LEF AWARDS $20,000 TO LISD TEACHERS FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHER GRANTS
November 30, 2005 Lewisville, Texas -- During LISD campus staff meetings, you could here shrieks and cheers as Board Members of the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation (LEF) awarded 29 Innovative Teacher Grants to 65 teachers on 22 campuses in the Lewisville School District. Grants were awarded to 18 Elementary Schools, 8 Middle Schools and 3 High Schools. Awards were valued between $378 and $1,000.
To be eligible 42 teachers or teams of teachers completed the Foundation's new online application. Lewisville ISD Education Foundation awards Innovative Teacher Grants for projects that enhance and augment educational opportunities for students and teachers in the Lewisville Independent School District . Community volunteers review the applications blindly and awarded grants based on established donor criteria. LEF Teacher Grants provide an opportunity for creative teaching approaches and innovative projects to be introduced in the classroom. LEF funds only projects that meet district curriculum guidelines and are not funded through district budgets. Grant applications are accepted once a year. This year's deadline for submission was September 9, 2005.
To learn more about LEF Innovative Teacher Grants, LEF in general or how to establish a grant or scholarship visit http://lisdef.com
2005 LISDEF GRANTS TO TEACHERS
$20,000 Awarded to 2005
| Names |
Campus |
Project Name |
Amount |
| Katrina Sanford |
Camey Elementary |
Integrating Science and Social Studies into Language Arts Using Historical Fiction and Non- Fiction Texts |
500 |
| Lee Ann Hewett & Team |
Central Elementary |
BRIDGES with PARENTS (Bridging Reading Instructional Delays and Gaps among ESL Students with Parents: Awareness of Reading Essentials Needed to Succeed |
1,000 |
| Rachel Mueller & Glenna Santo |
Creek Valley Middle School |
Up, Up and Away featuring "21 Balloons" |
530 |
| Shawn O'Hara & Glenna Santo |
Creek Valley Middle School |
Keys to Survival of Planet Earth |
500 |
| Stacey Callaway |
Donald Elementary |
Building Bridges: Teaching Techniques and Strategies to Parents and Families |
1,000 |
| Stephanie Thompson |
Downing Middle School |
Getting Involved with GLOBE |
703 |
| Kari Zamora & Sara Wharry |
Durham Middle School |
Smartmusic--an in school studio making practicing and soloistic opportunities more fun! |
800 |
| Thomas LeGalley |
Flower Mound High School |
21 st Century Technical Theatre Media Editing |
1,000 |
| Deborah Lampman |
Griffin Middle School |
Spellbound Spellers |
500 |
| Patti Cornelius & Brooke Cates |
Griffin Middle School |
History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism |
875 |
| Brenda Ethridge |
Griffin Middle School |
'Gone to Texas ,' but taking you along in the wagon train |
500 |
| Teresa Clyde, Susan Bradford, Barbara Harris, Angie Bonilla, Becky Garza, Sherri McCarthy, Matt Ludlam, Jane Potts, Charity Barth & Cathy Blakeney |
Hedrick Elementary |
Building Character all the Way |
1,000 |
| Luis Matos |
Hedrick Elementary |
CORI |
500 |
| Barbara Prins, Janet Davis, Kimberly Lee, Beth Liebold, Linda Murhphy |
Heritage Elementary |
The Four S's (Science, Social Studies Success) |
1,000 |
| Nancy Duhe', Carla Yocum, LaVerne Brookshire, Stacy Pacheco, Robin Peterson, Jamie Henson, Michelle Chaffin |
Heritage Elementary |
Loving Literature With The Leveled Library |
530 |
| Linda Tkacs & Su Brusco |
Highland Village |
Integrated Language Arts & Social Studies |
378 |
| A. Thompson |
Highland Village Elementary |
SMARTer Learning equals a Lifetime of Learning |
1000 |
| Loretta Dunnaway, Erin Brown, Cheramie Dankesreiter & Jodi Rosen |
Indian Creek Elementary |
Reading with a Science Twist |
450 |
| Rebecca Weston |
Lewisville High School |
Magnetic Manipulatives |
500 |
| Janet Cranston |
Lewisville High School |
LHS' Cultural ImPRINT |
1,000 |
| Eileen Lennox |
Liberty Elementary |
Science Station Tubs |
1,000 |
| Dennis Simonek & Clark Hollingsworth |
McKamy Middle School |
Math in the Middle |
500 |
| Dana Ranne |
Old Settlers Elementary |
Change The Pace With Music Ace |
830 |
| Louann Oellermann |
Owen Elementary |
Language Arts the Qwizdom Way |
500 |
| Susan Bourenane & Rebecca Windham |
Polser Elementary |
Where on Earth am I? |
500 |
| Sally Tamulewicz |
Stewart's Creek Elementary |
Multiuse Math Kits |
420 |
| Lisa Collett |
Timber Creek Elementary |
Family Literacy Kit Expansion Project/Phonics Teaching Guides |
500 |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Vickery Elementary |
Bridging the Gap-Reading and Writing in the Bilingual Classroom |
620 |
| Rebecca Mitchener , Kristy Bloss, Ronda James |
Wellington Elementary |
Tiny Typists |
864 |
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TOTAL |
$20,00 |
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