Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation

Total $55402

Alder Creek M.S.
Total $2211

• Reading - Ray
  Grant is to fund a program where students will form partnerships with adults in the community for shared reading and writing. Once students are selected, they will choose a book to read and then be matched with an adult who will also read the book. Discussions on the book will take place through a journal. - $1800
• Math - DeCoite
  Grant request is for math games that would expand, practice and enrich the math curriculum and provide opportunities for students expand their math skills. - $411

Creekside Magnet
Total $2168

• Music - Leep
  Music for Curriculum Enhancement. Grant for music equipment to enhance PE curriculum for K-6 grades, consisting of a dual cassette player/recorder CD player, wireless microphone and various styles of music (CD’s & tapes) for different ages. - $766
• Library - Mohler
  Grant to purchase non-fiction books for Creekside library. The current collection is small and outdated. Many books are over 30 years old. Books include book sets for planets, dinosaurs, geography of the world, and history. - $1402

Donner Trail
Total $250

• Donnie Dirt Play - Reed
  Grant request is to provide spiral bound copies of the Donnie Dirt play to other school sites in the TTUSD. Having professionally bound scripts will provide a longer shelf life. The Donnie Dirt play meets the standards for Visual and Performing Arts for students kindergarten through sixth grade. - $250

Glenshire Elementary
Total $10812

• Reading - Reed
  Read Naturally is a research-based program that enables students to become fluent readers. It has three components; teacher modeling, repeated reading, and progress monitoring. This project will provide teachers and parents a tool to implement a comprehensive reading program to help 1st –5th graders identified as needing additional support with reading fluency, comprehension and written language. - $1294
• Ski - Highfill
  Grant request is to fund cross-country ski equipment for grades 2nd-5th at Glenshire Elementary. The grant would fund the purchase of two class sets. - $7570
• Book bags - Smith
  Grant request is to purchase 400-450 leveled reading books to be used in the home reading program “book bags.” The book bags are sent home with the students as a tool to reinforce their emerging skills as readers - $1688
• Speed Stacking Cups - Bower
  Grant is to purchase an “educators packet” of Speed Stacking Cups (15 sets + instructional DVD). The Speed Stacking cups would be added to the movement center program – they help in concentration, motor skills, right/left brain stimulation and fun! - $260

King's Beach Elementary
Total $2762

• Environmental Schoolyard - Bock
  Kings Beach Elementary has partnered with SWEP, The Tahoe Resource Conservation District, The Boys and Girls Club and Project Mana to turn existing planter boxes into a summer community garden and Best Management Practices (BMP) demonstration site. The schoolyard project will promote the use of native plans along with a vegetable garden. All students will have the opportunity for math and LA activities that reinforce standards and connect to the projects - $2762

North Tahoe HS
Total $10950

• Math - McSorley
  Grant is to provide teachers and students with manipulatives and other tools to increase differentiated instruction in math classes. - $3200
• Culture - Steunenberg
  Grant is for a multi-cultural day celebration at NTHS. The celebration day would provide an opportunity for administration, teachers, students, parents and community members to learn and share with one another the cultures and traditions of various regions and countries around the globe. - $2750
• Challenge program - Fesus
  Adventure Risk & Challenge Program at Sagehen Creek. Grant is requesting funds for a summer enrichment opportunity for a combination of literacy instruction, adventure activities, leadership curriculum, youth development, environmental education and college preparation. Students receive up to 10 credits in a 6-week program. - $5000

Tahoe Lake Elementary
Total $1449

• Dictionaries - Lynn
  Word Please. Grant is to fund collegiate dictionaries. Many of the books used for Reading Circle are at a 5.5 reading level and higher. The vocabulary is rich and the young readers are eager to learn what the words mean but often the intermediate dictionaries don’t list the words in question. - $340
• Music - Lynn
  Grant is to fund music stands. Music stands are necessary for a top quality performance of the reader’s theater productions. The stands hold the script in place and lend an air of “importance” to the performers and audience. - $225
• BMP Demonstration Garden - Bushway-Verkler
  Grant is to provide brochures and signs to education the public about Best Management Practices (BMP) and to share our demonstration garden to all who are interested. - $884

Truckee Elementary
Total $2107

• Music - Patrick
  Grant request is for musical instruments for kindergarten class. This project provides kindergartners with the opportunity to make music and make it a part of their lives. Research shows that it is a key component in our children’s academic and social lives. - $1300
• Auxiliary Ampliflier - Collins
  Grant is requesting an auxiliary amplifier to enhance the sound quality for any musical production of the T. E. stage, including grade level performance or community events. - $450
• Flags - Collinson
  Grant is to purchase five California state flags for the 4th grade classrooms. The flags aid the social studies curriculum focusing on the history of California and the Bear Flag Revolt. - $133
• Dictionaries - Hines
  Grant request is for twenty paperback Spanish/English dictionaries to be available for checkout by individuals at the Truckee Elementary School Library. - $224

Truckee HS
Total $22693

• Ceramics - Keigley
  Grant request is to replace the Truckee High kiln, which is no longer working, and to acquire a slab roller so students can produce murals for the walls. - $5885
• Calculators - Laroche
  Grant request is to provide students in the Algebra II and Trigonometry classes with graphing calculators. - $9760
• Special education - Smith
  Grant will provide students with more significant disabilities an alternative or parallel curriculum in the areas of science and history. Funds would purchase age-appropriate resources and specialized text and workbooks. - $600
• Science - Lowder
  The science class at Truckee High often utilizes the great outdoors as their classroom. The grant request is to purchase the Xplorer GLX, which collects and stores data collected in the field or in the laboratory – including a graphing calculator, dual function generators, microphone and speaker sound analysis. - $4917
• Literature - Whitten
  Grant request is to purchase English literature books for the special education class. Exploring Literature provides a step-by-step approach to understanding literary genres with clear and concise lessons that promote the development of critical thinking and writing skills. - $1182
• DVD - Robertson
  Grant request is to purchase a DVD player for the classroom. Teaching ESL involves a very important visual component. It is increasingly difficult to obtain teaching materials in a VHS forma - $349