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2006 Southern San Joaquin
Valley (Kings, Tulare, and Kern Counties)
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| ELEMENTARY |
Smile, You’re in Kindergarten!
This program is meant to capture the enthusiasm kindergarten students bring to the classroom and combine it with digital photography to create classroom books and learning tools. With this program, we will begin by showing students how to use a digital camera and then divide them into small groups. A teacher or adult volunteer will help the students with each project. We will create a name book, number book, and alphabet book. This form of learning will be especially helpful for the English language learners in the class by allowing them to learn in this hands-on project.
Roblee Thiesse
Cummings Valley Elementary School |
Parent Involvement with Literacy
This program will feature monthly family events where parents are invited to come to their child’s classroom and read a book with them. Parents will be there for 1/2 hour to enjoy refreshments, gain a few skills from the literacy teacher, and read a short book with their child. Skills that will be discussed will be using expression, strategies to help with comprehension, and grade specific standards. Each family that attends will also go home with a free book of the child’s choosing.
Amber Burton
Terrace Elementary |
Got Friends?
Students will meet California State Standards for writing through activities that promote positivity and friendship. Students will also learn about emotions
and self-regulation through a cultural awareness exercise which meets California standards for social studies. All activities will help students understand themselves better, and assist them in relating to classmates, friends, and family.
Sherry Lanza
Woodrow Wallace Elementary School |
Reading Fluency
The Accelerated Readers’ Program will help students become fluent readers with excellent comprehension. Students will read Accelerated Readers’ books throughout the semester and take an Accelerated Readers’ test on the
computer after they finish reading each book.
Alma-Rita Holanday
Allensworth Elementary School |
Literacy for All
This grant will help purchase books at the lower reading levels to be used by students struggling at grade level reading as well as the Special Education students. Once a student reads a book 5 times, they will take the Accelerated Reader quiz. A progressive scale moves students through different levels. With each level, the students receive a certificate and a dog tag. Wearing the tag is a “badge of honor.”
Suzanne Arrache
Standard Elementary School |
Science IS Essential
This program expands on a continuing effort to enrich the current after school science program. Students will meet with a teacher twice a week to conduct hands-on science experiments. Students will learn the scientific method and will keep a science log and journal. An end of the year Science Fair is planned for Open House Night in May 2007.
Beverly Parker
Central Elementary School |
Day of Champions
The Day of Champions will be for students in first through third grade with a day full of activities that promote the six pillars: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. Each time one of the pillars is demonstrated it will be recognized and celebrated. Students will also be given special ribbons which say, “Doing My Best Makes Me A Winner” or a bracelet stating, “A Good Sport Is Always A Winner.”
Sandy Seitz
Lincoln Elementary School |
JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL |
The Vegetable Brigade
The Vegetable Brigade is a garden project where students will participate in all aspects of the garden, from its original development to the selling of their products. State Standards will be met by using math, research, and reading skills. Students will work together to share the equipment, develop the plans for the types of planting, divide responsibilities for different aspects of the garden, and to ultimately manage the money involved.
Judith Noack
The Aurora Program |
SENIOR HIGH |
Mustang Academy
A major component of the Mustang Academy is a summer transition program. The participating students will be required to complete summer school, which will be broken up into different segments: study skills and organization, conflict resolution, reading and writing remediation, and algebra preparation. This summer transition program will be a powerful foundation that will give the students a chance at remediation, as well as an understanding of the rigorous course work they will encounter in high school.
Heather Luttrell
Tulare Western High School |
I am a Mural Artist
During this project, students will create a series of campus murals. Participants will meet with the customer, which in this case is the Administrator of the school, and visit the proposed site of the murals to take measurements, do research and preliminary sketches. The surface of the mural will be prepared using the grid method, and will be painted by students working in small groups. The students will also learn how to clean up, store supplies for the site, and keep a timecard.
Suzette Milam
Porterville High School |
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