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2003 Innovative Idea Grant Awards Announced
$30,000 Awarded through REFI
Ed Smith, Director of Program Development and Evaluation for Rockingham County Public Schools, announced the winners of the 2003 Innovative Idea Grants. Sponsored by the Rockingham Educational Foundation, Inc., $30,000 has been awarded among 67 grant proposals. There were 117 proposals submitted. The chart below describes each award:
|
Name |
School |
Other Project Leaders |
Name of Grant |
Amount |
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Michelle Sites |
Broadway High School |
Jewel Hertzler, Martha Maddox |
Getting In Touch With Clay! |
$850 |
|
Cynthia Zodda |
Elkton Elementary |
Exposing Geometry-Inside & Out! |
$800 |
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Sally Brown |
Elkton Elementary School |
Geri Skievaski, Becky Smith, Annette Fornadel, Joy Shickel |
Character "Counts" |
$250 |
|
Karen Ridder |
Elkton Middle School |
Maria Blair |
Bookshelf Treasures |
$200 |
|
Jeanne Ritchie |
Hillyard Middle School |
Sandy Good-Wetsel |
Rolling on the River |
$982 |
|
Melissa Fretwell |
Hillyard Middle School |
Formal Luncheon |
$100 |
|
|
Pam Dowrey |
Hillyard Middle School |
Janet Shank |
Water World |
$795 |
|
Marti Garber |
Hillyard Middle School |
No Body's Perfect: A Girls Guide to Life |
$215 |
|
|
Amy McAvoy |
John C. Myers Elementary |
Project Travel |
$1000 |
|
|
Susan Lawrence |
John Wayland Elem. |
Christy Curry, Sharon Griffin |
Jagwriters Publishing Center: Starring Young Authors |
$525 |
|
Susan Eckenrode |
John Wayland Elem. |
Donna Barber, Dawn Flory, Tamyra Rosen |
Parents Are Teachers Too (PATT) |
$1000 |
|
Lynne German |
John Wayland Elem. |
Sound & Imagination |
$508 |
|
|
Jackie Bagwell |
John Wayland Elem. |
Backpacking through Preschool |
$450 |
|
|
Candace Cline |
John Wayland Elementary |
Storybook Hallway |
$300 |
|
|
Charlotte Holter |
John Wayland Elementary |
The Battle of the Books |
$625 |
|
|
Virginia Ward |
Lacey Spring Elementary |
Dana Shields, Debbie Armentrout, Mandi Glendye, Heather Smith |
Fast Facts F.U.N. Pouch-Fun Understanding Numbers |
$276 |
|
Renee Douglas |
Massanutten Tech. Ctr. |
Understanding the Police Response to Domestic Violence in Our Community |
$703 |
|
|
Debra Bontz |
Massanutten Tech. Ctr. |
STOP the Violence: Students Taking On Prevention |
$200 |
|
|
Aaron Good |
McGaheysville Elem. |
Recycle to Learn, Learn to Recycle |
$250 |
|
|
Therese Warner |
McGaheysville Elementary |
Janis Detamore, Lou Kirkendall |
Connecting with Computers |
$700 |
|
Janis Detamore |
McGaheysville Elementary |
Snuggle & Learn |
$500 |
|
|
Janis Detamore |
McGaheysville Elementary |
A Step Back Into Time |
$250 |
|
|
Camala Kite |
Montevideo Middle School |
A Novel Approach to Elizabethan England |
$304 |
|
|
Sarah Lopacinski |
Montevideo Middle School |
Anita Wayland |
Hands-On Life Science & Technology |
$920 |
|
Barbara Palmer |
Montevideo Middle School |
Martha Hammer |
Healthy Water! Healthy People! |
$1000 |
|
Martha Hammer |
Montevideo Middle School |
Barbara Palmer |
Storm Ready |
$500 |
|
Jean Sutherland |
Montevideo Middle School |
Mind's Eye |
$655 |
|
|
Barbara Palmer |
Montevideo Middle School |
River Tank Ecosystem |
$700 |
|
|
Lois King |
Montevideo Middle School |
This is MY Country |
$500 |
|
|
Nancy Showalter |
Montevideo Middle School |
One Step At A Time |
$500 |
|
|
Janeen Dofflemyer |
Mountain View Elem. |
Photo Journaling Fanatics! |
$335 |
|
|
Rebecca Davenport |
Mountain View Elem. |
Parents Make the Difference |
$500 |
|
|
Janet Hostetter |
Mountain View Elem. |
Playing Guitar Makes Learning Go Far |
$500 |
|
|
Lynn Allen |
Mountain View Elem. |
Math & the Merits of Doodling |
$335 |
|
|
Lynn Allen |
Mountain View Elem. |
Soup's On! Virginia's Standards of Learning for grades K-3 |
$200 |
|
|
Lynn Allen |
Mountain View Elem. |
Who's in the Zoo? |
$500 |
|
|
Faye Botkin |
Mountain View Elementary |
W.O.W. (Walking Our Way) Towards Wellness |
$500 |
|
|
Bonnie Berry |
Ottobine Elementary |
Linda J. Hulton - JMU |
Fitness for Learning |
$300 |
|
Chuck Heckman |
Ottobine Elementary |
Checkbooks in the Classroom |
$100 |
|
|
Bonnie Berry |
Ottobine Elementary |
Tiffany Layman |
Zoo-Phonics |
$265 |
|
Lisa Stefancin |
Ottobine Elementary |
Kathy Renalds, Jackie Strunk, Bev Suter |
Reading & Writing Nonfiction in the Elementary Grades |
$755 |
|
Marilyn Wall |
Peak View Elementary |
Anna Kathryn Eby, Dr. Michael Renfroe-JMU, Eliot Westwood-parent, PKVES Science Committee |
Gardens of Learning |
$500 |
|
Dewie Arey |
Peak View Elementary |
Read Naturally |
$460 |
|
|
Beth Cruse |
Peak View Elementary |
Accelerated Book Club (ABC) |
$705 |
|
|
Lynne Stover |
Pence Middle School |
Peggy Grandle, Martha Taylor, Gloria White |
Middle School Magical Library Lessons |
$645 |
|
Lynne Stover |
Pence Middle School |
Improving Reading Scores: The Literature Code |
$804 |
|
|
Tammy Shearer |
Plains Elementary |
Swift Realizations of the Ancient Civilization |
$300 |
|
|
Tammy Shearer |
Plains Elementary |
Econo-muckly Speaking |
$280 |
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|
Odile Heisel |
Plains Elementary |
Library Gold Card Club |
$338 |
|
|
Dee Stutzman |
Pleasant Valley & Turner Ashby High Schools |
Hear-obics: Advanced |
$390 |
|
|
Gloria Rutt |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Karen Komara, Melissa Fox, Kim VanBenschoten, Debbie Price, Natalie Eberly |
Fabulous Fractions |
$306 |
|
Ann Ford |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Tammy Lawson, Heather Wilson-Sunnyside Health Care Center |
The Young & the Elder |
$175 |
|
Barbara Moyer |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Sherry Miller, Starr Wilson |
Can Do Kids Cookbook |
$300 |
|
Pleasant Valley PreK and K Teams |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Ronda Heatwhole, Jan Alley, Ann Ford, Diane Rodgers |
Swinging With the SOLs |
$240 |
|
Karen Komara |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Melissa Fox, Kim VanBenschoten |
Native American Day |
$360 |
|
Karen Komara |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Melissa Fox, Kim VanBenschoten |
Classical Club |
$500 |
|
Karen Komara |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Poetry Theater |
$160 |
|
|
Karen Komara |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
Melissa Fox, Kim VanBenschoten |
Book Swap Club |
$240 |
|
Patty Burchill |
Pleasant Valley Elem. |
We Made It Publishing |
$150 |
|
|
Dee Stutzman |
Pleasant Valley Elem. & Turner Ashby High School |
Fun-ology! |
$198 |
|
|
PVES Pre-school, Kindergarten & Special Ed. Team |
Pleasant Valley Elementary |
Ann Ford, Diane Rodgers, Ronda Heatwole, Jan Alley, Barbara Moyer, Kristie McDonald |
And Away We Grow! |
$273 |
|
Julie Cassetta |
Spotswood High School |
Angela Tickle-student, Laura Sponaugle-student, Dennis Necsary-student |
Rockingham County Public Schools Speakers Bureau |
$200 |
|
Catherine Holmes |
Spotswood High School |
We the People-Learning by Doing-Citizen and the Constitution |
$500 |
|
|
Denise Lam |
Spotswood High School |
Could You be a Monopolist? |
$65 |
|
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Shelley Bryant |
Turner Ashby High School |
Judy Rees |
Shared Reading for Teachers: Reading and Sharing The Courage to Teach and Planting the Seed for a Critical Friends Group |
$210 |
|
Natalie Eberly & Jill Dean |
Pleasant Valley Elem. & Turner Ashby High School |
Debbie Price |
Up, Up and Away III |
$400 |
|
Cindy Ferek |
Turner Ashby High School |
S.T.E.P. Students Trekking Everywhere with Pedometers |
$500 |
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