Grant Recipients, 2010

CHARACTER EDUCATION

Kathleen Hassenfratz & Sarah Mueller – All district campuses
Challenge Course Program: Building Protective Factors with Low Ropes
Teaching character education and protective factors through expansion of the LTISD Challenge Course

EDUCATOR SUPPORT

Esther Peckover – All district campuses
Curriculum and Instruction Library
Giving teachers access to current, research-based teaching and management strategies

FINE ARTS

Erin Kelly – Lake Travis High School
Presentation Digital Documentation
Enhancing achievement and confidence by digital recording of student presentations

HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES

Paige Abbott – Hudson Bend Middle School
The Data Driven Classroom
Student response system that allows students to respond individually to multiple choice questions and short answers via remote control devices, resulting in better daily participation and greater growth for all students

MATHEMATICS

Amy Wilkinson – Serene Hills Elementary School
Everyday Mathematics: Success For Every Student, Grades 1-5
Research-based program that presents mathematics as a thinking process rather than merely skills mastery and memorization

Erika Garrett & Anna Beth Ball – Serene Hills Elementary School
Supporting Classroom Teachers and Providing Mathematics Intervention
Intervention activities to supplement best practice classroom instruction and help students in all elementary grades to make progress in mathematics

Gwen Zambito – Lake Travis Elementary School
Number Sense
Versa Tile Math Kits to provide students with hands-on materials that meet a wide range of math ability levels

Tammy Gross & Team – Lake Travis Elementary School
TouchMath
Research-based multisensory program that uses TouchPoints to engage students of all abilities and learning styles

Sarah Kinsey & 1st Grade Team – Lake Travis Elementary School
Math Readers
Teaching math skills using guided reading techniques, allowing 1st grade students to apply mathematical vocabulary in everyday conversation

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Paula Conely - Lake Travis Elementary School
Tumbling Forward
Tumbling mats to allow for development of student strength, self-discipline, and balance, enabling them to become better athletes and better learners

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS

Amelia Pitchford – Hudson Bend Middle School
Expanding ESL Audio Library
Enriching the Language Arts curriculum by giving ESL students the opportunity to continue reading for pleasure

Carolyn Crouchet – Lake Pointe Elementary School
New TEKS, New Techniques
Curriculum integration with a variety of leveled reading materials, allowing early elementary students to develop research skills while learning science and improving reading ability

Cathy Seidenberger & Jennifer McKallip – Lake Travis Elementary School
Early Reading Mastery
Kindergarten reading materials incorporating the sequence, structure and hands‐on learning experiences young children need to achieve reading success

Erin Reese & Patsy Mendel – Lake Pointe Elementary School
A Long Lasting Perm
Permabound Book sets to engage 3rd and 4th graders in the joy of reading novels

Janie Braxdale – Bee Cave Elementary School
Trait Crates
Crates containing materials designed to engage K-5 students and enrich their writing experiences

Lonnie Driggers – Lakeway Elementary School
Readers As Actors
Reader’s Theater books with the actors’ parts written at different reading levels so all K-5 children can be successful and participate

Melissa Kasson – All district elementary schools
Read Along Kits to Build Fluency
Reading out loud with beginning, emerging, and struggling readers to help develop oral language, vocabulary, reading, and comprehension skills

Nancy Baker – Lake Travis Elementary School
Read Naturally
Stories that students read along with a recording of a fluent reader and then practice the story until they are able to read it at a predetermined goal rate, building student confidence and fluency
Tic-Tac-Toe Complete Reading Collection
Building phonics, grammar, and vocabulary skills through use a popular Tic-Tac-Toe format

Patty Cowan – All district elementary schools
CSCOPE Literature Books
Recommended literature books across various content areas to support the CSCOPE comprehensive curriculum management system

Carissa Story & Team – Lake Travis Elementary School
Specialized Program Individualizing Reading Excellence (S.P.I.R.E)
Systematic, multisensory reading and language arts program to help ensure that at risk students, especially those in grades K-3, have instruction that supports their needs

SCIENCE

Ben Faulkner & Ginger Johnson – Lake Travis High School
Observing Atomic Emission Spectra and Building Molecular Models
Molecular model sets, spectrum tubes and spectroscopes to capture student interest in the very abstract topic of atomic theory

Cha Asokan, Caryn Jannasch & Sammy Seidenberger – Hudson Bend Middle School
The Learning Garden
Creation of an outdoor learning garden focusing on the science of nature and involving students in landscape design, budgeting, planning, problem solving, and construction

Judith McLaren – Hudson Bend Middle School
Enviroscape Model of Non-Point Source Pollution in a Community
Community model used to teach students about watersheds, aquifers, conservation of resources, preservation of fresh water sources, wise use of chemical compounds, and control and prevention of water pollution

Lea Bertsch – Lake Travis High School
Who did it?
Start-up class providing a basis for students wishing to pursue careers in the sciences, biotechnology, health‐related or criminology fields

Sharon Halloran, Karen LeDesma, Jenna Barrett & Maria Padilla – Lake Travis Elementary School
Science Exploration for Young Learners
In-class science labs giving young learners, ages 3-5, the materials, experiments, and hands-on opportunities to explore, manipulate, and learn about the world in a meaningful way

Wendi Daniels – Lake Travis Middle School
Robotics & Engineering
Lego Mindstorm NXT kits that encourage students to be creative and bring designs to life

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Laura Barnes – Lake Travis High School
Vocational Camp
Summer vocational skills program for teens with disabilities (ages 16‐19), who will job train in businesses in the local community

Laura Peroutka – District middle schools
Social Skills Camp 2010
Camp that will teach students with social deficits, particularly students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, in a small ratio setting, and allow them to practice these skills in the community  

TECHNOLOGY

Elizabeth Stearns – Lake Travis High School
Mobile Netbook Wireless Lab
Allowing students to access the internet for research and archiving of work in progress

Karen Fromel – Lake Travis Elementary School
Student Response Systems
Teaching system that allows students to respond individually to multiple choice questions and short answers via remote control devices, resulting in better daily participation and greater growth for all students