MIDI Studio Project

The MIDI (Musical Instrumental Digital Interface) Studio expands the music curriculum and encourages student creativity by giving instrumental vocal and AP Music Theory students access to technology to learn music theory piano composition and arranging. Students can produce music for public performances and private exploration using a keyboard and MIDI computer software purchased with this grant and computers monitors and a printer provided by the school district.’);

Year:	1998
Subject:	‘Art & Music’
Amount:	$1268
Project Manager:	‘Dr. Frederick Mayer’
School:	Cleveland Heights High

Coloring Outside the Lines

This grant funded computer software that facilitates individualized learning and enrichment for students in a pilot self-contained multi-level classroom for 6th graders. Team Members: Bridget Doyle (project manager), Jeff Lavin, Jeff Forman, and Dr. Paul Masem.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Technology
Amount: $378
Project Manager: Bridget Doyle
School: Wiley Middle School

Vocational Step Program

A primary focus of the curriculum for Multiple Handicapped students is preparation for work. Grant funds supplied students in the Multiple Handicapped classroom reusable materials for developing vocational skills that will erase their transition from school to work.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Special Education
Amount: $950
Project Manager: Quata Zehe
School: Roxboro Elementary

Increasing Reading/Writing Achievement for At Risk Students

This project supports a targeted group of primary students to strengthen their reading skills by providing quality literature books and magnetic letters for use at home and with student tutors. Team Members: Iane Roberts (project manager), Paula Johnson, Kim Saul, Sean Sullivan, Elizabeth Miller, Nancy Schwab and Delores Vehar.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,800
Project Manager: Iane Roberts
School: Oxford Elementary

Real Life Learning Through Reading

This project was designed to motivate and support students as readers by tying the content of their reading to real experiences and building a sense of community among students. This fourth and fifth grade team purchased whole class sets of several books whose themes relate to integrated units that also involve them in field trips and special projects. Team members: Kelli Andrews (project manger), Carol Rosiak and Delores Vehar.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Reading
Amount: $700
Project Manager: Carol Rosiak
School: Oxford Elementary

Kindergarten Learning

Each week the reading teacher visits each kindergarten class and uses grant-funded books to introduce key strategies for independent reading. The theme of each book connects to science and social studies units being studied in the class. Team Members: Carol Ghazarian (project manager), Cyndi Oviatt, Lynn Slater, Evelyn Fierer, and Denine Goolsby.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,000
Project Manager: Carol Ghazarian
School: Canterbury Elementary

Phonetic Awareness and Decoding

Research indicates that successful readers are able to blend and segment sounds. When this “phonemic awareness” is learned early it makes future growth much more possible. This team purchased a variety of instructional materials to help a targeted group of students in K-5 develop crucial phonemic and decoding skills for fluent reading. Project managers: Barbara Soules and Betty Kohn.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Reading
Amount: $969
Project Manager: Betty Kohn
School: Coventry Elementary

Real Reading for At-risk Primary Students

This grant addresses the special reading needs of a group of students in four different classrooms who have difficulty decoding words when reading stories. Students can now apply phonetic skills to read books purchased with this grant that are matched to their phonetic instruction. Project manager: Roberta Herman.

Year: 1998-1999
Subject: Reading
Amount: $556
Project Manager: Roberta Herman
School: Coventry Elementary