The Fairview Park Education Foundation Board of Trustees approved $9.396.15 in grant awards for teachers and staff of the Fairview Park City Schools in 2017.
The grants included:
100 PIECE ORBRIUM TOYS TRIPLE-LOOP WOODEN TRAIN SET
Grant request submitted by: Clair Mayfield, Preschool Teacher
$109 awarded to Clair Mayfield at the Early education Center to purchase 100-Piece Orbrium Toys Triple-Loop Wooden Train Set, track expansion pack, and storage containers. This would replenish broken pieces of their current train set. The train set helps students with fine motor skills, creativity, and to work together with peers.
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LARGE HOLLOW WOODEN BLOCKS
Grant request submitted by: Clair Mayfield, Preschool Teacher
$350 awarded to Clair Mayfield at the Early Education Center to purchase Hardwood Hollow Blocks. “The objectives of the block play program are to grow both delayed and non-delayed students ability to think critically, team for success, and plan out physical projects.”
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MUSIC AND RHYTHM
Grant request submitted by: Clair Mayfield and Kelly Baughman, Preschool Teachers
$141 awarded to Clair Mayfield and Kelly Baughman at the Early education Center to purchase instruments to help “create an environment for the children to self-discover new instruments, explore how to use them, and identify the sounds created while developing critical thinking skills.”
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STEAM EDUCATION OZOBOTS
Grant request submitted by: Graham Codney, Technology Teacher
$1195 awarded to Graham Codney at Gillis-Sweet Elementary School to purchase Ozobots. “Ozobots are miniature programmable toy robots to help kids develop coding skills and acquire STEM fundamentals through fun activities and play.” These would be used with 3-4 grade students in the computer lab or STEAM Room “to develop their critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.
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STEAM Lab
Grant request submitted by: Nicole Pruente and Austin Fleischer, Fourth Grade and Third Grade Teacher
$491 awarded to Nicole Pruente and Austin Fleischer at Gillis-Sweet Elementary School to purchase creative materials for the Gillis-Sweet STEAM Lab. These materials will “increase the availability of various building materials in the lab to allow for an entire class to build and create simultaneously. This will allow the students to further invent and explore engineering, design, and construction. “
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BREAKOUT PROBLEM SOLVING KITS
Grant request submitted by: Gayle Dill, Robin Schlesinger, Natalie Hudak, and Kristin Connor, Middle School Teachers (Library Media, Science, English, Science)
$78.20 awarded to Gayle Dill, Robin Schlesinger, Natalie Hudak, and Kristin Connor at Lewis F. Mayer Middle School to purchase replacement materials for the Breakout Problem Solving Kits. These materials will resupply the kits to help in “accomplishing the student objectives of practicing skills in team work, problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting”.
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COOL CAT CAFE
Grant request submitted by: Janice Frygier, Middle School English Teacher
$800 awarded to Janice Frygier at Lewis F. Mayer Middle School to hire a musical group and professional poet to inspire 8th grade students to work on their poetry. This will give the students experience to communicate with professionals while they “share personal poems and perform for an audience”.
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INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY CHARTER MEMBERSHIP
Grant request submitted by: Jessica Atwood, High School Social Studies Teacher & Play Director
$460 awarded to Jessica Atwood at Fairview High School in order for the school to become a charter member of the International Thespian Society. The Society “is an honor society dedicated to recognizing and fostering student achievements in the theatrical arts”. This membership will “bring distinction to our students, our drama program”, while fostering “life skills such as motivation, self-esteem and team building”.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRESENTATION
Grant request submitted by: Lisa Sobera and Laura Toner, Fourth Grade Teachers
$100 awarded to Lisa Sobera and Laura Toner at Gillis-Sweet Elementary School to hire Dave Zeih to provide a Revolutionary War Presentation as a British soldier. This presentation “makes the Revolutionary War come to life so the students can form a better understanding of both sides of the war”.
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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM MATERIALS
Grant request submitted by: Mary Cory, High School School Counselor
$181.95 awarded to Mary Cory at Fairview High School for materials for the Social Emotional Learning Curriculum. These materials will help Mrs. Cory work with students to form “more effective leadership skills, stronger friendships, and connections to teachers, better conflict management skills, and greater academic achievement”.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF A WARRIOR WEATHER STATION
Grant request submitted by: Colleen Sliwinski, Sarah McIntyre, Ray Mohr, and Melanie Wightman, High School Science, Middle School Social Studies and Principal and Director of Teaching and Learning
$5000 awarded to Colleen Sliwinski, Sarah McIntyre, Ray Mohr, and Melanie Wightman at Lewis F. Mayer Middle School and Fairview High School to establish a Warrior Weather Station. “Weather provides an excellent foundation for STEM education.” “Weather also provides opportunities for exposing students to topics from a plethora of disciplines in the scope of a single activity”.
Check out the live stream and more features here! https://cuyahoga.weatherstem.com/fairviewhs
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FAMILY RESOURCE BAGS
Grant request submitted by: Meredith Schulte, School Counselor
$490 awarded to Meredith Schulte at Gilles-Sweet Elementary School for a project entitled “Family Resource Bags.” Ms. Schulte will use the grant funds to purchase books, workbooks, and other resources focused on topics and experiences students K-5 commonly face, i.e., anxiety, discipline, emotional needs of gifted children, social skills. These resources will be organized into topic-specific bags that families will be able to borrow. These Family Resource Bags are designed to improve parental knowledge and awareness of student challenges.
The Fairview Park Education Foundation provides grants for the enrichment of the Fairview Park City public schools for the enrichment of school curriculum, the enhancement of instruction, and the implementation of other appropriate activities to achieve specific education goals. The grants are funded through individual donations and through proceeds from various fundraisers.