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$31,500 in Classroom and Program Grants Awarded
At a reception on October 27, 2011, the Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley awarded 59 grants totaling $31,500 to individual classroom teachers and educational programs throughout the school district. The awards support a wide range of academic needs including the development of basic literacy skills to more advanced language arts enrichment, hands-on science projects and experimentation, field trips, guest speakers, parent involvement activities and anti-bullying curriculum.
Forty-one percent of the grants awarded included some type of technology component including document cameras and projectors, camcorders, iPods for listening centers and smart carts. Seventeen (17) elementary schools, 12 middle and high schools, and 3 community organizations shared in the grant funding. Information on the specific grant awarded can be found below.
Genesee Mullen, a preschool Special Education teacher at Spangler Elementary, expressed the feelings of many of the grant recipients after receiving funds to create a family literacy night: Thank you all for everything you do! Our students are lucky to have such a wonderful group behind them!
Susan Blanchard, MESA advisor and 6th grade science teacher at Erie Middle School, added: Thanks so much for the money to go on our field trip to the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. It would not be possible without the grant and many of our students would never get the chance to go without your generous help!
Janet Morrison, a 4th grade teacher at Indian Peaks Elementary, after receiving grant money for books to build her English literacy take-home library wrote: I'm so excited to tell my students and ask them what books we should order. Thank you, thank you!!!
Special thanks go to all of the individuals, organizations and businesses in the community that make these grants possible. Information on the specific grant awarded can be found below.
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School or Program
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Project Title
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Submitted by
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2011 Award
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Elementary
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Alpine
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3-D Media Exploration: Ceramic Forms
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Joshua Wise
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$250
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Alpine
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Document Camera and Projector
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Kristen Brohm, Jennifer Cruger, Rachel Etherington
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$370
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Alpine
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Making iPods Accessible
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Lindsey Cheney
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$400
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Burlington
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Poetic Expressions: Kindergarten Literacy Enrichment
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Wendy McMillan, Kelly Jacobson, Val Schineller
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$75
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Burlington
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Classroom Literacy Enrichment, Burlington MESA
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Jodi Willden
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$450
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Burlington
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Marine Biology
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Kelley Crispin
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$300
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Burlington
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Multi-Sensory Language Learning
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Darcy Mordhorst
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$337
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Burlington
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Mesa: Bring in the Bug Mobile!/Fur, Feathers & Fins
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Stephanie Hill
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$500
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Burlington
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Cal-Wood
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Scott Smith
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$700
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Central
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Nimble with Nanos
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Kelly Sanseverino
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$337
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Columbine
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Math for Students
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Jennifer Giles
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$257
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Columbine
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iPad 2 Instructional Support
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Ruth Hanna
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$500
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Columbine
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Bridging the Gap
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Mary Morrill
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$600
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Erie
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Writing is Fun with an iPad
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Kathleen Travis
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$500
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Fall River
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STEM Stations
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Kristi Ekern
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$550
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Frederick
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Warrior Production Company
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Jamie Steele
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$300
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Indian Peaks
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Learning through Weekly Readers
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Tracey Macias
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$135
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Indian Peaks
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Climb to the Top in Reading
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Janet Morrison
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$400
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Indian Peaks
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Literacy Enrichment/Reader's Theater workshop
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Susan Hildago-Fahring
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$400
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Legacy
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iPod Touch
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Heather McLellan
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$300
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Mountain View
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Incentives for Inclusion!; Read and Find Out
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Sue Knaus
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$250 plus supplies
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Mountain View
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Technology in the Classroom
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Mary Tafel, Denise Bart, Joan Maher, Sandra Stubblefield, Susan Horowitz, Becky Gaccetta, Janet Cook, Jennifer Mearing, Christine Thomas
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$5000 to be divided according to needs for technology at Mtn View
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Niwot
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Purchase iPad for 3rd Grade Students
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Dina Kenkel
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$500
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Northridge
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Document Camera and Projector
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Chris Higgins
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$370
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Prairie Ridge
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Challenger Learning Center - MESA
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Elana Wolfinbarger
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$650
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Rocky Mtn
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Oral Language Acquisition
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Ana Teresa Salcedo
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$250
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Sanborn
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Projector for Document Camera
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Catherine McNeely
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$370
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Sanborn
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iPad for Autism
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Teresa Frye
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$630
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Sanborn
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Young AmeriTowne
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Tara Winger, Jen Connors, and Julie Knutson
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$700
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Sanborn & Alpine
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Olweus Bullying Prevention Program for K-5th Grade
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Marnie Price
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$215
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Spangler
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Family Literacy Night
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Genesee Mullen
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$350
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Middle School
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Altona
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A Pilot Program to Determine if E-Readers Benefit ALP and ELL Readers
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Ross Greiner
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$342
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Erie Middle
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Making Content Comprehensible for ALL
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Patti Gruen
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$100 plus supplies
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Erie Middle
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Math Mate's Teacher Resource Books
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Traci Jensen
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$260
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Erie Middle
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Little Shop of Physics Open House/CSU campus tour - MESA
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Chris Duhon
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$400
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Erie Middle
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Fieldtrip to Denver Museum of Science and Nature
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Susan Blanchard
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$480
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Erie Middle
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PRIDe: Parents Raising Independent Decision Makers
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Tanya Over
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$500
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Erie Middle
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Human Body Systems
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Beth Gillig
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$500
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Erie Middle
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Connecting the Dots
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Kimberley Jacobs
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$500
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Heritage
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Mythology Unit
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Kaarina Demers
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$300 plus supplies
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Heritage
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What the Moon Saw - Author Visit
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Jennifer Sebring
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$500
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Heritage
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Dictionaries
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Heather Villalobos
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$500
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Heritage
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Through the Music of Our Immigrants
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Gary Lloyd
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$800
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Heritage
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International Towne
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Samantha Fenster
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$3,020
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Trail Ridge
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Earth Explorers
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Elizabeth Sims
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$335
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Trail Ridge
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Digital Videography
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Axel Reitzig
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$800
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Westview
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World Music Ensemble
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Rebecca Jonas
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$300
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Westview
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Notebooks and Folders
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Laurena Oliver
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60 Notebooks and Folders
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High School
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Erie High
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Document Cameras
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Lisa Carlson
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$370
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Erie High
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Digital Projector
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Greta von Bernuth
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$675
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Frederick High
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Behavior Incentive Program
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Andrew Polson
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$350 plus supplies
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Mead High
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Green Fuels
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Will Pratt
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$462
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Olde Columbine
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E-Credit Recovery Scholarships
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Tracey Sanders
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$600
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Skyline
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Future Fair 2011
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Maura Brady McMullen
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$500
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Twin Peaks Charter
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Camera Grant
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Doug Bean
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$350
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District Departments
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Adult Ed
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Literacy and Pronunciation Software for ESL Literacy Lab
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Kat Bennett
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$400
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Community Programs
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Born to Read
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Born to Read
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Diantha Alspaugh
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$500
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Casa de la Esperanza Learning Center
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Technology Acquisition for Bilingual and Electronic Library
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Carlota Loya Hernandez
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$360
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Times-Call
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Newspapers in Education
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Karen Friesner
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$350
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