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2003
GRANTS AWARDED: $40,195
$9,996
Courage to Teach: Improving Practices through Reflection and Collaboration
Thoreau,
Falk & District Wide (MMSD)
The project will support 17 MMSD educators to participate in retreats
based on the Courage to Teach Program.
$3,000
For the Education of the Children - Part 2
Shabazz High School
During Part 1 of this project, Shabazz students created K-12 curriculum
materials after studying and visiting Mound Bayou, one of the few remaining
historic Black townships in the US. During Part 2, Shabazz students
will create K-12 curriculum packets for distribution to MMSD staff members.
Through several in-service opportunities MMSD staff members will be
trained to use the Mound Bayou curriculum and web site.
$3,964
Bilingual Literacy Project
Cherokee Middle School
The Bilingual Literacy Project is designed to support the academic success
of Cherokee's growing bilingual Spanish-speaking population. The project
has four components: building a collection of books in Spanish for the
LMC; involving families in support of children's literacy goals; encouraging
students and their families to read together; and strengthening parents'
involvement in the school community.
$5,000
Community Gardens
Hawthorne Elementary School
The community gardens project will help tie the community to the school.
Through the purchase of supplies, tools, books, and a shed, the Hawthorne
Community Garden will be able to maintain and sustain itself through
the years to come. Community relationships will be enhanced through
work with EMCC.
$10,000
Toki Middle School Literacy Development Lab
Toki Middle School
This project will use Scholastic's Read 180 instructional program to
service struggling readers in regular education, special education and
English Language Learner programs. The program offers individualized
skill instruction and motivating, technology-based components for building
comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and fluency.
$5,435
The Planting Roots Project
Falk Elementary School
The Planting Roots project would impact all 258 students of Falk Elementary
School in that they would be involved in the creation of handmade mosaic
tiles to be installed as an art piece on a new concrete sign identifying
the neighborhood in which the school is located. The project would bring
together the Greentree Neighborhood Association, the Falk PTO, Falk
Students and the artist-in-residence, Bill Grover.
$500
The Grove Project
Falk Elementary School
Students will be involved in interactive and collaborative musical activities
that use the exploration of improvisation and composition as the backdrop
for discovering or reinforcing basic music concepts in a hands-on setting.
$600
Composed Poems
Wright Middle School
Students will have the opportunity to create their own poetry and musical
compositions to accompany the poems. The language arts classroom and
string classroom curricula will be integrated and extended with the
skills of two gifted artists-in-residence, Fabu Mogaka, poet, and Leo
Sidran, musician and composer.
$600
Opera for the Young
Midvale Elementary School
Midvale will host a performance of the Opera for the Young. Students
at Midvale will participate in the opera in a variety of ways, ranging
from audience participation to acting and singing on stage.
$100
African Drumming
Thoreau Elementary School
The purchase of 16-20 African drums as well as a performance by Omo-Ana
African drummers and dancers from Milwaukee will enhance the music program
at Thoreau. African drumming has been known to increase the self-esteem
and motivational drive in at-risk students. Drumming is being used in
communities throughout the world to foster creativity, focus, equality,
and cooperation.
$1,000
Grade Level Books Lending Library
Stephens Elementary School
Grade Level Books Lending LIbrary for Glenn Stephens Elementary School
Books.
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