Curricular 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.
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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: Social Emotional Learning, English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Books
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Books
By purchasing culturally diverse books for the middle school ELA classroom library, this project provides an opportunity for students to see themselves in literature. It will assist in social emotional learning as students are able to relate to books and see how others grapple with issues. The goal of more diverse books is to provide “mirrors, windows, and ladders” for students to see themselves reflect in classroom materials as well as a deeper understanding of others’ experiences.
Curricular Area: Social Emotional Learning
Grant Focus: Books
Schools: Whitson Elementary School, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: Books
Curricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Books
Schools: Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: Books and teacher research time
The teacher applying for this grant noted that the classroom libraries didn’t fairly represent the diversity in our student population. This grant will compensate the teacher for research time as well as the purchase of novels and nonfiction literature for WPSIS 4-6th grade English Language Arts classroom libraries. Books will be by diverse authors about diverse topics featuring diverse protagonists.
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: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Whitson Elementary
Items Purchased: 12 Kindle Paperwhites, 12 Kindle Fires, eBook Library
This grant supported a pilot into using eReaders to "encourage voracious consumption of high-quality books" by Whitson students, as well as supporting struggling readers and English language learners with "immersive reading" experiences.
Read MoreCurricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: W&P Stevenson Intermediate
Items Purchased: Books
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Curricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Technology
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Chromebooks
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Curricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Henkle Middle School
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Curricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Professional Development
Schools: Henkle Middle School
Curricular Area: English Language Arts
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Henkle Middle School
