Eugene schools to reap benefits from foundation.Byline: ANNE WILLIAMS The Register-Guard Just in time for the holidays, the Eugene Education Fund announced its annual "Equity Grants" this week, and virtually every school came out a winner. The modest grants, ranging from $338 to $2,000, fund or supplement a host of programs and curricula in the arts, history, life skills, literacy, mathematics, music and science. The EEF EEF Engineering Employers Federation (UK) EEF Egyptian Expeditionary Force EEF European Employee Forum EEF Environment Electronic Friends EEF Exponentially Embedded Family EEF Energy-Efficient Family gave out $70,301 this year, the most ever, to 41 schools and the district, executive director David Meredith said. "Every school that applied got something," he said, although in some cases the amount was lower than requested. The only school that did not submit a proposal was Buena Vista Elementary School elementary school: see school. , although it benefits from a $6,000 districtwide grant that pays for hands-on science kits used in all elementary classrooms. At Gilham Elementary School, for example, a $2,000 award will help buy new classroom maps, laminated desktop maps for each student and other geography materials. For the last several years, fifth-graders and a few fourth-graders have participated in the National Geographic Geography Bee, teacher Paula Wilkes said. She'd like more students to participate - if not directly, then by following in classrooms with their maps while the competition airs over the intercom. "It's been something that's been very popular," Wilkes said. At Twin Oaks Twin Oaks may refer to any of the following:
Applications for Equity Grants - so-named because they are distributed throughout the district - are evaluated by the foundation's 10-member board on merit, as well as on a school's particular level of need. The board also considers how the proposal will broaden the educational experience, complement instruction and assist the greatest number of students. The EEF is a private foundation that raises money each year from dozens of corporate donors and hundreds of individuals. So far, fund-raising this year totals $330,816, Meredith said - $42,354 more than by this date last year. Proposals not selected for Equity Grants are still eligible for funding should donors be willing to pick up the entire cost of the project, Meredith said. Those proposals, along with the list of funded projects, are described on the foundation's Web site, www.eef.lane.edu. To contact the EEF, call 343-6877. Grant money awarded to Eugene district schools All elementary schools: Hands-on kits teaching life, physical and earth sciences to all elementary students, $6,000 Adams Elementary: Enhancing Reading Fluency teaches concept organization to young writers using computer-aided instruction (application, education) Computer-Aided Instruction - (CAI, or "assisted", "learning", CAL) The use of (personal) computers for education and training. , $2,000 Awbrey Park Elementary: Reading volunteer coordinator to train parent volunteers, $1,496 Cal Young Middle: Battery-powered Vehicle Design helps students building electric cars for competition, $2,000 Churchill High: Reading enhancement program for struggling students, $500 Coburg Elementary: Library assistant, $2,000 Corridor Elementary: Student access to school theater performances at the Hult Center, $900 Crest Drive Elementary: Math and Reading Coalition provides one-on-one tutoring by trained parent volunteers, $2,000 Eastside Elementary: Bringing the Bard to Eastside funds student productions and a trip to Ashland, $500 Edgewood and Evergreen elementaries: Listening to Learn uses an audio lab to boost listening, reading and speaking skills, $1,000 Edison Elementary: Media/technology specialist, $2,000 Evergreen Elementary: Scientist in Residence to teach marine biology marine biology, study of ocean plants and animals and their ecological relationships. Marine organisms may be classified (according to their mode of life) as nektonic, planktonic, or benthic. Nektonic animals are those that swim and migrate freely, e.g. and other topics in small groups, $1,000 Family School: Language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. and math aide, $2,000 Fox Hollow Elementary: Inter-/extracurricular arts include music, dance, theater and speech, $500 Gilham Elementary: Expand geography instruction and participation in the annual Geography Bee, $2,000 Harris Elementary: Extended-day social skills classes, $1,450 Hillside Elementary: Instructor salary for Hillside Husky Music Program, $2,000 Howard Elementary: Five-day Outdoor School camp for 75 fourth- and fifth-graders, $2,000 International High Schools (a program at all four high schools): 2002 Eurasian Conference, a simulated international conference for 400 10th-graders, $1,300 Jefferson Middle: Hatfield Marine Science Center trip for seventh-graders, $500 Kelly Middle: It's Fine (Arts) at Kelly! enhances music with new and repaired instruments and other supplies, $2,000 Kennedy Middle: Accelerated Math This article refers to mathematics software published by Renaissance Learning. For topics related to mathematics in education, see Mathematics education and Alternate usage. Accelerated Math uses computer software to boost skills, $2,000 Madison Middle: History through Literature uses historical fiction to teach key themes in U.S. history, $500. Natural Helpers peer support program, $900 Magnet Arts Elementary: Update library's history, culture and current events collection, $2,000 McCornack Elementary: Kindergarten classroom aide support, $2,000 Meadowlark meadowlark, common North American meadow bird of the family Icteridae, also called meadow starling. Unlike other members of the family, which comprises blackbirds, grackles, orioles, and others, the meadowlark does not travel in large flocks, and it eats harmful Elementary: Drumming: Connecting Cultures, a hands-on program: $1,480 Monroe Middle: OMSI OMSI Oregon Museum of Science and Industry OMSI Operation and Maintenance Support Information OMSI Office of Monitoring and School Improvement OMSI Open, Modular, Scalable, Integrated OMSI Open Mobile Service Interface Interactive Science Assemblies in physics and ecology, $750. A project creating spiral-bound, laminated books showcasing student work, $416 North Eugene High: Instructors for ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. Homework Program, $2,000 Parker Elementary: Extends Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons instruction into the community, $1,000 Patterson Elementary: Leap Into Literacy allows independent learning using books that are computer-linked to light pens and headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. , $1,782. Math Manipulatives, a hands-on program teaching basic concepts and problem-solving, $500 River Road/El Camino Del Rio Del Rio (rē`ō), city (1990 pop. 30,705), seat of Val Verde co., W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Acuña, Mexico; founded 1868, inc. 1911. Elementary: Oral translators to help Spanish-speaking parents at gatherings, $1,500. Translation assistant, $1,500 Roosevelt Middle: Natural Helpers peer support program, $512 Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Elementary: Computer lab math, ESL and other software, $2,000 Sheldon High: Reading improvement for upperclassmen through direct tutoring, $2,000 South Eugene High: Nooks and software for new earth science class, $500 Spencer Butte Spencer Butte is a prominent landmark in Lane County, Oregon, United States, south of Eugene. The peak has an elevation of 2055 feet[1] (626 m). Spencer Butte is accessible from Spencer Butte Park and has several hiking trails to the summit. Middle: Natural Helpers peer support program, $500. Three Historical Novels program for sixth-graders, $500 Spring Creek A spring creek is a stream that flows from a spring. Spring Creek may refer to any of the following specific places:
Twin Oaks Elementary: Let's Hear it for the Red, White and Blue!, a schoolwide music program that will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in performance at the McDonald Theatre, $2,000 Washington Elementary: Update library's high-interest fiction and nonfiction collection, $2,000 Westmoreland Elementary: After-school literacy lab and accompanying software for children and parents, $2,000. Reading program for beginning readers using highly motivating materials, $500. Sight Word Reading Program for older nonreaders, $500 Willagillespie Elementary: Teacher for an after-school choir and instrument group, $1,000 Willakenzie Elementary: Help a Reader program for third-graders, $477 Yujin Gakuen Elementary: Sky's the Limit!, a hands-on flight and rocketry rock·et·ry n. The science and technology of rocket design, construction, and flight. rocketry Noun the science and technology of the design and operation of rockets unit for sixth-graders, $338 |
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