Partial funding for a Spanish-as-a-Second-Language Program at North Tahoe Intermediate School.
This grant would fund 29-weeks of minimum day programming through the Boys & Girls Club and Tahoe City PUD. Programming includes Power Hour homework, BOTT Technology Lab, Art Programs, Sports.
EASY (English Academic Success for You) is a multimedia curriculum that uses video and interactive CD-ROMs to teach community life skills and English Language Development. EASY is a standards based ESL program designed for Beginners thru Intermediate Learners. The program includes reproducible worksheets and tests to access student learning. These materials would be kept in the Library and would be available to all NTMS and NTHS students and teachers.
Supplementing the current math program for students with different abilities and learning styles, with texts, visual aids, and hands-on-materials. To be used by the special education teachers at Truckee High School and any other students in Special Education whose teachers wish to use them.
This project will provide materials to increase the availability of Spanish as an elective to students at NTMS.
This grant will develop a supplemental math program at NTMS for students having difficulty with College Preparatory Math (CPM) courses due to a lack of basic math skills.
Two class sets of dictionaries and one class set of Spanish/English dictionaries for the ESL program.
46 gallon aquarium will allow for an artificial environment to thrive in the classroom. Students will understand aquatic environments, their inhabitants and the relationship between the students and the fragile natural environment.
Career Exploration materials. Focuses on students abilities, skills, preferences, values and personality traits to help them discover who they are.. Hopes to raise awareness of future goals thus making current school subjects more applicable to real life.