The Greater St. Charles Education Foundation

2003-2004 Grant Recipients

Project	School	Contact	Amount	Type	Description
Portable Media Educational Center	Davis	Don Spencer	$3,000	Full	Portable media center consisting of an iMac, LCD projector and DVD/VHS player for use in classroom teaching.
Education in Handhelds	Davis	Don Spencer	$4,950	Partial	15 PalmOne handheld units, keyboards and a broadcast system to fund a pilot program to investigate the feasibility of using this technology instead of more costly personal computer systems in the classroom. The D303 Technology Committee will co-sponsor this grant by funding additional handheld units needed for the trial and overseeing implementation of the pilot program.
Books in a Bag	Ferson Creek	Francine Winters	$800	Full	150 books to support an after-school reading program that encourages students to take a new book home each day in a ziplock bag to read or have read to them at home.
Every Picture Tells a Story	Ferson Creek	Francine Winters	$290	Full	Digital camera for an Early Childhood program.
SMART Board	Fox Ridge	Margaret Watson	$3,942	Partial	SMART Board interactive whiteboard, floor stand and LCD projector in LRC for use as an instructional tool to facilitate teaching, collaborating and presenting.
Lights! Camera!......Writing!	Richmond	Joana Gorby	$2,500	Partial	Video mixer to enhance programming for existing closed circuit TV system used by 5^th graders to conduct morning newscasts for the student body.
D.R.U.M. – Elementary Drumming	Richmond	Kathy Mizgalski	$3,447	Full	15 drums for use in elementary school music program. Uses new drumming teaching method which supports a hands-on approach to learning music.
Lunch Bunch Book Club	Wild Rose	Larry Hyde	$1,250	Partial	250 books from a Rebecca Caudill series for use by 4^th and 5^th grade students in a lunch bunch reading program.
Nonfiction Research Library	Wild Rose	Fran Johnson	$2,000	Full	Books for the LRC to establish nonfiction research library targeted to 1^st and 2^nd grade students.
Smart Kids Learning with a SMART Board	Wild Rose	Fran Johnson & Larry Hyde	$1,850	Full	SMART Board interactive whiteboard and floor stand in LRC for use as an instructional tool to facilitate teaching, collaborating and presenting.
Endless Possibilities	Haines	Martha Bull	$2,198	Partial	iMac, software and printer for use in Art classes.
Picture Books as a Tool in Inquiry Based Education	Haines	Carrie Burrows	$500	Partial	Picture books for use in Language Arts classes.
Enhance Media Access in Technology Lab	Thompson	Jake De Koyer	$1,786	Full	Two 32” television monitors and DVD/VCR players with wall mounts for use in Technology Lab.
Bully Awareness Intervention Team	Thompson	Jamie Dietrich	$2,500	Partial	Funding for Bully Awareness Intervention Team (BAIT); focused on providing awareness and skills to reduce bullying.
Timpani Drum	Wredling	Kathy Parge	$1,680	Full	Additional Timpani (kettle drum) for band program.
Band Instruments – Bass Clarinets	Wredling	Kathy Parge	$2,400	Full	2 additional Bass Clarinets for band program.
Cookie Business	Wredling	Connie Stadler	$1,200	Partial	Refrigerator, mixers and cooking utensils for use by special needs program to establish cookie fund-raiser business; proceeds from business will fund outings.
Choral Risers	Wredling	Lawrence Streicher	$3,600	Partial	Portable choral risers for music department. Partial grant to augment school’s own fund raising program.
Student Reserved Laptop Computers	East H.S.	Bob Abraham & Marge Babick	$3,950	Partial	Funding for 2 laptop computers for use in LRC and student “take-home” program.
Keyboarding for Spanish-speaking Students	East H.S.	Pat Frye	$750	Full	Funding for special keyboarding software that enables all computers in school to support Spanish-speaking students.
Grand Piano	East H.S.	Jim Kull	$2,500	Partial	Grant to provide “seed money” in support of music program’s effort to acquire a grand piano for the rehearsal room. Partial grant to augment school’s own fund raising program.
Commercial Quality Cookery	East H.S.	Laura LiBrizzi	$400	Full	Two commercial quality food processors for use in foods lab.
Nutrition Analysis & Food Labeling	East H.S.	Laura LiBrizzi	$595	Full	Computer software to enhance students’ study of nutrition.
Comprehensible Input in Spanish	East H.S.	Stacey Villanueva	$600	Full	30 introductory-level Spanish reading books (set of 4) for use in Spanish curriculum.
Ellison Press Letter Machine	North H.S.	Colleen Fasbender	$1,580	Partial	Ellison Press Letter Machine and additional die sets to be placed in LRC for use by all teachers and students.
Ideas Through Picture Books	North H.S.	Alan C. Holtz	$600	Full	30-40 picture books for LRC.
Biology Technology Proposal	North H.S.	Gary Riley	$6,800	Full	4 LCD projectors for use in Biology classrooms.
Total Physical Response Storytelling in French	North H.S.	Laura Wilkinson	$540	Full	30 introductory-level French reading books (set of 4) for use in French curriculum.
High School Fitness Education Technical Assessment Program	East H.S. & North H.S.	Kim Muhr	$6,600	Partial	Funding for software and 9 Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices for physical fitness instructors at both high schools. Program to collect fitness information on individual students in PE classes, analyze results and track student progress during their entire high school career.
Native Illinois Field Trip	St. Charles Park District	Renae M. Frigo - Naturalist	$500	Full	Program materials and supplies for Park District program that will be a “field trip” for District 303 third graders. Supports Earth Science and Social Studies curriculum with emphasis on local Native American communities and Illinois’ geological past.
Community Outreach Campaign	People for the Arts (P-ARTS)	Elizabeth Bellaver	$500	Partial	Grant to contribute to a new Community Outreach program which encourages attendance at the art performances of all D303 students as well as sponsoring High School student performances & workshops at the Middle & Elementary schools.

Summary of 2003-2004 Grant Recipients

Elementary Schools 10 Grants $24,029

Middle Schools 8 Grants $15,864

High Schools 11 Grants $24,915

St. Charles Park District 1 Grant $ 500

Community Outreach 1 Grant $ 500

TOTAL 31 Grants $65,808

Other Corporate Foundation Grant Awards:

Target Stores awarded The Greater St. Charles Education Foundation on behalf of Thompson Middle School a $2,500 grant to fund the Bully Awareness Initiative Team (BAIT) program. The grant was used to sponsor various BAIT team initiatives during the 2003-2004 school year including a bully awareness assembly for each grade level (6^th, 7^th & 8^th).

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