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2010-2011 Mini-Grants Awarded Throughout our District
Haverford Aware - Paid for supplies necessary to build birdhouses for placement throughout our community. An 80-member student club will follow up with periodic maintenance and will use the birdhouses to track usage of artificial habitats and diversity of species in the area for years to come. Manoa's Magic in Me production elementary school musical. Reading Olympics - Paid for books to help 4th and 5th graders (187 students) prepare for the Delaware County Reading Olympics, a competition the celebrates reading and allows participants to display their knowledge of popular books in a game show setting.
Read 180 Audio Books - Funding for purchase of iPod Nanos to replace CD players currently in use for the Read 180 program, part of Level 3 Language Arts. In the long term, the Nanos will reduce costs because the mp3 books are cheaper and can store more titles on each device.
Real Literature as Mentor Texts - Funding for the purchase of books to use in classroom libraries with 5th grade students. The books will be used as "mentors" to help teach the traits and skills of writing to help the students become better writers.
Written Expression w/Speech & Text - Funding for the purchase of speech to text software to engage students with writing difficulties in supplemental learning support class. The software would allow students to capture their ideas quickly without being labored by writing or spelling. Sensory Management - Funding to create a centralized sensory management lending library to serve our special education and therapy students who experience sensory management needs. In addition, this library could be made available to regular education students through referral to the building's child study team so that students who are not currently receiving specialized services but whose learning might benefit from sensory supports could have access to sensory materials and/or strategy trials.
Literacy Centers: Interactive & Differentiated - Funding for materials for an interactive hands-on literacy center for the Kindergarten classrooms to be integrated into the current language arts program and used to motivate students to succeed.
Using iPad to Improve Communication Skills - Purchase of an iPad and available application to further the IEP goals for the students who receive Speech and Language Therapy from K-12. These goals may include articulating/producing sounds, building sentences, responding to "WH" questions (who , what, when , where, why), speaking for non-verbal students, practicing pragmatic language skills, increasing vocabulary knowledge and usage and communicating in community settings.
Bookband - Helping to integrate music into the language arts curriculum with equipment to allow for the formation of music using garageband software and computers during a variety of planned lessons.
Prior Grants Awarded
Best Buddies Life Skills Class
Practice Makes Perfect - Foreign Language Headsets
Supplemental Vocal Library - Small Group Music
WHHS Comrex Remote Broadcast Unit
ELMO Digital Visual Projector
Artist in Residence - Labyrinth Project
Phonological Awareness
Manoa Morning News
Author Visit by Julianna Baggot
Chestnutwold TV Station
Smart Remotes Student Response System (Oakmont Grant)
Social Thinking and Self-Awareness (Murphy Grant)
One School/One Book
Author Program/Artist in Residency
Family Resource Center
Weather Project
Recess Monitors Training
Flex Workshop-Classroom Management
Reading Mentor
French/ Philadelphia Cultural Connection
Reading Instruction
Integrated Pest Management project
Art Careers! Zoom!
Biggs and Littles
Legacy Books to Honor Retiring Staff
Career Education with Visiting Artists
Heritage Festival
Kindergarten Audiences
Motion and Design
Poetry Workshop
Read It Forward
Why Numbers Count
Women in History
You, Too, Have An Absolutely True Story
Artist in Residence
Cultural Exploration
Funnersize Programs (Several Schools)
Environmental Education
Reading Comprehension, 9th Grade Academy
Author Visit
I-Photo Book
Lenape Tribe Assembly & Activities
Spanish Assembly
Adopt a Soldier
Bone Boxes for Anatomy Classes
Fit to Learn
Literacy Backpacks
A Picture Says 1,000 words
Recess Improved
Spirit of Chestnutwold Mosaic Mural
Let the Sun Shine In - Composting/Solar
Celebrities Read
Integrated Writing 4th & 5th Grades
Integrating Digital Media
Read Naturally Summer Kits
Making Math Meaningful with Picture Books
Several Author Visits by Dan Gutman
Sensory Integration Tools
Author Visit by Julianna Baggott
Equipment for WHHS Radio Station
Evening of Jazz
Robotics
Community Garden
How Far Did You Walk?
It IS Easy Being Green
Artist in Res, Photography
Science Week
Fordian—Photography instruction
Interact—Plastic recycling
Life Cycle of a Plant
How Plants Grow
Plant Propagation
Health Times Newspaper
NASA Academy of Future Space Explorers
Yoga Kids for Special Needs Children
Exploring Fabric Art with Quilt Artist
Art in the Classroom Artists Prints
Club Isis for 6th Grade Girls to Combat Bullying
Yoga Kids: Breathe Life Into Learning
Integrating technology with Special Needs Students
Audio Books for Reluctant Readers
Literacy Connections to Everyday Math Lessons
Artist in Residence Mural Project
Haverford High School Science Olympiad
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