Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $76510

Total $886

• River Tank Ecosystem - McNair
  The River Tank Ecosystem provides an opportunity for students to observe and study a cross section of a riverbank. The tank consists of deep pools, waterfalls, caves, currents and ledges for plants and animals. - $886

Glenshire Elementary
Total $2703

• Volunteer Tutoring Programs - Bower
  A voluteer program to enhance reading and writing for students at risk. Includes 150 leveled books for instruction, Training and organizational supplies. - $1250
• Amphibian Project - Folsom
  Expansion of ongoing life science project. Will include two 20 gallon specialized tanks for hatching enviornments for frog eggs, along with frog model kits and resource guide. - $853
• Children's Quilts - Haddy
  Quilting projects for 3-5th grades. Quilts to be donated to Tahoe Forest Hospital to needy children. - $600

King's Beach Elementary
Total $2000

• Science 2001 - Thomas
  Enhancement materials to develop a program that conforms to the new science standards that were recently adopted. The materials would make the science curriculum more accessible and comprehensible to every one student. - $2000

North Tahoe HS
Total $10560

• Auditorium Enhancements/ Radios - Parada
  1 set of 5 radios for use in the NTHS/ NTMS Auditorium. The radios would improve the communication between the technicians who are overseeing the technical aspects of the performances. All schools and community groups the uditorium would benifit. - $1800
• Auditorium Enhancement/ Sound Effects - Parada
  Sound Effects Software. Enhancing sound effects during performances. All schools and community groups using the aditorium would benifit from this. - $600
• Exploring the Globe - Everist
  Class set of globes to implement Global Geography Skills. Students learn Direction, Scale and Distance, Latitude and Longitude, Symbols and Earth/Sun relations. - $2000
• Multi Use Lab - Gill
  New supplies for Hands on Chemistry Experiments and Demonstrations. Supplies such as Bunsen Burners, Flask, Tongs, Cylinders, Thermometers ect. - $5160
• Literacy for Low Readers - Moretti
  Low level reader books for ESL and Special Ed Students. Class sets will allow for group discussions about the books. - $1000

North Tahoe M.S.
Total $6586

• FOSS- Human Brain, Earth History - Chandler
  Two Foss kits designed ant tested with middle school kids in mind. Human brain investigates how the brain and senses acquire, interpret and respond to information. The Earth History investigates rocks and fossils to discover clues that reveal Earth's history. - $2800
• FOSS- Planetary Science - Larson
  Fosss kits targeting eight grade science. Activities cover the Earth as a celestial object, then goes on to lunar exploration and then the solar system. - $1400
• Winter Backcountry Travel - Easterbrook
  Equipment necessary for safe instruction of winter backcountry travel in Lake Tahoe. Safety tools in avalanche training will be used as a part of a four week unit of winter awareness during physical education. - $1500
• River Tank Ecosystem - McNair
  The River Tank Ecosystem provides an opportunity for students to observe and study a cross section of a riverbank. The tank consists of deep pools, waterfalls, caves, currents and ledges for plants and animals. - $886

Rideout
Total $9409

• Accelerated Reading Program - Rockwell
  Computers, softwear and class book sets to implement Accelerated Reading Program. - $9100
• Greenhouse - Rockwell
  18 greenhouse lights and 3 Full-Spectrum pet lights for greenhouse. - $309

Sierra Continuation H.S.
Total $1164

• Weather Station - Hagen
  Weather Station and software would be linked to the school's computer network and display console. Software would allow students to record measurements at defined intervals and graph the data. - $1164

Sierra Mountain M.S.
Total $22729

• Algebraic Math Enhancements - Mock
  Overhead teaching equipment, manipulatives, tools and class sets of a CPM recommended calculators to support school wide CPM Curriculum. - $4583
• Middle School Literacy - Shimmon
  Books for emergrant and lower level middle school readers in Special Education, ESL, and regular classrooms. - $2637
• Technology Enhanced Language Learning - Zonca
  Computer based language learning with innovative software programs. Benefits ESL, Spanish and Special Ed students. - $531
• Literature Circles - Bacon
  Books for literature Circles. - $500
• Academic Support Assistance Program Motivational Resources - Becker
  Resources to provide enriching activities and to help students find motivation, gain experience, increase their reading and writing and be inspired to learn more. Targeted students are those "falling through cracks" - $692
• Robotics - Arington
  Software and materials to suppot an Exploratory Course where students investigate the use of robots. They will design and build robots to do jobs and solve logic problems while getting a better understanding of programming and computers. - $2000
• It's About Time: Musical Play - Bacon
  Scripts, set, cotumes props for Play - $1180
• Geography Awareness - Brittain/ Heydon
  7th grade Nystrom World Atlas Set. - $916
• Exploring Astronomy - Evans
  Science Materials to enhance exploritory Astronomy class. - $290
• Technology Upgrade - Arington
  Technology upgrades fot the entire school. Special Ed, Computer Lab, and all grade levels. - $9400

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $500

• Muli Tractile Reading and Writing Materials - Brown
  Hands on and skill building materials to enhance and individualize first grade literacy centers. Reinforcements for grade level standards. - $500

Truckee Elementary
Total $6392

• Book Bags Home Reading Program - Bousquet
  Weekly books for disavantaged students to take home for daily reading. Books are returned weekly. The grant targets English Learners and transitioned books but includes all students. - $3274
• Choral Risers - Collins
  5 sections of six-foot long chorla risers. To be used by all Truckee Elementary students as well as other groups (High School and Middle School using the High School auditorium. - $1143
• Books on Tape - Arington
  Books on tape to assist struggling readers with grade level material. Will help them from spending too much time focusing on decoding and therefore increase their comprehension of the text. - $1000
• Speaking Dynamically - Cohen
  Softwear and Accessories provides enriched writing, vocabulary, auditory and visual processing, and articulation opportunities. Provides for alternative communication when barriers exist. Benificial to Special Day Class settings and those recieving speech and language thereapy. - $975

Truckee HS
Total $13581

• Technical Enhancement - Green
  53 lighting intruments and 2 customs made "Follow Spot" frames wil provide enhanced lighting for all productions at the Truckee High School Aditorium. Additional funds for Enhancement provided by Drama Club, Tempo High and Arts for the Schools. - $7500
• Weight Machine - Dreisback
  10 station Universal Weight Machine. Used by 300-500 students per year. - $6081