Student Achievement Grants Fall 2007
Student Achievement Grants: Fall 2007 Recipients
CALIFORNIA
Brian Ki, Bellflower
Math Teacher
Somerset High School
Partner: Tamara Garr
Use radio controlled cars and motion detectors to document corollary coordinates to quantify the application of the linear equation y=mx+b using TI-84 calculators (Learning Standard: Math).
Sumita Soni, Oakland
Arts & Humanities Social Studies
Sankofa Academy
Partner: Jill Guerra
1) Investigate migration patterns of African-Americans to California through a cultural research project, and
2) Create family tree through digital reproduction and other media.
Harriet Kuhn, Washington
Teacher/Researcher
John W. Ross Elementary School
Employ an activity-based reading program integrating books and animals to demonstrate relationship building and self-esteem development.
Nina Kimbrough, Tampa
Mathematics Teacher
Gaither High School
Partner: Peter Danile
Extracting “math standards” inherent in a Special Olympics program to reinforce standards-based math instruction.
GEORGIA
Sharona Thomas-Wilson, Atlanta
Special Education Teacher
William M. Finch Elementary School
Partner: Melissa M. May
An entrepreneurial business program designed to teach and reinforce math and economics standards.
ILLINOIS
Judith L. Goebel, Newton
Science Teacher
Newton Community High School
Partner: Cassandra Baker
Offer an interdisciplinary program using a computer interface “probe-ware” to examine physical and chemical properties of Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics through instructional coordination.
KENTUCKY
Pamela Dickinson, Hopkinsville
Business Teacher
Indian Hills Elementary School
Partner: Teresa Combs
Elementary students will poll (via survey) the student body to determine a product line toward creating a student store for an entrepreneurial development project.
Bryan J. Flachbart, Hustonville
Interdisciplinary Teacher
Hustonville Elementary School
Partner: Gwen Lawson
Using GPS Navigation technology, students will investigate longitude and latitude by participating in a scavenger hunt by means of “Geocaching.”
Jennifer Linn Rase, Stamping Ground
Science Teacher
Stamping Ground Elementary School
Partner: Betsy Fredericks
An exploratory science program designed to demonstrate the process of scientific investigation toward developing projects for entry into Science Fair Academic Competition.
LOUISIANA
Daphne Moore, Shreveport
Science Teacher
Captain Shreve High School
Partner: Willie McPhearson
Students will create a forensic laboratory and use the process of scientific inquiry to investigate a series of reality-based crimes.
MARYLAND
Alexis Nogle Willing, Hebron
Mathematics Teacher
Westside Intermediate School
Partner: Amanda Jane Banks
Students will experience the intricacies of money and finance by opening a series of mock bank accounts and managing their assets through a series of predetermined expenditures.
MASSACHUSETTS
Sheila B. Irvin, Pittsfield
Multidisciplinary Teacher
Egremont Elementary School
Partner: Elizabeth Brunell-Dunham
Students will perform structural examination of a series of abstract artistic shapes and structures toward the application of geometric development for replication/reproduction.
Emmajean Quinn, Plymouth
Assistive Technology Teacher
Federal Furnace School
Partner: Amanda Boardley
Special education students will create a video graphic log to represent a descriptive review of their individual metal and/or physical disabilities as part of an active-learning project called “Who You Are.”
Daniel Moriarty, Whitman
Mathematics Teacher
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School
Partner: Mark Stephansky
Under the guidelines of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System examination for Engineering/Technology, students will engineer three prototypes using specified technology for the planning, design, and prototypical developmental model.
MINNESOTA
Kimberly L. Peddle, Cloquet
Third Grade Teacher
Washington Elementary School
Partner: Ms. Rebecca Hanson
Students will create a series of visual representations (i.e., murals, digital recordings and diary/daily logs) using the standards associated with the Minnesota Academic Standards for history in action.
NEW JERSEY
Kristen Solano, Mullica Hill
Art and Photography Teacher
Clearview Regional High School
Partner: Deana DeNafo
Students will investigate cultural characteristics of Eastern and Western Influences on the aesthetics of design, unity, and harmony found in horticulture.
Becky Oman, National Park
Arts and Humanities/Social Studies Teacher, National Park School
Partner: Kristen Goonan
Students will identify characteristics of their community that represent historically significant events through an interactive program called ARCHIVES: Acquiring Rich Cultural History In Various Everyday Settings.
Jessica Blanchard, Las Cruces
Interdiciplinary Language Arts/Social Studies Teacher
Lynn Middle School
Partner: Joyce Mora
Students will participate in “Voices for the Borderlands~ Voces de la Fronter,” a multicultural curriculum project based on the literacy framework and integrate personal and family narratives and home and community outreach.
Jessica Prayer, Elizabeth City
Arts and Humanities/Social Studies Teacher
Northside Elementary School
Partner: Doris Price
Students will connect events of the past to the realities of today and compare historically significant events through role play and archaeological research.
OHIO
Nicole J. Hassan, Akron
Fifth Grade Teacher, Legget Elementary School
Partner: Mary P. Penchalk
Students will explore ecosystems around the world by simulating environmental conditions needed to sustain area plant life.
Debra Foster, Pickerington
Math Teacher
Pickerington Lakeview Junior High School
Partner: Debbie Skarsten
Students will demonstrate math principles by designing and producing two products which must perform and/or represent specified geometric applications.
Judith Sprainhoward, University Heights
Science Teacher
Bellefaire School
Partner: Lauren Wicks
Students will build and program robots to perform assigned tasks and report their findings as part of a robotics competition.
OKLAHOMA
Meredith Lea Pankop-Wronowski, Oklahoma City
Science Teacher
Capital Hill High School
Partner: Debra Crawford
Students will explore Biotechnology as part of a collaboratively articulated program with a local college to carry out a series of exhaustive DNA investigations.
OREGON
Douglas Stuivenga, Keizer
Engineering Teacher
McNary High School
Partner: Keith Andersen
Students will apply math to things around them and create a series of three dimensional models.
PENNSYLVANIA
Scott L. O'Donnell, Oil City
English Department Head
Oil City Area High School
Partner: Shaun McLoughlin
Students will explore how media shapes society, culture, and politics and create a series of digital representations of the types of media production that are possible.
Brian K. Liskey, Oley
School Social Worker
Oley Valley High School
Partner: Robert Nye
Students will explore "Air Repair" as an ecological concept and perform quantitative data collection on air quality locally and globally.
TEXAS
Chelsea Ann Kostyniak, Grand Prairie
English Teacher
Grand Prairie High Ninth Grade Center
Partner: Kinzie Morgan
This collaborative writing program focuses on social aspects of the complete writing process (prewriting, drafting, collaboration, editing and revising, and final publication) to a meaningful audience.
Mathias Strommer, Houston
Humanities Teacher
Wilson Academy (Aldine ISD)
Partner: Ysin Dilek
Students will demonstrate historical data by participating in an interactive reenactment of historically significant events based on History Standards (TAKS).
Michele Cook, Lubbock
ELA Teacher
Alderson Middle School
Partner: Hidie Henry
Students will demonstrate a variety of proven hands-on methods to simulate real world application of literacy improvement as based on English instructional standards.
Marianne Berger Woods, Odessa
Visiting Assisting Professor Art History
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Partner: Ana Marie Perez
Implement a study aboard program to improve culture diversity and awareness among low-income participants.
Valene Scott, Ephraim
Science Teacher
Ephraim Middle School
Partner: Jeff Bartholomew
Students will investigate systems of the human body through interactive exploration (i.e., cell structures, bodily functions).
VIRGINIA
William C. Van Evera, Arlington
Science Teacher
H-B Woodlawn Program
Partner: Dawn Bronstin
Conduct nutritional analysis of popular local food spots and publish a nutritional guide for Arlington teenagers.
WASHINGTON
Beth Ann Rockey, Ocean Shores
Science Teacher
Ocean Shores Elementary School
Partner: Michael Barbero
Create an active learning interdisciplinary science project to create a green space at school.
Steven Miller, Seattle
Math Teacher,
The New School @ Southshore
Partner: Laurie Kazanjian
Create and implement an integrated hands-on learning program linking math, literacy, and art in the study and demonstration of tessellations.
WEST VIRGINIA
Susan E. Hvizdos, Wheeling
Mathematics Teacher
Wheeling Park High School
Partner: Stephanie J. Romanek
Technology enhanced program to increase student application of numbering systems based on alignment to standards, instructional goals, and assessments measures (pre-test data).