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The Rockingham Educational Foundation has announced the
winners of the 2005-06 Innovative Idea Grants. Dick Harper,
Director of Special Programs, announced that REFI had awarded 78 grants
totaling $47,815.42. The list below has only the project
coordinator listed although others may have assisted in writing the
grant.
The recipients, including the project coordinator as well as those that
assisted in writing the proposal, will be recognized at the October 25,
School Board meeting at Turner Ashby High School.
| Name | School | Amount | Title |
| Lori Peltonen | BHS | $496.90 | Book Blitz |
| Lori Peltonen | BHS | $756.20 | Books, a Ballot, and Breakfast |
| Ann Hill | BHS | $954.69 | Audiobooks |
| Kim Tate | BHS | $1000.00 | “Fetched On”: A Crossroads Project |
| Susan Meadows | DLC | $1000.00 | Food For Thought |
| Linda Doherty | EES | $1000.00 | Problem Solvers |
| Regenia Wine | EMS | $1000.00 | Middle School Math through Manipulatives |
| Tracy West | EMS | $1000.00 | Photography |
| Ann Ridenour | EMS | $123.63 | Mini-Society Motivation |
| Patricia Life | EMS | $1000.00 | 'Our House-Where Character Counts” |
| Chris Kaznosky | EMS | $1000.00 | Wonders of Weather |
| Chris Kaznosky | EMS | $1000.00 | Water Monitoring: Students Can Make A Difference |
| Elizabeth Hussey | EMS | $1000.00 | Fitness for the Future |
| Linda Harpine | EMS | $600.00 | Search For The Lost Town Of New Haven |
| Sharon Martz | EMS | $1000.00 | Need A Splash Of Color |
| Marta Frederick | FRES | $400.00 | Alternative Fuel Progam |
| Marta Frederick | FRES | $400.00 | Science Fair-Molecules in Motion |
| Marta Frederick | FRES | $1000.00 | Renaissance Festival |
| Stephanie Hutchinson | JCME | $550.00 | 5th Grade Memories |
| Susan Morris | JCME | $850.00 | Discovering Science Through Reading |
| Angela Briggs | JWES | $330.00 | Photography and Children: A Look at Literacy Through the Lens |
| Dewie Arey | JWES | $330.00 | Math Fun At Jaguar Club |
| Jackie Bagwell | JWES | $800.00 | W.O.W. (Within Our World) |
| Deb Coffman | LEES | $300.00 | “Framed” Schools and Businesses Connected By Art |
| Paola Garcia | LSES | $965.00 | Swimming Tadpole Leaping Frog |
| Tammy Offenbacker-Koogler | LSES | $1000.00 | Show Me The Money |
| Dana Shields | LSES | $175.00 | Sing Out Loud |
| Bobbie Arbogast | LSES | $1000.00 | Engineering Our Tomorrow |
| Diana Umbel/Brenda Robey | LSES | $712.75 | Smooth Transition to Elementary Public School |
| Bobbie Arbogast | LSES | $1000.00 | Gearing Up for Success |
| Carlene Lantz | LSES | $668.91 | First Grade's In The Bag |
| Janis Churchill | MES | $850.00 | Learning the SOL's with Literacy Bags |
| Kari Carpenter | MES | $999.00 | “Tickling the Ivory-Musical Development through Keyboard Performance |
| Barbara Palmer | MMS | $1000.00 | Outside Science Lab |
| Camala Kite | MMS | $695.95 | Geograbuzz: What's the Buzz All About? |
| Carolyn Alford | MMS | $549.00 | “Baby, This Ain't No Fun" |
| Janeen Dofflemyer | Mt View | $250.00 | Book Buddies are a Bag of Fun |
| Janeen Dofflemyer | Mt View | $150.00 | Let Me Explain….Lending Library |
| Janeen Dofflemyer | Mt View | $180.00 | The Story of Me! |
| Jeff Peake | Mt View | $382.00 | The Power of Published Poetry |
| Sue Dean | Mt View | $764.10 | Bright Smiles-Bright Futures |
| Rebecca Davenport | Mt. View | $500.00 | One Book, One School |
| Katrina Eberly | Mt. View | $1000.00 | Make Your Mark in the World |
| Sue Haley | Mt. View | $720.00 | Show Me (Showing History of our World) |
| Debra Bontz | MTC | $554.49 | “Stop The Violence: Students Taking On Prevention |
| Debra Bontz | MTC | $1000.00 | Pro Start: An Industry Certified Career Option |
| Bonnie Berry/Tiffany Layman | Ottobine | $279.98 | Sorting Labs |
| Tiffany Layman/Bonnie Berry | Ottobine | $366.24 | SOL To Go Trivia Set |
| Bonnie Berry/Tiffany Layman | Ottobine | $252.86 | A Stamp For Learning |
| Bonnie Berry | Ottobine | $375.00 | Fitness For Learning |
| Lisa Stefancin | Ottobine | $637.45 | “We're Great! And We're Getting Greater” |
| Anna Bishop | Peak View | $813.16 | Leap Into Learning with LeapPads |
| Susan Lawrence | Peak View | $748.65 | Let's Book! An After School Book Club |
| Susan Lawrence | Peak View | $285.52 | Reading, It's Not Just Books..Periodicals for Ele. Readers |
| Marilyn Wall | Peak View | $600.00 | Lift Off to Problem Solving |
| Tammy Shearer | Plains | $465.00 | Read to Succeed at “Le Club” |
| Betty Coffman | PVES | $1000.00 | Literacy Through Music |
| Dee Stuzman | PVES | $260.00 | Phonology & Language, Systematically |
| Dee Stuzman | PVES | $290.00 | Forward Thinking |
| Ann Ford | PVES | $150.00 | The Young and the Elder |
| Patty Burchill | PVES | $170.00 | We Made It Publishing |
| Kim VanBenschoten | PVES | $400.00 | Let's Face It: Video Conferencing with Pen Pals in
Salisbury, England |
| Carolyn Miller | PVES | $500.00 | Fraction Action: School to Home |
| Patty Burchill | PVES | $250.00 | SMART Reading |
| Karen Komara | PVES | $500.00 | The Classical Club |
| Karen Komara | PVES | $260.00 | Book Swap Club |
| Pre-K Team: Rogers, Heatwole, Alley, Ford |
PVES | $240.00 | Swinging with the SOL's |
| Karen Komara | PVES | $360.00 | Colonial Day |
| Chris Dodson | SHS | $600.00 | Give Me A Voice |
| Kristin Cosby | SHS | $1000.00 | “Geo-Motion” |
| Katie Lam | SHS | $400.00 | You Can Be a Leader and STOP the Violence |
| Susie Shomo | SHS | $286.00 | WA-TER: We're Going to Learn About Our Water |
| Susie Shomo/Todd Lynn | SHS | $414.00 | The Karst Topography Experience |
| Cindy Ferek | TAHS | $1000.00 | Dancing to the Beat of Your Heart |
| Carolyn Kipps/Debbie Price/Natalie Eberly | TAHS/PVES | $490.00 | Up, Up and Away |
| Amy McAvoy | WPMS | $225.00 | Second Chance Reading |
| Amy McAvoy | WPMS | $212.94 | Roadmap to Reading |
| Donna Kain | WPMS | $975.10 | The Reading Room: Traveling Reading Resource Center Continuation |
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