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REFI announces $50,000 for Innovative Idea Grants awarded for 51 grant proposals
2007 Awards Announced
The Rockingham Educational Foundation's Innovative Idea Grant Program Awards for 2007 is announced below. Grant proposals were received from 177 teachers requesting approximately $200,000 in projects. REFI funded 52 grants for a total of $51,000.
First |
Last |
School |
Amount Assigned |
Named Grants |
Title |
Collaborators |
Lucinda |
Furry |
JWES |
$990.00 |
John H. Kidd |
If They Build It, They Will Learn and Remember |
Phyllis King, Lauren Strawderman, Martha Canada, Yvonne Flory, and Jacki Driskill |
Barbara |
Palmer |
MMS |
$1,000.00 |
Rockingham Heritage Bank |
Sum of All the Parts |
|
Amy |
Johnson |
BHS |
$1,000.00 |
Joe Bowman Auto Plaza |
Branches: Volume II |
|
Anastasia |
Homer |
PES |
$260.00 |
|
Rooting Our Sprouting Readers in Literacy Success |
Tammy Shearer |
Tammy |
Stone |
SHS |
$981.80 |
Dick Myers Chevrolet |
Out of the Test Tube |
Michele Rosengarth |
Tracy |
West |
EMS |
$1,000.00 |
McDaniel, Inc. |
Sitting With Artists |
|
Jewel |
Hertzler |
BHS |
$307.00 |
|
Beat the Bullies |
Jennifer Showalter and Jennifer Moyers |
Janis |
Churchill |
MES |
$170.00 |
|
Grand-Buddies |
|
Lillian |
Barnhart |
MES |
$500.00 |
|
Just Say No Club |
Jan Wampler and Elizabeth Evick |
Zachary |
Yoder |
JFHMS |
$2,000.00 |
Southern Health and AIG VALIC |
Grocery Store Science |
Scott Benton and Kajsa Nicholas |
Katie |
Noll |
JCMES |
$1,539.00 |
Pepsi and Domino's Pizza |
Engage, Involve and Achieve--All in the Palm of Their Hands |
Lisa Roeschley |
Bobbie |
Arbogast |
JCMES |
$1,500.00 |
LD&B Insurance Agency and SunTrust |
A Suessical Salute! |
JCM Language Arts Committee Members, Carol Getz, Sheila Atchison, Holly Hatcher, Dough Heishman, Kelsey Swartzentruber, Ashley Graham, Brian Alger, Angie Clemens |
Bobbie |
Arbogast |
LSES |
$2,100.00 |
Cargill and CMC Howell Metal |
The 7 C's of LEGO Robotics |
Heather Smith, Donna Robinson, Sandy Cupp |
Krista |
Miller |
MES |
$1,500.00 |
Burner Well Drilling and Massanutten Realty |
KEVA--Building Minds One Plank at a Time |
Bobbie Arbogast, Linda Doherty, Linda Harpine, Charlotte Holter, Margo Jantzi, Sue Porter, Del Taylor |
Debbie |
Watts |
MES |
$1,000.00 |
Massanutten Resort |
Seeing What I Am Saying |
Nicole Collins, Debra Hampton, Jackie Sakil, Linda Vaught, Margaret Johnson |
Kimberly |
Maggiolo |
TAHS |
$823.80 |
Valley Blox |
Pen Scanners to Support Note-Taking for the ELL Population |
|
Carlene |
Lantz |
LSES |
$153.00 |
|
Sing Out Loud! SOL Songbooks and CDs |
Jodi Beller and Kimberly Price |
Dana |
Shields |
LSES |
$2,000.00 |
Holtzman Corp. and Highway Motors |
Summer Reading Road Trip Across Virginia |
Carlene Lantz, Diana Umbel, Nuriyah Adams, Wilma White, Debbie Armentrout |
Emmett |
Sheahan |
SHS |
$1,000.00 |
Merck & Co., Inc. |
2008 Presidential Election Prediction Activity: You Create A Winner! |
|
Teresa |
Shifflett |
EMS |
$1,000.00 |
Coors Brewery--Shenandoah |
Courtyard and Careers! |
|
Carole |
Barber |
WSPMS |
$500.00 |
Moseley Architects |
After School Mentor Program |
Lisa Holsinger-Thomas, Sheila Bowman, Petra Huffman, dance instructor, Wellness Center fitness instructor |
Susan |
Anderson |
JFHMS |
$400.00 |
|
Picture Books: Worth a Thousand Words |
|
Scott |
Benton |
JFHMS |
$750.00 |
Riddleberger Brothers, Inc. |
A Beautiful Solution to Water Polution |
Susan Anderson |
Kristi |
Snow |
CO & JW/LEES/PKVES |
$3,000.00 |
Truck Enterprises, Old Dominion Realty/Crossroads Farm, and Rockingham County Public Schools |
Achieving Student Success through Interventions, Strategies and Teamwork (ASSIST) |
Karen Myers, Cindy Grandle, Donna Delisle, Cathy Tomes, Gerald Witmer |
Darrell |
Zook |
BHS |
$1,967.00 |
Frazier Quarry and Lantz Construction |
Forensic Science and CP Biology DNA Technology Equipment Needs |
Diane Eberly |
Betty |
Coffman |
OES |
$1,000.00 |
Perdue |
Higher-Order Thinking through Orff |
|
Cristin |
Iwanicki |
PVES |
$595.19 |
Kingmor Supply, Inc. |
Pens for Plants |
Kendra Knupp, Denise Grove |
Cristin |
Iwanicki |
PVES |
$526.54 |
Dixie Gas & Oil Corp. |
Experiencing Life as the Native Americans |
|
Cheryl |
Good |
EMS |
$1,000.00 |
CHEN--Coors Hispanic Employee Network |
Exploring 6th Grade Science SOLs--Hands on Style |
|
Ann |
Carr |
SRES |
$165.00 |
|
Keeping Up with KEEPBOOKS |
Gladys Remnant, Karen Huffman, Tracey Mason, Heather Harris |
Rebecca |
Rhodes |
MES |
$500.00 |
Cross Keys/Mill Creek Ruritans |
Read, Revisit and Reinvest: Celebrating 10 Years of Anticipation, Discovery and Conservation Education with Shenandoah National Park |
Tim Taglauer, Heather Gigliotti, Therese Warner, Kim Mizell, Sharon Martz |
Amanda |
Masters |
MES |
$998.00 |
Myers Ford Co. |
Math Mania 24/7: A School-Wide Mental Math Challenge |
Bonnie Downey, Heather Gigliotti, Melissa Benson, Chevie Cale, Cherry Tharp, Judi Fields |
Ann |
Ford |
PVES |
$170.00 |
|
The Young and the Elder |
Jennifer Cook, Glennette Carter (Sunnyside) |
Carolyn |
Kipps |
TAHS |
$873.48 |
VA Poultry Growers Cooperative, Inc. |
The Sky's the Limit… |
Debbie Price, Kim VanBenschoten, Stephanie May |
Karen |
Komara |
PVES |
$610.00 |
BB&T Bank |
Native American Day |
Melissa Fox, Linds Hirw, Betty Coakley, Tammy Lawson, Lisa Long, Lois Cox |
Dawn |
Woods |
PVES |
$2,500.00 |
InterChange, PBGH |
The Critters on the Wall |
Pleasant Valley Elementary Teachers |
Tammy |
Cullers |
DLC |
$1,878.96 |
Wal*Mart, Harrisonburg Crossing and Daily News-Record |
Real Pictures, Real Writing |
Paul Yoder, Janet McCulloch, Reinhild Domangue |
Jackie |
Bagwell |
JWES |
$598.97 |
Planters Bank |
Operation Sandbox |
Mindy Berry, Chris Simmons, Cindy Moyers, Candy Rodeffer, Melanie Bair |
Jackie |
Bagwell |
JWES |
$288.01 |
|
Wild About Math! |
|
Teri |
Trick |
PES |
$680.00 |
The Printing Express |
Five on Five for Fitness Fun |
Simone Bergey, JJ McPherson, Pat Dickens |
Michael |
Wanger |
MMS |
$1,000.00 |
Beam Brothers Trucking |
Robotics in Agriculture |
Mike Kimble |
Margaret |
Monk |
OES |
$410.00 |
|
Fitness for Learning |
Tammy Kiser, RN, JMU |
Bonnie |
Berry |
OES |
$446.84 |
|
Surviving Sitting |
|
Kim |
Tate |
BHS |
$624.87 |
Rocco Building Supplies, LLC |
Letterboxing: Reading & Writing More Than Just E-Mail, Snail Mail and Research Papers |
Matthew Kinman, Erin Fawley Sauder |
Jeanne |
Ritchie |
JFHMS |
$849.54 |
Clear Channel Radio |
Water All Around Us |
Sandy Good-Wetsel |
Lee |
Baber |
JFHMS |
$650.00 |
Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, PLC |
Mapping in the 21st Century |
Steve McDonnell |
Faith |
Hottle |
BHS |
$286.00 |
|
Now You're Cooking! |
Vicky Foley |
Erin |
Sauder |
JCMES |
$640.00 |
BB&T Shomo & Lineweaver |
Our Environment and World--We Really CAN Make a Difference |
Katie Noll |
Jeff |
Peake |
MVES |
$600.00 |
Harrisonburg Auto Outlet |
Bring on the Brookies! |
Margo Jantzi, Jeff Miller, Melissa Howard, Obe Hostetter |
Margo |
Jantzi |
MVES |
$1,728.00 |
Randy & Emily Carr/ERA Kline & May Realty and Harris Connect |
icNRG (I See Energy) |
Jeff Peake, Melissa Howard, Jeff Miller |
Candy |
Martin |
TAHS |
$3,000.00 |
Wachovia Bank, Nielsen Construction, Lakeview Golf Course |
Reading Between the Lines |
Laura Fox |
Kathleen |
Hulse |
WSPMS |
$937.00 |
Young, Nicholas, Branner & Phillips, LLP |
Visual Learning Enhancement Strategy |
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