Curricular 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.
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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: 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.
Read MoreCurricular 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.
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Technology; COVID Support
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: ThingLink Teacher license
ThingLink Teacher licenses were requested to provide educators with better tools for distance learning during COVID.
2020 COVID Response Grant
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Technology; COVID Support
Schools: District-wide
Items Purchased: GimKit license
The Columbia High School Technology Team recommended a GimKit license district-wide to provide educators with better tools for distance learning during COVID.
2020 COVID Response Grant
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Technology; COVID Support
Schools: Henkle Middle School, Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Kami App licenses
The Columbia High School Technology Team recommended Kami App licenses for CHS and HMS math classes to provide educators with better tools for distance learning .
2020 COVID Response Grant
Read MoreCurricular Area: Across Subjects
Grant Focus: Technology; COVID Support
Schools: District-wide
Items Purchased: PearDeck license
The Columbia High School Technology Team recommended a PearDeck license district-wide to provide educators with better tools for distance learning during COVID.
2020 COVID Response Grant
Read MoreCurricular 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
Read MoreCurricular Area: Arts
Grant Focus: Band Instruments
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Chimes, Tuba, Euphonium, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax
CHS's Band Program has seen great success and growth over the last 5 years. It has grown from 40 students in 2013 to a projected 70 for 2020. As the ensemble grows, the need for essential instruments has also become more apparent. This grant pays for a collection of instruments (Chimes, Tuba, Euphonium, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax) that will enhance the sound and maintain proper balance within the Concert Band ensemble.
Read MoreCurricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: 90 TI-84 CE Graphing Calculators plus Chargers
This grant outfits high school math classes with TI-84 CE graphing calculators with a primary goal of building confidence and promoting engagement among students.
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