Eight Sedalia 200 teachers had their mini grant applications for classroom enhancements funded by the Sedalia School District Foundation, announced by SSDF President Deidre Esquivel at the district’s back-to-school staff meeting on August 22.
According to a news release, the foundation paid out a total of $11,038.72 in requests, ranging from Chromebooks to a world globe.
Since 2005, the foundation has awarded more than $159,000 in mini grants to Sedalia educators.
Following is the list of mini grants funded:
**Language arts teacher Renee Tankersley requested Chromebooks to help elementary-level students for whom English is not their first language to increase their English proficiency.
**Heber Hunt computer lab instructional assistant Roxann Rowland requested the Math Facts in a Flash program for all of the school’s students in grades 2 through 4. The program provides “targeted, timed practice with immediate corrective feedback to … create a solid foundation for more advanced mathematics,” she wrote.
**Parkview Elementary art teacher Janice Hargrave requested a cross-curricular program that combines art and science as students study Leonardo da Vinci and his scientific interests.
**Smith-Cotton High School math teacher Jennifer Crane requested graphing calculators that her Dual-Credit Basic Statistics students will be able to check out to use in school and at home.
**S-C High School teacher Holli Goodrich requested a world globe for her ninth-grade World History classes. “Wall maps and textbook maps are wonderful, however to see a three-dimensional representation of the world makes a different impression in a student’s brain,” Goodrich wrote.
**Smith-Cotton Junior High School math teacher Kaela Reeves requested graphing calculators for her eighth-grade Algebra II students. The calculators also can be used by students taking the ACT exam.
**SCJH Instructional Technology Specialist Madeline Kempton requested funding for a mobile STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) lab to help students explore technology to prepare for jobs in health care, finance, government, education and many other disciplines.
**Sedalia Middle School math teacher Anne Luebbert requested Chromebooks for Math Leveled Learning. She wrote that the technology will be used for daily assessments of student performance that “will immediately demonstrate students who are gaining understanding in specific areas or those who need additional practice.”