Fine Arts Grants $32,090

AMERICAN HERITAGE LEARNING THROUGH MUSIC & DANCE
Sonoma Mountain: Barbara Arhon & Laura Comyns Valley Vista: Barbara Arhon, Tracy Grubb, Maureen Vieth
Increase the understanding of regional music and dance among first, second and third grade students.

BRINGING IN THE STRINGS
Dunham: Caryn Fisher, Siobhan Wilde & Dan Gurney
28 Pre-built instruments with books and picks. Teachers use Dulcimer to teach students to play stronger instruments.

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH DRUMMING
La Tercera: Ken Schwinn
To purchase a variety of sizes of drums to provide quality hands-on musical experience to 4-6 graders.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION THROUGH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Union: Cynthia Haydon
Provide students with a better understanding of creative expression through performing and participating with musical instruments. Funding includes a musical enrichment specialist.

GET FIRED UP!
Miwok: Sheila Garvey, Andrea Messersmith & Shawn Morones
Electric Kiln to enhance arts instruction by introducing clay and ceramics into the curriculum.

GUITARS IN THE CLASSROOM-RENEWAL
OAUSD: Dianne Zimmerman, Kim Harper & Erica Sommers
To train teachers to play the guitar, lean some basic music theory, write songs for their classrooms to support the curriculum, increase literacy, comprehension, and enhance the classroom atmosphere.

INTEGRATING MUSIC AND DANCE INTO MULTIPLE SUBJECT AREA
Cinnabar: Jamie Azevedo
Provide an enrichment specialist for 1/2 hour program for 6 weeks to teach square, circle and line dances.

LARGE MASTERPIECES
PHS: Jae Tillinghast
To reproduce a large masterpiece painting, 8 canvas rolls, plywood, cinder blocks.

LAS GOLONDRINAS
PJHS: John Lehmann & Connie Peabody
To provide a trained dance group able to perform at school functions.

MAKING MUSICAL MELODIES
Wilson: Janice Garrigan & Susie Clark
Secure additional materials needed to expand upon the Making Musical Melodies program. Funding includes instruments and props, CD's, videotapes, recording materials, and enrichment specialist.

MUSIC AND DRAMA ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Miwok Valley: Nina Friedman & Katie Glose
To provide a well-rounded visual and performing arts program for four musical plays.

MUSIC IN OUR HISTORICAL SCHOOLS
Lincoln: Sandy Doyle
For enrichment specialists to continue music band and development of music appreciation.

PETALUMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION GRANT
PJHS: John Lehmann & Kelly Ostendorf
To purchase 999 Model II Press, Catcher Blanket, Pusher Blanket, CAEA conference fee and CAEA membership

PUTTING A "SPIN"ON CLAY!
MCCV: Kathleen Funke-Spicher, Eleanor Perkiss & Denise Toll
Equipment and supplies to expand and enrich existing ceramics program.

RHAPSODY OF JOY
Old Adobe: Carol Henderson & Tracy McClure
To integrate music, movement, dramatic expression, and visual arts into the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade language arts.

SMART MUSIC IN EDUCATION
Old Adobe: Jeff Williamson
Smartboard with projector and speakers to improve the Music in Education Program (MIE).

Math & Science Grants $13,505 TOTAL

5TH GRADE WEATHER STATION
Miwok: Kathryn O'Neill, Suzy & Selllai, Carl Triola & Kim Harper
To help children understand changing weather patterns based on data from a school weather station.

6TH GRADE OUTDOOR ED AT WESTMINSTER WOODS
McDowell: Mark Mortensen, Heather Williams
For giving scholarships to needy 6th graders for the Outdoor Education Programs.

A SCIENTISTS'WINDOW
MCCV: Liza Eichert, Kimberlee Hertzberg & Trevor Powell
Microscopes with stand and software to enhance STRAW Aquatic Research (Students & teachers restoring watershed)

ADVANCED IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCELERATED MATH
Grant: Kirsten Franklin, Catherine Hurd & Lori Deen
Learning cards for 4-6 grades, Flash Take home practice to support accelerated math with Math Power Lesson.

BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE
Penngrove: Leslie Keating, Shirley Cheal & Kathleen Larsen
Intervention program to support students having a difficult transition from concrete to abstract thinking in math.

BRING MATH LESSONS TO LIFE
Old Adobe: Kathy Buckley
To help students retain math concepts better and promote more student involvement.

BRINGING ALIVE SCIENCE WITH DIGITAL CAMERAS
Grant: Catina Haugen
Digital Camera, printer, ink and memory card for students to take and print photos of science experiments.

CALCULATING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Bernard Eldredge: Patti McCarthy, Karele Furrer & Kim Anselmi
Provide complete sets of calculators for 4,5, + 6th grade classrooms to assist in math and science.

LET'S DIFFERENTIATE AND EXTEND MATH
McKinley: Maureen Rudder & Kelly Koford
Support teachers in planning opportunities for differentiated math instruction based on students needs.

CHEMISTRY FUN IN REAL WORLD PROJECTS
CGHS: Melissa Wickenkamp, Grace Cottle, Judith De-Chesere-Boyle Hands-on projects to make chemistry accessible to English language learners and non logic-linguistic leaners.

NUMBERS FOR NUMBER SENSE
La Tercera: Cynthia Schulz, Susan Paley & Dan Noble
Marcy Cook math tiles to provide opportunity for first graders to explore math concepts.

TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATH & SCIENCE
St. Vincent Elementary: Paul Goldowitz
Elementary school math and science curriculum enhancement with targeted software.

Humanities Grants $1,585 TOTAL

A KNOT FOR EVERY NEED
St. Vincent Elementary: Sandra Farley
To teach third graders lifelong skills and uses of five basic knots. Funding includes rope and knot-tying board.

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP
Lincoln: Sandy Doyle
To bring history alive through interactive electronic field trips to Colonial Williamsburg.

K-3 ACTIVE VIEWING & LEARNING STATE STANDARDS PROJECT
Grant: Ginny Mason, Linda Dunlap & Paul Lightner
BrainPop Jr. Subscription for Computer Lab access.

MARIN MUSEUM OF THE MIWOK INDIAN-RENEWAL
Bernard Eldredge: Judith Cramer & Sharon Spaulding
Entrance fees for two kindergarten classes into the Marin Museum of the Miwok Indian.

Literacy/ELL Grants $30,701 TOTAL

ADVANCED IMPLEMENTATION OF ACCELERATED READING
Grant: Kirsten Franklin, Catherine Hurd & Catina Haugen
Support struggling readers with Reading Powers lessons, Getting Results, Class Goals and 3 training videos.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER PROGRAM
Cinnabar: Amy Wegener-Taganashi
Provide the ELO Program with materials and games to enable ELL students to learn through repetitive practice.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Two Rock, Wilson, Cinnabar, Liberty & Dunham: Mary Cavellini & Pat Zachlin
Listening Comprehension Test 2, WORD Test 2: Elementary, TOLD-P:4 Language Development.

BRIDGING THE LITERACY GAP FOR ALL LEARNERS
McKinley: Tami Jimenez, Renna Sauve & Anne Seil Rigby
Decrease the literacy gap for 3rd grade students with Complete PM Plus Gold and Silver level package.

CO-CURRICULAR COURSE ENHANCEMENT FOR ENGLISH
Casa Grande: Eric Backman & Kelin Backman
Read and analyze Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath to better understand the Depression-era history; two class sets.

CREATING INDEPENDENT READERS
Liberty: Margie Minner & Laura Berg
SRA Reading Lab 1A, 1B and 1C to enhance and support students reading comprehension.

CURRICULUM ADAPTIVE MATERIALS FOR FULL INCLUSION
Two Rock, Wilson, Cinnabar, Liberty & Dunham: Mary Cavellini & Lori Beigelbeck To find curriculum-based materials for full inclusions students (2007-2008)

FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE WORLD AT LARGE
St. Vincent HS: Lisa Broderick, Elaine Bultman & Garth Haslam To bring a multi sensory approach to world language learners.

FRONTROW TO GO AUDIO SYSTEM
Bernard Eldredge: Carolyn MacDonald & Sharon Spaulding
Frontrow to go Audio System. 2 wireless microphones to make it portable for classes to share.

JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS
Grant: Kimberly Starke, Kirsten Franklin & Jolene Solon
50 Junior Great Books Anthologies and Junior Great Books Parent Training Session.

JUNIOR GREAT BOOKS
MCCV: Denise Toll, Eleanor Perkiss & Kevin Santia
Junior Great Books Series 7+8 to develop reading comprehension, critical thinking and writing literacy skills.

LEAPFROG ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LITERACY PROGRAM
Cinnabar: Anne Vonder Kuhlen Innovative technology to enhance leaning for the English Language Learners.

LIVE LITERATURE
St. Vincent HS: Joanne Ferris
Increase World language cultural and auditory experiences through Promethean Whiteboard's sound system.

MACKIEV WORLD BOOK 2008 SOFTWARE
St. Vincent Elementary: Paul Goldowitz  
Introduce students to research based learning; finding facts, data, and evidence for reports and citing sources.

R.E.A.D.-LEVEL I
McNear: Valerie Joyner, Michelle Martin & Dana Morelini
To help struggling readers reach second grade benchmark by purchasing R.E.A.D. Level-1 reading library.

READ NATURALLY FOR READING INTERVENTION
MCCV: Mary Lou Thomas & Phoebe Hudson
Read Naturally tools to provide intensive reading intervention to students who are not reading at grade level.

RENEWAL OF SCHOOL WIDE WRITING ALIGNMENT WITH READ ALOUD
Wilson: Robin Johnson
To increase resources for teachers and students that support the writing program at Wilson School.

THE BUDDY READING PROJECT
Two Rock: Karin Beddow, Amy Jones & Gina Dentoni
The promotion of literacy through buddy reading with "We Both Read"bilingual book sets.

VIDEO LIBRARY GRANT
Dunham: Caryn Fisher, Anita Gensler & Siobhan Wilde
To update the current video collection with new DVDs that are aligned with California Benchmarks of Standards.

WORLD LANGUAGE OUTREACH
St. Vincent HS: Aaron Vela
To provide interactive opportunities for classroom presentations with a Sanyo 2500 Lumens projector.

Vocational/Life Skills Grants $22,399 TOTAL

A BEGINNING DRAFTING CLASS
Carpe Diem: Eric Hunter, Maureen Deleon & Rusty Sims
Provides new elective class at Carpe Diem that teaches students basic drafting skills, design history and methods.

CAREER AND COLLEGE GUIDANCE
PHS: Joan Walsh & Doreen Onizuka Laptop computers and LCD Projector.

CASA GRANDE ACADEMIC DECATHLON
Casa Grande: Rick Pillsbury Entrance Fees into State Competitions.

ENRICHMENT TEXTBOOKS FOR THE HEALTH CAREER PATHWAY
Casa Grande: Elaine Petersen, Jolene Thinnes & Paula Biancalana Medical Terminology textbooks for the students of the Health Career Pathway.

INDIVIDUAL GRANT
Valley Oaks: Nora Parker Individual service project.

NIMS CERTIFICATION #1 & #2
PHS: Dan Sunia
To fund students'NIMS Credential certification fees; precision measuring tool kits; machinist tool kits.

OPPORTUNITIES NIGHT SPONSORSHIP -- CS2PHS AG BUILDING WELDERS
PHS: Danny Aschwanden
To fund the hard wiring of the new equipment, as well as the purchase of safety equipment.

SKILLS USA
PHS: Gene Karas & Tom Richards
To send as many students as possible to regional and state competitions.

SVHS DEBATE
SVHS: Laila Abdelal McClay
Develop a nationally competitive debate team through summer debate workshops.

THE PROJECT BUICK
PHS: Fred Brunton
To restore a 1941 Buick Sedan for resale. Primer, paint, wiring harness, glass, hardware and transmission O/H kit.

SF GIANTS BUS FOR STUDENT PERFORMERS OF NATIONAL ANTHEM
PJHS

Barbara's Bakery Learning Gardens $14,104 TOTAL

CG NATIVE PLANT NURSERY PROGRAM
Casa Grande: John Shribbs, Danny Bever & Sten Mander
Drip irrigation and raised beds for Native Plant Nursery Program for local habitat restoration programs.

JUMP ON SPRING
MCCV: Bev Buswell, Liza Eichert & Carl Blomgren
For an enrichment specialist, solar fan and equipment to help the kids create and finish the greenhouse.

MCNEAR GARDEN PROJECT
McNear: Ginny Hautau
Implement a sustainable cross-age tutoring program through the life sciences garden.

Athletics & Nutrition Grants $19,331 TOTAL

MCNEAR OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
McNear: Ginny Hautau
Compost, plywood, lattice, paint and tables to build and install an outdoor classroom.

SV VICTORY GARDEN:
SVHS GARDEN PROJECT St. Vincent High: Anne Trott, Garth Haslam
To improve awareness of healthy eating habits for teens. Includes irrigation supplies, soil, compost, seeds, tools.

THE GROWING CLASSROOM
Penngrove: Denise Ward, Coleen Maloney & Kathleen Larsen
Develop Penngrove's gardening program and our use of Life Lab Science lessons.

A LOCAL LEARNING & BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT
Two Rock: Perry Gray & Lori Frost
Create outdoor learning environment for the study of life sciences and local history; beautify eastern face of school.

BEELA Teaching Gardens
Bernard Eldredge: Jay Bushey, Liza Ramey & Patti McCarthy
Garden tools, equipment, and plants for BEELA Garden.

BRINGING BLOCK CURRICULUM TO LIFE
Live Oak: Cheryl Witte & Juliane Rothan Centers
To purchase garden equipment and tools to expand and outfit the south campus gardening area.

A DAY ON THE ROPES COURSE
Carpe Diem: Maureen Deleon, Eric Hunter, Rusty Sims
Send 32 students and 4 staff members to a day at Fourwinds Ropes Course to develop a strong sense of teamwork.

B.E. MORNING MARATHON
Bernard Eldredge: Jay Bushey & Sheri Marks
275 Pedometers, 25 stopwatches and mileage medals to encourage all students to run a 26.2 mile marathon.

BALLS GALORE FOR KINDERGARTEN
Bernard Eldredge: Judith Cramer & Sharon Spaulding
To provide both kindergarten classes with a variety of new balls.

COMMUNITY GARDENS EXTENSION
Funding a Garden specialist
Valley Vista, Penngrove, McNear & Grant: Maureen Vieth, Kathleen Larsen, Susan Rodkin & Judith Martin

ENRICHING EDUCATION WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Cinnabar: Trey Minehan Willis, Lucienne Wurr & Amy Wegener-Taganashi Increase students self esteem and celebrate the cultural diversity through iPhoto technology.

KEYS TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL
LaTercera: Kristy Corbett & Barbara Clark
Timers, pencil grips, chew tips, fidgets for students with sensory and attention needs.

LET'S GET PHYSICAL
LaTercera: Kristy Corbett
Exercise videos, wrist and ankle weights and fit tubes to provide fun, attainable and enriching for 3rd grade

PE.LINCOLN AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Grant: Susan Cohen
To encourage students to get involved in community service work with perpetual plaque.

MENTOR ME RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
PCSD, OAUSD, Waugh: Val Richman
Conduct an outreach/marketing plan to recruit 100 mentors over the nine-month period beginning July 1, 2008.

S'COOL MOVES TECHNIQUES FOR K-3 PART II
Valley Vista: Pat Lightner & Erinn VanderMeer
To continue to increase resources for students and teachers for teaching reading and PE.

STUDENT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS RENEWAL
Wilson: Kit Hall
Train all 5th and 6th grade students in CPR and First Aid to the American Red Cross Standards.

TUNE IN TO LEARNING
Bernard Eldredge: Gwyn Marshall, Patti McCarthy & Liza Ramey
To provide a variety of tools to help students with attention problems.Technology

Technology Grants $33,584 Total

21ST CENTURY TEACHING
Miwok: Sheila Garvey, Andrea Messersmith & Shawn Morones
Interactive whiteboard with projector to improve instruction for our teachers and learning for our students.

ALPHASMARTS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
McNear: Renee Colunga, Amy Turko & Kathleen Bockhold
AlphaSmart NEO's to help students become more proficient writers through the use of technology.

BUILDING NEW PC COMPUTERS
Casa Grande: Sten Mander, John Shribbs & Michael Buchman
Support PC Tech program to maintain 60 donated computers and to build new and refurbish computers.

DVD PRODUCTION PROGRAM
MCCV: Claire Schendel, Keoni Yu & Eleanor Perkiss
DV Camcorders and tripods to use for video production to support and enhance the visual and performing arts.

ILLUMINATE THE CURRICULUM
Cinnabar: Deborah Waggoner
Lumens DC 160 doc cameras to replace overhead projectors in the intermediate classes.

INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR KINDERGARTNERS PROJECT
Grant: Lori Deen & Ginny Mason
Construct life-size keyboard to introduce the kindergarten students to this program through direct instruction.

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR STRUGGLING WRITERS
Corona Creek: Cindy Newsom, Sharon Vail & Diana Utroske
AlphaSmart NEO with the Co-Writer Software to help students with writing support.

MULTI MEDIA CART
MCCV: Robert Ruddell, Ilona McCullough & Denise Toll
Dell desktop computer and Dell 2400 Projector to use technology as a teaching tool.

MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE LEARNING
MCCV: Karen Rocco, Claire Schendel & Terri Moseley
Math software, and multimedia software to supplement, enhance and enrich standard-based curriculum.

PHONIC EAR
Cinnabar: Jamie Azevedo
Deliver better teacher instruction and teach 6th grade students the experience of public speaking.

PHONIC EAR "FRONTROW TO GO"
Cinnabar: Sheila Lukas
PhonicEar "FrontRow to Go"Audio Enhancement System to help teachers speak in a "normal"tone.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY CLUB LASER PRINTERS
Casa Grande: Sten Mander, Mark Molina & Susan Thompson
Supplies to provide low cost laser printing in every classroom; also teaches the student how to maintain printers.

SVHS RADIO BROADCASTING
SVHS: Laila Abdelal McClay
To develop Radio Broadcasting program to edit recording and post to internet on school podcast page.

TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS
Bernard Eldredge: Charlene Deen & Gwyn Marshall
AlphaSmart NEO lightweight laptop computers to support English language learners.

TECHNOLOGY LEARNING LAB
HCS: Jonathon Wraith
2 computer workstations to create a computer lab.

TOOLS FOR LEARNING
Old Adobe: Jeff Williamson & Eliana Johnson
To provide our teachers with the tools needed to offer curriculum infused with the visual and performing arts.

VIDEO CAMERA GRANT
Dunham: Siobhan Wilde & Rose Rinaldi
6 Video cameras and tapes for students to learn new tech skills.

VIDEO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Casa Grande: David Stirrat, Harry Frank & Josey Richter
A Canon GL2 Video camcorder to support the production of 1-2 minute spotlight features.

WRITING A PC REPAIR TEXTBOOK WITH STUDENTS
Casa Grande: Sten Mander, Martin Hogue & Don Billing
To teach students how to desktop-publish the PC Repair Textbook.