Passage to Proficiency

The 8th grade Navigator Team will reach more students by incorporating technology in the classroom across content areas. The team will share the use of a Smart Board.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Technology
Amount: $1,500
Project Manager: Lia Radke
School: Roxboro Middle School

Oxford Mother/Son Event

Boys who attend Oxford Elementary will be invited with their mothers to a special Mother-Son event to be held in December, 2007. Mothers of Oxford students are being surveyed to determine the type of event they would enjoy the most to provide a memorable, bonding experience with their sons. The Oxford PTA will design an event that provides a place for the boys to learn and practice some formal etiquette and socialize without the interference of their female peers. Grant funds will defray the cost of food for this event.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Amount: $250
Project Manager: Aziza Jimerson
School: Oxford Elementary

Engaged in Outdoor Education

Seventh graders from Wiley Middle School will go to Nuhop Camp in Ashland, Ohio for a 3-day outdoor educational experience in May 2008. They will take classes in archeology, canoeing, compass challenge, ecology, genetics, map skills, stream study and survival skills. This grant will defray costs so that all students can participate.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Interdisciplinary; Motivational
Amount: $1,500
Project Manager: Heather Penny
School: Wiley Middle School

Drama Club at Heights High

Heights High has a part-time Drama Club Advisor. This project will pay for two theater professionals, Marc Moritz and Robin Pease to work with the new Drama Club Advisor and students to prepare for the Improv Olympics, cast and direct an evening of live theatre, help launch and develop the Heights High Drama club.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Arts & Music
Amount: $1,500
Project Manager: Tom Kerr
School: Cleveland Heights High School

BABE, Better Attendance Benefits Everyone

Within the Career Prep Department at Heights High is the GRADS (Graduation, Reality, And Dual-roles Skills) program open to pregnant and parenting students. B.A.B.E. (Better Attendance Benefits Everyone) is designed to encourage students to attend classes regularly and to read to their children. Students will receive coupons for attendance and participating in special events. Every 9 weeks, students can redeem their coupons for children’s books. Students will learn infant sign language and learn about the benefits of reading to their children as ways to stimulate their language and intellectual development.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Motivational; Parental Involvement; Reading
Amount: $1,400
Project Manager: Pat Fuller
School: Career Prep Department at Heights High

Infusing Art and Technology

This project will help differentiate the Mosaic Experience from the 4 other small schools at Heights High by developing its character as the school that integrates technology and the arts. Grant funds will be used to purchase materials to construct 3 visual art projects to be used by social studies, math, drama, photography, art, CISCO and science classes. The projects include large stretch wrap and packing tape sculptures, miniature glowing lamps called “throwies,” and a huge 3-dimensional SOMA puzzle made of folded index cards.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Art & Music; Technology; Interdisciplinary
Amount: $1,000
Project Manager: Al DeGennaro
School: Mosaic Experience School

Putting the Mosaic in MOSAIC

The Mosaic Experience has commissioned artist George Woideck to work with students to design, create and install a ceramic tile mosaic in the Mosaic Experience wing. Students from a history class will study the historical and cultural influences of mosaics and incorporate a historical theme in the mosaic’s design. Students from a geometry class will focus on the technical aspects of tiling and study the science of geometric design. The artist will work with students from both classes to create the final design and build the mosaic in December, 2007.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Arts & Music; Social Studies; Math
Amount: $950
Project Manager: Al DeGennaro
School: Mosaic Experience at Heights High

Operation Calculator

Ohio Academic Content Standards require use of scientific calculators. They are an integral part of high school math and science classes and are used on the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT). Due to financial need, many students cannot afford to purchase scientific calculators. This grant will help fund the purchase of calculators for Legacy School ninth graders.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Math
Amount: $750
Project Manager: Joel Mulder
School: Legacy School at Heights High

Dear Diary Project

Studies show that journaling helps many students emotionally, physically and educationally. 85 students at Roxboro Middle identified with an educational disability will participate in the Dear Diary Project which provides writing materials and the opportunity to free-write creatively and privately on a consistent daily basis.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Writing
Amount: $1,150
Project Manager: Marilyn Gardner
School: Roxboro Middle School

Read 180 Books

Read 180 is a reading intervention program with which students can make measurable gains in reading achievement. During daily 90 minute sessions, students rotate through whole group instruction, small group discussion, computer work, and independent reading. Some students participate for two years and need access to new titles. These funds will be used to purchase a new collection of paperback books to be shared by the two Read 180 classes at Boulevard.

Year: 2007 - 2008
Subject: Reading
Amount: $1,031
Project Manager: Barbara Kates
School: Monticello Middle School

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