The Castro Valley Educational Foundation is pleased to announce our grant awards for 2006 with total funding of $21,467.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Castro Valley Elementary School - $1,500
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 - $1,222
Multicultural books for Library
To provide multicultural biographies of extraordinary Americans for school library.

Chabot Elementary School - $1,500
Sound system for musical productions
To complete school sound system to be used primarily for school musical production.

Marshall 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.

Proctor Elementary School - $1,500
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 SCHOOL

Castro Valley High School - $1,425
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 - $1,491
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.

Operation Young Scientist - $5,000