Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $53224

Glenshire Elementary
Total $8055

• Books - M Bockius
  Purchase of Non Fiction books for guided reading. Books will be aligned with CA State Standards in Science, Math and Social Studies. Books help prepare students for standardized testing, district testing and reading to learn after they graduate. - $1860
• Accelerated Readers Program - A Franke
  Audio books and equipment to enrich the established Accelerated Reading Program. Will help those Oral learners in standard reading instruction. Students will strengthen their fluency rate and build vocabulary by using the audio book versions in unison with a text copy of the book. - $1578
• Music - a Bliek
  Materials to complete music curriculum at GES. Purchase of Teacher Support Systems and CD packages. Students will explore music through a variety of activities and experiences. The curriculum series allows for this through the use of movement, listening, hands on playing of instruments and singing - $1996
• Accelerated Reader - Schmidt
  Software upgrade for Accelerated Reader program to allow students to take newer tests that do not currently run on the original program. - $115
• Digital camera - Rohlf
  Digital Video Camera and Digital Camera to upgrade Glenshires television news project. This project provides learning in writing, organization, oral communication, technology, creativity, decision making and social interaction. Equipment needed is to keep up with changing technology. Equipment will enhance the production of the news show. Excel. In Ed helped start this program several years ago - $1250
• Phonological Awareness - K Commendatore
  Earobics computer program designed to systematically develop the key skills that drive the ability to read and spell. Earobics combines computer technology and clinical techniques to teach phonological awareness, auditory processing and language comprehension skills in an enjoyable way. - $1256

King's Beach Elementary
Total $675

• Watershed Mural - Wernette
  Create and install a watershed mural at KBE. Request is for Tiles and Material. Total Project cost is $3,025.00. Many collaborating partners in this project include Local Artists, Arts for the Schools, USFWS and SWEP - $675

North Tahoe HS
Total $4542

• Geography Writing across the Curriculum - Jurosky
  World View Software that includes manuals, preparation for state exams, strategies, improves reading comprehension and integration of resource materials, facilitates portfolio development in essay writing and generates customized tests. - $2600
• Assistive Technology for Resource and ESL Students - Fletcher/ Whittemore
  Write:Outloud(5 sets) and Co-Writer (5 sets) Easy to use word processor that gives immediate speech feedback as students type words, sentences and paragraphs. As students draft their writing, they see and hear if they’re writing makes sense - $1484
• Cultural Classics - Klaich
  Three multi level Spanish readers: Don Quixote, Evita Peron, and Pobre Ana. (40 copies of each) - $458

North Tahoe M.S.
Total $7595

• World Wall Maps - K Swarberg-Ogilvy
  Five sets of seven Ancient World Wall Maps. Maps are content-rich and allow students to visualize trends in World History. Maps come with background information and emphasizes the relationships between different maps in the series of seven - $2595
• MESA - Murphy
  Mesa(Math, Engineering and Science Achievement. Mesa is a program that is designed to enhance math and science skills of students from groups that have experienced low college entrance rates in the past. Mesa projects are designed to enhance creative problem solving and abstract thinking skills of the students. - $3500
• Soil Erosion Book - Eckert
  This is a grant that involves four teachers from four different schools. This is a project that involves publishing a children’s story about the causes and solutions for erosion. Project ties to watershed erosion studies. Students will learn about the process of story writing and illustration design and also learn about the book publishing process from Laura Reed. Several community volunteers tied to this project. - $0
• Cooking and Sewing - Larson
  The Sensible Teenager-Larson & Teachout Cooking and Sewing equipment for Elective Wheel. Equipment allows students the hands-on opportunities with Math (Measuring, Temperatures, proportioning) language skills (reading recipes, directions and shopping lists), Science (mixtures and interactions of ingredients). - $1500

Rideout
Total $2934

• Accelerated Reader Program -
  Accelerated Reader Program Supplementary Quizzes and Star Assessment Program. Additional Quizzes for books already designated as part of the Accelerated Reader Program. The Star Assessment will support the ability to maintain leveled reading and promote student motivation to read self-selected books and quizzes at the appropriate reading level - $2405
• Calculators - Tavernier/ Wickland
  Casio Hand held calculators to support life skills and to support the current math curriculum and supplemental math materials. They provide practical application to problem solving and stimulate student interest in problem solving, thus creating an attitude that inspires success. - $529

Sierra Mountain M.S.
Total $6661

• CPR Manikins - Bolla
  CPR Manikins for lifelong, lifesaving skills to use in emergency situations. Will be used during unit in CPR and first aid. - $880
• Instructional Sign Boards - Deschler
  Instructional sign placards for the use of the fitness equipment while enhancing the physical education curriculum. These signs will reinforce lessons taught in the classroom involving muscle identification and movement/action. - $407
• Reader program - Ray
  Purchase of a set of Spanish language literature books and corresponding quiz set and 5 additional quiz sets at varying reading levels. This will increase and expand the Accelerated Reader Program - $1574
• Audio Books - K Belden
  Purchase of Audio books corresponding to the books currently used in the Language Arts program at SMMS. Audio books would provide all students at SMMS equal access to classroom literature regardless of reading ability - $1400
• Video Production - Arington
  Video Production Equipment to make up this Portable Digital media lab to integrate video production into the classroom. This program will use the new standard in video production (computer editing) to create a digital production studio - $2400

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $5146

• Software - Brown
  Software to be used by all students focussing on language arts and math skills. New Software will be correlated to state standards and will meet key competencies for each grade level. The software will integrate technology skills school-wide - $5146

Truckee Elementary
Total $6452

• Projector - Shaeffer
  Purchase of LCP Video Projector (used in computer lab for class presentations, 2 digital cameras (to be used by all teachers on a check out basis) and 5 Alpha Smarts and Connectors. (to increase current number. Currently site has 60 Alpha Smarts for 350 students.) - $4200
• Wall Mural Tile Project -
  Main Entrance Mural depicting the four seasons of the year. Purchase of Tiles and Material to be used in the project. Students directly engaged in project by sketching scenes and borders to prepare for under glazing - $686
• Adobe PageMaker -
  Upgrade the Adobe PageMaker program at Glenshire Elementary and purchase the Adobe PageMaker program for Truckee Elementary. This will enhance the bimonthly newsletter that goes home to every student. Students are included in the process through editing and rewriting for print ready articles - $440

Truckee HS
Total $11164

• Science -
  Mobile Science lab station for handicapped accessibility. Table would be used as a teacher demonstration unit when not in use by students - $1089
• Special Ed - L Furr
  Computer Software Programs, Curriculum Workbooks and Games for Spec Ed and Special Day Classes. Classes are for students with severe disabilities. Programs aid in instruction focused towards living skills and vocational education. Overall goal of this program is for all students to become contributing members of our society - $1005
• Survival Life Skills - Whitten
  Purchase of Everyday Life Skills- Super Class Set for Special Day Classes. Includes Student Texts and workbooks. Teachers edition, resource library, surveys and video series. This program provides activities for transition from High School to the Real World - $1102
• Nature trail - Smith
  Purchase of trees, wood for benches and pea gravel to augment the existing nature trail. Trail is used by all by all students, is maintained by the students and is meant to introduce students to the flora of the Sierra Nevada Range. Students in biology are required to develop dichotomous keys of the trees in the nature trail. Many Elementary classes visit the trail every year - $1968
• Fitness - N Williams
  Equipment to enhance Fitness Fundamentals in the middle and high schools in the district. Tahoe Forest Therapy Services will educate TTUSD middle and high school students and teachers in age appropriate training principles for sports and recreational activities once a week in 2003-2004 - $6000