Grants
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
One of the goals of the Foundation is to provide grants that give teachers an opportunity to put innovative ideas into practice that would not otherwise be possible through the district's normal operating budget. Grants are effective because they put funds directly into the classroom. The Foundation provides annual grants to as many requests as the current funding level allows.
The Education Foundation relies on the generous support of individuals, families, organizations, and businesses to provide the funding required for these grants. Money is raised during our annual golf outing and is supplemented with earnings from the endowment fund.
Awarded for the 2007 - 2008 school year:
$509 to Davenport Early Childhood Program for an assortment of computer equipment and software for two work stations. The workstations will assist the students to meet reading and fluency benchmarks.
$2900 to Davenport Kindergarten for an advanced visual projection system. The system will include an Elmo digital presenter, a NEC projector, notebook computer and a presentation cart. The Elmo will be used for displaying math manipulatives, authentic items, and documents. It will also be used to share and save students work; as well as guided reading and following step-by-step directions.
$1000 to Davenport Kindergarten for materials to construct a "Kindergarten Readiness Bag" to give to each child at the March pre-registration. The focus of the bag is to provide parents with a variety of age appropriate activities and materials that parents could explore with their child prior to the beginning of the school year.
$210 to Davenport First Grade for Solar System Mobiles. The mobiles have an entire set of planets that orbit around a lighted sun and include a CD that take students on an audio tour of the solar system.
$3000 to Kingston Second and Third Grade Music for a Yamaha CLP-240 Digital Piano and Keyboard. The CLP-240 brings stylish looks and professional sound together in an instrument that is also portable and easy to use. The piano will be used for music instruction and performances.
$370 to Kingston Second and Third Grade Physical Education for paddles, balls and nets. This equipment will provide an opportunity to learn the elements of teamwork (communication, decision making, cooperation, and leadership) and how to adjust individual needs to team needs. The paddle, ball and net lessons will also simulate a variety of games that can be lifelong activities, such as ping-pong, tennis, and racquetball.
$1900 to Kingston Third Grade for an Elmo digital presenter, a NEC projector and a presentation cart. The advanced presentation system enables students to clearly see what is being displayed and to share a variety of reports, art work, and written responses. Research shows that stimulating visual displays are easily grasped, retained and absorbed by students.
$2000 to Genoa-Kingston Middle School for a Bluetooth ready SmartBoard. This will be the second SmartBoard for GKMS and will be used on the second floor providing access to the sixth grade team and the entire science department. This grant was made possible with matching funds from the Genoa-Kingston United Way.
$696 to Genoa-Kingston Middle School 7th Grade Language Arts/Reading for a public address system. Some of the lessons planned include a simulated radio broadcast, reading stories and poetry aloud and presenting reports. This equipment will give students many opportunities to practice the skills necessary to become confident and successful in public speaking.
$1200 to Genoa-Kingston Middle School Visual Arts Department for a LCD projector and cart. The projector will be used to show practical and historic examples of art work to students during lectures and demonstrations.
$200 to Genoa-Kingston High School Computer Club for 30 Velleman MK101 Electronic Heart kits. These kits require that the students learn to solder resistors, capacitors and LED's to a small heart shaped circuit board.