Posts tagged Across Subjects
TRUSTY Books Not MUSTY Books – $627
TRUSTY Books Not MUSTY Books – $627

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: District-wide
Items Purchased: enrollment in the “Managing Children’s Collections from Acquisition to Weeding” course

This is a project that invests in the White Salmon Valley School District librarians, through professional development. The goal of this project is to improve the school libraries in our district by equipping the librarians with the necessary library management skills to revitalize our libraries.

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2021Anne StringerHenkle Middle School, English Language Arts, Across Subjects, Whitson Elementary, Columbia High School
2D Design & Fabrication Laser Cutter — $6,000
2D Design & Fabrication Laser Cutter — $6,000

Curricular Area: Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School, Henkle Middle School, W & P Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: Lasercutter

Our objective is to make a laser cutter available to a large sector of students who do not currently have access to a machine which is commonly found in manufacturing, engineering, commercial art, and secondary education. Students will use the laser cutter to gain hands-on experience in prototyping for speci?ic engineering projects. This machine revolutionizes the way traditional subjects like art and woodworking are taught, giving students the opportunity to develop skills in digital design and fabrication which will open new career paths for them.

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2021Anne StringerSTEM, Arts, Across Subjects, Equipment, Career and Technical Education
1st Grade STEAM Play Kits — $1662
1st Grade STEAM Play Kits — $1662

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Equipment, COVID Response
Schools: Whitson Elementary School
Items Purchased: Individual educational play kits

2020 COVID Response Grant

Teachers used this grant to purchase durable products and supplies to create individual kits for 2nd grade students so they could play independently while still social distancing. The products selected have long term benefit as well.

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2020Anne StringerSTEM, Arts, Whitson Elementary, Across Subjects, Equipment
2nd Grade Play Kits — $800
2nd Grade Play Kits — $800

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Equipment, COVID Response
Schools: Whitson Elementary School
Items Purchased: Individual educational play kits

Teachers used this grant to purchase durable products and supplies to create individual kits for 2nd grade students so they could play independently while still social distancing. The products selected have long term benefit as well.

2020 COVID Response Grant

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2020Anne StringerWhitson Elementary, Across Subjects, Equipment
Distance Learning Support — $16,000
Distance Learning Support — $16,000

Curricular Area: Across Subjects; Crisis Support
Grant Focus: Equipment, Technology; COVID Support
Schools: District-wide
Items Purchased: Chromebooks and hot spots

Forty Chromebooks and 5 hot spots were purchased for the schools to enable distance learning for all students during the COVID crisis.

2020 COVID Response Grant

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2020Anne StringerAcross Subjects, Whitson Elementary, W&P Stevenson Intermediate, Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
PBL Teacher Training Institute – $7,500
PBL Teacher Training Institute – $7,500

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Whitson Elementary, W&P Stevenson Intermediate, Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Teacher training for Project Based Learning

This grant sends three teams of five teachers consisting of staff members from each of the four schools to a foundational workshop for Project Based Learning.

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Spring 2018Guest UserW&P Stevenson, Across Subjects, Whitson Elementary, Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
PBL World Institute – $2,500
PBL World Institute – $2,500

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: W&P Stevenson Intermediate
Items Purchased: In-depth teacher training for Project Based Learning

The PBL World Institute is supported by the Buck Institute of Education, a nonprofit that helps teachers to design, implement, and assess projects for Project Based Learning.

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Spring 2018Guest UserW&P Stevenson, Across Subjects
Media Arts Project – $5,355
Media Arts Project – $5,355

Curricular Area: Arts; Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
Items Purchased: iPad Pro Kits and accessories

The aim of this grant is to facilitate a 7-12th Media Arts Pilot Program, with the long-term goal of a sustainable Career and Technical Education program in Film and Media Arts.

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Fall 2017Guest UserHenkle Middle School, Columbia High School, Arts, Career and Technical Education, Across Subjects
Virtual Expeditions @ CHS – $7,668
Virtual Expeditions @ CHS – $7,668

Curricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Experiences; Technology
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: a class set of 30 virtual reality goggles, 30 phones, and 1 “Guide” (teacher) tablet

Google has launched an educational experience called Google Expeditions—field trips that are teacher-lead through 360° virtual reality tours of over 1000 locations, colleges, and careers. 

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Spring 2017Guest UserAcross Subjects, Technology, Experiences