iPad Art Grant / Washington
This grant will be used to purchase iPads that will allow students in grades K-5 to create and
practice art skills on a digital sketchbook. Students will also have the opportunity to save and
share their artwork in virtual art galleries. This grant incorporates technology into the learning environment in a creative, expressive way.
Special Education Grant / Field
This grant will be used to purchase iPads for use in the Special Education Program. Imaginative
iPad applications will help students engage and provide an alternative way for students to
enhance their cognitive and communication skills. The wealth of available applications supports
differentiation and inclusion efforts for students with special needs.
Middle School Language Arts Grant Lincoln and Emerson
This grant will be used to purchase Sony Bloggie camcorders to enhance small group instruction
in the Language Arts curriculum. Video clips of group discussions will provide opportunities for
immediate feedback and will improve the student-teacher conference experience. Students will
also use recorded group discussions to assess their growth, critique their responses and
establish ongoing goals in a more efficient and immediate way.
Get-it-Garage Grant Roosevelt
This grant will be used to purchase materials to create a “garage” where students will learn a
variety of “fix-up” reading strategies. Students in the garage will be taught and encouraged to
read for meaning and not simply to decode. The motivational setting provides second and third
graders with an engaging environment to become more successful readers.
iPhone Writing Grant Lincoln
This grant will be used to refurbish iPhones that will be used to bridge the gap between
formulating ideas and putting words into print for struggling writers in middle school. Staff and
students at Lincoln will refurbish donated iPhones and equip them with applications that will
make the phones into word processing machines capable of taking dictation, creating and
storing documents, and printing.
Pre-School Communication Grant Jefferson
This grant will allow staff at Jefferson to purchase iPads to enhance communication and
education for preschoolers while also teaching parents and families about appropriate
applications for their children. A variety of available applications will help accelerate speech
skills and language acquisition for preschoolers at Jefferson.
North Shore Concert Band Grant Lincoln and Emerson
This grant will allow the Lincoln and Emerson Symphonic and Concert Bands to “sit in with the
pros” from the North Shore Concert Band. District 64 students will have the opportunity to play
alongside an experienced musician to discover the possibilities that their music holds when
played at a high level of musical artistry.
Imagination Playground Grant All Elementary Schools
This grant will be used to purchase a “Playground in a Cart” that will allow students to expand
their creative thinking with giant foam blocks, mats, wagons, fabric and crates to build, play,
dream and explore endless play opportunities. The Imagination Playground will be moved from
school to school so all elementary children have the opportunity to experience this childdirected
free-play experience.
Rachel’s Challenge Grant Emerson
This grant will help the staff at Emerson Middle School further establish an environment of
kindness, compassion and respect. Rachel’s Challenge is an age-specific program designed to
help students recognize their purpose in life. It provides a powerful partnership with educators
and addresses bullying in the school environment. The program includes an impactful assembly,
student and adult training, a student-led service club and a community event.
Team Building Grant Field
This grant will be used to bring counselors from Camp Duncan to work on team building
activities with all third and fourth graders at Field School. The team building sessions will help students to trust, help, encourage, cooperate with and respect their classmates while also
showing them how to use their strengths to benefit their team.
Ukulele Grant Carpenter and Washington
This grant will be used to purchase 30 soprano ukuleles for students to play in music class. The
ukulele is making a comeback in music education and will be used by fourth and fifth graders to
play melody, harmony and rhythm all at once on a highly motivating instrument.
YogaKids Grant Jefferson
This grant will allow students at Jefferson to participate in yoga with an experienced YogaKids
instructor. The students will learn breathing techniques, yoga poses, games, activities,
relaxation and visualization that will enhance their learning potential and daily life skills.
YogaKids classes will support Jefferson’s creative curriculum by addressing four areas of
development – physical, language, social-emotional and cognitive development.
