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2012 BRAVO AWARDS

The 2012 BRAVO AWARDS were presented to Western Disposal and the St. Vrain Valley Credit Union on May 4th at the Tribute to Teachers for their exceptional contributions to the St. Vrain Valley School District.

 
Student Scholarships Awarded

At the April 24th Board of Directors meeting, the Education Foundation awarded $7,000 in scholarships to nine exceptional District students. 

 
Nominate your favorite educator for an Encore Award

Encore Award nominations are currently being accepted.

 

 

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2010 Grant Recipients

$30,000 in Classroom and Program Grants Awarded

 

At a reception on October 28, 2010, the Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley awarded 77 grants totaling $30,000 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 and parent involvement activities.

Thirty-five percent of the grants awarded included some type of technology component including document cameras and projectors, flip cameras, GPS devices, and science probes. Sixteen (16) elementary schools, 15 middle and high schools, 2 district-wide support program and 3 community organizations shared in the grant funding. Information on the specific grant awarded can be found below.

 
“It is wonderful to be able to support so many excellent projects and programs that focus directly on the academic needs of our students. Investing in our teachers and students is particularly important at a time when academic achievement is so vital to an individual’s future success.” says Lois Blackwood, chair of this year’s grant review committee.


Heritage Middle School math teacher Samantha Olsen expressed the feelings of many grant recipients after receiving grant funding for a project supporting enhancing cultural awareness and financial literacy. She said “Words cannot even begin to express how grateful we all are. International Towne is such an amazing learning opportunity and thanks to your foundation we will be able to send all of our kids without it being a financial burden on their families. What your foundation does is truly going to make a difference for our kids this year.”


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.

 

 

 


School or Program


Project Title


Submitted by


2010 Award

ELEMENTARY

 

 

 

Alpine

Happy Habitats
 

Nix

$175.00

Black Rock
 

iPods in the Classroom
 

McKenzie

$177.00

Burlington

Dictionarys for Vocabulary Development
 

Mordhurst

$200.00

Burlington

MESA Making a Difference
 

Crispin

$275.00

Burlington

5th Grade MESA Trip to Cal-Wood Education Center
 

Hightower
 

$500.00

Burlington

Math and Social Studies Literacy Materials
 

Willden

$100.00

Burlington

Classroom Easel
 

Hightower

$115.00

Burlington

Math Independence in the Primary Classroom
 

Hill

$140.00

Burlington

Importance of Decomposers
 

Foster

$160.00

Burlington

Marine Biology
 

Crispin

$200.00

Burlington Taking Physics Further Douglass $700.00

Central

Building Spanish Sentences

Agnello

$189.00

Central

Doing the Shuffle (iPods)
 

Sans

$360.00

Central

Wellness for All!
 

Beckner

$250.00

Central

Science / Literacy Kits
 

McDonald

$795.00

Central Elementary Community Schools
 

Art with Gamma Costa
 

Dykstra

$340.00

Columbine

King Tut Field Trip
 

Hanna

$500.00

Eagle Crest

Using Avenues ... to Achieve Grade-Level Proficiency
 

Dike-Wilhelm

$110.00

Fall River
 
Collaboration Corner
 
Sampish $150.00

Frederick

Flip 4 Technology (Flip Cameras)
 

Stewart

$150.00

Frederick

iPad for Innovation
 

Steele

$500.00

Frederick

Science Counts
 

Lawrence

$525.00

Loma Linda
 

Monthly Kindergarten Parent Meeting
 

Jimenez

$200.00

Loma Linda
 

Parent / Child Interactive Reading Strategies
 

Smith

$200.00

Longmont Estates
 

21st Century Skills in Social Studies
 

Gordon

$150.00

Mountain View
 

Run Club Rewards
 

Knaus

$100.00

Mountain View
 

Flip Cameras
 

Humble

$150.00

Mountain View
 

Reading Excitement Through Science and Social Studies Content
 

Mearing

$170.00

Mountain View
 

Library Upgrades for this Century
 

Knaus

$200.00

Mountain View
 

Phonics for Special Needs Students
 

Maher

$250.00

Mountain View
 

CSAP Coach Books
 

Cook

$415.00

Mountain View
 

Seeing Stars
 

McGarr

$440.00

Northridge

Document Cameras
 

Schmoker

$922.00

Northridge

Learning Languages with Technology
 

Sampson

$2,000.00

Prairie Ridge
 

Daily Bite
 

Stephens

$100.00

Prairie Ridge
 

Physics Solar Workshop
 

Mallott

$250.00

Prairie Ridge
 

Keyboard Request
 

Keller

$360.00

Rocky Mountain
 

Reading to Children
 

Mullen

$400.00

Rocky Mountain
 

Take Home Literacy Books
 

Franco

$150.00

Spangler Waves of Reading Castellanos $100.00
Spangler 2nd and 3rd Grade MESA
 
Potter $300.00
Spangler 3rd and 4th Grade MESA
 
Hanauer $300.00

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

 

 

 

Coal Ridge

Vocabulary Sizzle
 

Blanken

$270.00

Erie

EMS Parkour Club
 

Korng

$250.00

Heritage

International Towne
 

Olsen

$2,800.00

Heritage

Document Camera
 

Villalobos

$370.00

Heritage

Laura Resau - Author Visit
 

Sebring

$500.00

Sunset

Sunset's Red Carpet Community Theatre Night and Online Digital Portfolios (Digital Cameras +)
 

Goodwin

$260.00

Sunset

"Wii" are Innovative!!!
 

Martenson

$325.00

Trail Ridge

Technology for Special Needs Students
 

Winka

$552.00

Trail Ridge

TRMS Write to Learn Pilot
 

Kelleher

$499.00

Trail Ridge
 

Photoshop

Reitzig

$500.00

Westview
 

"What Did You Do inSchool Today?"
 

Decker, Rhoadarmer
 

$110.00

Westview Flipping in PE (Flip Cameras) Rasmussen $250.00
Westview Filming Fluency (Flip Cameras) O'Leary $300.00
Westview Teaching Tablet Aschenbrenner $460.00
Westview MESA and Science Classroom Probe Technology Margolin $350.00

MIDDLE / SENIOR HIGH

 

 

 

Lyons

Robotics Curriculum
 

Constantine

$700.00

Lyons Forensic Science Class Courtney $405.00
Lyons The Sounds of Silence (Headphones) Scott $175.00

HIGH SCHOOL

 

 

 

Erie

Integrating Technology with Global Position System Devices
 

Mitchell

$420.00

Erie

Technology to Create 21st Century Social Studies Classroom
 

Gentert

$370.00

Frederick

Game Programming Graphics
 

Morrow

$200.00

Frederick

Inquiry into Life and Generation of Life
 

Sixberry

$350.00

Frederick

Computer Science Boot Camp
 

Morrow

$459.00

Frederick

Positive Behavior Support System for Autistic / SIED Students
 

Polson

$400.00

Longmont Increase Reading Scores with Audio Books Connelly-Meester $225.00
Niwot Leaping Ahead in Language Learning and Literacy
 
Felter $100.00
Olde Columbine
 
Projecting English into the 21st Century (Projector)
 
Sanders $900.00
Silver Creek
 
Integrated and Innovative!
 
Carpenter / Luchies-Schroeder
 
$20.00
Silver Creek Project Projector
 
Kohn $552.00
Skyline King Tut
 
McFarling / McLees
 
$500.00
Skyline Future Fair
 
McMullen / Carnes
 
$500.00

DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS

 

 

 

Life Skills University
 

Snack Box
 

O'Donohue

$200.00

Life Skills University

 

Coffee Cart

Foster $340.00

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

 

 

 

Born to Read
 

Born to Read

Alspaugh

$500.00

Casa de la Esparanza

Casa Robotics Academy
 

Hernandez

$700.00

Times-Call

Newspaper in Education
 

Friesner

$350.00