Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $91120

Alder Creek M.S.
Total $8544

• Karaoke - S Colborn
  To purchase karaoke machines and CDs as a part of the language arts class curriculum. “Karaoke Club” offers an opportunity to practice repeated reading through music and written lyrics. - $600
• Math-Science Books - Stephens
  Math-Science Picture Books. To purchase materials needed to create a picture book library to help with math and science concepts. - $5422
• Photogate timers - N Williams
  To purchase PS Photogate Timers for the 8th grade science class. The Photogate Timer is an electronic way to more accurately measure time intervals during experimentation - $2522

All
Total $4216

• Fine Motor Kit - C Billings
  To purchase manipulative activities to increase fine and visual motor development for regular and special education students in the district. - $1360
• Food - Fahrner
  To purchase the supplies needed (platters, bowls, table cloths) to put on the “Fun Food Days” program at the elementary schools in the district. The program is geared toward teaching young children about healthy fruit and vegetable choices. - $1428
• Food - Fahrner
  To purchase the supplies needed (platters, bowls, table cloths) to put on the “Fun Food Days” program at the elementary schools in the district. The program is geared toward teaching young children about healthy fruit and vegetable choices. - $1428

Glenshire Elementary
Total $10191

• Math - Bock
  Marcy Cook Math Centers. To fund math centers for 5th grade students to learn through hands-on, standards-based stations, which allow them to probe, explore and experiment with mathematical thinking. These stations supplement the Harcourt math program. - $1043
• Projectors - Echols/Roberts/Dailey/Bock/Moore
  To purchase multi-media projectors for the 4th and 5th grade classrooms. - $2106
• Laminator - Gauthier
  Funding to purchase a new site laminator. - $1842
• Accelerated Reader - Avery
  To purchase supplemental items, such as quizzes, for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade Accelerated Reader Program. - $500
• Projector - S Colborn
  Rear Projection Screen and Projector. Funding to purchase a portable rear projection screen and projector to enhance dramatic and musical productions on the Glenshire stage. - $3000
• Movement Center - Berelson/Johnson
  To purchase and replace materials for Glenshire’s Movement Centers. The Movement Centers are learning tools used to ease stress and encourage whole brain learning. - $1700

King's Beach Elementary
Total $17352

• Lexia Phonics - Beaudry
  Reading & Technology Opportunities Grant (Lexia Phonics) – S. Beaudry To purchase a 25 stations lab for Lexia Phonics, K-5, a standards-based, district and state curriculum-aligned supplemental software program. - $9000
• Star Reader Test - Beaudry
  Accelerated Reader Star Reader Test. To purchase accelerated reader tests, which allow teachers to place, monitor and evaluate student performance and progress in reading. - $3500
• Interactive Whiteboard - Beaudry
  To purchase interactive whiteboards, which allow students, instructors and presenters to focus and engage an audience in the learning environment. - $1474
• Animal dissection kit - McCann
  To purchase dissection kits and safety goggles designed for beginning courses in biology. - $827
• Science - T Swan
  To purchase videos aligned with 2nd grade science standards. The brief and interesting videos target specific standards while capturing the students’ interests and foster excitement around the topic. - $610
• Dictionaries - P Mills
  To purchase four class sets of hardback dictionaries. - $866
• Cameras - Holiday/Green
  To purchase digital cameras for special projects, community outreach and overall curriculum enhancement - $1075

North Tahoe HS
Total $7977

• Digital Presenter - Social-Studies
  To purchase digital presenters which provide the Social Sciences with the necessary tool to use the most current resources in world events, politics, history and economics – while conserving paper. - $4139
• Reading books - Whittemore/ Fletcher
  High Interest/Low Level Reading-Fictional Books & Games. To purchase reading materials designed to capture students’ interest by offering subjects relevant to today’s youth. The grant is geared toward students with Individual Education Plans who have not mastered grade level reading. - $1500
• Spanish Readers - K McCart
  Funding to purchase supplemental readers for Spanish classes. The readers enhance language comprehension as well as interest in the Spanish speaking cultures and society. - $1700
• World History - Social-Studies
  To purchase updated videos that reflects the current state of the world in which we reside. - $638

North Tahoe M.S.
Total $9755

• Microscopes - K Healey
  Microscopic Explorations. Funding to purchase new microscopes for the 6th – 8th grade science classes. - $4162
• Fitness - K Swarberg-Ogilvy
  To purchase physical fitness testing equipment, such as Body Mass Indicators, pedometers, and scales with height bars. - $2869
• Music - P. Jo Struve
  To purchase supplemental materials for the Choral Music Program at NTMS. - $850
• Laminator - Hamilton
  To purchase a new site laminator. - $1874

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $4378

• Books - Rye/Bourke/Goggin
  Books for Small Group Instruction. To purchase leveled readers to be used with the adopted language arts program. - $3579
• Math Games - Rye/Bourke/Goggin
  To purchase math games that support math curriculum in the 4th and 5th grades. The games allow students to practice and reinforce concepts taught in class. - $625
• Colonial Days - Bourke
  To purchase supplies needed to experience “hands on” activities for the 5th grade unit of Study on Colonial America. Activities include: candle making, dolls, cross-stitch, tin-smithing, songs, dance and cooking. - $174

Truckee Elementary
Total $5047

• Wilson Reading - Old/Glynn/Molina
  To purchase the Wilson Reading Program, a research based literacy program. The program focuses on reading and writing and is designed for students who have difficulty with written language in the areas of decoding and spelling. - $1476
• Spanish Reader's Theater - Arington
  To purchase a set of leveled Spanish Reader’s Theater. Using Reader’s Theater improves fluency and comprehension, as well as serving as an entertaining way of practicing the language. - $684
• Books - Arington
  To purchase picture books organized to support the six different traits from the 6 + 1 Writing Traits Program. The books will be kept in the library and be available to all teachers, K-5th, both in English and Spanish. - $1119
• Literature - J Dewald
  To purchase leveled core literature reading sets in order to supplement the existing reading program. - $1000
• Speech - Glynn
  To fund a program that works with students who do not qualify (by state standards) for speech therapy classes. The focus is on single sound articulation errors. - $768

Truckee HS
Total $23660

• Math - L Scheibner
  To purchase online and software enhancements for Pre-Algebra and Math Fundamental students. - $975
• Reading - Gordon
  To purchase audiobooks which help bridge the reading achievement gap for students. - $703
• Theater - Retallach
  To purchase a core of larger building tools for the Technical Theater classes and Drama classes to create their own sets. - $1140
• Digital Projector - C Parlette
  To purchase an Elmo visual presenter and an in-focus projector for use in the classroom. - $3570
• Projector - E Kuch
  To purchase a video projector and a sympodium for use in the classroom. - $3701
• Cameras - J Echols
  To purchase (5) 35mm cameras “loaner cameras” for the high school photography class. - $800
• Lab equipment - Lowder
  To purchase demonstration and laboratory equipment that helps students discover, explore and understand light and electricity. - $5332
• Biology Lab - Smith
  To purchase heart rate probes, respiration probes, EKG probes, 02 probes and C02 probes required for A.P. biology labs. - $3238
• Bobcat - Smith
  To fund the taxidermist preparation of a bobcat display. - $500