Curricular Area: Science
Grant Focus: Hands On Learning
Schools: Whitson Elementary School
The Jewett Creek stream surveys will allow students to engage in real-world, hands-on stream monitoring processes using pre-existing test kits for water quality, including temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrates/phosphates, pH, turbidity and macroinvertebrates.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Columbia High School
This grant is for the purchase of 10 new laptop computers to replace aged-out computers. Computers are needed in the woodshop to teach modern skills students are likely to need in today’s construction and manufacturing industries.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Whitson Elementary
This project provides fourth grade students and teachers with access to the Accelerated Reader program and STAR testing.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Career and Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School
The objective of the Columbia High School Tiny House Project is to give students the opportunity to engage in real-life, hands-on construction experiences. Throughout the tiny house construction students will gain valuable insight and experience with wood structural framing, plan reading, insulation, door and window installation, roofing, siding and interior finish carpentry.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment, Technology
Schools: Columbia High School, Henkle Middle School
This grant provides new mirrorless cameras for the yearbook and photography programs at both CHS and HMS. Mirrorless cameras have become the industry-standard for many professional photographers. This grant also funds equipment to modify old technology so that the schools can utilize existing lenses with the new mirrorless cameras.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Columbia High School
Access to a graphing calculator in math class is important to high school students because it enhances their understanding of complex concepts and supports problem-solving skills. Graphing calculators allow students to visualize mathematical functions, such as plotting graphs of equations, which can make abstract ideas more concrete. They also enable quicker computations for complex problems, giving students more time to focus on understanding the underlying principles rather than getting bogged down by manual calculations.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment, Technology
Schools: Columbia High School
This unique project responded to a request directly from the high school class of 2028 to purchase a Glowforge laser cutter (and filter that allows for more flexible use) to create items that could later be sold for fundraising.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Whitson Elementary
Since WSVSD has already prioritized GLAD, this project ensures that teachers can move beyond training into full-scale implementation, making the most of the district’s investment. This project provides hands-on collaborative lesson planning specific to the Geography curriculum, and develop ready-to-use GLAD-aligned Geography materials that will benefit both students and teachers long-term.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Whitson Elementary
The high quality, long lasting headphones provided in this grant are used in many different settings in the school.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: District Wide
Students at White Salmon Valley School District (WSVSD) will now receive access to Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a nationally recognized program designed to support students in achieving college readiness and success.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Social Studies, English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Experiences
Schools: Whitson
This grant provides funding to build on a program already implemented at Whitson Elementary that introduces students to local history fro the perspective of the local tribal culture through hands-on projects, writing activities, reader’s theater, historical text analysis, and visits from tribal members.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Whitson
This grant provides materials for the 4th Grade classes at Whitson Elementary. These STEM tubs will provide hands-on, creative resources for teachers to inspire students to engage with and learn math in nontraditional ways.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Curriculum Schools: Wallace and Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
A one-year pilot program for Science and Math Curriculum for WPSIS to support current labs and hands-on experiences to help students learn content visually through investigation and inquiry.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Whitson Elementary
Updating Whitson Elementary Schools Instructional Book Room with new books that are aligned to research based practices from the Science of Reading. These new books will be used in addition to the materials in K-4 English Language Arts (ELA) Core Curricula to help teachers differentiate instruction to meet the needs and skill levels of their students.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Health and Physical Education, Career and Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School, Henkle Middle School, W & P Intermediate School
Updating the nearly 30-year-old kitchen learning space at CHS to provide hands-on, real-world knowledge and skills to students from intermediate school through high school during school hours and after school programming.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Career and Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School
To enhance the Electronics Technology course at CHS, we are acquiring twelve additional electronics training units (trainers). These units will supplement the twelve trainers already provided by CGCC. This ensures that every student enrolled in the course will have access to a trainer for 100% of their class time.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Arts
Grant Focus: Curriculum
Schools: Columbia High School
Purchasing 35 concert band and jazz band pieces of sheet music to diversity and enhance CHS’s music library. The goal is to provide music students with sheet music to perform that is relevant to them, speaks to them, and inspires them.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: District-wide
When our schools experienced a significant financial crisis this year, resulting in devastating budget shortages, staffing reductions, and program cuts, we promptly responded by awarding a grant totaling $87,325. In partnership with our new superintendent, Rich Polkinghorn, we will be allocating those funds to address the specific needs of our schools.
Read MoreCurricular 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.
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