We would like to expand our HeartMath program in eight TTUSD schools. HeartMath is a stress management system that helps students synchronize their brain and heart rate for optimal stress resistance and mental performance. Students wear a heart monitor that shows their Heart Rate Variability (HRV) rhythm which indicates when

We would like to refresh some of our counseling materials with experiential fun books that kids love to listen to and learn from. As counselors, we focus heavily on growth mindset, compassion, character strengths etc and kids learn best through visuals and touching items. Being able to hold, play and

Educators around the world use these unique learning aids to teach early childhood, parenting, infant health lessons, and sex education. Smart babies add meaning and accountability by using wireless programming to track and report on caregiver behaviors. Tracked behaviors include care events, mishandling actions, time in a car seat as

This grant would fund a beverage stand/cart (lemonade, hot chocolate and coffee/tea) operation at Tahoe Lake Elementary, to be run by special education staff and students - including SDC, RSP, and speech.

A recent study by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network concluded that within schools in a post-pandemic world, approximately four students in every elementary classroom struggle with mental health indicators that impair them in some way. Also, nearly half of every class has been exposed to at least one adverse

This grant is for the purchase of two Indoor Tower Garden Growing systems for the Special Education SDC program at North Tahoe High School. This program benefits students in the 9th -Transition(age 22) developing independent living skills, workability skills, functional academics, and social-emotional skills. The garden will support our multi-age

In our life skills elective for juniors and seniors, we want to offer first aid/CPR/AED training. We have certified instructors on campus as current course teachers but do not have the materials. CPR training will increase the survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), increase the number of bystanders equipped

We would like to purchase a variety of movement and play equipment that are designed to promote fine motor and gross motor skills for our youngest learners. The traditional PE equipment is not available for our use. This equipment will be used within our classrooms, in the gym, and outside

Kindergarten is truly a magical year in the school life of a young scholar. When they enter the classroom on the first day of school, they truly are babies -- unaware of the norms and routines that guide any classroom. Over the course of the year, the transformation that they

I would like to implement a Hearmath station in every classroom at Truckee Elementary School . Heartmath was brought to TTUSD five years ago as another way counselors can help students self-regulate their emotions and calm down . Heartmath is based on 25 years of scientific research of looking at