Curricular Area: Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment, Professional Development
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Kiln, pottery wheel, and professional development
This grant will expand the offerings available for students taking Foundations in Mixed Media, Intermediate/Advanced Media and Independent Art.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Implementation of the AVID Elective and AVID School Wide programs within two to three years. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
Providing staff with the professional development necessary to implement the AVID program is part of a larger district-wide vision to increase rigor and opportunity for all students.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects, Social Emotional Learning
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: WPSIS, Whitson Elementary
Items Purchased: Sensory Tools including wobble stools, wiggle cushions, noise cancelling headphones, and weighted lap pads, among others.
This grant provides tools that will help students with their emotional regulation, improve attention and focus, and help teachers promote different learning styles.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: WPSIS, Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Adruino Starter Kits
This grant provides Adruino starter kits to expand the the learning opportunities within the district’s coding curriculum. The Adruino kits will introduce both coding and electronics through fun, engaging, and hands-on projects. The tech class will use the starter kits to teach students about current, voltage, and digital logic as well as fundamentals of programming.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Whiteboards, Digital Temperature Probes, Hot Plates, Ebooks
This grant provides more equipment to create hands-on experiences for the students to engage with the content they are learning at a deeper level.
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