| Alternative Programs |
Funds will be used for the AERO Spoken Word Collaboration and Workshop which aims to engage struggling students in expressing their thoughts and emotions in a positive way. |
$500 |
| Black Hawk Middle School |
Funds will be used to purchase 12 digital cameras which teachers will use to integrate technology into classroom activities that focus on cooperative learning and hands-on engagement. |
$823 |
| Chávez Elementary School |
Funds will be used to purchase a Casio XJ-M140 projector. This coupled with other components will enable the creation of another interactive white board station which will give more students access to an interactive and contemporary way of learning. More students will be able to seek information, see demonstrations and interact with their peers using technology. |
$890 |
| Cherokee Middle School |
Funds will be used to insure that all students who want yearbooks will have them, regardless of the ability to purchase one. |
$436 |
| Funds will be used to establish “Gotcha You” which provides a process for 6th graders to be ‘caught’ engaging in positive behaviors by school staff and rewarded for their Above the Line behavior. |
$800 |
| Funds will be used for an intensive “Emergent Spanish” course for Cherokee faculty and other Cherokee community adults. |
$1,000 |
| Funds will be used for an Adapted Cooking Class for special education students. The class will provide meaningful engagement and relevant curriculum. |
$500 |
| Funds will be used to reward students for helping to clean the cafeteria, reinforcing a strong work ethic. |
$300 |
| East High School |
Funds will be used to enable students to attend the UW-Whitewater Creative Writing Festival. |
$1,400 |
| Elvehjem Elementary School |
Funds will be used toward The Figureheads Artist-in-Residency. The Figureheads will perform a concert, work with students to write a school song and perform it at an assembly. |
$661 |
| Franklin Elementary School |
Funds will be used to enable classroom teachers and support staff to implement the Fountas and Pinnell phonics and word study program. |
$823 |
Gompers Elementary
School |
Funds will be used toward the improvement of the school entrance. Students will participate as part of their science unit as perennial plants and bulbs will be added with the goal of attracting native pollinators, birds and butterflies. |
$205 |
| Funds will be used to purchase books that will be used in conjunction with free online “Moodle with your Noodle” literature program targeted at the 38% of 4th and 5th graders reading above grade level. |
$100 |
| Funds will be used toward the purchase of MP3 players which will be used to help accelerate student reading abilities. |
$250 |
| Funds will be used to purchase the Webber Articulation Card set for use in language therapy. |
$77 |
| Hamilton Middle School |
Funds will be used to add an archery unit to the PE curriculum. Expenses include the purchase of targets and target stands. |
$1,580 |
| Funds will be used to enable two staff members to attend the Central States conference on the teaching of Foreign Languages. |
$495 |
| Hawthorne Elementary School |
Funds will be used toward the 4/5 musical: “Go West – A Musical Celebration of America’s Westward Expansion.” |
$134 |
| Funds will be used toward the purchase of a soprano and alto glockenspiel with mallets. |
$504 |
| Funds will be used to create a library of children’s books written by Latino authors for the new 4K classrooms. |
$172 |
| Funds will be used to purchase a document camera for the K/1 teams. |
$556 |
| Jefferson Middle School |
Funds will be used toward Kevin Andrews’ Artist-in-Residency. Andrews is a professional Hip Hop Dancer and Instructor who will spend a week at Jefferson working with students to experience fitness and dancing through hip hop. |
$864 |
| Kennedy Elementary School |
Funds will be used to purchase two iPads to be used to target small-group literacy intervention, small-group math intervention and general research in the 4/5 classrooms. |
$359 |
| Funds will be used to purchase two flip cameras which will be used with existing presentation stations to record student discussions in reading groups, writing conferences, and math problem-solving groups. |
$359 |
| Lake View Elementary |
Funds will be used toward The Figureheads Artist-in-Residency which will result with an original song the school will use at monthly assemblies to promote positive behavior and acceptance of all children. |
$469 |
| Funds will be used in support of the second grade service learning project as part of their Africa unit. Students will communicate with their peers in Africa, building relationships and collecting pens for the students in Africa. |
$135 |
| Funds will be used toward the “We are Hmong” project which will provide school-wide exposure to Hmong music, food, stories and language. |
$250 |
| Lapham Elementary |
Funds will be used toward the purchase of leveled and high interest reading materials for the Reading Resource Room. |
$1,087 |
| Lincoln Elementary School |
Funds will be used toward the creation of the wellness path which is a component of the Outdoor Learning Laboratory. The path will provide an anchor for the project, as well as opportunities for community, staff and student involvement and a place for students to interact with seniors from the Burr Oaks senior housing development. |
$897 |
| Lindbergh Elementary School |
Funds will be used to increase student engagement and foster a sense of belonging through the creation of a t-shirt that is unique to Lindbergh Elementary. |
$686 |
| Lowell Elementary School |
Funds will be used to expand the implementation of two Parent Empowerment Projects, one for parents of African American students and one for parents of Latino students. |
$885 |
| Marquette Elementary School |
Funds will be used to purchase books at all reading levels for genres and content areas that are currently lacking, enabling staff to meet the needs of diverse groups of learners. |
$1,087 |
| Memorial High School |
Funds will be used for the purchase of a Tetrix Base Robotics Kit which will enable more students to participate in the First Tech Challenge and will support the Science Club’s work to expand the range of STEM related experiences available. |
$553 |
| Funds will be used for the construction of a greenhouse in partnership with the Lussier Community Center. |
$1,000 |
| Funds will be used to purchase a wireless microphone system for use with video cameras. |
$542 |
| Mendota Elementary School |
The Mendota PTO contributed an additional $1,658 enabling Mendota to award 20 grants for a variety of projects including the purchase of books for reading recovery students to take home and keep, voice recorders to accelerate reading instruction for struggling readers, frames to display student work in the community, and headphones to use with keyboards in music class. |
$1,772 |
| Muir Elementary School |
Funds will be used to support a school-wide quilting project. Students will work with local artist Nancy Daly to create a large quilt “mural” which will be on display at the school. |
$400 |
| Funds will be used to purchase MP3 players and headphones for use in classrooms to support literacy. |
$1,093 |
| O'Keeffe Middle School |
Funds will be used to enable participation in Youth Frontier retreats which are school-transforming days that have a long-term effect on engagement, behavior and motivation. |
$1,771 |
| Orchard Ridge Elementary School |
Funds will be used to purchase materials to strengthen and support oral language and vocabulary development. |
$223 |
| Funds will be used toward the 4th and 5th grade student overnight environmental education filed trip to the MacKenzie Environmental Education Center in Poynette. |
$482 |
| Randall Elementary School |
Funds will be used to establish a Math Intervention Program utilizing the IXL Math Practice Site, an effective, research-based program for improving achievement and inspiring enthusiasm for math. |
$839 |
| Sennett Middle School |
Funds will be used toward the purchase of a document camera, laptop and cart for the Art Department, creating a complete presentation station which will expose students to the integration of art and technology. |
$1,321 |
| Shabazz City High School |
Funds will be used to support a new service learning class centered on bicycle repair and maintenance. |
$1,200 |
| Funds will be used to purchase technological tools that will be used in teaching the art of film. |
$700 |
| Funds will be used to support the promotion of service learning. |
$350 |
| Funds will be used to support a service learning class on independent publications. |
$1,000 |
| Sherman Middle School |
Funds will be used in support of the Young Playwrights program which gives voice to students through the various aspects of theater. |
$1,400 |
| Shorewood Elementary School |
Funds will be used to purchase a document camera, cart and power strip to complete one presentation station which will be utilized by students to develop visual aids for use during presentations. |
$712 |
| Funds will be used to enable students to work with a fiber artist and the art teacher to design a new Shorewood Shark logo and to create a clay tile mosaic inspired by Cat Stevens’ song Peace Train. |
$1,250 |
| Spring Harbor Middle School |
Funds will be used for the purchase of a portable interactive whiteboard which will help to increase student engagement and improve creative and innovative instruction. |
$3,343 |
| Stephens Elementary School |
Funds will be used to offer yoga classes to the 4th and 5th grades. Instructor specializes in teaching yoga to children and will incorporate student ideas and interests as well as tying classes to units of study. |
$400 |
| Funds will be used to support 4/5 weekly writing club which helps students develop writing skills and strategies. Students will publish a book of their writing. |
$224 |
| Funds will be used to purchase die-cut templates for school-wide use. Die-Cut templates allow teachers to create games and other teaching tools that support the curriculum and broaden the language spectrum of all students. |
$400 |
| Thoreau Elementary School |
Funds will be used toward Earth Day event featuring 40 stations meant to help students better understand their connections to the outdoor surroundings at the school and how their actions affect the local community and the world. |
$200 |
| Funds will be used to establish a lunch-hour book club meant to foster a love for reading outside the classroom. |
$500 |
| Funds will be used to establish a rain garden to complement the existing vegetable garden and further the outdoor classroom experience. Students will be able to conduct soil analysis, slope and water volume calculations, plant selection and garden layout. |
$1,000 |
| Funds will be used to enable students to participate in Terrace Town, complementing social studies curriculum. Students will work together to create and build rural, urban and suburban communities. |
$690 |
| Funds will be used to create book bags with books for students in the literacy intervention program to take home and read with their families. |
$70 |
| Funds will be used to establish Thoreau’s involvement in the nationally recognized African-American Parent Involvement Day, strengthening the school community and benefitting all students. |
$294 |
| Toki Middle School |
Funds will be used to host a dinner for Toki families prepared and served by students and staff in celebration of the 6th grade’s successful completion of the first part of their learning expedition. The event will serve as a forum to showcase student work and connect families with the learning students have demonstrated through projects and products. |
$813 |
| Van Hise Elementary School |
Funds will be used to establish a “Spanish for Spanish Speakers” after school club meant to help students maintain their home language while developing their English skills. |
$717 |
| West High School |
Funds will be used to purchase a portable projector and speakers to be used with a Foreign Language Department laptop, to create a mobile technology station enabling language to be experienced as a live and real entity, engaging students on a higher level. |
$600 |
| Funds will be used to purchase two netbooks which will be used in the Pathways class that offers an opportunity for credit recovery through the use of online and Guided Study courses. |
$600 |
| Funds will be used to support the United Nations Club which focuses on learning the skills of debate, compromise and conflict resolution. |
$233 |
| Wright Middle School |
Funds will be used to purchase digital cameras which will enable the school to showcase positive projects and activities through the district and school websites, school newsletter, and yearbook. |
$350 |
| Funds will be used for staff development, enabling staff to look at violence in schools in terms of social injustice and barriers to access. Staff will examine peer mediation, conflict resolution and creating active citizens who are agents for change. |
$470 |
