Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $58299

Glenshire Elementary
Total $4471

• GEM Kits - Reed
  These funds will acquire one GEMS Kit per grade level to be used to enhance science and math by linking it to literacy. - $2007
• "Everything is a Specimen" - Whole Staff
  Brock magiscopes will be purchased for the school site to enhance scientific observations and our curiosity for the world around us. - $2090
• Handwriting Without Tears - Whole Staff
  A developmental program designed to make handwriting an automatic and natural skill for children of all ability levels. - $374

King's Beach Elementary
Total $2842

• Pedometers - Hart
  Have you walked a minimum of 10,000 steps today? Second - fifth grade students will apply math, social studies and science skills while learning to use pedometers in PE class. Pedometers clip to student's waistband and provide an electronic display of distance traveled, calories burned and number of steps taken. Pedometers are proven to increase student movement motivation and build personal awareness of exercise needed for baseline health and fitness. - $842
• Accelerated Reader Books - Lasher
  Accelerated Reader is a reading program designed to motivate students to increase their independent reading while improving vocabulary and comprehension. - $2000

North Tahoe HS
Total $18314

• Effective Writing in Social Science - Jurosky
  This program will acquire texts/workbooks to facilitate students' efforts writing in the specific subject area of social sciences. - $9364
• Spanish Sequence Intergration - Klaich
  A five songbook, CD collection (various titles) from which students will enthusiastically learn grammar and vocabulary in Spanish. And, a two video verb usage compilation to enhance the Spanish curriculum. - $250
• North Tahoe Tech Prep Lab Upgrade - Driscoll
  Purchase of equipment and software necessary to upgrade North Tahoe High School's Tech Prep Lab. - $8700

North Tahoe M.S.
Total $12537

• NTMS Supplement Math Program - Ducey/ Bravo
  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. - $8318
• History Alive - Sura
  "History Alive" is an experiential history program which will enhance existing curriculum and allow teachers and students to gain a deeper understanding of many recurrent themes throughout history. - $2214
• ESL Dictionaries - Bock
  Two class sets of dictionaries and one class set of Spanish/English dictionaries for the ESL program. - $1500
• Spanish Materials - Hauserman
  This project will provide materials to increase the availability of Spanish as an elective to students at NTMS. - $505

Rideout
Total $3315

• Digital Camera - Verkler
  This grant is for funds to purchase a digital video camera, battery packs, a tripod, a DVD recorder and player, and supplies to get started with. It will be used for student presentations within the whole school. - $1315
• Literature Circle Books - Dailey
  Purchase of books for small group reading and discussion. Selected to correlate with California State standards in Science, and will be purchased in conjunction with the Science Literacy Program that TTUSD is participating in with Lawrence Hall of Science. - $1700
• Rideout School Garden - Rockwell
  The students at Rideout have designed a native garden and begun to build it in a plot of bare land behind the school. They have researched the native plants, animals and insects and made a plan that they hope will provide an ecosystem that will attract them to this garden. - $300

Sierra Mountain M.S.
Total $1395

• Learning Games Library - Bacon
  The Learning Games Library will serve as an alternate vehicle for all sixth grade teachers to implement differentiated instruction in their classrooms. The games will specifically compliment the sixth grade curriculum in Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies, and promote higher-level thinking and problem solving. - $1035
• Super Size Chess Board - Ray
  Purchase of sturdy floor tiles for super size chess set. - $360

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $4777

• Phonological Awareness - Glynn
  This project provideS additional phonemic awareness practice for K - 3 students targeted as "at-risk" for difficulty in learning to read. It entails working on the Earobics computer program under the supervision of the speech pathologist. Both regular and special education students will use the program. - $710
• GEMS Science Books - Brown
  Science books to supplement the GEMS units offered by Lawrence Hall of Science. - $1500
• Tahoe Lake School Mural - Boyle
  The painting of a snowball target range mural featuring local flora and geographical landmarks facing the school's playground entrance. The project will benefit all grade levels. - $1217
• Tool and Die System - Gordon
  The tool and Die system is a machine that cuts shapes from a variety of materials to be used in the classroom by students and teachers. - $1350

Truckee Elementary
Total $6546

• GEMS Kits, Literature books and Science Materials - Shaeffer/ Lawerence
  The aim of the GEMS Kits to meet the multiple academic needs of all children in an inquiry based classroom. They offer many opportunities for students to learn scientific concepts in a variety of engaging ways. The GEMS Kits selected are part of the Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS Units, Great Explorations in Math and Science. - $3934
• ELD Newcomers - Patrick
  Software and individual cassette players for the English Language Development Class (ELD). These materials will aid in our differentiated instruction with 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders combined in a multiage classroom. - $975
• STAR Math Computer Software - Nicholls
  This grant application is for STAR Math software, to be used by 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. This program allows the student to show his/her knowledge beyond grade level and gives the teacher accurate assessment information in order to teach to the child's needs. - $1637

Truckee HS
Total $4102

• Life Fitness Ground Base Jammer - Dreisback
  This grant will provide a piece of weight equipment that all PE students and school athletes can use. It will introduce the "ground-based" weight training theory. - $1832
• In-Class Theatre Production - Retallach
  The Drama I and II combination class will put on a production of a childrens' play. - $1000
• Service through Translation - Robertson/Hutchinson
  Students will build competence through using second-language skills within the community. Translating will be done at school levels preschool through high school. Community agencies will include: court, health, businesses, and communications. - $570
• Silent Sustained Reading Funds - Brady
  Funds to support the SSR program. These funds will go to magazine subscriptions, newspapers, current or new paperback books available in the classroom. - $400
• Read, Read, Read! - Gordon
  Providing an eclectic selection of high-interest reading materials, I plan to use 15 minutes each block for silent sustained reading and thereby enhance each student's reading skills and improve reading comprehension by a minimum of one grade level. - $300