RECIPIENTS OF TEACHING GRANTS
FROM THE RAYTOWN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
1994-1995 THROUGH 2006-2007

TOTAL AWARDS $65,630.14

2006-2007 School Year
Total of $5,168.28

• Cathy Betz, District Library Media Coordinator, "Rigorous Reading with Roland Smith," $500.

  Hosting a noted author at all Raytown Quality Schools can be a reality in the spring of 2007 with the "Rigorous Reading with Roland Smith" grant. It will supplement part of his speaking fee for the week so that more students can experience meeting a noted author and providing them additional incentives for reading. District Library Coordinator Cathy Betz authored this grant.

• Joyce Siler & Susie Ference, Laurel Hills, "Reading Fun in the Summer Sun," $831.

  "Reading Fun in the Summer Sun" will be implemented by Joyce Siler and Susie Ference, Laurel Hills staff members, during the summer. Interested students will be presented book bags and paperback books to read at home. Then four times during the summer months they will meet together as a gorup, with one of the activities related to reading at Ideal Nursery in July. They are planning to have 50 children in the activity, kindergarten through fifth grade.

• Ellen Wickham, Raytown South High School, "Read to Succeed," $831.70.

  Ellen Wickham, Library Media Specialist at South High School who sponsors the Cardinal Book Club, will have multiple copies of books to use for this after-school group. The books are those listed on the 2006-07 Gateway Award list which is for Missouri high school students. "Increasing our students' access to new, high quality, high interest books provides additional opportunities to engage in free voluntary reading," said Wickham in her proposal.

• Cassie Langan, Rosisella Villegas & Nicole David, Raytown High School, "Look! I Can Read!," $1720.

  Spanish students at Levels I and II will have additional novels at Raytown High this next year, thanks to the grant submitted by Spanish teachers Cassie Langan, Nicole David, and Rosisella Villegas. They believe students will benefit because the novels will be written to the vocabulary and grammar skills of beginning Spanish students and will encourage learning the foreign language in a different way.

• Betty Sproul, Raytown South Middle School, "Good Books, Good Food, Good Conversation: What More Is There?," $1100.

  Raytown South Middle students have the opportunity to join Book Club which meets outside school hours eight times during the year. In this "Good Books, Good Food, Good Conversation, What More Is There?" grant, Library Media Specialist Betty Sproul hopes to have students better prepared when author Roland Smith visits the school in the spring of 2007. With funding from this grant, Sproul will make available hardback and paperback books for students to take home so the discussion at the monthly book club meeting will be more informative. Snacks will be provided for these after-school book club gatherings.

• Genie Simmons, Spring Valley, "Mark Twain Treasures," $184.93.

  Genie Simmons, Library Media Specialist at Spring Valley Elementary, will provide incentives for students who read the books on the Mark Twain, Show Me and KC3 reading lists by placing a treasure chest in the library and allowing students to choose a book or item from it when they have read 5, 10, 15 books from the list. As children read, they will build on skills which are needed in taking the MAP (Missouri Assessment Program) successfully. "I would like to increase the number of students reading these books by 50%," said Simmons, as she spoke to her Mark Twain Treasures submission.

• Betty Sproul, Raytown South Middle School, "Future Leaders Read," $700.00. Book club with refreshments.
• Cathy Betz, Library Media Coordinator, "Linking Literature through Field Trips," $352.95. Picture book for use with Youth Friends and in Elementary libraries.
• Dustin Cates, Raytown South High School, "Music Education Technology," $3343.85. Computer and software to allow for composition of music scores.
• Anita Willeke & Candice Mozley, Northwood School, "Success through the Senses," $1060.03. Northwood School sensory room for de-escalating behavior problems and increasing learning opportunities.
• Reesa Smiddy, Southwood Elementary, "Breakfast with Books," $1061.28. Weekly book club/study at breakfast.
• Christine Stringer, Laurel Hills Elementary, "Four Block Power Packs," $1417.35. Leveled books with corresponding activities for parents without available resources to link with Four Block language arts instruction.

• Daryl Duncan and Nancy Farrand, Norfleet Elementary School, “Smart Stepping for Life,” $745.50
• Betty Sproul, Raytown South Middle School, “Breakfast with Books,”$340.00
• Kim Nelson, Central Media Center, “Traveling with Twain,”$468.80
• Aimee Newberry and Brian Borgmeyer, Robinson Elementary School, “Robinson’s Framework to Close the Achievement Gap,” $2,870.00
• Brett Playter, Raytown Middle School, “Graphing Calculator Technology,” $2,413.20
• Paul Farmer, Westridge Elementary School, “Writing and Illustrating A Book,” $$855.00
• Lacie Mettier, Spring Valley Elementary School, “Kindergarten Book Bags,” $195.00
• Cathy Betz, Central Media Center, “Everybody Reads,” $598.20
• Kelli Small, Central Office, “Good Grief, It’s Elementary,” $500.00

• Melanie Dowell, Raytown South Middle School, “Building Connections to the Real World Through Work and Community” $731.27.This project provides students a practical opportunity to apply the skills they are learning in their coursework to a real world problem.
• Dianna Tucker, REC-Alternative School, “Linking Literature through Field Trips,” $973.00. “Students would benefit from liking their time spent studying a particular literature unit with an opportunity to integrate within the community for a high interest activity with their peers.”
• Anita Huffman, Sally Secchio and Jill Terrill, Norfleet Elementary, “Poetry Safari,”$427.50.”The second and fourth grade paired buddies will be given opportunities to plan and make oral presentations to their pre-school ‘Little Buddies.”
• Cathy Betz, Kim Nelson, Joyce Siler and Sherry Nachtmann, Elementary Library Media Specialists and District Library Coordinator, “READ: Reading Enrichment and Direction,”$536.00. “will stimulate both the brains and hearts of our fifth grade student to want to read the Mark Twin Award books. They will have an opportunity to attend the annual Children’s Literature Festival at CMSU.”
• Cindy Hodson and Mary Jane Spradley, Spring Valley Elementary, “Being Discrete About Math,” $1,496.00,” Our goal is to find the resources and create new materials to increase practice in the area of discrete math.
• Rod Ambelang, Raytown South Middle School, “A Personal Account of Healing the Effects of World War II,” $250.00. “Using the story and author of Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, The Pilot, The Friendship, students will have the opportunity to hear and meet the author who was present and Pearl Harbor.”
• Betty Sproul, Raytown South Middle School, “Freedom to Read and Share,”$680.00. “This will allow the purchase of multiple copies of books selected the SMS Book Club so that large numbers make read the selection together.”
• Cynthia Phelps, REC Early Childhood Program, ”Play It Safe, Phase II,” $2,115.00. This project will allow us to add handrails to a portion of the playground, improving playground design for our students with special needs.”
• Sondra Hull and Sally Frederick, Raytown South High, “Multiple Books/Multiple Formats for Diverse Readers, $650.00. “Multiple copies would give classroom teachers the ability to have reading circles, …..the multiple format approach is audio books to address those with reading problems.:
• Sean Nunn and Linda Maclead, Raytown South High School, “Anatomy and Art: Learning the Muscles of the Human Body and Figure Drawing Using a Combined Approach,” $590.00. "The project attempts to integrate the 'sensing thinker' and the 'intuitive feeler' appealing to both types of learners."
• Ann Marie Robins, Robinson Elementary, “TEMPO(Therapeutic and Educational Music Program Opportunity)”$671.19.”Through TEMPO, Robinson will bring music to a broader range of students, and will offer our growing special needs population a related service under the IDEA.”
• Amy Tittle, Westridge Elementary, “Math+Literature=Communication,” $500.00. “Replacement of manipulative is important to assist with the mathematical and language development of the students.”

• Martha Clemons and other district Nurses-District wide Program, “Heartwise & Healthy”-$1,500.00. “Provide comprehensive health screenings, make appropriate referrals for identified health problems and share information, teaching and training with parents, students and staff.”
• Jennifer Crosby, District Alternative School, “Strategic tools for anger control, conflict resolution and stress”-$1,067.50. “Allow students to access alternative strategies to manage their stress and feelings. Provide supplementary tools to students available in their classrooms as well as throughout the process of recovery.”
• John Swartz and Diane Jenkins, Both High School Math Departments, “TI –Interactive”-$1,005.80. “This project calls for a 50-user license to a software program developed by Texas Instruments. The license allows the program to be installed in on lab at each high school. In addition to the lab, math teachers who use the program will be allowed to load the software on the computer in their classroom and a computer in their home. The program will emulate the TI-83 graphing calculator so classes can investigate ideas and concepts in our curriculum”
• Sondra Hull and Sally Frederick, South High Students and Staff, “School-wide Literacy Project: Take Time to Read”-$500.00. “By increased publicity(fliers, invitations, buttons, t-shirts) and a larger number of copies of popular book titles, we hope to make reading more accessible and therefore more part of our students’ routines.”
• Harvey Marken, South Middle School- “Reading Milestones”-$687.00. “This project will provide a structured direct education format for teaching reading skills to students with very low reading skills in the middle school.”
• Joyce Constance-White, Elizabeth Sage and Kelly Williams, Raytown Middle School-“Strengthening Reading Skills and Strategies.”$1,867.50. “Focusing on essential reading skills and strategies for building student’s fluency and comprehension from texts.”
• Sue Gray and Marcia Phillips, Eastwood Hills Elementary- “Making Connections Between Home and School Through Photographs.”-$550.00. “Through the use of cameras parents will become more involved in the school community and the life of their children within this community.”
• Becky Needham, Norfleet Elementary includes all District Art, “Learning Elements and Principles of Art Through Architecture,”-$373.85. “Develop the architecture part of the art curriculum specified in the …Curriculum guide.”
• Sally Secchio and Jill Terrill, Norfleet Elementary, “Little Buddies”$295.25.”Norfleet students will work with preschoolers. … develop an awareness of other students and their special needs.”
• Cynthia Phelps and Early Childhood Teachers at the REC, “Play It Safe!”-$2,240.00. “ Provide safe play areas that are accessible to all our students, regardless of the level or nature of their disability.”

• Jacqueline Morales-Raytown High School-Grant Title-“Sexual Harassment Speaker”- $500.00- The students will be presented an assembly program to help explain and emphasize sexual harassment issues for their own protection and for the safety and respect of others.
• Linda Pace-Raytown South Middle School-“Kids to Kids”-$500.00-Students in 6th,7th and 8th grade reading classes will write and illustrate children’s books which will be laminated and sent through Kids to Kids International to children in refugee camps and third world countries.
• Teachers of Early Childhood, Raytown Education Center-“The Power Of Play”-$2,000.00-The resurfaced play area will have appropriate equipment purchased for the Early Childhood program of three to five year old children.
• Betty Sproul and Michel Eagle-Raytown South Middle School-“Do the ‘Write’ Thing”-$440.96- Students will have the opportunity to listen to three children and adolescent literature authors and one illustrator who will speak and interact with them and encourage them in their own writing.
• Becky Needham, Janice Siegel, elementary Art teachers- Norfleet Elementary-All Elementary Art-“Fine Arts MAP test Alignment”- $1,150- “By creating a collection of artifact examples this project will raise the ability of students to recognize artwork of different cultural groups as tested in the MAP fifth grade Fine Arts Test.
• Lollie Reed and staff-Norfleet Elementary-“Parents as Project Partners”-$500.00- Provide materials and adult supervision for children involved in major curricula projects where that support may not be available.

• .Missy Marcella- Staff Development Facilitator- Special Education-District Wide- Grant Title-"Ability Awareness Workshops"- $500.00
• Sally Secchio- Norfleet Elementary School- Grant Title-"Reading Buddies"-$745.00
• Megan Morris & Sabrenda Lea-Laurel Hills Elementary School- Grant Title- "T .0. T .AL., Teaching Optimum Technology at Laurel-$540.00
• Debbie Leialoha- Raytown Middle School-Grant Title-"Generation X'ers Meet the Bobbysoxers"-$460.00
• Janice Capell and Angie Dauer-Spring Valley Elementary School-Grant Title-"Real- World Math and Science"-$1,520.00
• Vicki Hanson and Patty Medlin-Raytown Middle School- Grant Title-"Using Literature Circles'- $533.00
• Merlene Brush-Blue Ridge Elementary School-Grant Title-"Blue Ridge Elementary Peacemaking Project".$1,000.00.

• Shirley Brummett, Jennifer Crosby, Germaine Gaines, Sheryl Jones, Lisa Long, Sandy Lucero, and Julie Whyte - Robinson Elementary-$900 grant titled,” Behavior Management Through Sensory Experiences"-Many Children with diagnosis such as autism, communication and behavior disorders can demonstrate improvement in appropriate, self- regulatory behavior in response to access to developmentally appropriate sensory based activities. It is believed that by establishing an area with both the cross-categorical special education classroom and the Recovery room, in which developmentally appropriate sensory-based activities are accessible to students, that improvements in appropriate student behavior will be facilitated. Will reach 10 students in special education room and potentially all students( 403) in Recovery Room.
• Joy Kudart-Raytown High School-$1 ,142.75 grant titled "Snake Habitat Rescue” In order to give our students "hands-on" experience with representative organisms of the animal kingdom, we have been running the "RHS Mini Zoo" for 15 years. The animals are used to teach skills such as making detailed scientific observations, preparation of slides, investigative and experimental technique and even scatology. The type of cage needed to house snakes is specialized and need to be replaced. Will reach all students exposed the area(150 a semester) and in particular members of the Animal Care Team.
• Gerry Passanisi-Raytown Education Center-$370.00 grant titled "Reading Starts At Home"-Many young parents do not read to their children and do not know how to support children's emerging literacy through guiding the understanding of the written word. This project will attempt to determine if a structured parent-child- reading program has a positive effect on children's literacy acquisition. Will reach ten parents and ten children.
• Janet Schmutzler, Linda Schaap, Linda Thacker and Anita Huffernan- Norfleet -$967.50 grant titled "Students Serving Seniors"- This project would enable students to experience first hand connectedness with seniors in their community. Will reach 75 first graders and fifty-two seniors at Hidden Lake Care Centers.
• Becky Needham- Norfleet Elementary-$319 .70 grant titled, “ Great Things About My Raytown Neighborhood " -Through joint educational experiences of parents and students and students, the level of enthusiasm of parents and students can be increased by an integrated study of their neighborhood. Will reach 136 students and their parents.
• Donna Clark-Raytown Middle School-$1,300.00 grant titled, "The Explorer Team At RMS Studies Astronautics and Countdown with Author Ben Mikaelson"

• Cheryl Crawley- Fleetridge Elementary School- $1,236.3 7 grant titled, "Buddy Bags and Brain Boxes. ,,- This project will give parents some hands-on activities that correspond to skills taught at school. Will reach 30 students and their parents.
• Angie Dauer and Janie Heggem- Spring Valley Elementary School-$lS0 .00 grant titled, "The Sunshine Center Community Service Project." We hope to instill a sense of compassion and tolerance for others through our activities and involvement with the preschool children at the Sunshine Center. Will reach approximately 100 students.
• Rick Helling, Mary Lee Skitek, and Jody Watkins- Robinson Elementary School-$790.85 grant titled "Wee Deliver In-School Postal System "-This project addresses the necessity of making the reading-writing connection in order to enhance learning across the curriculum. Second graders will operate the postal system, but all students will be involved in letter writing. Will reach all 450 students.
• Mary Jane Spradley-Spring Valley Elementary School-$1,487.00 grant titled "Parent Partners in Math Education. "-Students and parents are in involved in scheduled evening activities to teach problem solving, experimenting and discovering together. Parents are given activities to practice at home. Day care workers are also involved. Will reach 300 students and parents.
• Sandra W alters- Fleetridge Elementary School-$1 ,500.00 grant titled "One With Nature Outdoor Classroom"-A project to improve the nature trail and build an outdoor classroom with an amphitheater. Will reach all 446 students each year .

• Becky Needham, Carolyn Wren, Lora Gossett-Norfleet, Blue Ridge, Southwood and South High- $1300 grant titled "Raising Multicultural Admiration Through sculpture Experience. "
• Michele Eagle, LeeAnn Potter- Westridge Elementary-$1,150 grant titled "Take it and make it Saturdays. "
• Lollie Reed, Ann Cox, Gail Strader- Norfleet Elementary-$1,5 00 grant titled "Missouri environmental science Laboratory."
• Debbie Rasnic, Connie Stewart, Betty Sproul and Sharon Safley- Norfleet Elementary and Central Media Center- $1,498.63 grant titled "Alleviating Science Anxiety"

• Donna Clark- Raytown Middle School-$1500 grant titled "Meet Author Ben Mikaelsen. "- Students will meet an author who writes for middle schools students. The author stresses the importance of not giving up and of maintaining one's self-esteem. Will reach 350 students.
• Michele Eagle-Westridge Elementary-$1400 grant titled "After School Activities. "Students and Parents worked with math activities.

• Lorraine Powers and Kathy Billings-South Middle School- grant of$525 to purchase books, Across Five Aprils, and provide a field trip to Missouri Town for the students. The theme for the grant was the American Civil War and integrated Social Studies and English.
• Becky Needham-Norfleet Elementary and Keith Henson Art Department-grant for $825 to purchase a basic art program to benefit all district students. Art basics are tied in with the use of the computer to enhance the art program.

• Equila Wright-Eastwood Hills Elementary-grant money used for the areas of math and science and included the purchase of metric sticks, scales, cups, etc., for student use.
• Patty Button and Everett Loughridge-South Middle School- grant titled "The Buck Stops Here," a program providing students with information and experience in how math and language skills are used in everyday life.
• Lucy Brewer-Joe Herndon Vocational-Technical School- grant money provided awards to students for perfect attendance.