Title: Remember Relive Rejoice
Level: Middle
School: Elizabeth
Forward Middle (Elizabeth Forward School District)
Contact: Joann
L. Hamilton, Marsha Cornell, Stephanie Bunson,
Tom Emsurak, Kathy Harden, Lisa Dull, Sue Ellen
Nangle
Building on a year-long thematic
study of the 20th century, this grant will find
students planning, constructing and performing
in a living time-line. The living time-line will
highlight the 1900ıs and showcase memorabilia and
student work. The other grade levels of the school,
as well as community members, will be invited to
view the time-line.
Title: America's
Rainbow
Level: Elementary
School: Jefferson
Morgan Elementary (Jefferson Morgan School District)
Contact: Nancy McClarren
This project is designed to improve
skills in english, Writing, Social studies and
Math by having learning support students collect
postcards from the "colorful" cities in our country.
Students will write to postmasters in selected
cities (ex. Greenville, Ill. or Red Lion, PA) and
collect postcard pictures of that city. Each student
will assist in creating a portfolio of the cities
and their own journal as they learn about each
place. America's Rainbow will help students
improve skills while having "colorful" fun.
Title: Wetland Laboratory
Funder: In the name of Ann Louise Steele-Buck, M.D. and the MHS Alumni
and Friends Association
Level: Middle
School: Francis McClure Middle (McKeesport Area School District)
Contact: Marla Hayes
Wetland Laboratory is designed to
introduce seventh grade science students to different
aspects of ecology. Students will help design the
pond with the types of plants and animals that
are suited to it. They will test water samples
and view plant cells, bacteria and protozoa under
the microscope and learn about careers related
to ecology and the environment.
Title: Komputer Kidz Konnection
Funder: In the name of Hartley C. King and in memory of Vivian G. Reynolds,
MASD Elementary Teacher Association
Level: Elementary
School: George Washington and White Oak Elementary Schools (McKeesport
Area School District)
Contact: Janet C. Zosack, Luann Bazylak, Leona
Mols
Komputer Kidz Konnection will create
a face-to-face culminating activity for the MASD
Kid Link Club. The MASD Kid Link Club is an after-school
club at W. O. and G. W. Elementary Schools that
reinforces reading and writing skills by utilizing
the computer, Internet and "keypals" from the partnering
school. Students learn to set up e-mail accounts,
the etiquette and safety measures in using the
Internet. Reading and writing skills are practiced
in a motivating way. The culminating activity will
be a computer scavenger hunt, computer terminology
bingo, and Internet safety word search along with
finding their keypal and making new friends.
Title: Make the World More
Beautiful
Funder: Peoples Gas Environmental Grant Association
Level: Elementary
School: Gastonville Elementary (Ringgold School District)
Contact: Kristen Henson, Connie Thorn, Bonnie Kirby, Dorothy Shaffer
In this program, third graders will
participate in an inter-disciplinary unit on the
environment and the rain forest. The project will
utilize hands-on activities, demonstrations and
speakers with a "Make the World More Beautiful" theme.
Students will transform their hallways into the
rainforest, discuss how to reduce, reuse, and recycle,
and study animals and their habitats. Students
will learn about environmental issues and plant
on a local farm. The program will raise environmental
awareness among the students.
Title: Water, Water Everywhere
Level: Elementary
School: Monongahela Elementary (Ringgold School District)
Contact: Twila E. Ramsden, Mary Mancinelli, Vicki Sento, Linda Pipp, Patricia
Francis
This great idea finds second graders
exploring all aspects of water - rain, snow, ice,
floods, rivers, lakes, oceans. The hallways will
be transformed into an underwater world carefully
noting the differences of cold and warm ocean climates
and the animal and plant life associated with each.
Guest speakers will also address this theme. A
culminating activity will be an Hawaiian Luau.
Title: Reading From the Heart
Level: Elementary/District-wide
School: Ringgold School District
Contact: Lugene Calderone, Edward Repka, Gary Hamilton, Michael Tominello,
Dr. Harry Miale
This grant will enable the school
district to connect its character education program
with the community. Using the Heartwood Ethics
Reading Series, readers will visit the classrooms
monthly to read stories focusing on universal traits
(respect, responsibility, thankfulness, kindness
and compassion, loyalty, pride, honesty, tolerance,
accountability, self-discipline, integrity, safety
and courtesy). This project will compliment the
district's current character education program.
Title: Glockenspiels
Level: Elementary
School: Port Vue Elementary (South Allegheny School District)
Contact: John M. McLaughlin
This grant will expand the music
experiences of the Port Vue students in an Orff
Schulwerk program for grades K 6. This music
process combines dance, movement and song. Students
will be introduced to the alto and soprano glockenspiels.
Students will demonstrate what they have learned
in concerts at school and senior citizen center.
Title: Shoot for the Stars
Level: Elementary
School: Port Vue Elementary (South Allegheny School District)
Contact: Debra Pliska, Stephen Slafka
Students will construct and launch
a model rocket after they have completed a study
of the concepts of flight and the history of flight.
This study will be a multi- disciplinary approach
including science, mathematics, health and safety,
and language arts. Students will also construct
paper airplanes and gliders to demonstrate their
understanding of the concept of flight.
Title: Westward Ho!
Level: Elementary
School: Jefferson Elementary School (West Jefferson Hills School District)
Contact: Cathy Trombetta
This grant will help recreate the
Old West on the school grounds. The fifth grade
will engage in an interdisciplinary study on the
American West culminating in panning for gold,
demonstrations of spinning, candle-making, square
dancing, etc. Parent volunteers and TJ High School
students will assist with the recreation and reenactments.
The fifth graders will also share their knowledge
with fourth graders.
Title: Paralympics
Level: Elementary
School: H.W. Good Elementary School (Yough School District)
Contact: John E. Wagner, Karen Lauer
In the spirit of the Summer Olympics,
this project will find students participating in
a competition that will raise the awareness of
skills used by the disabled. Students will navigate
an obstacle course and shoot basketball in a wheelchair.
They will throw and catch a ball(with bells inside)
blindfolded. The exercises will be promote an understanding
of various handicaps and an appreciation of those
who are challenged.
Title: Art's Alive
Level: Elementary
School: West Newton Elementary School (Yough School District)
Contact: Linda Ulander, Linda Fedrow
This great idea will bring art history
to life for the fifth grade as they assume a character
in Renoirıs "Luncheon of the Boating Party". After
studying the Impressionistic art style, students
will create a large mural that will reproduce the
background in the Renoir painting. Students will
then use costumes, and props to become the characters
and foreground of the painting. The final scene
will be photographed and made into a poster. Painting,
art history and art appreciation will come to life
for these students.
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