Curricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: 28 Chromebooks
Chromebooks purchased with this grant will be integrated into the 7th grade science classroom to “bring scientific modeling, simulations, presentations and publications into our classroom on a regular basis, to give life and form to the abstract concepts we are studying”.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Social Emotional Learning
Grant Focus: At-risk students
Schools: Columbia High School, White Salmon Academy
Items Purchased: Coordinator for Sources of Strength
Sources of Strength (SOS) is a comprehensive wellness program focusing on the prevention of suicide, violence, and substance abuse in schools and their communities.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Books
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Books
This grant provides funds for English Language Arts teachers at Henkle Middle School to purchase “high interest books for our students that reflect the diversity of our students, their experiences, and interests”.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects, STEM
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Whitson Elementary
Items Purchased: Coaching on the use of technology in the classroom
The focus of this grant is to provide teachers with the training needed to implement and integrate technology, using Chromebooks, in the classroom in all content areas.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects, Social Studies (World Languages)
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Whitson Elementary
Items Purchased: Chromebooks
These Chromebooks will enable Whitson Elementary to offer a new Digital Spanish class, while continuing a newly combined Library/Computer Science class.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Health and Physical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Wally & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate
Items Purchased: Basketball Hoop Height Adjusters
Together with funds from the School District and the WSCY basketball program, this grant allows for the purchase and installation of height adjusters on the backboards at the small gym at Wallace and Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School.
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