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Grant Title | Grant Description | Author | School |
| Parent Partners in Reading | Children succeed in reading when they are supported at home. This grant provides funding to teach parents how to support their children's reading at home. The project pulls cooperation from within the school, Hennepin County Libraries, volunteers from St. James Church and Title I. | Connie Grumdahl | Forest Elementary |
| Thinking About Being Healthy | With childhood obesity becoming a national epidemic, this grant funds a project that makes kids active participants in learning about their nutrition and exercise. It relies on cooperation from parents, food service, teachers, and school support staff. | Cindy LaVan | Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion |
| Extra, Extra Write All About It! | To be a successful writer, kids need to learn to write in different formats. This grant funds the production of a student newspaper while teaching kids basic journalism skills. Mentors from the journalism field will compliment the teacher-lead instruction. | Kris Haagenson /
Beth Huntley |
Zachary Lane Elementary |
| Bring It On! | At-risk students face an array of problems that need support from community services. This grant funds the development of a support program that teaches self advocacy, coordinates the community service programs and provides access to these services. This grant relies on the cooperation of staff, local community programs and student leaders. | Amy Derwinski | Highview |
| Getting Ready to Read History | Kids read best when they learn to read from a variety of reading materials. This grant funds reading and support materials that teach reading strategies through US history. This project involves teachers, the professional development committee and the Minnesota Historical Society. | Brenda Damiani | Armstrong High School |
| AP Access and Equity | Taking away barriers so all students have access to Advanced Placement classes is the goal of this grant. By targeting the recruitment of highly motivated low income and minority students, this grant seeks to increase their participation in the AP program. | Brenda Damiani Armstrong High School |
| Using Technology to Teach History | Expanding the use of a current teaching tool while teaching history is the goal of this grant. Graphing calculators are used in math, but this pulls the calculator into history by creating timelines, flashcards and expanding on functions students currently use. Pulling together the math and history departments make this grant successful. | Jill Kind | Cooper High School |
| Project Countdown | By incorporating hands-on activities, class instruction, field trips, guest speakers and class projects and presentations, this grant will help improve literacy, mathematics and science skills. Project Countdown will focus on the science unit, Motion and Design, and teach students to appreciate how science can be used in solving practical problems. | Patrick Smith | New Hope Elementary |
| Hands Off Science, when Hands On is dangerous! | Kids learn better through "hands-on" experimentation. But when hands-on is dangerous, kids can learn just as much by keeping their hands off. By expanding upon the science unit, Crystals and Powders, the goal of this grant is to increase students understanding and knowledge in this specific core science area. | Cathy Kurvers | Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion
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