Congratulations to the following OMS staff that were awarded grants this year! In total, OMS received $8,601.12 in funding! We are so excited about the new materials and opportunities these grants will afford our students.
The foundation received a total of 84 grant applications. The foundation awarded 48 Karen Wessel Barr Grants in the amount of $25,000 and 9 Marian Elliot Grants in the amount of $23,902. That's a total of $48,902 that will be used to enhance District 25 learning. Thanks, ABC/25!
The foundation received a total of 84 grant applications. The foundation awarded 48 Karen Wessel Barr Grants in the amount of $25,000 and 9 Marian Elliot Grants in the amount of $23,902. That's a total of $48,902 that will be used to enhance District 25 learning. Thanks, ABC/25!
| Apps for Education - One $100 Apple VPP Voucher for Every School - $900.00 | With the purchase of additional iPads, our need for funds to purchase iPad apps continues. Students utilize mobile apps to listen, record, create, publish, communicate and collaborate! Apps cover a wide variety of subjects (math, art, music, literacy, social studies, science, spelling) for use by our students and our staff members. All District25 students will benefit from this grant. | Marsha Magnino |
| Microscopes for Science Club | I wish to obtain wooden microscopes which replace the eyepiece with a smartphone or small tablet. | Cynthia B. House |
| Fun and Games and Learning,too! | This collection of forty, skillfully selected, award-winning educational games would nurture strategy and challenge in our classrooms! With plans for use building wide, these challenging games have been selected to extend curricular topics, provide written communication opportunities and allow for continued development of Personalized Learning elements. Plus, they are fun! | Shannon Watanuki |
| The Domino Effect | I am requesting a classroom set of professional dominoes as innovative ,low-tech, opportunities for students experience the engineering design process first hand and to learn to use failure as fuel to move forward. There are numerous ways to design with dominoes. These dominoes will be used in S.T.E.M., math and science units of studies as an engaging hands-on learning opportunity. | Shannon Watanuki |
| Let's Create | Let's create a learning environment where students have the opportunity to build upon technology used in previous grades. This grant is requesting vouchers to purchase an iPad app called Pixie for intermediate students to use. | Brenda Stevens |
| Large Screen Display Monitors for the LMC Lab | Whether students are working collaboratively or visualizing data, these large screen display monitors will make examining information on computer screens easier. These monitors will be placed at various workstations throughout the LMC lab. Students working in groups will be able to connect individual laptops to the monitor screens to project their work onto a larger display area. | Nancy Brown |
| Bee a Learner in Our Hive | Bee-Bot Learning Stations provide hands-on learning for students in K-2. These award winning robots enable students to program a journey on their square grid. Bee-Bots enrich and enhance lessons while building skills a variety of skills | Maribeth Seisser |
| Ozobots- Colorful Coding Bots for All Learners | We are seeking an Ozobot Classroom Starter Kit. An Ozobot is a miniature smart robot that follows lines or roams around freely, detects colors, and can also be programmed. Students will learn hands-on about robotics and programming while working on STEM skills. Ozobot teaches skills in an innovative and creative way so children learn while being engaged and playing. | Shannon Watanuki |
| Enhancing Student Learning with an Active Learning Space | Our building has recently recaptured some space, giving us a terrific opportunity to create an active learning environment for students! This new learning space is a wide, tiled hallway filled with natural light in a low-traffic area with wall space for instruction and display. We hope to furnish this area with moveable furniture designed to facilitate student learning. | Alinda Wilhelm, Rebecca FitzPatrick |
| Individual Engineering Toolboxes | D25 educators find providing students with engineering opportunities engaging and meaningful. However, gathering and paying for the needed supplies can be daunting. I have found a solution! I am requesting supplies to assemble individual engineering kits made of inexpensive, non-consumable items that can be used in countless engineering challenges. A complete classroom set will be made for two elementary schools. | Shannon Watanuki,Julie Nelson |
