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Grants and Scholarships Awarded
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Grants and Scholarships Awarded
2009 Awards Fluvanna County High School – Journalism Magazine $700 – Co-Curriculum Fluvanna County High School – Technology for Math Classes $575 – Core Curriculum Fluvanna County High School - Fall College Tour $185 – Co-Curriculum Fluvanna County High School – Cheerleading Uniforms Fluvanna County High School – Flucos for Change Central Elementary School – ESD Kudos Central Elementary School – Read for All Fluvanna Middle School – Career Expo Central, Columbia and Cunningham Elementary Schools – Parents as Partners Columbia Elementary School – Breakfast Buddies Mentoring Program Fluvanna Middle School – Learning with Interactive Whiteboard Technology Fluvanna County High School – Journalism Trip Fluvanna County High School – Job Fair Trip Families Learning Together – Fluvanna County High School – Let’s Read Book Club
2008 Awards Fluvanna County Alternative Education - Positive Action Program $720 - Co-Curriculum Jason Walker, Lead Teacher for Alternative Education, used this to implement the Positive Action Program in Fluvanna County's Intervention Center. Positive Action is a research based program aimed at improving attendance and academic performance while reducing discipline problems in the school. This grant provided two co-curricular program kits which will provide 140 lessons during the school year.
Fluvanna County Middle School - Avermedia Document Camera $578 - Core Curriculum Tom Casto, Math Teacher, will use this grant to purchase the Avermedia Document Camera for use in his 8th grade math classes. The machine gives the ability to project both 2-D and 3-D figures on the screen. Approximately 90 students from the 8th grade will benefit from this grant.
Fluvanna County High School - Let's Read Book Club $630.94 - Co-Curriculum JoAnne Washington, Media Specialist, used this grant to support the third year of the high school book club. The monies were used to purchase additional books for the club members.
Columbia Elementary School - Web Books $500 - Core Curriculum Sue Sheridan used this grant to purchase sets of web books for the first grade students at Columbia Elementary School. 48 students will use these books on a daily basis.
Central Elementary School - Read For All - Co-Curriculum This grant was used to purchase incentive awards for a month long reading program hosted by Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic at Central Elementary. 700 students in grades 3-5 participated.
Fluvanna Middle School - Career Expo $200 - Co-Curriculum Julie Smith, School Counselor, used this grant to fund transportation for the entire 7th grade student body to attend the career expo at the University of Virginia.
Central Elementary School - Imagine Learning English $250 - Co-Curriculum Lara Jenkins, Curriculum Resource, used this grant to purchase part of the license for software for Imagine Learning English program. Forty students will benefit from this license.
Fluvanna Middle School - Learning with Technology $500 - Core Curriculum James Foreman, Technology Specialist, used this grant to purchase a Mimio Interactive and Capture machine. This machine turns any dry erase board into an interactive whiteboard. 879 students will have access to this in this in their classroom throughout the year.
Central Elementary School - Reading Room $150 - Core Curriculum Lynn Fender, Title 1 teacher, used this grant to create a reading room for the Title 1 students. This room is a place that is warm and inviting and conducive to learning. 6 students will use this room.
Fluvanna High School - Times Dispatch Workshop $100 - Co-Curriculum John Bench, Journalism teacher, used this grant to fund transportation for 6 students and 2 teachers to a workshop at the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Fluvanna High School - Word Dance $550 - Co-Curriculum John Bench, Journalism teacher, used this grant to fund the literary magazine produced by his journalism students.
Fluvanna High School - Spring Musical $1000 - Extra Curricular Craig Edgerton, Drama Director, used this grant to purchase rental fees, script scores, musical scores and royalties. There will be three productions for the student body, as well as the community.
Fluvanna High School - Softball Pitching Machine $500 - Extra Curricular Nicholas Ward, Softball Coach, used this grant to purchase a softball pitching machine for the varsity and junior varsity softball teams. 50 girls in grades 7 - 12 will use this machine.
Fluvanna County High School- Soccer Goals $1000 - Capital Improvement This money was granted to Tara Garcia to purchase two additional soccer goals for the girls and boys soccer teams. Approximately 80 students from grades 8-12 will benefit from this grant annually.
Columbia Elementary - Pennies to Play $1000 - Capital Improvement This money was granted to Nancy King to purchase of outdoor play equipment for the students of Columbia Elementary. $500 of the grant was made possible from a previous grant to the Foundation from Tenaska Generating Station of Virginia.
Fluvanna County High School - Journalism Trip $700 - Extra Curricular This money was granted to John Benckto send Journalism students to a convention at Columbia University.
Fluvanna County Middle School - Mathathon $250.00 - Core-Curriculum. This money was granted to the Middle School math department to supplement those students who would otherwise not be able to participate in the mathathon.
2007 Awards
Fluvanna County High School - White Boards $239.75 - Core-Curriculum. Lori Hoffman used this grant to purchase dry erase write board for use in math labs and class rooms.
Fluvanna County High School - Avermedia machines $1132.18 - Core-Curriculum. Lori Hoffman used this grant to enable the FCHS math department to purchase Avermedia machines. These machines are used during instruction to transfer teacher’s notes and worksheets to a screen in the front of the classroom. This is an updated overhead projector system.
Fluvanna County High School - Let’s Read Book Club $753.05 - Co-Curriculum. JoAnne Washington, Media Specialist, used this grant to support the second year of the high school book club. The monies were used to purchase additional books for the club members.
Columbia Elementary - Book Buddies $99 - Co-Curricular Nancy King, Media Specialist, used this grant to begin a student/volunteer mentoring program at Columbia elementary. The program will pair a student with a volunteer mentor to meet once a week for one on one reading assistance.
Columbia Elementary - Accelerated Reader Incentive Program $213 - Co-Curricular Nancy King, Media Specialist used this grant to purchase incentive prizes for students in grades K-2 who participate in the Accelerated Reader program.
Fluvanna County High School - Literary Magazine $700 - Co-Curricular John Benck and Anne Beckenstein, English Teachers, were awarded these funds to publish a student authored literary magazine and purchase new software to help in its creation.
Families Learning Together $56 - Co-Curricular Gayle von Keyserling was awarded these funds to purchase GED subsets for her students attending adult education classes.
Families Learning Together $94 - Co-Curricular Gayle von Keyserling was awarded these funds to purchase lunch supplies for parents of students attending education classes.
Fluvanna Middle School - Career Expo "Planning Your Future $196 - Co-Curricular Julie Smith, a Guidance Counselor, was awarded these monies to fund transportation for the seventh grade class to attend a career expo at the University of Virginia.
Columbia Elementary - Breakfast Buddies Mentoring Program $305 - Co-Curricular Nancy King, Media Specialist, was awarded these monies to fund a new program which pairs students with volunteers from the community to be role models and work with the students for a half an hour each week. The program will provide breakfast and fun and educational games and books for the pairs to share.
Fluvanna Middle School - Enhancing Written Language and Life Skills through Assistive Technology $1,095 - Curricular Mary A. Turner, a Special Education Teacher, was awarded these funds to purchase Alphasmart word processors and fabric cases. The object of this word processor is to be used for special education students it aids them in note taking and writing projects.
Cunningham Elementary - Creating Home/School Connections $773 - Curricular Karen Purnell was awarded these monies to purchase Bilingual storybooks, activity books, take home back packs and tape recorders to aid in teaching ESOL students.
Fluvanna Middle School-Project impact $250 - Core Curriculum Rob Silverman, the bully prevention coordinator for FMS, used this award to pay for Adrianna Sgarlata, the director of Bully Police USA-Virginia, to speak during the schools community awareness event for parents and community members.
Columbia Elementary- Learning and Singing the ABC’s $184 - Core Curriculum Amy Fulk and Sue Sheridan, kindergarten teachers, used this grant to purchase a set of classroom books to help increase kindergarten students awareness of letters and letter sounds.
Fluvanna Middle School- The Ice Cream Parlor $182 - Alternative Curriculum Carol Rich, a special education teacher, used this grant to purchase items necessary for her class of 18 students to set up and run an ice cream parlor at school as part of hands on lab for their life studies class.
Fluvanna Middle School- Team Musical $200 - Co-curricular Karen Feathers, an Academic enrichment teacher, used this grant to purchase materials to create the set for her class musical, Fussin and A-Feudin, a “Romeo and Juliet” of the Hills.
Fluvanna High School- Spring Play $300 - Co-Curricular Craig Edgerton, a Drama Teacher, used this grant to purchase materials to create the set for the high school spring musical “Peter Pan”.
Central Elementary School/ Cunningham Elementary School- Orff Music $2,184 - Core Curriculum Cheryl Daidone, Music teacher for Central and Cunningham Elementary Schools, used this grant to attend training of the Orff Music education method as well as purchase various musical instruments to be used in teacher her students.
Fluvanna High School- Graphing Calculators $1,000 - Core Curriculum Angela Blevins, Math Department Leader, used this grant to purchase new graphing calculators for students at Fluvanna County High School.
Fluvanna County High School - Teacher Cadet Scholarship $1,000 - Scholarships These scholarships are awarded to students who participate in the Teacher's Cadet Program at the Fluvanna County High School and are interested in pursuing a career as an educator. Two awards in the amount of $500 each were awarded this year.
Patrick Finneran Memorial Scholarship $300 - Scholarships This scholarship was awarded to a student who has been a participant in Fluvanna county youth athletics and /or FCHS athletics and will be attending a 2 or 4 year vocational school. This scholarship is being offered by friend s of the Finneran family as a memorial to Patrick Finneran, a member of the class of 2006. The scholarship is managed by the Fluvanna Education Foundation.
2006 Awards
Fluvanna County High School - Teacher's Cadet Scholarships $1,000 - Scholarships These scholarships are awarded to students who participate in the Teacher's Cadet Program at the Fluvanna County High School and are interested in pursuing a career as an educator. Two awards in the amount of $500 each were awarded this year.
Central Elementary $500 - Professional Development Mr. Tom Patrick, principal of Central Elementary, used this award to purchase books for continuing education for teachers.
Cunningham Elementary - Breakfast Buddies Mentoring Program $895 - Alternative Curriculum Ms. Janet Harper, lead teacher,used this award to pairs students with trained community volunteer mentors who are positive role models. The goal of this program is to intervene early by modeling citizenship, promoting positive behavior and enhancing a student’s self-esteem. Breakfast Buddy mentors meet once weekly with the same child for breakfast at school all year long, developing affectionate and nurturing relationships.
Central Elementary - Teachers Book Group $220 - Professional Development Ms. Christa Clore, IB coordinator at Central Elementary, used this award to purchase 10 books for the study of alternative and creative approaches to curriculum presentation. The teachers involved in the study are preparing for the International Baccalaureate program. Once the initial ten teachers have completed their study they will then offer the books to an additional group of teachers to form a new study group.
Central Elementary - Play Ground Equipment $1,000 - Capital Improvement Central elementary used this award to purchase playground equipment for the lower elementary playground.
Fluvanna County High School - Book Club $700 - Alternative Curriculum Ms. Kathy Craft and Ms. Joanne Washington, Library media specialists at the Fluvanna County High School, used this award to purchase books for a student book club. The objective of this Book Club is to encourage and promote reading for pleasure and to develop reading as a life long skill and interest.
Fluvanna County High School - Literary Magazine $500 - Alternative Curriculum Mr. John Benck, a Fluvanna County High School English teacher, used this award to fund the Fluvanna County High School Literary Magazine. The publication is designed to support teachers and the High School's English department in developing alternative and creative approaches to curriculum.
Central Elementary - Presidential Physical Fitness Program $300 - Co-Curricular Central elementary used this award to purchase patches for the students that were awarded the Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
2005 Awards
Fluvanna County High School - Teacher's Cadet Scholarships $1,000 - Scholarships These scholarships are awarded to students who participate in the Teacher's Cadet Program at the Fluvanna County High School and are interested in pursuing a career as an educator. Two awards in the amount of $500 each were awarded this year.
2004 Awards
Fluvanna County High School - Teacher's Cadet Scholarships $500 - Scholarships These scholarships are awarded to students who participate in the Teacher's Cadet Program at the Fluvanna County High School and are interested in pursuing a career as an educator. One award in the amount of $500 each were awarded this year. This was the first year the Foundation was able to offer this scholarship.
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