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2006 Grant Awards
The Castro Valley Educational Foundation is pleased to announce our
grant awards for 2006. Eighteen projects are being funded for a
total of $16,208.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Castro Valley Elementary School, $1500
Writer’s Handbook for 2nd/3rd grades
To provide 2nd and 3rd grade students with the Writer’s
Handbook, a “student friendly” writing resource book to improve and
support grade level writing.
Chabot Elementary School, $1222
Multicultural books for Library
To provide multicultural biographies of extraordinary Americans
for school library.
Chabot Elementary School, $1500
Sound system for musical productions
To complete school sound system to be used primarily for school
musical production.
Marshall Elementary School, $1000
Music for Minors II program all grades
To provide rhythm instruments, music books, CDs, and other
materials to offer music education to K-3 students.
Proctor Elementary School, $1500
US States books for Library
To provide “America the Beautiful” series of U.S. States books
that the school library is currently lacking or needs to replace.
Proctor Elementary School, $960
Leveled readers 7-14
To provide “Just Right” leveled readers for guided, shared, and
independent reading for K-1 students and struggling readers in other
grades.
Stanton Elementary School, $1,000
Music for Minors II program all grades
To provide rhythm instruments, music books, CDs, and other
materials to offer music education to K-3 students.
Vannoy Elementary School, $495
Multicultural books for 4th grade and more
To provide books on countries of the world to benefit 4th
graders, as well as other students.
Vannoy Elementary School, $746
Leveled readers for Kindergarten
To provide paired fiction/nonfiction leveled reading book sets
for kindergarten classes.
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Canyon Middle School, $640
Scanners and flashdrives to post worksheets online – math,
science, LA & SS – all grades
To provide scanner and flashdrives to copy worksheets, project
models, instructions, and images, which can then be accessed online
by all students, parents, and teachers.
Creekside Middle School, $800
45 biographies of current personalities, particularly sports
figures
To provide biographies of current personalities, with an
emphasis on sports personalities for 6th/7th/8th grades.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Castro Valley High School , $1425
6 hominids skull replications for 9th/10th Biology and Honors
Biology
To provide six hominid skull replications so that 9th and 10th
grade students in Biology and Honors Biology can experience hands-on
exploration of human ancestral fossils to better understand natural
selection and the fossil evidence of evolution.
Castro Valley High School, $1491
Spanish language materials for Library
To provide Spanish language materials for the library to benefit
Spanish-speaking students and students who are studying Spanish.
Castro Valley High School, $266
Projector screen for presentation of graphing calculators for
Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and Calculus students
To provide a TI Presenter to enable higher math students to
display the screen of their graphing calculator on a projector
screen during class.
Castro Valley High School, $393
Miniature figure models and still life models for all grades
To provide realistically-proportioned miniature figure models
and still-life models to be used in all visual arts classes.
DISTRICT PROGRAMS
Alma Avenue Preschool, $293
“Early Reading First- Classroom Kits”
To provide “Early Reading First-Classroom Kits” to prepare young
children to enter kindergarten with the necessary early reading
skills to prevent reading difficulties and ensure school success.
Castro Valley Adult School, $800
Multicultural materials for Adults with Disabilities program
To provide books, CDs, and other materials to provide
multicultural awareness for students in the Adults with Disabilities
Program.
Special Services $136
Training package for ability awareness packages on learning
disabilities
To provide ability awareness on learning disabilities for
parents, students and teachers.
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