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. We sincerely thank the supporters of the 2009 golf outing.
Awarded for the 2009 - 2010 school year:
$350 to Davenport Kindergarten for for materials to construct a “Kindergarten Readiness Bag” to give to each child and his/her family at Spring Kindergarten Registration. The Kindergarten Readiness Bag" has proven to be a successful tool the past two years. It has provided families with the opportunity to engage in activities that will assist students to get "academically" ready for Kindergarten. Many of the materials can be used in the home throughout their kindergarten year.
$1000 to Davenport First Grade to purchase reading books. This years grant will provide 16 copies of each book to enable every teacher to have a collection within their classroom. This years titles include: Bad Dog, Bear Snores, Boy Who Loved Words, Dear Mr. Blueberry, Dog Team, Dot, Duck on a Bike, I Want an Iguana, If Dogs were Dinosaurs, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Hello Ocean and Giant Panda. The entire collection consists of 160 trade books.
$240 to Kingston Elementary Third Grade for three sets of theatre scripts. Each set includes 16 level appropriate scripts allowing for differentiated reading. The scripts are designed for 4 readers at a time with each copy having a different characters part highlighted so it is easy for the students to follow along. Each script focuses on a different literary genre from historical fiction to mystery to adventure. As students read and practice each script they will build oral skills, fluency and comprehension.
$863 to K-5 Physical Education for 30 Robic Pulse Heart Monitors. The heart rate monitors will allow students to use technology while engaging in fitness activities.
The students in K-5 PE would be working toward the following performance goals:
- Engaging in physical activity that causes increased heart rate
- Describe immediate effects of physical activity on the body
- Monitor individual heart rate before, during, and after physical activity with the use of technology
- Set personal health-related fitness goals.
$1500 to Middle School Science for additional technology hardware for the eighteen sections of Life, Earth, and Physical Science that are being taught by this Department. Items may include satellite notebook computers, LCD projectors, presentation carts and computer speaker systems.
$599 to Middle School Music for a Yamaha P855 Contemporary Digital Piano. The digital piano will allow the jazz band to perform on stage and be helpful to piano accompanists who rehearse with the students for solo and ensemble.
$385 to High School Science for class sets of various microscope slides of tissues, mitosis, biological diversity, and protists. The slides will supplement lessons with hands-on activities where students are actively investigating their world around them.
Slides in this collection will include:
- Muscle Types
- Adult Skin, Unpigmented
- Bone Development
- Human Blood
- Basic Protist Survey Set
- Onion Mitosis
- Biological Diversity
$1495 to Genoa-Kingston Academic Bowl Team for a 10-Player "Slam-in" wireless buzzer system. Each year, students who rank in the top of their class compete with content-based trivia against other schools. Each school is required to bring a buzzer system to each meet. The new buzzer will allow our students to compete with other districts and proudly represent the Genoa-Kingston School District.
$700 to Genoa-Kingston High School Drama Department for 2 Wireless Headset Microphones. This grant will continue to upgrade the sound equipment necessary for stage performance and will enhance the audience's enjoyment of the shows.
$1000 to Genoa-Kingston High School Music Department to partially fund the purchase of choral stoles to match the existing choir robes. The robes, purchased between 1993-1995 lack any personalized touch distinguishing them from other school choir robes. Most schools wear stoles with their robes, most robes, including ours, are meant to be worn with stoles. These stoles tastefully featuring our school colors will make an attractive addition to our choral robes worn at concerts, the Big Northern Music Festival, and the All-State Chorus.