Robert P. Bell Education Grants Awarded to Local Teachers

MUNCIE, IN - The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. has announced that the following Robert P. Bell grants totaling $2,405 have been awarded to local teachers for the second quarterly grant cycle of the 2007-2008 academic year.  It is estimated that 731 Delaware County students will benefit from these grants.

• Ashley Ernstberger, Royerton Elementary School, was awarded $154 for fourth grade students to create their own versions of "The Gingerbread Man" story.  The students will then be paired up with kindergarteners to share their stories.  As part of the unit students will also create gingerbread houses after establishing a mythical budget to purchase their tasty supplies.  To incorporate more math and writing skills, the houses in the gingerbread neighborhood will be put up for sale with student-created real estate ads.

• Sara Jarvis, Washington-Carver Elementary School, was awarded $266 for third grade students to participate in a unit about inventions and possible machines of the future.  As part of the unit, the students will study how electrical circuits work and how a machine works only as well as the person who invents it.  The unit will culminate with the students creating their own remote-controlled rover robot.

• Amy Cullum, Wes-Del High School, was awarded $158 for advanced Spanish students to study the island cultures of the Caribbean.  The students will create a typical Puerto Rican handicraft – a clay or wood house decorated with raffia.  Each student will create a replica of his or her own home, as well as a replica of a typical Puerto Rican home.

• Molly Johnson, Muncie Central High School, was awarded $200 for her freshman alternative program students to participate in a unit titled, "My Life, My Neighborhood, My World:  Creating Visual Essays."  Students will photograph images that tell their unique story and show their interaction with their neighborhoods and the community at large.  The students will then use their photos to create a nonfiction text and three dimensional artwork.

• Anne Wuthrich, Jenna Foster, Emma Rogers, and Karissa McIntosh, South View Elementary School, were awarded $350 for four kindergarten classes to participate in numerous counting and grouping activities to reinforce the concept of one hundred.  As a culminating activity, students will create wearable artwork as a celebration of the one hundredth day of the school year.

• Anita Jones, Wapahani High School, was awarded $348 for art students to create unique postcards.  Every student in the school will be given an opportunity to write a short letter and send their postcard to soldiers serving in Iraq.  A Wapahani teacher currently serving in the reserves will distribute the postcards to service men and women.

• Chris Schwer, Royerton Elementary School, was awarded $200 for third grade students to study the customs of China and the celebration of the Chinese New Year.  The students will have a chance to sample Chinese food as well as learn traditional Chinese dance.  The class will also create a large dragon to use in their "Lion Dance" through the hallways of the school.

• Karynn Adamovicz, Garfield Elementary School, was awarded $157 for second grade students to work with the school's interventionalist in a "Cocoa and Comprehension" project.  The students will meet in small groups to listen to classic literature while enjoying a tasty treat.  The students will then have the chance to discuss the reading material and participate in pre- and post-reading activities.

• Tammy Underwood, Cowan Elementary School, was awarded $108 for sixth grade students to learn about European countries and host a fair for third through sixth graders.  Students will work in groups to present information about each country's religion, food, clothing, traditions, economy, and more.

• Taryn Fine and Susan Cantrell, West View Elementary School, were awarded $305 for second grade students to create child-friendly cookbooks.  The students will prepare a variety of snack foods throughout the school year.  They will then draw a picture of the finished product and write their own versions of the recipe for their cookbooks.

• Taryn Fine, West View Elementary School, was awarded $159 for second grade students to practice being writers and photographers as they create a book about their experiences in the second grade.  Additional funding for this project was provided by the West View Parent-Teacher Organization. 

Bell Grants of up to $350 are awarded to teachers with innovative ideas, programs or projects designed to stimulate learning in their students.  The next deadline for Bell Grant applications is February 1, 2008.

For more information about Bell Grant applications, contact Suzanne Kadinger, Foundation Program Officer, at skadinger@cfmdin.org or by calling (765) 747-7181.

Source: Muncie Community Schools Press Release

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