Ellen Doherty, Special Education Teacher at RES

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Ellen received funds to purchase Sensory Items Upkeep. This project focuses on the upkeep and repair of sensory room items as well as a sensory in Ms. Doherty's classroom, the "tumble track." This greatly benefits students with ADD, ADHD, Autism, and emotional regulation. This project focuses on proprioceptive input for students through sensory stimulus.

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Michael Berenkowski, OHS Photography

Michael added equipment to the photography class,  The are Lighting the Way to Creative Excellence.  The purpose of this project is to create better lighting for school events that photography students have volunteered photoshoot. The photography class has branched out into portraits for school functions.  The students have photographed an elementary dance, a middle school dance, a high school homecoming dance and prom.  Their goals are: Enhance Technical Skills, Encourage Collaboration, and Promote Artistic Expression. The photographers have branched out through volunteering their time in photographing school events. 

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Jamie Forbes, RES 6th Grade at RES

Jamie Forbes added Edison Robotics for STEM Engagement for her 6th graders.  The proposed project is to integrate Edison robots into the 6th grade STEM classroom and provide students with an engaging, hands-on introduction to coding, robotics and problem solving.  For students. this project creates an interactive and critical thinking skills.​

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Ellen Doherty, Special Education at RES

Executive Functions through Game Play and Cooking

Through games, food and some cooking the students will experience real live activities. 

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Melissa Winters & Heather Hasty,

4th Grade at Richardson

They are doing POETY SLAM with their students with a new Karaoke Machine and a portable Bluetooth speaker.  The poems their students do are fantastic!

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The Jane Sanderson Fund:

Awarded to Kristy Moore and Intervention Math Teacher. ​

Kristy is planning on engaging students K-5 learners in a wide variety of Math games.  

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The Haglund Fund:

Awarded to Tera Albert and Laura Osech 7th grade teachers.  They are taking their student on a fantastic field trip on the Glass Bottom Boat to see the ship wrecks in Thunder Bay in Alpena. 

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