2008-2009 School Year Projects Implemented
Total Foundation Grants - $5,213
with support from Principal Lee Westervelt—Early Childhood Center
This project purchases a greenhouse and supplies for a school-wide composting system.
Nature experiences in early childhood help students become environmentally sensitive and aware students. That's the goal of the project.
Many other science concepts will be taught like plants, weather, insects, birds, and composting.
2. Project Title - "Giver Photography" Contact Persons - Wendy Hunt and JH Lang - Arts Dept—Junior High
"The Giver" is a class novel that is taught at the end of 7th grade. This project enhances the study of that novel by giving students a chance
to experience the main character's world and contrast it with their world through the use of photography. Students will demonstrate, using
color and b/w photos, the differences between their world with color and the b/w world of Jonas in the novel. The entire 7th grade will participate
in this program and use the digital cameras and equipment they will be purchasing.
3. Project Title - "MERIT Internship" Contact Persons - Dale Ranson, Jim Smith
The MERIT program, at the High School, is designed for non-college bound special ed students. This program helps those students acquire
the skills needed for a smooth transition from school to an independent level of employment. Of course, hands-on experience is best, so Dale
and Jim have partnered with Grandville Printing to offer these 36 students a chance to gain priceless work experience there. The students will
be developing their own MERIT yearbook in the process. We are proud to help fund this program by supplying funds for work shirts, that will serve
as a uniform, yearbook supplies, and transportation costs.
4. Project Title - "Show, Don't Tell!" " Contact Persons - Colleen Cusick
This grant purchased 3 document cameras that will be used in conjunction with the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop Program. These cameras work
like an overhead projector but in real time, with real work. This makes it a great tool to assist in instructing and motivating students as writers. This
equipment is necessary for immediately reinforcing what writers do, the process they move through, and showing how to implement what a student is
learning. These document cameras will be used by 700 students in the Junior High.
5. Project Title - "Author Visit 2009" Contact Persons - Ric Blank
We have agreed to a small grant to help support the annual author visit to the elementaries. All elementary buildings usually participate
in this visit and give students an opportunity to understand that real people create books, to see that many career opportunities exist in the
world of books, and to have new excitement for reading. This year's visit brings Candace Fleming here
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