
the Chesapeake Bay.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Indian Lakes
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Kim Harrison
Project Name:
Computers for Kids Club
Grant Amount Awarded:
$534.40
Description:
A club will be established for students who do not have computers at
home and receive free/reduced lunch. A high percentage of this population of
students failed the 1999-2000 Technology SOL. Students will use the computer
lab after school to research and design two 10x30 foot garden areas. They will
send e-mail to other schools and community members and use the Internet to
research appropriate plants and shrubs. Students will make multi-media
presentations to school personnel and the PTA. The club is designed to
strengthen language arts, math, science and technology knowledge while working
though a design process.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Kempsville
Middle School
Project Director(s):
Charlene Wood
Project Name:
Mentor Program
Grant Amount Awarded:
$500.00
Description:
This project’s goal is to train mentors for students who have
demonstrated academic weakness, behavioral problems, a lack of social skills
with peers, problems at home, or considered “at-risk.” Mentors will be
volunteers from the community, will participate in a training session, and will
be provided written materials on making mentoring a success. Objectives include
improvement in student achievement, attendance, self-esteem, student relations
with peers and family, and behavior. Data will be collected before and after
the mentoring experience to determine success.
This grant is underwritten
by the Ford Motor Company
School: Virginia
Beach Central Academy
Project Director(s):
Nikki Steckroth
Project Name:
Santa's Workshop 2000
Grant Amount Awarded:
$500.00
Description:
Santa’s workshop is a means to promote Central Academy in the community
while giving students the opportunity to hone interpersonal relationship skills
by working with an age group other than their own. The workshop will consist of
alternative high school students mentoring 170 second grade students from
Bettie F. Williams Elementary School as they rotate through at least 5 holiday
stations. Some projects will be displayed in the school while others will be
personal gifts for themselves.
School: Fairfield
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
T. Brophy and T. Naschak
Project Name:
Wee Falcons - Early Language Development for School Success
Grant Amount Awarded:
$400.00
Description:
Preschoolers in the Fairfield area will be invited with their parents to
attend three “Wee Falcon Nights” to hear stories and learn about the importance
of reading. Parents will receive literature and have the opportunity to check
out books from a Preschool Library managed by Special Education students. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students with
younger siblings at home can participate in a “Storymate Club” that encourages
them to check out books to take home and read to their younger siblings
School: Malibu
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Sharlene Parker
Project Name:
Creating Critical Connections
Grant Amount Awarded:
$1,000.00
Description:
This project will use grant money for staff development activities.
Materials purchased for the library and for use in staff workshops will assist
the instructional personnel in developing a repertoire of instructional
strategies based on current brain research. Effectiveness will be measured in
improved standardized test scores and an increase in the number of faculty
members who include the new strategies in their annual goals.
This grant is underwritten
by Electronic Systems
School: Office of
Technical and Career Education
Project Director(s):
Sally Holloman and Jinxey Poniatowski
Project Name:
Connecting with Career Connections
Grant Amount Awarded:
$500.00
Description:
This grant will
help to increase the number of participants at the annual Career Connection.
This annual event allows middle and high students to network with more than 125
career representatives to enhance their career awareness and prepare for a
smooth transition from school to work. The fair encourages informal networking
between students and professionals in the business community. The grant will
allow Career Connection planners to work with Marketing and Graphic Imaging
Technology students to develop creative promotional materials.
School: Williams
Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Deborah Ashby
Project Name:
Making Mathematics Come Alive Through Children's Literature
Grant Amount Awarded:
$400.00
Description:
This project is designed to help 160 third grade students at Bettie F.
Williams Elementary School improve their skills in critical thinking, problem
solving, analyzing and interpreting data, and applying mathematical skills to
everyday situations through the use of children’s literature. Literature
purchased will be used to introduce and reinforce mathematical concepts and to
enhance the Everyday Mathematics Curriculum.
School: Princess
Anne Elementary School
Project Director(s):
Kyle Williams
Project Name:
Teaching Virginia History With Contemporary Literature & Art
Grant Amount Awarded:
$925.00
Description:
The goal of this project is to improve student SOL scores in social
studies while making the study of history more real. Exciting lesson plans will
be written integrating social studies and language arts. Popular songs, video
clips, research projects and historical fiction will be used to make history
come alive. Children will use a variety of contemporary sources to enhance
their social studies instruction to improve fifth grade SOL scores.
This grant is underwritten
by Microsoft
