Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $53248

All
Total $3624

• Environmental Education - Johnson/ Reed
  The Proposal will offer a hands-on, interactive, environmental curriculum to DOnner Trail and TTUSD students. The goal of the program will be to promote an understanding and awareness of the natural environment, cultivate scientific literacy and stimulate stewardship attitudes towards the earth. Funds will be used for microscopes, field guides for plant and animal identification, bug boxes, gardening supplies, binoculars and a camera. - $2080
• Adopt a Watershed - Joint Proposal
  One of the goals of Adopt A Watershed program is to make science relevant and applicable to students lives by having them apply concepts learned in class to the watershed in which they live. The curriculum contains many hands on lessons that build toward doing a scientific field study, restoration project and community action project in each unit. The funds will be to purchase necessary materials to support the project including curriculum guides and field study kits. - $1544

Combined Schools
Total $10764

• Egg Painting - Yagura
  This project is a multi-site, multi-site workshop to create a series of stories painted on eggs, inspired by what the children have learned about the fragility of the world and caring. Each class will be involved in an in-depth 3 weekcworkshope. Ideas will originate from classroom discussions and by the artist, Cathee van Rossem St. Clair. This program has been previously assisted by the California Arts Council, however they are ineligible for funding this year by this organization. - $5000
• Physics Optical System - Lowder/ Reed
  Optical Systems consist of an aluminum bench with a magnetic strip for attaching the components. These are used for the study of light and its affects in physics. The components include a high intensity light source, a rotating ray table with grid system, lenses, mirrors, polarizers, color filters, and diffraction gratings. - $3109
• FOSS Kits - Fahrner
  Full Option Science System Modules (FOSS) are hands-on science kits designed by Larry Lowerey at the at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Each module comes equipped with enough hands-on materials for an entire class to be engaged in an activity. Students are asked to observe, compare, relate, organize, analyze and synthesize information through age-appropriate activities and assesments. - $2655

Glenshire Elementary
Total $8000

• Library Books - Seagoe
  The new Glenshire Elementary School has only 1500 books in their library and has a population of 450 students. The K-2 level only has 250 books for 240 students in this age group. Funds will be used to increase the number of books for the K-2 level and to increase the fiction collection for the entire school. - $2500
• Portable Sound System - Anderson
  The school currently does not have a sound system. This money would go towards the purchase of a sound system (total cost $3148) that could be used for concerts, assemblies and plays. - $1500
• Cross Country Skis - Highfill
  The cross country ski equipment would be available to all students at the school. Skiing will be used to increase students awareness of the region's history and increase appreciation for the enviornment. Self relience and outdoor survival skills will also be taught. - $4000

King's Beach Elementary
Total $1000

• Science Docent Program - Bagan
  The Parent-Teacher organization at Kings Beach Elementary is planning a parent science docent program based on the art docent program. The FOSS curriculum will be used and funds will cover copying cost of instructional materials and purchase of consumables in the modules. They are also hoping to produce a binder that other schools will be able to use to begin their own Science Docent Program. - $1000

North Tahoe HS
Total $4915

• The Laker - N.T. Newspaper
  The school newspaper is still in its infancy at North Tahoe High and additional monies are required for equipment, books, paper and cameras. - $2235
• Yearbook Optical Drive - Freested
  Last year the yearbook was produced completely on library computers. No cmputer was big enough to hold the entire year book and tape backup system was borrowed. The optical drive will facilitate the storage of this information and give students an ability to transport it more easily. - $1000
• Internet Access - Williss
  This proposal will provide Internet-America Online from two computer work stations. Students and faculty will be able to use these computers to learn how to access information on the internet. Phones lines, modems, carts and subscription to Sierranet will be purchased with these funds. - $1680

North Tahoe M.S.
Total $2120

• Color Printer - Wilson
  The school computer lab is heavily used by both middle school students and community members. An HP Desk Writer 660 Color Printer will upgrade the production capacity of the lab. The color printer will provide quality printing that students can incorperate into all forms of class work for all classes. - $950
• Oven Replacement - Neary
  This grant would provide replacement of three four burner electric stoves to make the room usable. The students in a variety of classes would be able to use the stoves to cook and bake, using aspects of many currucula. - $1170

North Tahoe M.S. & H.S.
Total $1000

• Magnetic Ways Kits - O'Lear
  Magnetic Kits will be used in several classes including Science, History, Foriegn Language, and English as a Second Language. They will be used as a hands on manipulative with dozens of colorful, scientifically accurate visuals that can be layered four deep on the magnetic boards to create informative, dynamic scenarios in all areas. - $1000

Rideout
Total $1270

• Mural Project - Ritchter/ Dart
  The goal of this project is to enrich the arts prorgram, generate school pride and enhance artistic appreciation of art and nature involving all Rideout Elementary students through a school wide mural project. Students will participate on an indvidual basis as well as in groups in a hands on mural project that will incorporate the students' design and artistic expression of the Lake Tahoe region. - $1270

Sierra Mountain M.S.
Total $6001

• Literature Circles - Weller
  This program invloves reading and discussing books in collaborative groups of three to five students with varied reading levels and experiences. The groups are formed by the seventh and eighth grade students' reading selection. The teacher, as facilitator, has pre-selected the choices of high interest books: non-abridged historical novels, autobiographies, biographies, or novels with strong themes that combine the interdisciplinary humanities units. - $2001
• Musical Instruments - Humphreys
  The new music program at the school has had very little funding avaliable and it is in need of much more equipment. These funds will be used to purchase additional musical instruments. - $4000

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $2477

• Children's Guide to Lake Tahoe - Brollier/ Wickland
  Students at Tahoe Lake School will participate in compliling a children's guide to activities at Lake Tahoe. This guide will incorporate ideas for good times from the point of view of an eight year old. It will be an all-season guide to the bestand often least known activities for this relative age groups. - $1200
• Tennis Equipment - Ashbaugh/ Leep
  Junior tennis raquets will be purchased along with equipment designed to teach the tennis indoors. Three hundred balls have been donated by a local teaching pro. The Tahoe Lake School has two courts adjecent to the school, but very little tennis equipment. - $1277

Truckee Elementary
Total $4191

• Literacy Program - Harvey
  Truckee Elementary has embraced the California Task Force's recommendation that all students should read and write at grade level by the end of third grade. This program will include parent involvement, a special tutor program as well as community involvement from both the English and Spanish communities. The funds will be used to purchase instructional books, videos and other materials necessary to organize and carry out the project. - $1601
• Typing Tutorial Software - Bousquet
  Mario Teaches Typing is a software program which provides both English proficient students and English Learners accses to work processing in a fun yet progressive manner by challenging them in a way which appeals to their need for fun. Thirty copies of this software will be purchased. - $895
• Life Lab Science - Kyzer
  Life Lab Science gardens are an innovative hands on "living laboratory" approach to elementary science education. It is a comprehensive program of Life, Earth and Physical science where learning is centered within the context of a school garden. This project was partially funded last spring. - $1695

Truckee HS
Total $7886

• Commputer Scanner - Maass
  The technology Center at Truckee High School has requested a Hewlett Packard 3C color scanner. This equipment will enable students to create documents, projects, pamphlets, brochures, and sports and academic programs using original art work, creative computer designs, personal and business logos and other hard copy pictures and photographs. - $1053
• Encarta Encyclopedia Software - Russell
  Encarta Encyclopedia is a multimedia research resource tool which is very user-friendly. - $970
• Science Class Computer - Smith
  An IBM compatible computer and printer will be purchased for the Sheltered Biology, Biology, Sheltered Physical Science, Physical Science and Advanced Placement Biology classroom. This computer will serve a variety of needs including experimentaion data, utalization of multi-media software and bilingual science software to act as a tutorial for students ho have not reached the language proficiency needs for science. - $3390
• Portable Sound System - Kyzer
  A sound reenforcement system will be purchased consisting of lavaliere microphones with transmitters and recievers. The system will be used by classroom teachers, preformance teachers and community groups. This project was partially funded last year. - $2023
• English as a Second Language Text Books - Robertson/Hutchinson
  Teacher text books, literature books as well as sheltered science and math text books will be purchased with this grant. A variety of sheltered classes are being offered at the high school level, but there are insifficient funds to purchase the necessary books. - $450