Posts tagged STEM
HMS Robotics Class — $6,096.47
HMS Robotics Class — $6,096.47

This grant funds the launch of a VexIQ robotics elective at Henkle Middle School, bringing structured engineering and programming education to 7th and 8th graders during the school day. A VexIQ classroom bundle — including 10 robot kits, field tiles, game objects, and coding materials — will serve up to 20 students per trimester, reaching roughly one-third of the HMS student body each year. Students will design, build, and program robots to tackle real-world challenges aligned with NGSS engineering standards and Common Core Math, building on a successful after-school VexIQ competition program that drew 28 students to its first meeting.

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2026Sandy SlaytonSTEM
WES Math Task Force — $3,000
WES Math Task Force — $3,000

As the White Salmon Valley School District prepares to adopt a new math curriculum in 2026–27, this grant creates a district-wide Math Task Force to build teacher capacity around high-quality, inquiry-based mathematics instruction. Funding will support job-embedded professional development — including peer classroom observations and collaborative planning sessions — and send a team of five teachers to the regional Northwest Math Conference in both 2026 and 2027. By developing in-house expertise that can be shared across all buildings, the initiative aims to raise district-wide math proficiency rates by 15% by 2028.

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2026Sandy SlaytonSTEM
Replacement TI-84 Graphing Calculators - $4,418
Replacement TI-84 Graphing Calculators - $4,418

Curricular 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.

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2025AdminSTEM, Technology, Columbia High School
Gizmos - $1,978
Gizmos - $1,978

Curricular 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.

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2024AdminW&P Stevenson, STEM, Curriculum
Technology Class Enhancements - $1517
Technology Class Enhancements - $1517

Curricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: WPSIS, Henkle Middle School
Items Purchased: Adruino Starter Kits

This grant provides Adruino starter kits to expand the the learning opportunities within the district’s coding curriculum. The Adruino kits will introduce both coding and electronics through fun, engaging, and hands-on projects. The tech class will use the starter kits to teach students about current, voltage, and digital logic as well as fundamentals of programming.

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Spring 2022AdminTechnology, Henkle Middle School, STEM, W&P Stevenson Intermediate
Technology Classes and 3D Printers — $3,200
Technology Classes and 3D Printers — $3,200

Curricular Area: STEM, Design
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Henkle Middle School, W & P Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: 2 3D printers, filament

This project combines education goals around design and technology, using 3D printers to bring the digital world into the physical world. 3D printing offers students the ability to experience their projects from the model stage to actual creation of the model. This creates both excitement and a better understanding of the design process as they gain hands-on experience it from conception to creation, learning about and utilizing technology along the way.

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2021Anne StringerTechnology, Henkle Middle School, STEM, W&P Stevenson Intermediate
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
Painted Picnic Tables — $2,000
Painted Picnic Tables — $2,000

Curricular Area: Arts, Engineering
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Whitson Elementary School
Items Purchased: Equipment to build and paint 10 picnic tables for outdoor education.

For this grant, we are proposing to create a community based project to build picnic tables for Whitson. The goal of this project is to help students recognize STEAM as a human endeavor as well as build a foundation of connection with our students and the larger community that we live in through science, engineering, and art.

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2021Anne StringerArts, STEM, Whitson Elementary
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
Beekeeping – $1,888
Beekeeping – $1,888

Curricular Area: STEM
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Henkle Middle School; Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School
Items Purchased: Beehives and beekeeping supplies

This grant provides for the installation of an observation beehive at Henkle Middle School and at Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate School. This hives will be part of the project based learning curriculum, helping students understand why honeybees are an important part of the agriculture in both local and national production.

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Spring 2019Anne StringerSTEM, Henkle Middle School, W&P Stevenson Intermediate
All Terrain Electric Vehicle – $9,992
All Terrain Electric Vehicle – $9,992

Curricular Area: STEM, Career & Technical Education
Grant Focus: Equipment
Schools: Columbia High School
Items Purchased: Plans and parts for building the ATEV

For the past six years CHS students have been designing and fabricating electric cars to compete in over 50 Electrathon America races. With this grant, students will pilot an innovative and highly motivational twist to this event by building the first of its kind all-terrain, full suspension electric vehicle: the Piranha III!.

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Spring 2019Anne StringerSTEM, Columbia High School, Career and Technical Education
Science Technology Integration – $7,500
Science Technology Integration – $7,500

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”.

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Fall 2018Anne StringerHenkle Middle School, STEM